# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Eric Howk (Portugal. The Man), with AROE
- **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 29 May, 2026 at 08:00 pm – Fri, 29 May, 2026 at 11:00 pm (-07:00)
- **Event Description**: On Friday, May 29th, 2026, the Community Center for the Performing Arts proudly welcomes Eric Howk, with AROE to the WOW Hall.

Eric Howk is a musical jack of all trades. A multi-talented musician, he plays various instruments for the band Portugal. The Man. He grew up with the band’s lead singer John Gorley in Alaska.

Howk moved from Alaska to Seattle in 2000 when he was 18 and started playing in bands that got pretty big, including The Lashes.

In 2007, Howk started talking to Gorley about joining his band Portugal. The Man. Everything was ready to go, but then Eric was in a freak accident.

“I was sitting on a little retaining wall. The wall goes back. I try to catch myself in, like, the laurel bush behind me. And then that went down. And then I fell into a hole. No one else knew it was there when to catch myself and I just landed really bad.,” Howk said.

His T4 vertebrae went through his spine. His spinal cord injury paralyzed him mid-chest down and he lost sensation and movement of his legs.

Howk immediately started to use a wheelchair. At the time, Portugal. The Man was doing 250 shows a year on the road.

“I figured it was over. I figured touring was done for me. And at the ripe age of 25, when I fell in that hole, I was like, you know what? I had a pretty good go with it. You know, at that point, I thought that I had hit every echelon that there was to hit,” Howk said.

He took a break from bands and invested his time in producing and co-owning a music venue in Seattle. When he did start playing with bands again, he would stick to weekends and local shows. But the adventure of touring kept calling his name.

“I had to kind of tiptoe back into it. Now it’s been 17 years of making my carry-on bag smaller and smaller, basically, and figuring out like what I can do without. Because a big part of just like being able to do this touring thing is staying light and staying mobile and, being able to adapt into a bunch of different situations as they come,” he said.

In 2014, seven years after Portugal. The Man originally asked Howk to be in the band, he said, “yes.”  The band has toured extensively in the past decade. But in 2020, Eric had a reckoning with his drinking. He was using drugs and alcohol to try and fix his pain.

“We were always moving. We were always doing another thing. I remember kind of every element as that. Two nights ago, the path to the stage was a beautiful boardwalk to a botanical garden. I was like, man, the last time I was here, I was looking at that botanical garden underneath the boardwalk and being like, I might throw up on this. I go I go back to a lot of the scenes of the crime because we’re still on those same routings, still hitting those same cities,” Howk said.




AROE

AROE began coalescing in December 2024, sparked by Alessandra's desire to reclaim a space for creativity.

With songs already written but not yet fully realized, she connected with Paul Berryman and Johnny Nails to help refine her vision and bring the music to life in the studio. As the tracks evolved, so did the collaboration. AROE was no longer just an idea, but something fully formed.

Rooted in lyricism, the music weaves melodic vocals through songs that reflect on what gives life meaning and why we stay close to it. Whether for love, friendship, purpose, or protest, AROE explores the reasons we choose to stay.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/eugene/eric-howk-portugal-the-man-with-aroe/200029894845304
- **Event Categories**: music, entertainment, performances, trips-adventures, live-music, art
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 30

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://www.ticketweb.com/event/eric-howk-wow-hall-tickets/14820663?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=eugene-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Eugene
- **state**: OR
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 291 W 8th Ave, Eugene, OR, United States, Oregon 97401
- **lat**: 44.0512
- **long**: -123.09705
- **full address**: 291 W 8th Ave, Eugene, OR, United States, Oregon 97401

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: The WOW Hall (https://allevents.in/org/the-wow-hall/674380)

## Event gallery

- **Alt text**: banner
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  - **Image URL**: https://dyn-image.allevents.in/generate-image?v=4&title=Eric+Howk+%28Portugal.+The+Man%29%2C+with+AROE&date=29+May

## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Fri, 29 May, 2026 at 08:00 pm (-07:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 291 W 8th Ave, Eugene, OR, United States, Oregon 97401
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** The WOW Hall
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** music, entertainment, performances, trips-adventures, live-music, art
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Eric Howk (Portugal. The Man), with AROE ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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