Eugene this week August 6-August 12

Top Picks 🏅 

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

• Friday 8/8 Catch Toy Story out under that stars at Monroe Park

• Saturday 8/9 Free Shakespeare at Park; Two Gentleman of Verona (& Sun)

• Saturday 8/9 Eat and sip at Oakridge Keg & Cask Festival (Oakridge)

• Oregon Festival of American Music; concerts, films, talks &more (all week)

Around Town 🏙️ 

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

• Wednesday 8/6 Head to Tsunami Books to see folk singer Olive Klug

• Wednesday 8/6 Last chance to be a track star! OTC All Comers Meet

• Thursday 8/7 Hip Hop Show at ArtHouse… check it out

• Friday 8/8 Sail the seven seas with the Yachtley Crew yacht rock band

• Friday 8/8 Rapper Too Short takes the McDonald Theater stage

• Friday 8/8 Opening reception for two art galleries at Maude Kerns Center

• Friday 8/8 Catch some theater; A Fox on the Fairway farce (all weekend)

• Friday 8/8 A night of Brazilian jazz with Bill Beach & Brasil Beat

• Friday 8/8 Backyard art show; A Garden of Artists (all weekend)

• Friday 8/8 Be entertained w/ shows of Once Upon a Mattress (all weekend)

• Saturday 8/9 The music of Cap’n Trips to celebrate Jerry Garcia

• Saturday. 8/9 Indie rock band Strfkr rock out on stage

• Saturday 8/9 Video meets art at the Science Center (also Sun.)

• Saturday 8/9 Learn how to make a comic book about your own life

• Saturday 8/9 Jazz trumpeter Paul Krueger and his quintet perform

• Saturday 8/9 Learn all things about tomatoes; preserving, salsa, and sauce

• Sunday 8/10 Kristin Chirico takes over the comedy stage

• Sunday 8/10 Summer Garden Serenade concert w/ Eugene Concert Choir

• Monday 8/11 Songs and storytelling with cellist Ben Sollee

• Tuesday 8/12 Bluegrass night; Leftover Salmon & Infamous Stringdusters

• Tuesday 8/12 Rock band 311 brings energy to the Cuthbert Amphitheater

• Tuesday 8/12 Night of folk music; Spine Stealers, Roos Thorn & Just Clark

• The Eugene Emeralds play Spokane Wednesday through Sunday

For the Kiddos 🛝 

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

• Wednesday 8/6 Craft pollinator and bumblebee nesting sites (ages 5-9)

• Friday 8/8 Save the Earth with games, challenges, and puzzles (or Sat.)

• Friday 8/8 Comic-Con for teens and tweens (ages 9-19)

• Friday 8/8 Learn about archaeology with Family Fun in the Sun

• Saturday 8/9 Check out Fobble the Dragon puppet show

• Sunday 8/10 Family pool party at Sheldon Pool

• Tuesday 8/12 Make recycled collages out of anything (ages 9-12)

The Duck Corner 🦆 

All things University of Oregon.

• Friday 8/8 Women’s Soccer vs Idaho

• Friday 8/8 Women’s Volleyball vs itself

What’s on Tap 🍻 

Grab a beverage and stay a while.

• Wednesday 8/6 Music for a cause with singer Jessica Willis Fisher

• Wednesday 8/6 Learn about straw bale construction over a drink

• Saturday 8/9 Think you can win the Paper Airplane contest at Bier Stein?

• Saturday 8/9 Funk music & more w/ Soul Vibrator, Whiteaker Hot Club, etc

• Saturday 8/9 Drag, Burlesque and more at Musical Madness Cabaret

• Saturday 8/9 Hop Party 2025 at Hop Valley Brewing

• Sunday 8/10 Speed Friending at public house… make new friends!

• Monday 8/11 Have a drink to support the arts at Oakshire Inspires

• Tuesday 8/12 Whitaker Pop Up Market at PlayEugene

 ⬇️And for weekly trivia, bingo, and much more ⬇️ 

Take a Hike 🌲 

Get outside, you live in Oregon for darn sakes!

• Wednesday 8/6 Walk it out with the YMCA… and your 4 legged friends

• Saturday 8/9 Sunset/Moonrise group hike up Mt Pisgah

• Saturday 8/9 Get wet or not at Living River Exploration day at Green Island

• Saturday 8/9 Stretch the legs on a 10k/5k at the Veneta Park Run

• Sunday 8/10 Go on a birding tour at Mt Pisgah Arboretum

• Tuesday 8/12 Go on a Wetland Wander through Shady Creek Forest

• Tuesday 8/12 Trashy Tuesday; help pick up trash from a boat on the river

• Tuesday 8/12 Try out your putting… on the disc golf course

Free 💸 

Need we say more?

• Wednesday 8/6 Music in the Courtyard w/ a jazz trio and brass quintet

• Wednesday 8/6 Check out the Indigenous Cultural Celebration

• Wednesday 8/6 Attend the Hiroshima/Nagasaki commemoration

• Thursday 8/7 Pendleton Highway rocks out at concert in the park

• Thursday 8/7 Samba Ja performs outside in the park

• Thursday 8/7 Music in the park Veneta- Born of Wildfires band

• Thursday 8/7 Roving Park Players present Peter Pan outside (all weekend)

• Friday 8/8 Concert and book reading w/ Willy Vlautin & Miriam Gershow

• Friday 8/8 Watch the Eugene annual SLUG Queen Pageant/coronation

• Friday 8/8 Catch Freaky Friday on the big screen outside at 5th St Market

• Saturday 8/9 Go check out the Saturday Market and Farmer’s Market

• Sunday 8/10 Satin Love Orchestra brings disco funk music to the park

• Sunday 8/10 The Whiteaker Community Market is the perfect little stroll

• Sunday 8/10 Piano music from young performers; In Good Hands

Not Eugene, but Close Enough 🚗 

Events about an hour away, ish.

• Friday 8/8 Shakespeare’s The Tempest (all weekend, Cottage Grove)

• Saturday 8/9 Sup & Spa; paddle boarding, massages & more (Walterville)

• Saturday 8/9 Head to the coast for the 2025 Summer Bazaar (Florence)

• Saturday 8/9 Go on a marine tidepool tour on the coast (Florence)