Eugene’s Downtown Riverfront Park is hosting a free fan festival during the World Athletics Championships. There’s a big screen to watch the live action, food, performances, a kids area and more. KLCC heard from some people at the park this week.
“My name is Jaden Salama and I’m a bike valet. There’s lots of music going on, people are having a good time, generally really friendly. It fills up completely full, we almost have had to close. Like in a night we’ll do over 600 bikes.”
![Jaden Salama](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/649bf08/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1280x996+0+0/resize/880x685!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fc4%2Ffe%2Ff3b2baf9470d9da92c61f08ab977%2Fjaden.jpeg)
“Kelly Jenkins, I’m from San Diego, California. Today we thought we’d see a little bit of Eugene, we heard about the festival. It’s nice, it’s a great little river park. We’ve been really impressed with Eugene, it’s beautiful. I almost went to grad school in Corvallis but other than that I’ve never been up here to Oregon.”
![Kelly Jenkins and Jennifer Jones](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/5937d67/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1280x900+0+0/resize/880x619!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fa6%2Fdc%2Fc9cbbd754bfc900f2c4ee08b350f%2Fjenkins.jpeg)
“I’m Trish Fougner from Victoria British Columbia in Canada. This is the only day we don’t have tickets, that’s why we’re here. But we thought this was a great alternative. Nice spot in the shade, ‘cause it’s been hot in the stands. We were there yesterday, everybody was melting.”
The festival continues through 10 pm Sunday.