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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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Pre's Trail X-C Challenge
August 24, 2012
  • Event Times: Friday, 6 p.m.
  • Event Admission: $10 - $20, $5 discount for OTC members
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  • Location: Alton Baker Park
  • Address: Club Rd and Coburg Rd, Eugene, OR 97401
  • Phone: 541.484.9883

The cross country event you've been waiting for. Experience Pre's Trail in a unique event that features age and ability divisions, hay bale obstacles and the most scenic race around.

Events


Drive-in Movie
August 24, 2012
  • Event Times: Friday, 9 p.m.
  • Event Admission: $10 per car in advance; $20 at gate
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  • Location: Willamalane Center for Sports & Recreation
  • Address: 250 S 32nd St, Springfield, OR 97478

Enjoy the movie "Footloose" (2011, rated PG-13) from the comfort of your own car. Limited to the first 100 cars. Concessions available; proceeds support the free summer movie program.

Eugene Celebration
August 24, 2012 - August 26, 2012
  • Recurring daily
  • Event Times: Friday, 5 p.m. - midnight; Saturday, 11 a.m. - midnight; Sunday, 11 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Event Admission: $8 - $15
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  • Location: Downtown
  • Address: , Eugene, OR 97401
  • Phone: 541.681.4108

Raise the Roof! The southern Willamette Valley's largest and most celebrated civic event. Good times will return with music, family fun, food, a parade and more.

Friday Night Live in the Wine Room
August 24, 2012
  • Event Times: Friday, 7 p.m.
  • Event Admission: Free
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  • Location: Territorial Vineyards & Wine Company
  • Address: 907 W 3rd Ave, Eugene, OR 97402

Come enjoy a glass of wine and the music of Shades of Blue.

Friday Night LIVE with Dreamdog
August 24, 2012
  • Event Times: Friday, 6 - 9 p.m.
  • Event Admission: Free
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  • Location: Saginaw Vineyard
  • Address: 80247 Delight Valley School Road, Cottage Grove, OR 97455
  • Phone: 541.942.1364

Join Saginaw Vineyard for old-fashioned fun and entertainment. Delicious and reasonably priced BBQ dinners and snacks provided by Shady Oaks Catering from 6 - 8:30.

Friday Nite Fetes
August 24, 2012
  • Event Times: Friday, 4 - 9 p.m.
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  • Location: Sarver Winery
  • Address: 25600 Mayola Ln, Eugene, OR 97402
  • Phone: 541.935.2979

Sarver Winery is firing up the grill and tunes Friday evenings throughout the summer. Enjoy gourmet pizzas, delicious wine and music. No reservation necessary and you are welcome to pack your own picnic or order off the bar menu.

Hellzapoppin Circus Sideshow
August 24, 2012
  • Event Times: Friday, 10 p.m.
  • Event Admission: $10
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  • Location: Cozmic Pizza
  • Address: 199 W 8th Ave, Eugene, OR 97401

This thrill packed stunt show features genuine human oddities, sword swallowing, the human block head, fire eating, bed of nails, the blade box , western bullwhip demonstrations, contortionists, and electrical death defying stunts. Ages 18 and up.

Let's Go Camping
August 24, 2012 - August 25, 2012
  • Recurring weekly on Sunday, Friday, Saturday
  • Event Times: Friday, 4 p.m. - Sunday, noon
  • Event Admission: $20 per family
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  • Location: At various State Parks
  • Address: OR
  • Phone: 888.953.7677

Oregon Parks and Recreation District hosts fun filled camping weekends for novice campers and families at various Oregon State Park throughout the summer. With extra gear for you, there's plenty of fun for adults and children. S'more included!

Musics Edge Summer Rock Camp Show
August 24, 2012
  • Recurring every 3 weeks on Friday
  • Event Times: Friday, 7 p.m.
  • Event Admission: $5
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  • Location: WOW Hall
  • Address: 291 W 8th Ave, Eugene, OR 97401
  • Phone: 541.687.2746

Music's Edge Rock Camp ends with a full-blown, rockin' show, with all the lights and sound that would make any rock star proud.

Science Factory Children's Museum: Grossology
August 24, 2012
  • Recurring daily
  • Event Times: Monday - Friday, 1 - 4 p.m.
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  • Location: Science Factory Children's Museum
  • Address: 2300 Leo Harris Parkway, Eugene, OR 97401

Discover the science behind all of your favorite gross things! Create a wide variety of slimes, dissect a pellet of hair and bones coughed up by an owl, learn what makes your body create gas, and more. Ages 5-7.

The Silver Spurs Saloon
August 24, 2012 - September 01, 2012
  • Event Times: Thursday, Friday & Saturday, 7 p.m.
  • Event Admission: $14 - $18
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  • Location: The Red Cane Theatre
  • Address: 1077 Chambers St, Eugene, OR 97402
  • Phone: 541.556.4524

The ten member cast sings, dances and performs their way into your heart with a great western story of past regrets and new beginnings. Food available from the Ring of Fire.

The Spitfire Grill
August 24, 2012 - August 26, 2012
  • Recurring weekly on Sunday, Friday, Saturday
  • Event Times: Friday & Saturday, 8 p.m., Sunday, 2:30 p.m.
  • Event Admission: $21, $19 senior/student
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  • Location: Cottage Theatre
  • Address: 700 Village Dr, Cottage Grove, OR 97424
  • Phone: 541.942.8001

Released on parole after 5 years in prison, a young woman makes a clean start in a small town in Wisconsin in this heart-warming 2001 musical about finding hope in the unlikeliest of places.

Exhibits & Shows


A Year of Paintings
August 24, 2012 - September 27, 2012
  • Event Times: Monday - Thursday, 8 a.m. - 8 p.m.; Friday, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m. - noon
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  • Location: Island Park Art Gallery at Willamalane Adult Activity Center
  • Address: 215 W C St, Springfield, OR 97477
  • Phone: 541.736.4444

Visit an exhibit featuring 52 paintings by PJ Sargeant. A free reception to meet Sargeant is scheduled Friday, Aug. 10, from 5 - 7 p.m. Wine, cider and hors d’oeuvres will be served. Many of the artists’ works will be for sale.

Guided Museum Tours
August 24, 2012 - November 02, 2012
  • Recurring weekly on Friday
  • Event Times: Friday, 1 & 3 p.m.
  • Event Admission: Free with admission; $3 adults; $2 youth & seniors
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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

Enjoy a guided tour free with admission. Discover the Museum of Natural and Cultural History, where 15,000 years of human history and 200 million years of geology are at your fingertips.

Nick Sixkiller: The Man Behind the Mic
August 24, 2012 - 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.

Out in Space, Back in Time: Images from the Hubble Space Telescope
August 24, 2012 - February 10, 2013
  • Recurring weekly on Sunday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
  • Event Times: Wednesdays - Sundays, 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.
  • Event Admission: $3; $2 seniors & youth; $8 families; Free on Wednesdays & to staff, students, children, faculty
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  • Location: University of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural History
  • Address: 1680 E 15th Ave, Eugene, OR 97403
  • Phone: 541.346.5083

The Hubble Telescope takes amazingly clear pictures of objects beyond Earth. From our close neighbors in space to the distant Rose Galaxies, discover the universe in this exhibit of photographs.

Spring & Summer: Green, Green the Color of New
August 24, 2012 - August 27, 2012
  • Recurring every week day
  • Event Times: Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
  • Event Admission: Free
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  • Location: Lane Community College - Building 19
  • Address: 4000 E 30th Ave, Eugene, OR 97405
  • Phone: 541.463.3518

The David Joyce Gallery located in the Center for Meeting and Learning at Lane Community College has opened its final exhibit of the 2011-12 academic year all about the inspiration of the color and term "Green."

Tidewaters by Rich Bergeman
August 24, 2012 - November 04, 2012
  • Recurring daily
  • Event Times: Wednesday - Sunday, 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.
  • Event Admission: $3; $2 seniors & youth; $8 families; Free on Wednesdays & to staff, students, children, faculty
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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

Bergeman's photographs document his exploration of the light, landscape and way of life that once flourished along the navigable rivers of Oregon's Coast Range.

Tough by Nature: Portraits of Cowgirls and Ranch Women of the American West
August 24, 2012 - September 09, 2012
  • Event Times: Tuesday & Thursday - Sunday, 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.; Wednesday, 11 a.m. - 8 p.m.
  • Event Admission: $5, $3 seniors 62+; Free for members, students and faculty
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  • Location: Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art at the University of Oregon
  • Address: 1430 Johnson Ln, Eugene, OR 97403
  • Phone: 541.346.3027

A exhibition and accompanying publication by Eugene based artist, Lynda Lanker, presenting portraits and stories of the more than fifty women, from thirteen western states, who gain their sustenance and livelihood from the land.

Victorian Mourning Exhibit
August 24, 2012 - November 11, 2012
  • Recurring daily
  • Event Times: Tuesday - Friday, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.; Saturday & Sunday 1 - 4 p.m.
  • Event Admission: $6 adults, $3 kids 4-12, children 3 and under free
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  • Location: Shelton-McMurphey-Johnson House
  • Address: 303 Willamette St, Eugene, OR 97401
  • Phone: 541.484.0808

View the Victorian Mourning Exhibit. There’s always something new to see and do at the Castle on the Hill.

Weird and Wonderful: Lane County Highlights and Footnotes
August 24, 2012 - September 15, 2012
  • Recurring daily
  • Event Times: Tuesday - Saturday, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
  • Event Admission: $3
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  • Location: Lane County Historical Society and Museum
  • Address: 740 W 13th Ave, Eugene, OR 97402
  • Phone: 541.682.4242

An exhibit featuring the county's notable oddities, superlative scenery, cinematic moments, and surprising personalities.

On-going


Rogue Trivia Night
August 24, 2012 - November 23, 2012
  • Recurring weekly on Friday
  • Event Times: Friday, 8 p.m.
  • Event Admission: Free
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  • Location: Rogue Public House
  • Address: 844 Olive St, Eugene, OR 97401
  • Phone: 541.345.4155

Mr. Bill's Traveling Trivia Show hosts a fun-filled evening of tricky questions.

University of Oregon Campus Tours
August 24, 2012
  • Recurring weekly on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
  • Event Times: Monday - Friday, 8:30 a.m., 9:30 a.m., 11 a.m., 12:30 p.m. & 2 p.m.; Saturday, 10:30 a.m.
  • Event Admission: Free
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  • Location: Ford Alumni Center / UO Alumni Association 
  • Address: 1720 E 13th Ave, Eugene, OR 97403
  • Phone: 541.346.3201

Student Ambassadors offer 90-minute walking tours of the main campus. Available year-round except holidays.

Markets


Springfield Farmers' Market
August 24, 2012 - October 26, 2012
  • Recurring weekly on Friday
  • Event Times: Friday, 3 - 7 p.m.
  • Event Admission: Free
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  • Location: Downtown Springfield
  • Address: 5th St & A St, Springfield, OR 97477
  • Phone: 541.345.7106

An open-air marketplace for locally produced fresh vegetables, fruits, plants, prepared food and specialty artisan goods. Open every Friday during the May-October growing season.

Veneta Downtown Farmers' Market
August 24, 2012 - September 28, 2012
  • Recurring weekly on Friday
  • Event Times: Fridays, 2 - 6 p.m.
  • Event Admission: Free
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  • Location: Luther & Territorial
  • Address: 88267 Territorial Rd, Veneta, OR 97487

Weekly community grower's market offering local produce for sale.

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