Eugene this week October 1- October 7

Top Picks 🏅 

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

• Friday 10/3 First Friday Artwalk; grab your friends, partner, or stroll solo!

• Saturday 10/4 Great Willamette Cleanup (many locations, on/off water)

• Sunday 10/5 Games, music and more at Fall Family Festival

• Go on a Walk; all month, all different kinds, all over town. Check it out!

Around Town 🏙️ 

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

• Wednesday 10/1 Jazz saxophonist Katie DeCosta and her quintet perform

• Thursday 10/2 Have some wicked fun with Hocus Pocus Live!

• Thursday 10/2 Belltower brings Americana roots music to Eugene

• Thursday 10/2 Get hot with Hump! Film Festival (through Sat.)

• Friday 10/3 Be a dancing queen; Mania the Abba tribute band comes to town

• Friday 10/3 Electric Elton- A Tribute to Elton John at the Hult

• Friday 10/3 Sunday in the Park with George; musical theater all weekend

• Friday 10/3 Hear a reading of the short story The Call of Cthulhu (also Sat.)

• Friday 10/3 Keith Brown plays jazz piano at The Jazz Station

• Friday 10/3 New Zone Gallery hosts Zone 4 All exhibit and opening reception

• Friday 10/3 See musical theater at the Shedd with Pal Joey (all weekend)

• Saturday 10/4 Hear some jazz/swing music w/ the Cherry Poppin’ Daddies

• Saturday 10/4 Racks Town USA Vintage market with music and more

• Saturday 10/4 Explore around at the Warehouse district Art Hop

• Saturday 10/4 Listen in to Connotations of Fall poetry night

• Saturday 10/4 Catch rock musical Lizzie (and Sun.)

• Saturday 10/4 Gather round and hear Sustain Pedal play acoustic jazz

• Sunday 10/5 Singer songwriter Matt Maeson brings the tunes

• Sunday 10/5 Catch documentary White With Fear with Q&A

• Tuesday 10/7 Learn some history; Fashion and clothing from 1890-1920

For the Kiddos 🛝 

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

• Wednesday 10/1 Halloween Victorian Tea time (ages 13-19)

• Wednesday 10/1 Get creative making fall pumpkins with felt (ages 5-9)

• Friday 10/3 The Pirates of Penzance take the stage (through Sun.)

• Friday 10/3 Play Oregon Battle of the Books trivia (ages 9-12)

• Friday 10/3 Combine old stuffed animals into Frankenstuffies (ages 13-19)

• Saturday 10/4 Fire Safety Saturday; climb inside a fire truck and more

• Tuesday 10/7 Tween Ecologist Club learns autumn changes (ages 9-12)

The Duck Corner 🦆 

All things University of Oregon.

• Thursday 10/2 Argentine singer Cecilia Zabala performs Colors of the South

• Friday 10/3 Women’s Soccer vs USC

• Friday 10/3 Women’s Volleyball vs Iowa

• Friday 10/3 Angela Cheng & Alvin Chow; International Piano Series Concert

• Saturday 10/4 Women’s Volleyball vs Ohio State

• Saturday 10/4 Talking Pictures; a photography exhibit and talk with Christopher Rauschenberg

What’s on Tap 🍻 

Grab a beverage and stay a while.

• Wednesday 10/1 Comic, Interrupted; a night of laughs

• Wednesday 10/1 Watch Party Wednesday; catch the new Survivor episode

• Wednesday 10/1 Raise a pint at Oktoberfest at Beergarden (until the 5th)

• Wednesday 10/1 Stand up comedy open mic: Another Round

• Thursday 10/2 Stand up Heather Shaw brings laughs to Olsen Run

• Thursday 10/2 CityClub learns about future riverfront development

• Friday 10/3 Fresh Hop Fest at PlayEugene (also Sat.)

• Saturday 10/4 Comedian Jordan Jensen delivers her stand up (also Sun.)

• Saturday 10/4 Raise a glass and hold it at OktoBierfest

• Saturday 10/4 Join the fun at the 26th Annual High Street Brewfest

• Saturday 10/4 The Eugene Difficult Music Ensemble at Whirled Pies

• Saturday 10/4 Double Entendre: comedy meets freestyle battle

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

Take a Hike 🌲 

Get outside, you live in Oregon for darn sakes!

• Wednesday 10/1 Volunteer w/ some outdoor work: Watershed Wednesday

• Wednesday 10/1 Workshop; Climate change & how to prepare your garden

• Friday 10/3 Get outside; 17th Annual Two Fly (fishing) Tournament (& Sat.)

• Friday 10/3 First Friday at the Willamette Confluence work party

• Saturday 10/4 Learn how to compost in your backyard

• Saturday 10/4 First Saturday guided park walk; Amazon Park

• Saturday 10/4 Head out on a Herbs and Edible Flowers ID walk

• Sunday 10/5 Take a tour of the oaks and their galls at Mt Pisgah Arboretum

• Sunday 10/5 The Power of Pink breast cancer walk at Autzen Stadium

Free 💸 

Need we say more?

• Thursday 10/2 Paul Safer tickles the ivory of the Tsunami baby grand piano

• Friday 10/3 Clay Fest 2025 brings ceramic artists from all over (all weekend)

• Friday 10/3 A day at the museum; Natural and Cultural History

• Friday 10/3 Annual New Music Festival brings tunes to town (all weekend)

• Friday 10/3 Free First Friday at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art

• Saturday 10/4 Go check out the Saturday Market and Farmer’s Market

• Saturday 10/4 Vendors, panels, workshops and more at Comic Arts Festival

• Saturday 10/4 Slice of Life: See staged readings of five 10-minute plays

• Sunday 10/5 Whiteaker Community Market; check it out

• Sunday 10/5 Eugene Native American Arts and Crafts Market

• Monday 10/6 Ever wanted to see backstage? Hult Center backstage tours

• Tuesday 10/7 Attend the Community Safety Fair to learn about resources

Not Eugene, but Close Enough 🚗 

Events about an hour away, ish.

• Friday 10/3 Broadway classic Guys and Dolls (all weekend, Cottage Grove)