Eugene this week June 18-June 24

Top Picks 🏅 

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

• Saturday 6/21 Join the Taste of Tracktown food stroll and sidewalk sale

• Saturday 6/21 Keep your ears open for Make Music Eugene… all over town!

• Saturday 6/21 Hands on History; historic arts & crafts, food, and more

• Saturday 6/21 Chainsaw art, beer, & more; McKenzie River Solstice Arts Festival (Vida)

Around Town 🏙️ 

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

• Wednesday 6/18 Groove to the beat with Little Feat

• Wednesday 6/18 Zoe Pouliot takes the mic to deliver jazz music

• Wednesday 6/18 Lane United FC takes the soccer pitch vs FC Olympia

• Thursday 6/19 See comic with a midwestern edge; John Caparulo

• Thursday 6/19 Laugh at healthcare with comic Steven Ho (through Sat.)

• Thursday 6/19 Nike Outdoor Nationals take Hayward Field (all weekend)

• Thursday 6/19 Beats Antique fuses music, art, & more at McDonald Theater

• Friday 6/20 Hard rockabilly and punk music with Social Distortion

• Friday 6/20 Queer Creative Bloom; arts, vendors and more

• Friday 6/20 Browse the American songbook w/ jazz Bertucci/Alves Quintet

• Friday 6/20 Dezarie brings the reggae roots music to Eugene

• Friday 6/20 Art imitates life in Stage Kiss at Very Little Theater (all weekend)

• Saturday 6/21 Music of many genres with the Damien Masterson Group

• Saturday 6/21 Folk rock band Born of Wildfires takes the stage

• Saturday 6/21 The Eugene Gay Men’s Chorus presents We Are America

• Saturday 6/21 Jazz pianist Randy Porter and his trio take the stage

• Saturday 6/21 Attend the Eugene Gayli; Irish queer friendly social dance

• Saturday 6/21 A night of intimate music with Jonathan Richman

• Saturday 6/21 Get ready for dark wave energy; Dark Solstice Party

• Sunday 6/22 5th Street Mini Market with music, vendors, and crafts

• The Eugene Emeralds are in town Wednesday-Sunday vs Vancouver

• The Springfield Drifters take on Cowlitz, Friday-Sunday

• Catch theater all weekend; Ring of Fire, The Trail to Oregon, & Drowsy Chaperone Jr.

For the Kiddos 🛝 

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

• Wednesday 6/18 Aloha Summer!, Hawaiian hula dance/music and more

• Wednesday 6/18 Become a mini-miner and find geodes (ages 5-9)

• Friday 6/21 Summer Kickoff Party w/ fun, friends, and sunshine

• Tuesday 6/24 Mold thermoplastic into creations (ages 12+)

• Tuesday 6/24 Learn to create your own digital music track (ages 9-12)

The Duck Corner 🦆 

All things University of Oregon.

• Wednesday 6/18 Travel the world at the Korean New Music festival

What’s on Tap 🍻 

Grab a beverage and stay a while.

• Wednesday 6/18 Build a better bike community at Bike Happy Hour

• Wednesday 6/18 Test your brain at history trivia at 5th St Market

• Friday 6/20 Mad Hatter’s Tea Party: Solstice in Wonderland

• Saturday 6/21 Take a sip at the Light Lager Festival at PlayEugene

• Sunday 6/22 Educators, raise a glass at Bier Steins’s School’s Out Party

• Sunday 6/22 Speed puzzling showdown… test your skills!

• Tuesday 6/24 Paint and sip; An Afternoon in June

• Tuesday 6/24 Hardcore show at Dark Pine Coffee w/ multiple bands

AND DON’T FORGET ⬇️ 

Take a Hike 🌲 

Get outside, you live in Oregon for darn sakes!

• Thursday 6/19 Wildflower hike out on Iron Mtn with the Obsidians

• Friday 6/20 Celebrate the Summer Solstice with Mt Pisgah Sunset Hike

• Saturday 6/21 Head out on a history walking tour of College Hill/Friendly

• Saturday 6/21 Outside yoga and more for the summer solstice

• Sunday 6/22 Ever wanted to build a backyard shade structure? Try a class!

• Tuesday 6/24 Learn how to grow strawberries at home

Free 💸 

Need we say more?

• Wednesday 6/18 Go see Smoke Signals, indigenous film at the Hult

• Wednesday 6/18 Catch Victor/Victoria screening at the Wildish

• Wednesday 6/18 Learn on a black history walking tour of Downtown

• Wednesday 6/18 Footnotes on the Butte history exhibit reception

• Thursday 6/19 Celebrate at the 2nd Annual Juneteenth Gathering

• Friday 6/20 Summer Solstice cemetery tour w/ music, stories and more

• Friday 6/20 Try your hand at embroidery and craft a felt bird

• Saturday 6/21 Go check out the Saturday Market and Farmer’s Market

• Saturday 6/21 Hot weather gardening tips and seed saving class

• Saturday 6/21 Ever been curious about nocturnal pollinators?

• Saturday 6/21 Learn about Backyard Birding with the Audubon Society

• Sunday 6/22 The Whiteaker Community Market is the perfect little stroll

• Sunday 6/22 Celebrate Nerd Pride with a show, activities and more

• Sunday 6/22 Record Listening Party; Talking Heads’ Speaking in Tongues

• Monday 6/23 The Laramie Project; film screening and panel discussion

• Tuesday 6/24 Calling all artists; Artist Mixer at the Hult Center

• Tuesday 6/24 Get inked… create flash tattoo designs to paint

Not Eugene, but Close Enough 🚗 

Events about an hour away, ish.

• Wednesday 6/18 Take a guided hike in Santiam State Forest (Mill City)

• Thursday 6/19 Catch some theater; Nevermore about Edgar Allen Poe (Cottage Grove, all weekend)

• Friday 6/20 Or action packed theater in Florence; The 39 Steps (all weekend)

• Friday 6/20 Shop and stroll at Barn-a-Dilly (also Sat.)

• Friday 6/20 US Rowing Northwest Masters (Lowell, all weekend)

• Saturday 6/21 Saginaw Vineyard Hot Rod Show (Cottage Grove)

• Tuesday 6/24 Learn how to ferment, create, and sell hot sauce (Tangent)