r/Eugene • u/Rabyd-Rabbyt • Nov 27 '24

Support Live Music! Something to do

The Big Dirty has announced that they will be closing Dec. 14. This comes just before Sam Bond's closes on Dec 18 (correction: end of December).

The reason these places are closing is simple: the audiences are not there. Eugene has a lot of amazing musicians and bands, but people don't go out to hear them.

Support local music by visiting local venues, while you still can.

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u/541dose Nov 27 '24

We need a new venue frfr....whirled pies is a decent option but still kinda small... Only place for midsized bands is wow hall now.... Bands that used to come to town are now skipping eugene and going to bend and portland instead... Just look at how many shows they're doing at hayden as compared to cuthbert....🤷‍♂️

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u/lindagovinda Nov 27 '24 edited Nov 27 '24

Hayden homes makes the bands that play there sign contracts saying they won’t play anywhere else in Oregon. That place sucks shitty ass for that. Not freaking cool. And the bands that sign it are almost as bad.

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u/duck7001 Nov 27 '24

This is very true. Hayden Homes (LiveNation) increased their non-compete radius for artists, so it now cover Eugene and The Britt Amphitheater (in Jacksonville). This has taken a huge amount of artists away from Eugene in the last two years.

LiveNation/Ticketmaster is an illegal monopoly and they are actively making our local live events worse. I'm sure they will be pardoned by the Trump admin or some bullshit.

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u/666truemetal666 Nov 27 '24

Wow crazy , i thought it seemd like euegne was getting skipped alot