There is a red house on 1670 Alder St. with green lining and a big porch. There’s usually a sign up advertising various concerts, benefits and open mic nights and at least one character sitting outside. Some nights you can hear music spilling out the cracks of the house and shaking the rafters, but at midnight the music will stop and Eugeneans will file out by the dozens. This house is named The Campbell Club.
The student run co-op hosts open mic nights every Thursday and is a music venue for local bands of all genres.
Students looking to celebrate Halloween by dancing to live music with friends can kick the holiday off early Saturday night at The Campbell Club. This will be one of The Campbell Club’s two semi-annual Halloween extravaganzas, the other happening in February. Their Halloween shows are typically the loudest, most boisterous ragers The Campbell Club throws all year, so don’t miss out.
Three local bands will be playing the show. Megan Johns is a folk-rock act, and Punisher is an eclectic group with rocking drums and piano. The headliner, Alder Street, is a popular bluegrass, folk-rock band in this area. These guys will all be great for boogying on the dance floor, so bring comfortable shoes and groovy moves and prepare to get down. 
The doors open at 7:00 p.m., but events at The Campbell Club tend to be a little slow to start. The bands start playing at 8:00 p.m. and the show officially ends at midnight. Ticket prices are partially dependent on what people want to contribute on a sliding scale, with a $5.00 minimum and a $10.00 max. In true charitable spirit there will be a canned food drive at the show, so feel free to bring those canned beans you’ve had in the back of your pantry for two years, or any other nonperishable food items.
While no drinks are ever served at this venue because of its association with students and campus, there is a possibility of spooky cupcakes and even the potential of a raffle with glass blown by one of the co-op members. These are only tentative plans at the moment, but nights at The Campbell Club never really need anything more than tunes and a dance floor to be a blast.
Costumes are not only accepted — they are encouraged and ultimately necessary to invoke true Halloween spirit. The best ones will result in discounted ticket price; however, anyone dressed in culturally inappropriate costumes will be turned away. So if you’re planning on celebrating the festivities dressed in a Native American headdress this Halloween, wear your backup costume to the Campbell Club.
This event and more from The Campbell Club can also be found here.
Editors note: Daniel Bromfield of Punisher is a former Emerald writer.