

Sat, May 30
|Petersen Barn Community Center
We Are Bethel Celebration Saturday, May 30 noon-4pm at Petersen Barn
Join us for our yearly celebration of Bethel! The Kindr Foundation is sponsoring our event this year, so it will be "extra kind". Over 60 booths with activities, live performances, fire engine, gunny sack races and raffle prizes. Food carts, too! Fun for the whole family!
Time & Location
May 30, 2026, 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Petersen Barn Community Center, 870 Berntzen Rd, Eugene, OR 97402, USA
About the event
ABC's We Are Bethel Celebration was a HUGE success in 2025 with an estimated 500 attendees!
The Kindr Foundation is helping to sponsor our event this year, so expect Kindness to be spread throughout the event!
We will have over 60 booths with activities, live performances, food trucks, fire truck, inflatable football game, gunny sack races - fun for the whole family!
Check out the photos from last year: https://www.activebethelcommunity.org/post/we-are-bethel-2025-photos?utm_campaign=585c9d02-5c75-4ed0-a4fe-43de17eb6e8b&utm_source=so&utm_medium=mail&cid=f4d10116-b0dd-4e29-a9e7-59f9a44425dc

This is a fun event for the whole family! The Active Bethel Community neighborhood association, EugeneRec and the Bethel School District invite you to enjoy our celebration. The Kindr Foundation is sponsoring our event this year, so we will have Choose Kindness surprises throughout the day. Free Choose Kindness lawn signs, pins and bumper stickers will also be available.
The following musicians and dancers will entertain you: Petersen Barn Dance Performance Group, West African Cultural Arts Institute Group, Ballet Folklorico Colibri Dancers, Eugene Peace Choir, Irving School Choir, Cascade Middle School Choir, Prairie Mountain School Band, Cascade/Willamette Mariachi Band, and Cascade Middle School Jazz Band.
For your enjoyment, there will be 60 community booths with activities, a fire truck, Giant Inflatable Football Game, Gunny Sack Races, and a raffle for an oil painting, handmade cards and Kindness T-shirts and hats. Raffle winners will be called out from the stage from 1:00-4:00pm.
Come stay for lunch and/or dinner as we have three food trucks: Eva’s Mexican Food, Dogs Gone Coastal (hot dogs), and Bea's Ice Cream.
Come join the fun!
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