Eugene Events this Week

Top Picks 🏅 

Our top picks for events you won’t want to miss.

• Friday 4/18 National Dance Week kickoff party (& free/affordable classes all week)

• Saturday 4/19 Megga Hunt; easter eggs, train rides, face painting and more

• Saturday 4/19 Comedy, then said comedians get high, then more comedy

• Sunday 4/20 Earth Day Work Party at Alton Baker Park

Around Town 🏙️ 

It’s healthy to leave your house once in a while…

• Wednesday 4/16 Jazz bassist Eli Hansen and his quintet perform

• Wednesday 4/16 Genre bending singer/songwriter Seth Walker sings

• Thursday 4/17 Step Afrika! take the Hult Stage for a night of dancing

• Thursday 4/17 See the play Firebringer at Very Little Theater (all weekend)

• Thursday 4/17 Jessie “Jetski“ Johnson serves up some stand up comedy

• Thursday 4/17 Party to some “Hick-Hop“ music with the Moonshine Bandits

• Thursday 4/17 Peter Rowan & Sam Grisman take stage at The Shedd

• Thursday 4/17 Jake Hart & The John Hart Trio dish out jazz

• Friday 4/18 Blotter Boys, Blu Egyptian, & Family Mystic perform at Wow Hall

• Friday 4/18 Have a nice evening out listening to The Steve Owen Quartet

• Friday 4/18 Laugh with (or at) comedian Adam Conover (also Sat.)

• Friday 4/18 Lynnea Barry explores music of Bob Dylan, The Band, US rock roots (also Sun.)

• Friday 4/18 Theater/drag/parodies with Deep Inside Tonight (all weekend)

• Saturday 4/19 High Step Society band celebrates 10 years of party jazz

• Saturday 4/19 Be entertained by a night with Oregon Jazz Ensemble

• Saturday 4/19 Learn how to etch mirrors with a workshop

• Tuesday 4/22 Pay Dirt: The Story of Supercross documentary showing

• Tuesday 4/22 Comic creators Matthew Rosenberg & Tyler Boss meet&greet

• Tuesday 4/22 Visit The Shedd to hear artist Madeleine Peyroux sing

• Tuesday 4/22 Phantom of the Opera movie, but with a live soundtrack

For the Kiddos 🛝 

We won’t judge if you want to go and don’t have kids!

• Wednesday 4/16 Learn howe to finger-knit an octopus (ages 5-9)

• Friday 4/18 Rainbow theme Tot Discovery Day at Science Center (ages 1-4)

• Saturday 4/19 Help the Easter Bunny at The Great Eggsploration

• Saturday 4/19 Head out on a 4 mile bike ride and scavenger hunt

• Saturday 4/19 Watch & get a mini-lesson w/ Ballet Fantastique’s Aladdin

• Sunday 4/20 Get creative with yarn and play (ages 5-9)

• Tuesday 4/22 Decorate a tote bag to bring home (ages 9-12)

The Duck Corner 🦆 

All things University of Oregon.

• Thursday 4/17 Oregon Soundscapes: new piano music inspired by Oregon

• Thursday 4/17 Learn about what makes us human in the age of AI

• Thursday 4/17 Attend a panel on immigration policy and more

• Thursday 4/17 Author talk: Political Development of American Debt Relief

• Thursday 4/17 Attend a poetry reading with Henri Cole

• Thursday 4/17 Art reception and lecture: Mirages & Archived Landscapes

• Thursday 4/17 Learn something at a talk about the history of Jerusalem

• Friday 4/18 Catch some dance at the Student Dance Collective (also Sat.)

• Friday 4/18 Oregon Open Track and Field (free this day!)

• Friday 4/18 Men’s Baseball vs UCLA

• Friday 4/18 Women’s Softball vs UCLA

• Saturday 4/19 Oregon Open Track and Field

• Saturday 4/19 Men’s Baseball vs UCLA

• Saturday 4/19 Women’s Softball vs UCLA

• Sunday 4/20 Men’s Baseball vs UCLA

• Sunday 4/20 Women’s Softball vs UCLA

• Tuesday 4/22 Men’s Baseball vs Portland

• Tuesday 4/22 Guest artist Ian Jones plays the piano

• Tuesday 4/22 UO Symphony Orchestra plays American Gems

• Tuesday 4/22 Samurai in the Oregon Sky film screening and director talk

PS: Use these links for more information on the sport’s listings:

 Women’s Softball_

 Men’s Baseball

 Track and Field

What’s on Tap 🍻 

Grab a beverage and stay a while.

• Wednesday 4/16 History trivia with Shelton McMurphey House at 5th Street

• Wednesday 4/16 PublicHouse becomes CiderHouse (all week)

• Wednesday 4/16 Bike Happy Hour and talk at Gratitude Brewing

• Wednesday 4/16 Catch some comedy at Max’s Tavern

• Thursday 4/17 Exercise those thumbs… Pinball Tournament at PlayEugene

• Thursday 4/17 See 3 different alternative rock bands at Sam Bonds

• Thursday 4/17 Folk-style Blackwater Railroad at Hybrid Gallery

• Thursday 4/17 Dance Party to 70s & 80s vinyl music

• Friday 4/18 Have a saucy time at Kinky Bingo

• Friday 4/18 Bop to Whiskey and Rain at Drop Bear Brewery

• Saturday 4/19 Dance to blues rock with Savvy Katz

• Saturday 4/19 Listen to the Ky Burt Trio at Garden on Friendly

• Saturday 4/19 Earth Day plant exchange and more at Beergarden

AND DON’T FORGET ⬇️ 

Take a Hike 🌲 

Get outside, you live in Oregon for darn sakes!

• Wednesday 4/16 Complete some volunteer work outside at Green Island

• Friday 4/18 Fiddler’s Green golf expo; lessons, food trucks & more (also Sat.)

• Saturday 4/19 Take a group trail run around Alton Pond and Skinner Butte

• Saturday 4/19 Go birding at Lane Community College

• Saturday 4/19 Guided walks, camping demos and more at Forest Frolic

• Sunday 4/20 Go on group bike ride (bunny costumes encouraged!)

• Monday 4/21 Learn about local ecosystems at a guided walk on Mt. Pisgah

• Tuesday 4/22 Help the planet and pick up trash at Westmoreland Park

Free 💸 

Need we say more?

• Wednesday 4/16 Hear from authors Amanda Powell & Dianne Dugaw at the library

• Friday 4/18 Join the Eugene Natural History Society for a lecture on Kelp

• Friday 4/18 Celebrate bunnies (and pet some) at Bunny Awareness Day

• Saturday 4/19 Learn how to compost and improve your garden

• Saturday 4/19 Join in on a community song circle, everyone welcome

• Saturday 4/19 Walk the Eugene Saturday Market & Farmer’s Market and explore all the free Earth Day activities

• Saturday 4/19 Earth Day at Down to Earth with tea demo and book signing

• Saturday 4/19 Documentary and Q&A about hearing loss; We Hear You

• Tuesday 4/22 Free day at Museum of Natural and Cultural History

• Tuesday 4/22 Love butterflies? Attend a talk on the Monarch

• Tuesday 4/22 DesiFest: classical Indian dance and storytelling

Not Eugene, but Close Enough 🚗 

Events about an hour away, ish.

• Thursday 4/17 Get outside and learn about how forests grow after fire/harvest (McKenzie River)

• Saturday 4/19 Easter Egg Hunt at the Walterville Grange (Walterville)

• Saturday 4/19 Pond skimming and more at Hoodoo’s Spring Fling

• Sunday 4/20 Celebrate 4/20 with Puff and Peace Goat Yoga (Monroe)

• Tuesday 4/22 Celebrate bees with a honey tasting and presentations (Vida)