An event from last week.. looks fun!
Top Picks 🏅
Our top picks for events you won’t want to miss.
Friday 9/26 14th Annual Harvest Fair; cornmaze, hayride, music etc (all weekend)
Saturday 9/27 Join or watch the Eugene Bright Parade
Saturday 9/27 Slither over to Eugene Reptile Show & Pet Expo (also Sun.)
Saturday 9/27 Apple Daze Cider Party at Detering Orchards (also Sun.)
Every week I write this, I discover a new event that had never occurred to me…. this week, Wiener Dog Racing. Brilliant.
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Around Town 🏙
It’s healthy to leave your house once in a while…
Wednesday 9/24 Hear sounds of the island w/ Masters of Hawaiian Music
Wednesday 9/24 Come out and hear rising country artist Redferrin sing
Wednesday 9/24 Horrible Movie Bingo; this week Slugs
Wednesday 9/24 Head out to the Jazz Station Jam Session; play or listen!
Thursday 9/25 Laugh and do a little thinking with comedian Shane Mauss
Thursday 9/25 Folk music songwriter Claudia Schmidt returns to Eugene
Thursday 9/25 Kathleen Madigan brings her comedy to the Hult
Friday 9/26 Brass band/dancing group/acrobats MarchFourth performs
Friday 9/26 Be amazed by horses & acrobats at Cirque Ma’Ceo (Also Sat.)
Friday 9/26 See the play Sunday in the Park with George (all weekend)
Friday 9/26 Eugene Hard Bop Collective shows up with the jazz tunes
Friday 9/26 Topeka Clementine performs indie music at the Hult Center
Saturday 9/27 Cirque Inferno comes to town for seductive aerial acrobatics
Saturday 9/27 Listen to the jazz sounds of the Idit Shner Quartet
Saturday 9/27 Learn how to preserve apples (then send the goods my way!)
Saturday 9/27 25 Cats from Qatar movie and director Q&A
Saturday 9/27 Jazz, tap dancing, poetry & soul food; Harlem Renaissance
Saturday 9/27 Electronic music w/ Shaq’s Bass All Stars (yes that Shaq!)
Saturday 9/27 Rolling the Dice for Diapers Casino Fundraiser
Sunday 9/28 The Horsenecks bring their folk and bluegrass music to town
Sunday 9/28 Comedian Bert Kreischer brings his standup to MKA
Sunday 9/28 Try out and evening of Contra Dancing
Monday 9/29 Join a night of indie music w/ Kristen Ford and Rachel Sage
For the Kiddos 🛝
We won’t judge if you want to go and don’t have kids!
Wednesday 9/24 Craft Eco-creatures with toilet paper rolls (ages 5-9)
Wednesday 9/24 Like anime? Watch party w/ snacks and more (ages 13-19)
Thursday 9/25 Mad Libs Tea Party, come ___(verb) w/ friends (ages 13-19)
Saturday 9/27 Join the Kidical Mass group bike ride
Tuesday 9/24 Stretch your thumbs; Nintendo Switch Party (ages 9-12)
The Duck Corner 🦆
All things University of Oregon.
PS: It’s Move-In Week
Tuesday 9/30 Attend a lecture on environmental law & the undamming of the Klamath River
What’s on Tap 🍻
Grab a beverage and stay a while.
Wednesday 9/24 Nerd Nite Eugene; learn something new and fun!
Wednesday 9/24 Oktoberfest at Beergarden (through Oct 5th)
Wednesday 9/24 Watch Party Wednesday; Survivor Season 49 premier
Wednesday 9/24 Hear Coach Woody talk Duck football
Thursday 9/25 Josh Wolf brings the laughs to Olsen Run (through Sat.)
Friday 9/26 Dinner and a show; 4:05 A Nocturnal Comedy (and Sat.)
Friday 9/26 Swing Jam at Viking Brewing West;
Saturday 9/27 Head to Whirled Pies for some POW Pro Wrestling
Saturday 9/27 Brewed and Amused comedy and craft beer night
Saturday 9/27 Next Stop Comedy drops laughs at Drop Bear Brewery
Saturday 9/27 The Ducks play away; but the party doesn’t at Wild Duck Cafe or Bier Stein
Saturday 9/27 Spooky drag show; Our Flag Means Drag
Saturday 9/27 Laughs at a mystery location with Don’t Tell Comedy
Sunday 9/28 Fast paced fun and friends at Speed Friending
Sunday 9/28 Come for a drink, leave with a dog at Lucky Paws Pet event
Monday 9/29 Show off your Deadhead knowledge with Grateful Dead trivia
⬇And for weekly trivia, bingo, and much more ⬇
Take a Hike 🌲
Get outside, you live in Oregon for darn sakes!
Wednesday 9/24 Join the Equinox Watercolor &Creative Writing workshop
Thursday 9/25 Help resurface trails at Mt Pisgah Arboretum
Thursday 9/25 Volunteer w/ McKenzie River Trust @Willamette Confluence
Friday 9/26 Free Breakfast at the Bike Bridges; Frohnmayer bridge
Friday 9/26 Join in on the Critical Mass group bike ride
Friday 9/26 Learn about trails with a photo essay and potluck
Saturday 9/27 Look up at the Star Party w/ Eugene Astronomical Society
Saturday 9/27 Help out at the McKenzie River Cleanup; by land or water
Saturday 9/27 National Public Lands Day- Volunteer on Spencer Butte
Saturday 9/27 National Public Lands Day- Volunteer w/ restoration work
Sunday 9/28 Lace up, group trail run along Salmon Creek
Free 💸
Need we say more?
Wednesday 9/24 See the film Reel Injun; Native Americans in Hollywood
Wednesday 9/24 Listen to the music of Argentina w/ Cecilia Zabala
Friday 9/26 Letters from Dachau; book talk with CityClub Eugene
Friday 9/24 Last Friday Art Walk in the Whit; last of the year!
Saturday 9/27 Attend a lecture on how to invite pollinator bees to your yard
Saturday 9/27 Stop to smell the “roses” at the Annual Dahlia Show (& Sun.)
Saturday 9/27 Go check out the Saturday Market and Farmer’s Market
Saturday 9/27 Learn about traditional Kalapuyan basketweaving
Sunday 9/28 Explore the vendors, music and crafts of 5th St Mini Market
Sunday 9/28 Whiteaker Community Market; check it out
Sunday 9/28 2025 Pup Fest; wiener dog racing, food trucks, beer and more
Not Eugene, but Close Enough 🚗
Events about an hour away, ish.
Thursday 9/25 Support & celebrate Long Tom Watershed Council (Chesire)
Saturday 9/27 Florence Festival of Books, all readers welcome (Florence)
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