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
Summer is cookin’ here in Eugene, so the events are a little light, the sun gets hot, and I have been eating a lot of watermelon. Hope you all had a fun and safe 4th of July, and find a way to enjoy this upcoming week. If you do need a little July treat, don’t forget you can share this little list with a friend and be entered to win an ice cream gift card!
PS: Keep reading for some free ice cream! 🍦
Happy reading, and see you out there! 🤠
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)
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