Eugene this week October 15-October 21

Top Picks 🏅 

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

• Thursday 10/16 Fright! at the Museum haunted house.. family & adult times

• Friday 10/17 TrackTown Throwdown: Swing/Jazz Dance Fest (all weekend)

• Saturday 10/18 Circle in the Sand beach art & festival (Florence, and Sun.)

• Sunday 10/19 Run for Your Life 5k; watch out for the zombies chasing!

Around Town 🏙️ 

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

• Wednesday 10/15 Environmental Film Festival & events (through 19th)

• Wednesday 10/15 Noah Bernacki brings his jazz drumming to the stage

• Thursday 10/16 Zach Williams brings his music to Matt Knight Arena

• Thursday 10/16 Get prepared with the Great Oregon Shakeout walk & talk

• Thursday 10/16 Rock ban for the next generation StarCrawler performs

• Thursday 10/16 The Haunting of Hill House at Very Little Theater (thru Sun)

• Friday 10/17 Family Halloween Carnival and pumpkin auction

• Friday 10/17 Evening of folk music/art w/ Dust Congress & Baroque Betty

• Friday 10/17 Stroll the Lane Home Improvement Show (all weekend)

• Friday 10/17 Jam band LaMP hit the Wow Hall stage

• Friday 10/17 Murder, He Says; listen to the works of Betty Hutton at The Shedd (all weekend)

• Friday 10/17 Catch the Oregon Jazz Ensemble playing tunes

• Friday 10/17 Stereophonic; the Broadway musical in town (all weekend)

• Friday 10/17 The Medium: an Opera by Actor’s Cabaret (all weekend)

• Saturday 10/18 Nine Days Wonder joins for a 40th anniversary concert

• Saturday 10/18 Sing It Like you Mean It musical theater concert

• Saturday 10/18 Jazz guitarist John Storie and his trio perform

• Saturday 10/18 XXXcape Halloween burlesque/dance show

• Sunday 10/19 Hunt for bargains at the Piccadilly Flea Market

• Sunday 10/19 Alt-pop performer Mico brings the music to stage

• Sunday 10/19 Creepy crafts, eerie eats, ghoulish games; Mecca Market

• Sunday 10/19 Listen to some jazz with the UO Lab Bands at Jazz Station

For the Kiddos 🛝 

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

• Wendesday 10/15 Make Trinket Tray out of clay (look at me rhyme-age5-9)

• Thursday 10/16 Elmo & Friends Say Hello Live! comes to our neighborhood

• Friday 10/17 Acorn Circle: Native American arts, crafts, & stories (age 5-12)

• Saturday 10/18 Ocean of Strings family concert with Eugene Symphony

• Sunday 10/19 Eugene Environmental Film Fest youth day; activities & more

• Sunday 10/19 Get crafty making Monster Bookmarks (ages 5-9)

The Duck Corner 🦆 

All things University of Oregon.

• Thursday 10/16 Women’s Soccer vs Wisconsin

• Friday 10/17 Women’s Volleyball vs Minnesota

• Saturday 10/18 Women’s Softball vs Boise State

• Saturday 10/18 Women’s Softball vs Eastern Oregon

• Saturday 10/18 Women’s Volleyball vs Penn State

• Sunday 10/19 Artist talk with James Lavadour about art and the land

• Sunday 10/19 Listen to the sounds of the Brentano String Quartet

• Sunday 10/19 Women’s Softball vs Western Washington

• Sunday 10/19 Women’s Soccer vs Minnesota

• Tuesday 10/21 Classical music meets jazz w/ Tse, Prost, & Dierlam-Tse

See below for the links to sports events:

• Women’s Soccer

• Women’s Volleyball

• Women’s Softball

What’s on Tap 🍻 

Grab a beverage and stay a while.

• Wednesday 10/15 Comedian Bobcat Goldwait takes the microphone

• Wednesday 10/15 Join fellow bicyclists for Bike Happy Hour and author talk

• Thursday 10/16 Listen to thrash metal band D.R.I.

• Thursday 10/16 Halloween Nights: party, contest & more at Arable Brewing

• Thursday 10/16 It's time for the annual CiderGarden (through Sunday)

• Thursday 10/16 Last Comic Standing winner Felipe Esparza (through Sun.)

• Friday 10/17 Ready your broomstick… Witches Ball Drag Show

• Friday 10/17 Claim 52 hosts Fall Fire Festival (there will be fire spinning!!)

• Saturday 10/18 Prog rock with Love in the Dream

• Saturday 10/18 Author event: The Apoptotic Era novella at Hodgepodge

• Saturday 10/18 Cheer on the Ducks virtually; Watch Party

• Tuesday 10/21 Fly Tying Night at Falling Sky Brewing

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

Take a Hike 🌲 

Get outside, you live in Oregon for darn sakes!

• Wednesday 10/15 Learn to preserve Raspberry jam and Tomato jam

• Thursday 10/16 Family friendly learning about map and compass

• Saturday 10/18 Get down and dirty literally; compost workshop

• Saturday 10/18 Go on a guided hike along Goodman Creek

• WeWalk Lane County- all week; themed walks, runs and more

Free 💸 

Need we say more?

• Wednesday 10/15 Watch Indigenous Film Night; Barking Water

• Wednesday 10/15 See a reading w/ poets Irene Cooper & Daneen Bergland

• Thursday 10/16 Head to Night Market; shopping, concert, & roller skating

• Thursday 10/16 Attend a presentation on addressing homeless youth

• Friday 10/17 Join CityClub to hear about riverfront development in Eugene

• Saturday 10/18 Go check out the Saturday Market and Farmer’s Market

• Saturday 10/18 Chef/Author reading, food sampling, etc: Andrew Barton

• Saturday 10/18 Learn to incorporate native plants into your urban garden

• Saturday 10/18 Canine Costume Contest; with music and more

• Sunday 10/19 Help out preparing Community Care Kits for others

• Sunday 10/19 Stroll and shop the 5th St/SoMuchLove Mini Market

• Tuesday 10/21 Make your garden year round with a free presentation

• Tuesday 10/21 Try your hand making a working clock…. out of a book!

Not Eugene, but Close Enough 🚗 

Events about an hour away, ish.

• Thursday 10/16 Broadway classic Guys & Dolls (all weekend, Cottage Grove)

• Friday 10/17 Night Of Horrors haunted maze… enter if you dare! (Veneta)

• Saturday 10/18 Oakridge Rocks the Park; art/music/chili & more (Oakridge)