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Calendar of Events

Welcome to the events calendar for the Eugene, Cascades & Coast region. Thousands of events take place each year. Music and ethnic festivals, Broadway performances, museums, sporting events and guided hikes are some of the exciting events that happen here.
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14th Annual HBA Builders Garage Sale
April 13, 2013 - April 14, 2013
  • Event Times: Saturday, 9 a.m. - 6 p.m.; Sunday, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
  • Event Admission: Free
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  • Location: Lane Events Center - Agricultural Pavilion
  • Address: 796 W 13th Ave, Eugene, OR 97402

Shop for all your home building supplies at the Home Builders Association Builders Garage Sale.

AAU Girls Basketball State Qualifying Tournament
April 13, 2013
  • Recurring daily
  • Event Times: Saturday-Sunday
  • Event Admission: TBA
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  • Location: Springfield High School
  • Address: 875 7th Street, Springfield, OR 97477

AAU Girls Basketball teams, grades 4 through 11, compete in this annual district qualifying tournament.

Annual U.S. Open Arm Wrestling Championships
April 13, 2013
  • Recurring daily
  • Event Times: Friday - Saturday
  • Event Admission: Free
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  • Location: Three Rivers Casino & Hotel
  • Address: 5647 Hwy 126, Florence, OR 97439

Professional and amateur arm wrestling athletes compete for over $10,000 in cash and prizes.

Ballet Insider
April 13, 2013 - April 14, 2013
  • Event Times: Saturday, 6:45 p.m., Sunday, 1:15 p.m.
  • Event Admission: Free
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  • Location: The Studio
  • Address: 7th & Willamette St, Eugene, OR 97401
  • Phone: 541.682.5000

Presented by the Eugene Ballet Company.

Bee Weekend
April 13, 2013
  • Event Times: Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 6 p.m. and Saturday, 8 a.m. - noon
  • Event Admission: Free Admission
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  • Location: GloryBee Foods
  • Address: 29548 B Airport Rd, Eugene, OR 97402
  • Phone: 541.689.0913

This two-day community event is packed with beekeeping education, distribution of pre-ordered packages of live bees, live demonstrations and honey sampling and additional activities.

Collectors West Gun & Knife Show
April 13, 2013 - April 14, 2013
  • Event Times: Saturday - Sunday
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  • Location: Lane Events Center
  • Address: 796 W 13th Ave, Eugene, OR 97402
  • Phone: 800.659.3440

Shows, classes, and more. You never know what you'll find at the Collector's West Gun & Knife Show.

Color Me Rad 5k
April 13, 2013
  • Event Times: Saturday, 8 a.m.
  • Event Admission: $35+
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  • Location: Valley River Center
  • Address: 293 Valley River Center, Eugene, OR 97401

Start out as clean as a newborn babe, and throughout the run, you'll coat your chaffing thighs with Color Bombs of blue, green, pink, purple, and yellow until your face, shirt, and body come out silkscreened like a tie-dyed hippy on the other side. Each section of the run adds a new explosion of color to your clean, painter’s palate until you cross the finish line into a final blitzkrieg of color.

Covered Bridge Regatta 2013
April 13, 2013 - April 14, 2013
  • Recurring daily
  • Event Times: Saturday, 7:30 a.m. - 6 p.m., Sunday 7:30 a.m. -2 p.m.
  • Event Admission: Free to spectators
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  • Location: Dexter Lake and Lowell State Park
  • Address: Pengra Road, Lowell, OR 97452

Rowing regatta held on Dexter Lake featuring Junior, Collegiate, Open, and Master rowers competing on buoyed racecourse. Teams comes from all over the Northwest and beyond. Please park in the town of Lowell and walk the 10 to 15 minutes to the park.

Eugene Ballet Company: Mowgli - The Jungle Book Ballet
April 13, 2013 - April 14, 2013
  • Recurring weekly on Sunday, Saturday
  • Event Times: Saturday, 7:30 - 9:30 p.m., Sunday, 2 - 4 p.m.
  • Event Admission: $48, $42, $32, $22; Student & youth discounts available
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  • Location: Hult Center for the Performing Arts
  • Address: 7th Ave & Willamette St, Eugene, OR 97401
  • Phone: 541.485.3992

Be ready to experience the spirited adventures of the jungle boy, Mowgli, as he grows up in India with Baloo the Bear, Shere Khan the Tiger and Kaa the Snake. Based on Rudyard Kipling’s stories.

Friends of the Library Book Sale
April 13, 2013
  • Event Times: Saturday - Sunday, 9 a.m.
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  • Location: Lane Events Center
  • Address: 796 W 13th Ave, Eugene, OR 97402
  • Phone: 541.484.1452

One of the best book sales for a great cause.

GALA Art Walk Bus Tour in Florence
April 13, 2013
  • Recurring monthly on the 2nd Saturday
  • Event Times: Saturday, 3 - 5 p.m.
  • Event Admission: Free
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  • Location: Florence Events Center
  • Address: 715 Quince St, Florence, OR 97439

Enjoy a free bus tour of five to six Florence art galleries. Meet artists, enjoy art and refreshments along the way.

Oregon Paddle Sports - Spring Demo Day
April 13, 2013
  • Event Times: Saturday, 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.
  • Event Admission: Event Free - County Parking Fee of $3
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  • Location: Fern Ridge Lake - Perkins Peninsula County Park
  • Address: Off Highway 126 west of Eugene (before Veneta), Veneta, OR 97448
  • Phone: 541.505.9020

Come out and try paddle sports! If you've ever wanted to paddle a canoe, kayak or standup paddle board, this is a chance to try it for free. Hosted by Oregon Paddle Sports. There will be a product representative to answer questions.

Oregon's Last Comedian Standing
April 13, 2013
  • Recurring weekly on Saturday
  • Event Times: Saturday, 8 p.m.
  • Event Admission: $5
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  • Location: Kowloons/The City
  • Address: 2222 MLK Jr. Blvd, Eugene, OR 97401
  • Phone: 541.942.7223

The weekly competition features 30 comedy contestants going for over $5,000 in cash prizes. Audience and judges vote to keep them moving through the contest. This is a 21+ event.

Spring Fling
April 13, 2013
  • Event Times: Saturday
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  • Location: Hoodoo Recreation & Ski Area
  • Address: Hwy 20, top of the Santiam Pass, Sisters, OR 97759
  • Phone: 541.822.3799

Rock Star presents Pond Skimming, Ultra Cross + Lots of Prizes and Sunshine.

The Secret Garden
April 13, 2013 - April 28, 2013
  • Recurring weekly on Sunday, Friday, Saturday
  • Event Times: Friday - Saturday, 8 p.m., Sunday, 2:30 p.m.
  • Event Admission: $23 Adult, $19 Youth
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  • Location: Cottage Theatre
  • Address: 700 Village Dr, Cottage Grove, OR 97424
  • Phone: 541.942.8001

This lavish family musical is based on Frances Hodgson Burnett’s classic children’s novel. Orphaned in India, 11 year-old Mary returns to England to live with her embittered, reclusive uncle Archibald

Willamette Cascade Model Railroad Club
April 13, 2013
  • Event Times: Saturday, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m., Sunday, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.
  • Event Admission: Adults $6 each, children 8 years and younger free if accompanied by an adult
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  • Location: Lane Event Center
  • Address: 796 W. 13th Avenue, Eugene, OR 97401

Come view amazing model railroad pieces at this unique and popular event.

WREN’s Family Exploration Day at Stewart Pond
April 13, 2013
  • Event Times: Saturday, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
  • Event Admission: Free
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  • Location: Stewart Pond
  • Address: Stewart Rd, east of Bertelsen Ave, Eugene, OR 97402
  • Phone: 541.338.7047

Nature exploration for the family in our surrounding natural spaces. Meet at the Stewart Pond Overlook on Stewart Rd, east of Bertelsen Ave. Participants should bring water & wear sturdy shoes.

Exhibits & Shows


German Expressionism
April 13, 2013 - May 19, 2013
  • Recurring daily
  • Event Times: Tuesday - Sunday 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.; Wednesday 11 a.m. - 8 p.m.
  • Event Admission: Free to $5
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  • Location: Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art at the University of Oregon
  • Address: 1430 Johnson Ln, Eugene, OR 97403

Featuring prints by Wassily Kandinsky, Käthe Kollwitz, Franz Marc, and Emil Nolde as well as the recently restored double-sided Max Pechstein painting "Ballet Dancers/Two Women in Lamplight."

Ming Wong: Life and Death in Venice
April 13, 2013 - June 02, 2013
  • Recurring daily
  • Event Times: Tuesday - Sunday 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.
  • Event Admission: Free - $5
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  • Location: Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art at the University of Oregon  (Arts, Culture & Wine)
  • Address: 1430 Johnson Ln, Eugene, OR 97403

Singapore-artist Wong shows his 3-channel Life and Death in Venice. Entirely self-directed, produced and conceived during his presentation for the Singapore Pavilion during the 53rd Venice Biennale.

Nick Sixkiller: The Man Behind the Mic
April 13, 2013 - June 23, 2013
  • Recurring daily
  • Event Times: Wednesday - Sunday, 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.
  • Event Admission: $2 - $8
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  • Location: University of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural History
  • Address: 1680 E 15th Ave, Eugene, OR 97403
  • Phone: 541.346.3024

Nick Sixkiller is a powwow MC, radio DJ and advocate in Eugene who seeks to connect native and non-native people through his service in the community. Learn more about this amazing local leader.

Science Factory: Noise!
April 13, 2013 - May 31, 2013
  • Event Times: Monday - Sunday, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
  • Event Admission: $4, Free children 2 and under
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  • Location: The Science Factory Children's Museum & Exploration Dome
  • Address: 2300 Leo Harris Pkwy, Eugene, OR 97401

Featuring interactive stations on sound, music, and hearing, this display is sure to raise decibels! Each activity takes a playful look at the physics of sound waves as well as how music and sound affect our mood.

Silent Spaces: Photographs by Jon Meyers
April 13, 2013 - July 21, 2013
  • Recurring daily
  • Event Times: Wednesday - Sunday, 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.
  • Event Admission: Free - $3
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  • Location: University of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural History
  • Address: 1680 E 15th Ave, Eugene, OR 97403
  • Phone: 541.346.3024

Journey with Eugene artist Jon Meyers to the Four Corners region of the American Southwest, exploring the sagebrush-covered ruins of Hovenweep and Chaco Canyon.

Site Seeing: Snapshots of Historical Archaeology in Oregon
April 13, 2013 - December 31, 2013
  • Recurring daily
  • Event Times: Wednesday - Sunday, 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.
  • Event Admission: General Admission: $3. Free Wednesday.
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  • Location: University of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural History
  • Address: 1680 E 15th Ave, Eugene, OR 97403
  • Phone: 541.346.1671

From a 19-century working-class family in Portland to a Chinese mining community in Jacksonville, this exhibit tells the stories of five historical sites recently excavated by museum archaeologists.

The Gallery at the Watershed
April 13, 2013 - June 08, 2013
  • Recurring weekly on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
  • Event Times: Tuesday - Saturday, 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.
  • Event Admission: Free
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  • Location: The Gallery at the Watershed  
  • Address: 321 Mill St Ste 6, Eugene, OR 94701

Eugene's newest art gallery. Dedicated to sharing exceptional contemporary artists, art and art education with the world community. Come visit the current gallery featuring artists: Lillian Almeida, Robert Canaga, Jill Cardinal, Kirk Lybecker, Renee Manford, Randy Ortiz, Michael Orwick, Sarah Sedwick, Angelita Surmon, Randall David Tipton and Jeff White.

Traditional and Contemporary Korean Art from the Mattielli & JSMA Collections
April 13, 2013 - May 05, 2013
  • Recurring daily
  • Event Times: Tuesday - Sunday 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. Open on Wednesday until 8 p.m.
  • Event Admission: Free to $5
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  • Location: Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art at the University of Oregon
  • Address: 1430 Johnson Ln, Eugene, OR 97403

This installation features distinguished examples of Joseon dynasty (1392-1910) through contemporary Korean calligraphy and painting as well as a selection of contemporary Korean ceramics.

Violet Ray: Advertising the Contradictions
April 13, 2013 - April 14, 2013
  • Recurring daily
  • Event Times: Tuesday - Sunday 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.; Wednesday 11 a.m. - 8 p.m.
  • Event Admission: Free to $5
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  • Location: Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art at the University of Oregon
  • Address: 1430 Johnson Ln, Eugene, OR 97403

Local artist Violet Ray's unique 60s ad collage series in which he inserted disturbing new imagery into real advertisements to reveal the hidden meaning and subconscious values of consumer culture.

West of Center: Art and Counterculture Experiment in America, 1965-1977
April 13, 2013 - April 28, 2013
  • Recurring daily
  • Event Times: Tuesday - Sunday, 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.; Wednesday, 11 a.m. - 8 p.m.
  • Event Admission: Free to $5
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  • Location: Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art at the University of Oregon
  • Address: 1430 Johnson Ln, Eugene, OR 97403

Explores the unique integration of art practices, political action, and collaborative life activities of the diverse range of artists and creatives in the 60s and 70s American West counterculture.

Yesterday and Today: Photographs and Cameras from Before 1940
April 13, 2013 - April 14, 2013
  • Recurring weekly on Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
  • Event Times: Tuesday - Friday, 10 a.m - 1 p.m.; Saturday - Sunday, 1 - 4 p.m.
  • Event Admission: Adults $6; Children $3; Free to members
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  • Location: Shelton McMurphey Johnson House
  • Address: 303 Willamette St, Eugene, OR 97401
  • Phone: 541.484.0808

This exhibit features historic photographs and cameras: images of SMJ and the people who lived here; family images from our volunteers and staff; a collection of antique photo albums.

On-going


Hideaway Bakery Market
April 13, 2013
  • Recurring weekly on Saturday
  • Event Times: Saturday, 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.
  • Event Admission: Free
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  • Location: Behind Mazzi's Restaurant
  • Address: 3377 E Amazon, Eugene, OR 97405
  • Phone: 541.686.1982

Year-round farmers' market featuring local organic produce, meats, cheeses, herbs and more. Also enjoy fresh organic coffee, breads and gourmet sandwiches.

Saturday Market
April 13, 2013 - November 09, 2013
  • Recurring weekly on Saturday
  • Event Times: Saturday, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
  • Event Admission: Free
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  • Location: Park Blocks
  • Address: 8th & Oak, Eugene, OR 97401
  • Phone: 541.686.8885

The oldest, open-air market in the United States offers great food, local crafts and live entertainment. An iconic Eugene experience. Adjacent the Lane County Farmers Market. Every Saturday, rain or shine in April - mid-November.

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