A leaner, cheaper celebration.Byline: Carolyn Lamberson The Register-Guard This year's Eugene Celebration The Eugene Celebration is an annual community celebration and civic event held in downtown Eugene, Oregon, United States. Featuring bands and performers from throughout the Pacific Northwest, the three-day festival is held in early September and attracts more than 40,000 attendees is beginning to take shape. The 23rd annual three-day celebration of all things arts, food, music and fun has been pushed back a couple of weeks to Sept. 30 through Oct. 2. It will sport a more concentrated "footprint," centering most of the activities in the downtown core
The Downtown Core is a 266-hectare urban planning area in the south of the city-state of Singapore. near Broadway and the park blocks home of Saturday Market. One other thing is being reduced, too - the admission price. This year, the three-day wristband wristband An identifying bracelet attached to a Pt's wrist at the time of admission to a health care facility, which may be the only identifier used during a person's stay in a hospital will sell for $10, as opposed to $15 last year. A single day pass will be $6; last year it was $10 for Friday and Saturday and $7 on Sunday. Children ages 12 and younger still will get in for free. Celebration organizers have the outdoor stages all booked. Still to come are the lineups for the club stages - at Luna, WOW Hall, Cozmic Pizza, John Henry's and Luckey's Club Cigar Store Luckey’s Club Cigar Store was purchased in 1911 by Tad Luckey, Sr., the son of Irish immigrants and an early Eugene pioneer. It is the oldest retail business in downtown Eugene, and one of the oldest bars in Oregon. - and the Kids' Zone stage. The outside stages will feature mostly local talent, including Dan Jones & the Squids, Laura Kemp, Satin Love Orchestra, Yeltsin and Visible Men. Also on the bill are regional and national acts such as Curtis Salgado Curtis Salgado is a Portland, Oregon-based Blues, R&B, and Soul singer-songwriter-musician. He was born on February 41954 in Everett, Washington. He plays harmonica and fronts his own band as lead vocalist. , the North Mississippi Allstars North Mississippi Allstars is a blues-rock/jam band band from Hernando, Mississippi founded in 1996. The band is composed of brothers Luther Dickinson (guitar, vocals) and Cody Dickinson (drums, keyboards), and Chris Chew (electric bass guitar). , the Cherry Poppin' Daddies, the Rock 'n' Roll rock 'n' roll: see rock music. Soldiers and Pretty Girls Make Graves. From screamo rock to swing music, the celebration aims to include something for everyone, said Brendan Relaford, managing partner of Big Green Events, the company hired by Downtown Events Management Inc. to put on this year's cele- bration. `I think what we're trying to do is to bring as much diversity to the table as we can," he said. In the wake of last year's rained-out and poorly attended festival, the central idea is to make the event fiscally sound. "Right now, after last year's celebration, we're trying to make the celebration work for less," he said. The City Hall Stage on Satur- day night, with the Seattle-based screamo band Pretty Girls Make Graves and the locally born Rock 'n' Roll Soldiers and Cherry Poppin' Daddies, will have a more alternative rock feel. "I think that night's going to be crazy," he said. EUGENE CELEBRATION MUSIC FRIDAY City Hall Stage 5 p.m. - Liesel Kelly Band 6:45 p.m. - Jerry Joseph & the Jackmormons 8:30 p.m. - Tony Furtado Tony Furtado is an award-winning banjo player and slide guitar player of Portuguese and Italian heritage who was born in Pleasanton, California. A two time winner of the National Banjo Championship in Winfield, Kansas (1987 & 1991). 10:30 p.m. - North Mississippi Allstars Broadway Plaza Broadway Plaza is the name of various places:
4:30 p.m. - Nicolette Helm 6 p.m. - Catie Curtis 8 p.m. - Curtis Salgado 9:45 p.m. - Satin Love Orchestra (two sets) Luckey's Stage (outdoors) 6 p.m. - Yeltsin 7:30 p.m. - Visible Men 9:15 p.m. - Quick and Easy Boys 10:45 p.m. - Reeble Jar Custom Corner Stage 6 p.m. - Valley Boys SATURDAY City Hall Stage 1:45 p.m. - Dengue Fever dengue fever (dĕng`gē, –gā), acute infectious disease caused by four closely related viruses and transmitted by the bite of the Aedes mosquito; it is also known as breakbone fever and bone-crusher disease. 3:15 p.m. - Linda Hornbuckle 4:45 p.m. - Albino albino (ălbī`nō) [Port.,=white], animal or plant lacking normal pigmentation. The absence of pigment is observed in the body covering (skin, hair, and feathers) and in the iris of the eye. ! 6:15 p.m. - Pretty Girls Make Graves 7:45 p.m. - Rock 'n' Roll Soldiers 9:30 p.m. - Cherry Poppin' Daddies (two sets) Broadway Plaza Stage 1:30 p.m. - Los Mex Pistols del Norte 3 p.m. - Hackensaw Boys 4:15 p.m. - Benevento/Russo Duo 5:15 p.m. - Something for Rockets Something for Rockets is an American alternative rock band out of Los Angeles, California. Something For Rockets infuse hypnotic dance-floor beats with lush melody and poignant lyrics. 6 p.m. - Parade awards ceremony 6:30 p.m. - Eleven Eyes 8 p.m. - Heavyweight Dub Champion 9:45 p.m. - Prezident Brown (two sets) Luckey's Stage (outdoors) 1:30 p.m. - Walker T Ryan 3 p.m. - SILAS 4:30 p.m. - Dan Jones & the Squids 6 p.m. - Saltlick 7:30 p.m. - Jerry and the Stagehogs 9 p.m. - John Shipe & the Blue Rebekahs 10:30 p.m. - Deb Cleveland Band Custom Corner Stage 1 p.m. - Coupe de Ville 7 p.m. - The Cheeseburgers SUNDAY City Hall Stage 1:30 p.m. - Sun Bossa 3 p.m. - Laura Kemp 4:30 p.m. - Sugar Beets Broadway Plaza Stage 12:15 p.m. - Don Latarski 1:45 p.m. - Barbara Healy 3:30 p.m. - Sonny Landreth Luckey's Stage 1:30 p.m. - Lyn Burg 3 p.m. - Swing Shift CAPTION(S): Luther Dickinson and the North Mississippi Allstars will perform Sept. 30. |
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