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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WOW Hall events 5/30 to 6/6/19
Box Office Hours: noon – 6:00 pm Monday through Friday
In the Gallery: W.O.W. Hall Historic Preservation Month Exhibit: “The Woodmen of the World: Their History and Their Hall”: through May.
Thursday, May 30
Network Charter School Talent Show
Doors 12:00 pm, showtime 12:30
Saturday, June 1
KWVA Birthday Party: Raymond McMahon, Ian Michael Lindsay, Laundry, DJ Callie Dean
Variety
Doors 7:00 pm, showtime 7:45
Admission $5 UO students with ID, $7 general public, at the door.
Tuesday, June 4
Pato Banton
Reggae
Doors 8:00 pm, showtime 9:00
Tickets $21 advance, $25 day of show, available at UO Ticket Office, WOW Hall and www.ticketweb.com
Wednesday, June 5
Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears with Amasa Hines
R&B/Funk
Doors 8:00 pm, showtime 8:30
Tickets $15 advance, $18 day of show, available at UO Ticket Office, WOW Hall and www.ticketweb.com
Thursday, June 6
Eugene LIVE! Final: Father Nature, Hippie Fight, Laundry, Novacane, Ron Selfridge, The Muddy Souls
Northwest Showcase
Doors 8:00 pm, showtime 8:30
Tickets $8 advance, $10 day of show, available at UO Ticket Office, WOW Hall and www.ticketweb.com
Friday, June 7
University of Oregon Green & Yellow Garter Bands
Marching Bands
Doors 6:30 pm, showtime 7:00
Admission $5 at the door general public, free for UO students
JUST ANNOUNCED:
Friday, July 5: Abbey Road 50th Anniversary Show with Abbey Road Live! and Eugene own Maya Love; doors 7:00 pm, showtime 8:00. Tickets $15 advance, $18 day of show. BUY TICKETS.
Friday, July 19: Rock For Recovery - A Benefit For Willamette Family feat. Ghost of Gatsby (CD Release Show), RadRanger, Wild Ire; doors 7:30 pm, showtime 9:00. Tickets $10 advance, $10 day of show. BUY TICKETS.
Wednesday, September 4:Mariachi Flor de Toloache with Springfield High School Mariachi Band; 8:00 pm. Tickets on sale May 22 at 12:00 pm.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE STOP: 6/5/2019
On Tuesday, June 4, the Community Center for the Performing Arts and University of Oregon Campus Radio 88.1 FM KWVA proudly welcome Pato Banton back to the WOW Hall.
At a Pato Banton concert positive vibrations abound with a dancing beat and a message that is food for the mind and soul. Many have said that the positivity generated from the stage has changed their lives forever. Pato was born Patrick Murray in England in 1961, and gained his musical foundation on his stepfather’s sound system. Patrick was given the name Patoo by his stepfather. The name derives from the call of a night owl in Jamaica. Pato became the #1 MC in Birmingham, winning the title seven years in a row, and at the age of 19 was invited to join local roots reggae band. He recorded the single “Pato & Roger A Go Talk”, which appears on the English Beat’s gold selling album, Special Beat Service, and the hit songs “Hip-Hop Lyrical Robot” and “King Step” with UB40. Fashion Records changed his name to Pato Banton (in DJ circles a “Banton” is a heavyweight lyricist, thus in England, Pato became “The Banton”). His second single, “Allo Tosh Got a Toshiba” launched a string of successful projects with Fashion Records, Greensleeves and Island Records. Neil Frasier at Ariwa Records recorded Pato’s first album, Mad Professor Captures Pato Banton, which is still regarded as an all time reggae classic! After recording his second album Never Give In!, Pato renamed his band “The Reggae Revolution” and began touring extensively. The buzz about Pato Banton’s live shows sparked the interest of IRS Records. A contract was signed and Never Give In!, which many consider to be a timeless reggae masterpiece, was released globally. Successful tours secured his spot as one of the best live performers in the reggae industry. Most recently, Banton released 2017’s Love is the Greatest!, a compilation featuring collaborations with Ghanaian artist Mohammed Alidu, Pilot Touhill and others; and The Words of Rastafari, a three-CD set that combines speeches from Ethiopian emperor and key Rastafarian figure Haile Selassie with re-imagined Bob Marley riddims.
Tickets are $21 in advance, $25 day of show, and are available at U. of O. Ticket Office, WOW Hall and www.ticketweb.com. Doors open at 8:00 pm and showtime is 9:00. The WOW Hall is located at 291 W. 8th Ave. (the corner of 8th and Lincoln in Eugene) and is open for all ages (6-11 half price at the door when accompanied by parent or adult guardian; five and under no charge). Adult refreshments are available downstairs. For more information please call 541-687-2746.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE STOP: 6/6/2019
On Wednesday, June 5, the Community Center for the Performing Arts and KLCC proudly welcome Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears to the WOW Hall along with special guests Amasa Hines.
Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears are touring in support of The Difference Between Me & You, an exploration of the sordid trappings of ego, isolation, consumption, waste and war. Recorded in their hometown of Austin, Texas, with Grammy award winning producer Stuart Sikes (The White Stripes, Cat Power, Modest Mouse) the band’s fifth studio album charts new territory with a heavy stream of lyrical consciousness. The Difference is influenced by a deep repertoire of sounds: the heavy grooves of Albert King, the punked-up blues of R.L. Burnside, the storytelling of Bobby “Blue” Bland, and the soulfully layered horns of the Stones. No one sound holds more weight than the next; all are omnipresent throughout. And while it’s an approach that might veer slightly from the band’s typical sounds, it was a conscious step in a new direction for Lewis. Lewis says he wanted to “make a more complex and reflective record” than he had before. “The sound is darker than anything Lewis has ever put out before, burying his guitar in swampy, grungy funk grooves (‘Face in the Scene’), barbed-wire roadhouse blues (‘Nothing But a Cliché’), raw, propulsive raveups (‘Culture Vulture’), and disjointed garage rock (‘Gut Feeling’), topped off with a muddy, sinister cover of Wilco's ‘Handshake Drugs’ that makes the song sound like a deep album cut on Creedence Clearwater Revival's Green River,” reports Charleston City Paper. “In short, this is a ‘dark night of the soul’ album.” On The Difference Between Me & You, Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears succeed in pulling off a rare feat – creating an informed “real blues” record.
Amasa Hines is a five-piece rock band from Little Rock, AR, that formed in 2012. Their new five-song EP, Ivory Loving Glass, takes place in the imagined future, and explores the pursuit of peace and companionship in a technologically advanced world.
Tickets are $15 in advance, $18 day of show, and are available at U. of O. Ticket Office, WOW Hall and www.ticketweb.com. Doors open at 8:00 pm and showtime is 8:30. The WOW Hall is located at 291 W. 8th Ave. (the corner of 8th and Lincoln in Eugene) and is open for all ages (6-11 half price at the door when accompanied by parent or adult guardian; five and under no charge). Adult refreshments are available downstairs. For more information please call 541-687-2746.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE STOP: 6/7/2019
On Thursday, June 6, the Community Center for the Performing Arts in association with Ninkasi Brewery & Recording Studio and EventStar Productions proudly host Eugene LIVE! – Final featuring performances by Father Nature, Hippie Fight, Laundry, Novacane, Ron Selfridge and The Muddy Souls.
More opportunities for local performers! The people demanded it; the WOW Hall supplied it. Beginning in January, the CCPA hosted a series of six concerts highlighting the talents of Northwest musicians. Out of the twenty-eight acts that participated, six remain in contention. On June 6 the audience will vote for their favorite act. The chosen artist wins a recording package at Ninkasi Recording Studio and a slot on a select 2019 EventStar Productions festival.
Here are the finalists; each representing a different genre of music.
Father Nature is a 22-year old rapper/producer from Roseburg, Oregon.
Hippie Fight is a Eugene post-pre-punk band with severe food allergies.
Laundry is a dream rock band from Eugene.
Eugene’s Novacane has spent the better half of the last decade meticulously crafting their own brand of self-titled "Psych Pop".
Ron Selfridge is a Pacific Northwest native who stops the room with his Folk/Americana music, poetic lyrics and dark melodies.
The Muddy Souls are an acoustic American roots music group based out of Eugene.
Tickets are $8 in advance, $10 day of show, and are available at U. of O. Ticket Office, WOW Hall and www.ticketweb.com. Doors open at 8:00 pm and showtime is 8:30. The WOW Hall is located at 291 W. 8th Ave. (the corner of 8th and Lincoln in Eugene) and is open for all ages (6-11 half price at the door when accompanied by parent or adult guardian; five and under no charge). Adult refreshments are available downstairs. For more information please call 541-687
Classes, Meetings & Workshops at the WOW Hall 5/30 to 6/6/19
Saturday, June 1:
Dance Empowered with Cynthia Healey
9:00 – 10:00 am
Sunday, June 2:
Coalessence: Community Ecstatic Dance
10:00 am – noon
Monday, June 3:
Dance Empowered with Cynthia Healey
5:30 – 6:30 pm
Calendar of Upcoming Events
Wednesday, May 22
Downtown Neighborhood Association Meeting
6:00 – 7:30 PM
Thursday, May 23
Yheti
NastyNasty
Eazybaked
(InSight Events rental)
9:00 PM
$15 Early Bird
$20 Advance
EDM
Friday, May 24
WOW Hall House Party:
Raymond McMahon
Ghostnaps
Kingbird
Khalil Romeo
8:00 PM
$8 Advance
$10 Day of Show
Hip-Hop/EDM
Sunday, May 26
Poor Man’s Whiskey
Moonlight Jubilee
8:00 PM
$18 Advance
$20 Day of Show
Acoustic Rock / Bluegrass
Thursday, May 30
Network Charter School Talent Show
Noon
Saturday, June 1
KWVA Birthday Bash:
Raymond McMahon
Ian Michael Lindsay
Laundry
DJ Callie
(rental)
7:00 PM
$5 UO Students
$7 Public
http://kwvaradio.org/
Tuesday, June 4
Pato Banton
8:00 PM
$21 Advance
$25 Day of Show
Reggae
Wednesday, June 5
Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears
Amasa Hines
8:00 PM
$15 Advance
$18 Day of Show
R&B / Funk
Thursday, June 6
Eugene LIVE! Final:
Ron Selfridge
Hippie Fight
The Muddy Souls
Father Nature
Novacane
Laundry
8:00 PM
$8 Advance
$10 Day of Show
Thursday, Friday, June 7
UO Green & Yellow Garter Bands
6:30 PM
Free for UO students
$5 public
Marching Bands
Tuesday, June 11
Volunteer Orientation
7:00 PM
Thursday, June 13
John Kadlecik’s Fellowship of the Wing
8:00 PM
$22 Advance
$25 Day of Show
Jam Rock
Friday, June 14
Cherry Poppin’ Daddies CD Release Party
8:00 PM
$25 Advance
$26 Day of Show
Rock-Funk-Swing
Monday-Friday, June 24-28
Girl Circus
9:00 am – noon
Friday, June 28
Soul Vibrator
Adebisi EP Release Party
Spiller
Smyth
8:00 PM
$8 Advance
$10 Day of Show
Friday, July 5
Abbey Road 50th Anniversary Show with Abbey Road Live!
Maya Love
7:00 PM
$15 Advance
$18 Day of Show
A Tribute to The Beatles
Friday-Saturday-Sunday, July 12-13-14
Oregon Country Fair
11:00 AM – 7:00 PM
Visit the WOW Hall/KLCC Booth at the Main Stage Meadow; Pack check $2
Wednesday, July 17
Cuco
8:00 PM
$23 Advance
$28 Day of Show
Pop
Neo-Soul
http://www.loverisaday.com/
https://www.facebook.com/Thefineforest
https://www.instagram.com/cucopuffs/
https://open.spotify.com/artist/2Tglaf8nvDzwSQnpSrjLHP
https://twitter.com/Icryduringsex
Friday, July 19
Rock For Recovery – A Benefit for Willamette Family
Ghost of Gatsby
Wild Ire
Rad Ranger
7:30 PM
$10 Advance
$10 Day of Show
Rock
Monday, July 22
Thunderpussy
8:00 PM
$12 Advance
$15 Day of Show
Rock
Monday-Friday, July 22-26
Girl Circus
9:00 am – noon
Monday-Friday, July 29 – August 2
Music’s Edge Summer Rock Camp
Tuition $309 / $100 Registration Fee (applies towards tuition)
Friday, August 2
Music’s Edge Rock Camp Show
6:30 PM
$5 at the door.
Saturday, August 3
LDW
8:00 PM
$15 Advance
$20 Day of Show
Tribute to The Talking Heads
Monday-Friday, August 5-9
Bass Camp
Monday-Friday, August 12-16
Music’s Edge Summer Rock Camp
Tuition $309 / $100 Registration Fee (applies towards tuition)
Wednesday, September 4
Mariachi Flor de Toloache
Springfield High School Mariachi Band
(Hult Center rental)
8:00 PM
Tuesday, September 10
The Melvins
Redd Kross
Shit Kid
8:00 PM
$20 Advance
$25 Day of Show
Heavy Metal
Saturday, November 23
That 1 Guy
7:00 PM
$15 Advance
$15 Day of Show
Magic Pipe
