Location: 1228 University St, Eugene, in the middle of the University of Oregon campus.
Building History
The EMU underwent remodeling in 2015
Concert History
1950-51
1951-52
1952-53
1953-54
- Jazz great Dave Brubeck and his band playing a concert in the EMU in November 1953. Brubeck and his quartet were regulars on the college circuit in the 1950’s.
1954-55
1955-56
1956-57
1957-58
1958-59
1959-60
1960- 61
1961-62
1962-63
1963-64 Little Concert Series
- John Williams (Nov 12 )
- Henry L Scott – piano humorist (March 5)
1964-65
Little Concert Series (Chamber music)
1965-66
1966-67
1967-68
- Grateful Dead with Quicksilver Messenger Service, PH Phactor Jug Band and Headlights by Jerry Abrams. (Jan 30, 1968)
1968-69
1969-70
- The Rhythm Method (Nov 8)
- Son House (Nov 17)
- Joe Williams (Blues) (Dec 8)
- The Sons (formally the Sons of Champlin) with the Portland Zoo (Jan 24)
- The Eclipse -dance (Feb 14 )
- 33 AD from Seattle for the Lemon, Orange Squeeze Dance (March 6)
- Mark Spoelstra – country western/blues singer (March 12)
- The Phantom from Portland (Dance) (April 4)
- Stop (Dance) (April 18)
- The Bards (May 2)
- Fifth Dimension – Spring Prom at Mac Court followed by two dance bands in the EMU; Bill DeSuze Band (EMU Ballroom) Lloyd Cherrybird Spring Band (EMU dining room). (May 5)
- John Hammond Blues Band with River (May 9)
- Mass Media from Portland
- Abdula (folk)
- Searchin’ Soul, Ouroboros, Motley Hotz (benefit concert for Mountain Grove New School)
1970-71
- Mass Media (Oct 1970)
- John Lee Hooker (Oct 30 & 31)
- Sweets Mill String Band, Jon, Jim Loney (Nov 14)
- B. B. King (Feb 3)
- Talking Heads
1971-72
1972-73
- Commander Cody and his Lost Planet Airmen with Ramblin’ Jack Elliot (Jan 18, 1973)
1973-74
1974-75
- Jerry Garcia & Merl Saunders (Dec 15, 1974)
1975-76
- Wheatfield (Jan 8, 1976 )
1976-77
1977-78
- B.B. King (Feb 3, 1978)
1978-79
1979-80
- Talking Heads, Pearl Harbor & the Explosions (Oct 3, 1979)
- Rick Danko, Paul Butterfield (Nov 1979)
- BB King (Jan 1980)
- Graham Nash/Leah Kunkel (Mar 1980)
- King Bees (May 1980)
- Heath Brothers
- The Smokey Valley String band (1980)
1980-81
Fifth Annual Blues Festival: Big Walter Horton, Floyd Dixon Band, Pete Karnes Blooz Band, John Nicholas, JC Burris, John Lee Hooker, Blind Joe Hill, Little Charlie and the Nightcats
1981-82
1982-83
- English Beat
- Bow Wow Wow
- Iggy Pop
- The Ramones – May 2, 1983
1983-84
- X – Feb. 2, 1984
- T Bone Burnett
1984-85
- The Ramones with The Rats from Portland and Junk 57 from San Fran opening (Dec 1, 1984)
- The Blasters (Feb. 25, 1985)
- Los Lobos (March 15, 1985)
- True Believers (March 15, 1985)
1985-86
- The Replacements (Dec 7, 1985)
1986-87
- Guadalcanal Diary, R.E.M (Oct 2, 1986)
1987-88
1988-89
1989-90
- Pixies, Bob Mould (Oct 31, 1989)
1990-91
- Los Lobos (Oct 8, 1990)
1991-92
- Phish (Oct 10, 1991)
1992-93
- Mudhoney, Eugenius, Supersuckers (Dec 1, 1992)
- Faith No More with Babes in Toyland and Kyuss (Jan 17, 1993)
- L7 with 7 Year Bitch and Love Battery (Apr 7, 1993)
1993-94
- Widespread Panic (Nov 2, 1993)
- Crain, Unwound (Mar 31, 1994)
1994-95
1995-96
- Pavement with Silkworm (Jan 24, 1996)
- Gin Blossoms (Mar 5, 1996)
1996-97
- Les Claypool & The Holy Mackerel (Oct 17, 1996)
- Beck (Feb 10, 1997)
1997-98
- Kicking Giants (Nov 21, 1997)
1998-99
- Kenny Wayne Sheppard (Jan 6, 1999)
- Bob Dylan (June 14, 1999)