Cuthbert Amphitheater

I just love the Cuthbert! It's my favorite venue in Eugene. Cuthbert provides a chill outdoor setting to enjoy music. It's centralized location in beautiful Alton Baker Park makes it easy to utilize public transportation and it's right off the bike path. Free parking.

Inside the venue there are areas to dance or just chill in the grass with a great view of the stage. Food and beverage vendors and indoor restrooms. The Cuthbert features a good mix of music genres from nationally and locally known artists.

Even when I can't afford a ticket I enjoy just sitting in the park. I always see people I know. Sometimes I can't handle going to whole concerts and going through security lines. So I like the option to just come and enjoy the ambiance for a little while.

It's just very accessible, very local, fantastic outdoor venues and a jewel of the city of Eugene. If you haven't seen a show at Cuthbert, you are missing out big time.

Sold out! That's what happens when Cake shows up! The crowd was friendly and the staff in the venues and security were all great and friendly. The front of the amphitheater could use a good cleaning. Otherwise, a neat place to hear some great music!

It is such an amazingly beautiful venue and I have always loved seeing concerts here. They have such an ideal park setting, parking, easy access and great sound. Its general admission but there really are no bad areas. They get some pretty good concerts, I've attended a few who I didn't even know and enjoyed that too.
So, having said that ... this last week, I had a horrible experience there with my children.
My middle son is disabled with a complex cardiac history. He is pacemaker dependent and has mobility and speech issues both of which he receives therapy for and has for 10 years. He also takes blood thinners due to having a mechanical valve.
On Saturday, we attended the road to Maui concert as a family. Upon stepping up to the security area, there was a metal detector, and I informed the security guard that my son could not go through it due to his pacemaker. He said that was fine and for him to go around. In doing this, we were separated in a crowded area (I should note here that at school he has a one on one aid due to risk of him falling in crowded areas, and what could happen due to blood, thinners and pacemaker, if that occurred). As he walked around another security guard started yelling at him that he had to go back. I stepped out of the line to let him know that my son had a pacemaker. Being a preteen, this is all embarrassing for my son. He doesn't want to be different. This then created a commotion with the one guard yelling at my son to get back in line and to go through the metal detector and a different guard yelling at me that I hadn't gone through the metal detector and that I needed to get back in line. The one guard told me that it was fine for my son to go through the metal detector and I explained to him that our cardiologist has been very clear that it is not, and that it would be pointless anyway, being as the metal detector would go off because the pacemaker is metal, he continued to tell me that it was fine and then another security guard came up with a wand which I yelled to him (as he is standing over by my son) even 1 to 2 seconds, can affect his pacemaker and cause him to have a cardiac event as he has complete heart block meaning no underlying heart rhythm and best case scenario it would send a signal to the pacemaker that his heart has stopped, and it would shock him. Either way he would fall, and he takes blood thinners, and it could be a very potentially dangerous and life-threatening situation. The one security guard continued to tell me that it would be fine and I continue to yell at him that our cardiologist has told us otherwise and asked him if he was a cardiologist and why he felt safe giving medical advice and finally the security guard with the wand stated that he wasn't comfortable doing it, and they proceeded to argue back-and-forth for a moment, while the another security guard continued to scream that I still needed to go through the metal detector. All of this was very terrifying both to me and to my disabled child. It was also embarrassing to my child as other attendees asked what the problem was, and what was going on. Afterwords, I reached out to the Cuthbert by phone, where I left a message via Facebook messenger and via email, but received no response other than an automated reply. At the time of this writing, there has still been no response to me whatsoever and I will update if that changes. I told them that I just wanted reassurance that they would provide better training to their staff operating security checkpoints as far as people with disabilities. I know they use volunteers sometimes and it could be pretty overwhelming as far as training people but I'm sure some sort of training is given when instructing them how to put people through security, and a brief sentence or two about those with pacemakers is necessary. I just wanted assurance that going forward, but was completely ignored on multiple platforms.

So I will say this. It's a beautiful venue I've seen so many concerts there both as a young single person and as a family. Up until this last week, I enjoyed all of those. It is a place that we have treasured. At this point, however, I do not believe them to be a safe place for people with disabilities and uncaring about that in the aftermath. If you are not disabled or you just don't care about their miss treatment of people with disabilities and then blowing off correspondence regarding that after then you will love this place as I once did.

My first visit was during the breakout of the Delta variant of COVID. Vaccination cards had to be shown for entry (very glad). However, I feel the venue was oversold during this variant outbreak, and I found myself packed into a crowd of people who refused to wear masks.

This tarnished a great reggae concert for me and I won't be returning for a long time. The crowd had no respect for the mask, and the promoters didn't allow for any social distancing.

Went to OuR 6th show here and it Never Dissappoints. The Vendors are on Point. The Staff is helpful and Courteous. The Sound quality is bomb! Not a Vader seat in the house. Tickets to shows are always Insanely reasonable too! Absolutely Love Everythimg About this Venue. Its obvious the customer comes 1st at the Cuthbert. Wishing all Service Businesses were at this Level in Eugene.

I definitely enjoyed my first time at the Cuthbert! My friends and I drove down last weekend for Global Dub Fest.

We go to a lot of shows -- like, A LOT A LOT of shows -- all over the country, so at first glance I was really surprised at how much smaller it was than I'd expected. But throughout the day it was able to accommodate so many people and we still had room to dance or sit on the grass to rest. Even at the back of the grassy area, we were still able to see the stage clearly and hear the music perfectly.

One thing is that I wish there were posters regarding designated smoking areas. I personally don't smoke, but a lot of my friends do and venue security came over to escort them to the proper area. It would have been much easier to just have this posted publicly because there were honestly no signs.

And thankfully we were staying at the La Quinta Inn Eugene (five min walk) because traffic out of the venue looked awful!! There was only one road out and the cars were lined up all the way to the highway. But since we didn't have to drive, it was a great first experience. Might be back for Transition later this year, or back to Global Dub next year!!

I've been to several shows at the Cuthbert and each one has been lovely. The set-up for the venue allows for stadium type seating, a standing "dance" area (for some shows), and two levels of grassy areas to lay down a blanket or small chair and still have a good view of the entertainment. I always choose the grassy areas so my party can enjoy a small picnic pre-show.
The rules of the venue are strict, but not so much so that it's unreasonable. They have them listed plainly on their site so there are no surprises when you arrive. Food in transparent zip lock bags, empty water bottles you can fill inside and no chairs so large that they obstruct other's views. There are a few more, but nothing any other venue doesn't have.
Food and alcohol are very expensive, but hey, it's an entertainment venue, what do you expect. However, at the shows I've been to, they have a nice selection of venders to choose from: Chinese noodles in take away containers, barbecue and hamburgers from Bates, Mexican selections, Prince Pucklers ice cream and the standard hot dog and pretzel meals.
The sound is excellent, the atmosphere peaceful and inclusive. I can think of no reason why you shouldn't look forward to an evening at the Cuthbert.

The venue itself is a beautiful place, shows I have seen have all been wonderful. I love Slightly Stoopid, Dirty Heads, Rome, and Sublime and would love for them to continue to come to Eugene, Oregon but why is the security getting to be so harsh on people? I was pretty upset upon entry for one when I had to shake my blanket, then I had to open my wallets...yes I have 2! That was a little much! I purposely brought a purse with just lipgloss, wallet, gum, ticket, and car keys! So it would be easy to check! My next bag had my blanket, and a jacket! Nope...had to hold up the line just to check every nook and cranny! Then after that I got pretty felt up by the female security!!
The next thing I wasn't happy to see was how often they were going up to people that were smoking on there vape pens, or even just joints!...come on!! It's legal now, and what kind of a concert was I at again??? I think the security should find something better to do with their time, than to harass people. I even saw them getting mad at people for using the video on their phone. I guess you can't do that anymore now either! The only real plus side was that they did add liquor. I would rather have a mix drink over anything else. But I would have a suggestion...they should use the freshly squeezed lemonade with the vodka instead of that nasty crap they were serving! But hey, at least they finally have mixed drinks now!!

I really like the venue itself- acoustics are good, and it's in a beautiful spot. In fact, I drove all the way from Seattle to see one of my favorite bands here. However, I will not be back, and weeks later I'm still pretty upset about my experience here, hence this review.

Let me preface this by saying that I go to A LOT of concerts - probably one to two a week - 100+ a year! I travel all over the place to see bands. It's kind of my thing. Typically, when you go into a venue, security checks inside your bag, maybe make you go through a metal detector if they're hardcore. I have no problem with that, safety first, right?

That being said, I have never been pat down to the extent that I was at Cuthbert. I was wearing a tank top and leggings (no where to hide anything) and the security guard still more or less felt me up to the point that I was in tears by the end. I did, and still do feel completely violated and humiliated.

Please, invest in some metal detectors and stop molesting people, because that's what you're doing. Even the TSA is not this bad.

I will be doing all I can to take further action against these people, because this is not okay.

The Cuthbert Amphitheater is a perfect outdoor venue. Oregon makes a big deal about arts parks, outdoor performances, because of the spectacular scenery, and that when the weather is good, it's great. One can behold Spencer Butte, as well as the Cascades.

They're excellent for family-centered activities. It's a great place for performing medieval mystery plays, short stories of Edgar Allan Poe&Ambrose Bierce. Its got atmosphere.

An ideal outdoor venue. Location, location, location!