W.O.W. Hall
Venue Type: Community Center
The W.O.W. Hall is a community venue for the performing arts and a Eugene icon. It is an all-ages space and is run by over 400 volunteers and 900 staff members of the CCPA, the Community Center for the Performing Arts, who have been fighting to save rock and roll since 1975.
W.O.W. Hall Event Calendar
Current Shows at this Venue
Tonight My Brightest Diamond
Sat 11.22.08 The Cherry Poppin' Daddies
Fri 11.28.08 Bongo Love
Sat 11.29.08 Circa Vitae
Mon 12.01.08 Green Jelly
Tue 12.02.08 New Riders of the Purple Sage
Sat 12.06.08 Northwest Royale
Thu 12.11.08 Grouch and Eligh
Fri 12.12.08 Fall of Troy
Fri 12.19.08 Proven
Wed 12.31.08 Lafa Taylor
Past Shows at this Venue
Thu 11.20.08 Mr. Fabulous
Wed 11.19.08 Pato Banton
Sun 11.16.08 Patriot
Sat 11.15.08 The Goddamn Gallows
Fri 11.14.08 KRS-One
Thu 11.13.08 Bassnectar
Wed 11.12.08 Augustana
Sun 11.09.08 Ludo
Sat 11.08.08 Mason Jennings
Fri 11.07.08 The Listening
Thu 11.06.08 Opa Cupa
Tue 11.04.08 Missy Higgins
Mon 11.03.08 Matt Nathanson
Sun 11.02.08 The Expendables
Sat 11.01.08 Witches Ball
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W.O.W. Hall
291 W. Eighth Ave.
Eugene, OR 97401
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W.O.W. Hall
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Comment by: Rob
The Best Venue in Eugene (Not saying much)
The WOW Hall serves as almost anyone's introduction to the Eugene music scene. Because it's the only small venue worth a damn in the whole city, it gets every genre known to man, with occasional success stories passing through on their way to the top. You get your prerequisite hippie music weekly, your metal, your goth, your polka, your hip-hop, and your indie rock to appease the hipsters at the University of Oregon. It's a minor league stop on the indie rock circuit, but gets that would later go on to stardom such as Death Cab for Cutie, Modest Mouse, or The Decemberists.
The venue itself is charmingly decrepit, undersized, and coated in chipped white paint. The main auditorium is a hardwood floor, a small elevated stage, and claustrophobically low ceiling, guaranteeing an intimate concert, whether you want it or not. Downstairs there is a decent bar which always has great microbrews from around Oregon and the rest of the West Coast on tap.
It's not a place to be missed if you're spending an extended amount of time in Eugene. Who knows you might see the next big thing there.