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/TheLastEggplant Nov 27 '24

Totally. I agree with you in large part and think that sounds fun. But I think a lot of us are broke and burnt out by work, and there’s reasons we’re not going that aren’t just a lack of awareness. In the Big Dirty’s case it’s also bc some of the spots downtown have gotten sketchy and so a lot of us don’t go down there to drink anymore, and the Big Dirty is a drinking scene in a drinking area.

RIP Sam Bonds tho, it will be missed.

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u/No-Leadership4372 Nov 27 '24

Spot on I have the same take, going out is already way more expensive just like everything else, and downtown is just actually pretty unsafe now at night.