Sunday, June 16, 2024 Joni Mitchell: Take Me as I Am (performed by Rainee Blake) There is a difference between a cover band and a tribute act. Covers are simply playing other people’s songs, while tribute acts go all out to not only perform the songs of others but fully embody the act. Perhaps […]
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310babii, with Dstew & Atah, Sway, Yes Yes, Smooth, Aveboi Saturday, June 15, 2024 Live entertainment can be really difficult to predict. We have an approach to promotion of shows in the lead-up to the event to spread the word, and sometimes one show has amazing turnout and ticket sales, and another seemingly similar […]
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Friday, Jun 14, 2024 The Night Alive, Burn the Stage, Metalföl, and Pretty Suspect This show was a showcase of local and regional acts, with the sounds leaning heavily into punk, emo and a heavy rocktronica vibe. It was a smaller crowd, but the staff was enthused to see families show up, including a […]
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University of Oregon Garter Band (Green & Yellow) Sunday, June 9, 2024 It was an early stage call, with doors at 6 and the performance at 6:30 p.m., for tonight’s annual sentimental send-off of University of Oregon music students who collectively have spent the past school year performing side-by-side at athletic events as the […]
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Tuesday, June 4, 2024 Lords of Acid, with Devora, Praga Khan The WOW Hall set an earlier-than-usual door time for a Tuesday show (6:30 p.m.) in anticipation of four performers on the bill, but one dropped out leaving some extended break in the evening — but we appreciated that if nothing else Lords of […]
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Thursday, May 30, 2024 The Wailers I have seen countless shows at the WOW Hall going back to the 1990s, yet I can’t recall ever seeing a larger crowd than what we had tonight. A sellout of all tickets, plus an ample guest list and full staff/volunteer crew, meant having to shoe-horn in everyone […]
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Sunday, May 26, 2024 Apex Predator, GAG, Adipocere, Breakneck Flow, Tolls, Solution Honey Do you like volume? Like, ear-splitting, wall vibrating, headache inducing, head still pounding three days later, measuring on the Richter scale volume? Then boy oh boy did we have a show for you!!! The WOW Hall opened its doors earlier than […]
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Saturday, May 25, 2024 Dark Cabinet Curio presents…House of Deville’s The WOW Hall prides itself on being an all-ages and all-welcoming place, but sometimes we have to set an age restriction on shows…tonight there was a very valid reason for making it 18 and older. While there was no full nudity, there was at […]
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Friday, May 24, 2024 DUNGEONS & DRAG QUEENS A seated yet very rowdy crowd packed the WOW Hall this evening for a show that definitely takes a detour from our normally music-oriented programming at the venerable, historic WOW Hall. We had many people in attendance dress in their best renaissance fair decor, a few complete […]
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Monday, May 20, 2024 tu-NER, opener: Childspeak We honestly weren’t sure how this show would go over — it’s difficult to get a crowd out on a Monday evening, especially with very avant garde experimental sounds that generally attract a more niche audience. Still, we persevered, and were rewarded with two excellent performances and an […]
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Saturday, May 18 2024 Stiff Little Fingers, opener: Ricky Warwick This was a show that many of us on staff at the WOW Hall had circled on our calendars for a long time, and it certainly didn’t disappoint. For those not in the know, Stiff Little Fingers are an iconic punk band from Belfast, Ireland […]
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May 17, 2024 SHREK RAVE With a tagline of “it’s dumb just come have fun” it had to be good, right? EDM raves tend to do well at the WOW Hall, but this event brought it to a whole new level. This was a later start than usual for our shows, with the event kicking […]
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