Where the music happens
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Still to come
Coming up in Eugene
In their own words
What people wrote about nights in Eugene
A guest for Dead Winter Carpenters · Thu, 02 Apr 2015
always so much fun! Thanks again for a great night!
A guest for Michael Franti & Spearhead · Thu, 13 Nov 2014
Eugene LOVES Sea Shepherd, and so does Michael Franti and Spearhead !! We had a wonderful night... met lots of supporters and gained new supporters, saw old friends and met new friends, raised awareness, and sold lots of Sea Shepherd gear. As usual, Michael put on an AMAZING show and spread lots of love, as well as major interaction from the crowd.
For this tour, he has a backdrop on stage with thousands of cloth swatches stapled to it that fans have written messages of peace, love and hope on. As the tour goes on, it grows. Sea Shepherd Eugene now has a swatch on that wall so our message will travel with him!
If you've never seen Michael Franti before, I highly recommend it, you WILL love him! Personally (John), I have seen about 421 concerts (not including fairs, bars, etc.), and if I exclude the Grateful Dead family, he literally puts on the best shows I've ever seen... ALWAYS good fun, music and fans. And Sea Shepherd Eugene's own Jasmine Tribolet got to dance on stage with him for the 9th time! She's known Michael since she was 7, playing his guitar once, and singing with him a few times, including a duet once on her birthday.
When the show was over, the party kept on going until midnight with guitarist J Bowman as DJ pumping out club music as the group of fans that danced with Michael during the final encore made the stage their own little dance club. Jasmine was the last person dancing for the final 20 minutes, with about 1/4 of the crowd still in the audience dancing and cheering her on!
After the club mix was over, Michael came out to the lobby near our table to personally say hello to his fans, sign autographs and have pictures taken with him until 1am, even though they have a long ride to Vancouver, Canada when they were done. He truly appreciates each and every person he meets.
And because his fans are such kind, loving people, the ones who already know Sea Shepherd sincerely loved the fact the Sea Shepherd Eugene was there, they love what we do, and were happy that we have a chapter here now. The folks that didn't know us, certainly do now, and were VERY warm and receptive... not one negative word, nothing but love and support for what Sea Shepherd does.
And a huge shout out to the staff at the historic McDonald Theater (Not WOW Hall), and Kesey Enterprises for all of their kind words, help and support... I always love shows in that venue and we hope to come back real soon! #ShepherdOn #SeaShepherdEugeneA guest for Josh Turner · Sun, 27 Jul 2014
It was an Awesome Concert! What a great way to Celebratey dads Bday! It was AMAZING! Cant wait till the next time Josh comes to town!
A guest for Stephen Marley · Wed, 09 Jul 2014
Great show! It was even family friendly, so all ages could come see legends perform.
A guest for John Lee Hooker · Fri, 02 Apr 1999
I was there!!
He came on stage with his hat and fur coat• It was a great concert!!
A woman in the row in front of us stood and was getting a little groove on the usher told her she had to sit down 👎 Everyone around us booed him
On the last song everyone was standing and groovin•
The organist was awesome I wish I could remember her name
Acts that keep coming back
Who plays Eugene most
1966 to 2026
How Eugene has played out
| Decade | Concerts | Venues |
|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10 | 6 |
| 1970s | 36 | 14 |
| 1980s | 63 | 17 |
| 1990s | 401 | 41 |
| 2000s | 1,574 | 85 |
| 2010s | 6,242 | 251 |
| 2020s | 1,907 | 94 |
A guest 100% for Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue · Fri, 13 Jun 2025
Being a NOLA native, Dumpstaphunk was enjoyable with their signature funk! Definitely recognized miss and love the voices of the Nevilles. Very fun!
JJ Grey & MoFro was amazing!! JJ's voice was delicious and his and MoFro's musicianship was a sight to see and hear!
As for Trombone Shorty, this was my 3rd time seeing him here in Eugene. I was very surprised with how much the electric guitars were in the forefront. It's certainly been a while since I've seen them, some years, but as a NOLA native it pains me to express some disappointment. I expected more of the signature horn playing, maybe more were highlighted towards the end. Unfortunately, I ended up leaving a little early.
All this to say that I still enjoyed the concert overall.
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