Here come the Holidays!
Top Picks 🏅
Our top picks for events you won’t want to miss.
Friday 12/5 Parade, market, feast & more; Junction City Yule Fest (& Sat.)
Friday 12/5 50 years of Wow Hall in 2 days; Wow-a-thon (also Sat.)
Saturday 12/6 Get out and watch the Springfield Christmas Parade
Sunday 12/7 Go meet Santa and his reindeer for a photo and festive fun
I was just talking to a friend about how the time between Thanksgiving and New Year’s somehow moves both fast and slow. There can be chaotic weeks with things to do, people to see, and some shopping to accomplish. But at the same time there can be slow coffee mornings, evenings with family, and perhaps a glass of eggnog. Whichever path you choose, hope you enjoy it!
As always… Happy reading, and see you out there! 🤠
Around Town 🏙
It’s healthy to leave your house once in a while…
Wednesday 12/3 Progressive rock trio Stick Men perform
Wednesday 12/3 Joseph Ingman performs jazz at One Set Wednesday
Thursday 12/4 Hear clever quips from comedian Gareth Reynolds
Thursday 12/4 It’s a Drag Queen Christmas live at the Hult
Thursday 12/4 Listen to a night of choral music with the LCC Choirs
Thursday 12/4 Moon Mountain String Band takes the Jazz Station stage
Friday 12/5 Halloween meets Christmas; Nightmare Before Christmas dance show (all weekend)
Friday 12/5 Oklahoma comes to to Oregon (the musical) (all weekend)
Friday 12/5 Halie Loren brings an intimate evening of song to Art House
Friday 12/5 Benny Green tickles the ivory for some quality jazz
Friday 12/5 Sweet Salvage’s 10th Annual Christmas Market (all weekend)
Friday 12/5 Christmas music with The Blugene Brass Quintet
Saturday 12/6 Enjoy a cup at Holiday Tea, and make a momento
Saturday 12/6 Don’t cut yourself at the Oregon Mini Knife Show
Saturday 12/6 Genre-bending singer/songwriter Dan Bern performs
Saturday 12/6 Home for the holidays with jazz singer Calvin Orlando Smith
Saturday 12/6 Enjoy a British comedy; O Christmas Tea (also Sunday)
Saturday 12/6 50th Anniversary screening & panel: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Saturday 12/6 See the golden retriever of comedy, Dan Soder
Sunday 12/7 Storyteller/rapper Hobo Johnson is sure to entertain
Sunday 12/7 Watch Elf with live music by the Eugene Symphony
Sunday 12/7 bop to jazz music from The Roger Woods Tentet
Sunday 12/7 Shop until you drop at Piccadilly Flea Market
Sunday 12/7 Classical board way music with nonesuch.reedquintet
Tuesday 12/9 Folk pop artist Mason Jennings entertains at Wow Hall
Tuesday 12/9 Special candlelight tours of Shelton McMurphey house
For the Kiddos 🛝
We won’t judge if you want to go and don’t have kids!
Friday 12/5 Support young entrepreneurs: Sprouts Business Expo (& Sat.)
Saturday 12/6 Victorian Craft Days; ornaments, cookie decorating & more
Sunday 12/7 Mushroom Folk Family tour at Mt Pisgah Arboretum
Monday 12/8 See a shortened Nutcracker Ballet, free at the library
The Duck Corner 🦆
All things University of Oregon.
Wednesday 12/3 Women’s Basketball vs Oregon State
Thursday 12/4 Learn a little about science in Greenland
Thursday 12/4 Jam to the UO Hip Hop Night; music, dance, and art
Saturday 12/6 Harps and Carols to ring in the holidays
What’s on Tap 🍻
Grab a beverage and stay a while.
Wednesday 12/3 Funnyman Matthew Broussard takes the mic
Thursday 12/4 Bob the Drag Queen comes to Eugene
Thursday 12/4 Break out your Ugly Sweater for the contest and party
Thursday 12/4 Whiskey Week at Beergarden (through Sunday)
Saturday 12/6 Comedians freestyle rap at Double Entendre
Monday 12/8 It’s History Pub night at Whirled Pies
Tuesday 12/9 Get ready for snow at Hoodoo Intervention at PlayEugene
⬇And for weekly trivia, bingo, and much more ⬇
Take a Hike 🌲
Get outside, you live in Oregon for darn sakes!
Wednesday 12/3 Watershed Wednesday means helping the environment!
Thursday 12/4 A night of fly fishing films; Fly Fusion’s Trout Tour
Saturday 12/6 Learn a little outside on a Weed ID walk
Tuesday 12/9 Lace up the boots; Wetland Wander at Long Tom Watershed
Free 💸
Need we say more?
Thursday 12/4 Slow down and relax with some piano music by Paul Safar
Friday 12/5 First Friday Artwalk, in conjunction with Holiday Night Out and the Kesey Square Tree Lighting
Friday 12/5 It’s Free Friday at the Museum of Natural and Cultural History
Friday 12/5 CityClub Eugene investigates the state of healthcare in Oregon
Saturday 12/6 Enjoy figure skating? Cool Yule Holiday Show
Saturday 12/6 Stroll, shop and explore the West Eugene Art Hop
Saturday 12/6 Stroll, shop, & chat the Saturday Holiday Market (also Sun.)
Saturday 12/6 Enjoy the work of local artisans at River Road Holiday Bazaar
Sunday 12/7 Check out the Native American Winter Market
Not Eugene, but Close Enough 🚗
Events about an hour away, ish.
Thursday 12/4 Somethin’ Special For Christmas show (through Sat, Junction City)
Friday 12/5 Thousands of lights at Winter Wonderland (Cottage Grove, all weekend)
Sunday 12/7 Bundle up; Mckenzie River Drift Boat Light Parade (Leaburg)
Sunday 12/7 Lots going on at Christmas in Coburg (Coburg, all weekend)
Have an event or a photo you want to be featured in an upcoming edition? Submit it below! We will try and include it, and who knows… maybe we will even go.