r/Eugene 24d ago

Coffin races, parades, celebrations Something to do

We have nothing like these events where people come together, all the weird fun things that make eugene great. I miss when eugene felt vaguely like one big fucked up family

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u/fnbannedbymods 24d ago

Thinking same thing. Went to the Creswell Light Parade last night, we both said how sad it was that the nearest thing is to spend $20 each at the fairgrounds!  Springfield has its parade, we have... 

A long time ago Eugene used to have a great parade but like the Celebration it went away. 

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u/EUGres 23d ago

Eugene had the Bright Parade the last two years in the fall, and I think it's amazing. Wish more people would participate and show up to watch. https://eugenebrightparade.com/

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u/Hockshank 21d ago

The Bright Parade is great. Exactly the kind of funky Eugene event talked about in this thread fo sho