Eugene this week July 9-July 15

Top Picks 🏅 

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

• Friday 7/11 Is Bigfoot Real? Sasquatch Summer Festival (& 12th, Oakridge)

• Friday 7/11 Check out the McKenzie Lavender Bloom festival (Walterville)

• Friday 7/11 The Oregon Country Fair happens all weekend (Veneta)

• Saturday 7/12 Batter up! Kidsports Celebrity Softball game

Around Town 🏙️ 

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

• Wednesday 7/9 Hear Riffle rock out at a Coburg Park Concert

• Thursday 7/10 Cheer on Lane FC at the soccer field vs Salmon Bay

• Thursday 7/10 Track and Field for everybody at All Comers Meet

• Thursday 7/10 Shop the St Paul Garage Sale (through the 13th)

• Friday 7/11 Laugh w/ Australian comedian Jon Bennett about his move here

• Friday 7/11 Enjoy a double photography exhibit opening reception

• Friday 7/11 Hilarious musical A Connecticut Yankee on stage (all weekend)

• Friday 7/11 Hear Taken by the Sky; Fleetwood Mac tribute band

• Friday 7/11 Listen to some hazy rock and roll with Claire Morales

• Friday 7/11 Rock out at Chaos for Cause heavy metal band showcase

• Friday 7/11 Summer Sidewalk Sale alert at 5th Street Market (all weekend)

• Saturday 7/12 Indigenous producer/DJs The Halluci Nation spin some beats

• Saturday 7/12 Billy Joel takes on Elton John in Dueling Pianos (Not actually them… I wish! 😆 )

• Saturday 7/12 Summer Reading book sale art the library… cheap!

• Saturday 7/12 Clay Giberson and his trio take the Jazz Station stage

• Tuesday 7/15 Leo Kottke brings his fine guitarist skills to the Shedd

• Tuesday 7/15 Enjoy a night of poetry at Art House

• The Drifters are home every single day this week… catch them play ball!

• Oregon Bach Festival still going strong until the 13th, lots of free events too

For the Kiddos 🛝 

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

• Wednesday 7/9 Movies in the Market at 5th St; The Mighty Ducks

• Wednesday 7/9 Bollywood Dance Paartayyy!! Get moving!

• Wednesday 7/9 Insects everywhere at Bugs Meet and Greet (ages 5-9)

• Wednesday 7/9 Think you can track and field? All Comers Meet (Under 13)

• Friday 7/11 Free movies in the park; Inside Out 2

• Friday 7/11 Family Fun in the Sun at the museum: Native Innovation (also Sat)

• Saturday 7/12 Family Exploration Day at Golden Gardens Park

• Saturday 7/12 Read and share books with others at Family Book Group

• Saturday 7/12 Movies in the Market again, wax on with The Karate Kid

• Sunday 7/13 Play with yarn and create at the library (ages 5-9)

• Tuesday 7/15 Learn to sail and SUP, no experience needed (ages 12-15)

• Tuesday 7/15 Help make Luau decorations for Ronald McDonald House

• Tuesday 7/15 Messy art alert; create paper shapes (ages 9-12)

The Duck Corner 🦆 

All things University of Oregon.

Summer break… school’s out!!!!! ☀️ 

What’s on Tap 🍻 

Grab a beverage and stay a while.

• Thursday 7/10 10th Annual Muppet Treasure Island sing along

• Thursday 7/10 Disney themed trivia at Publichouse

• Thursday 7/10 Shake your body with Latin Dance night at Claim 52

• Thursday 7/10 Learn something fascinating at Nerd Nite Eugene

• Sunday 7/13 Puppies & pints together at Publichouse for an adoption event

 And for weekly trivia, bingo, and much more ⬇️

Take a Hike 🌲 

Get outside, you live in Oregon for darn sakes!

• Wednesday 7/9 Hike Spencer Butte with the Obsidians

• Thursday 7/10 Bike Talk: Bike packing through Japan/South Korea

• Saturday 7/12 Get a little dirty helping w/ meadow restoration at Mt Pisgah

• Saturday 7/12 Enjoy an outdoor yoga class at Dorris Ranch

• Saturday 7/12 Take a guided hike in the Willamette National Forest

• Saturday 7/12 Head outside to Living River Days at Green Island

• Sunday 7/13 Guided bird tour at Mt Pisgah Arboretum

Free 💸 

Need we say more?

• Wednesday 7/9 Music in the Courtyard concert; the Honey Brown Band

• Wednesday 7/9 Get crafty and make a hummingbird feeder

• Thursday 7/10 Enjoy music in the park w/ the West Coast Blues Doctors

• Thursday 7/10 Oregon Culture Night: Gaelic singing w/ Brian O hAirt

• Friday 7/11 Make a zombird (you have to click to learn what that is!)

• Friday 7/11 Hear from the District Attorney with CityClub Eugene

• Friday 7/11 Check out the Springfield 2nd Friday Art Walk

• Friday 7/11 One Last chance for dinner and a show: Ring of Fire (also Sat)

• Friday 7/11 Celebrate art; community reception for artist Mimi Brickson

• Saturday 7/12 Go check out the Saturday Market and Farmer’s Market

• Saturday 7/12 Coffee and conversation with poetry author A.B. Spellman

• Saturday 7/12 Author talk; Jennifer Chambers of The Murder of Sheriff W.W. Withers

• Saturday 7/12 Ukrainian Day; dances, food, and more

• Saturday 7/12 Archaeology talk; Has Amelia Earhart’s plane been found?

• Sunday 7/13 The Whiteaker Community Market is the perfect little stroll

• Sunday 7/13 Explore the vendors of the Freedom Market

• Tuesday 7/15 Learn how to make Linocut print art

Not Eugene, but Close Enough 🚗 

Events about an hour away, ish.

• Wednesday 7/9 Learn what makes a wetland a wetland (Creswell)

• Wednesday 7/9 A concert outside w/ The Rockin Reveleers (Cottage Grove)

• Friday 7/11 Check out the McKenzie Lavender Bloom festival (Walterville)

• Friday 7/11 Put on your boot; Cottage Grove Rodeo (also Saturday)

• Saturday 7/12 Learn and move at Day of Dance (Florence)

• Tuesday 7/15 Lots of creepy crawlies at Bug Camp (Florence, ages 5-8)