Meet local artists, try your hand at a potter's wheel, get an inside view of the camera obscura--you'll get a taste of the valley's varied arts afficionados at our art exhibits.

We're taking art to the streets! Using adaptive equipment, the Arc of Benton County staff will assist participants of all abilities to create large scale street murals.

Enjoy a morning of flying discs and four legged competitors! Novice and seasoned competitors are welcome to strut their stuff at the da Vinci Days Canine Frisbee Contest.

da Vinci Days offers a family experience with special events and activities for kids and their parents. It's an adventure into Leonardo's world of curiosity and discovery from a child's-eye view!

Join the Rhythm Circle and experience the joy of group music.

Coordinated by the da Vinci Days Community Art Committee, we feature our local talent along the Avenue of Imagination in an open air art installation.  All are invited to participate! Let your imagination run wild! There are no limits. Your project can be realistic or fantastic, big or small.

As poet or spectator, join us for a riveting poetry competition! Poets in performance, speaking their personal, political, spiritual, and social thoughts.  Seating area at the outdoor dining canopy provides an oasis for spectators to enjoy a cool drink and watch the Slam unfold.

Check out the latest in education and research at Oregon State University. Demos and activities for all ages.

Check out our 17th annual electric car race! The ENTEK International Grand Prix Electrathon is the nation's longest consecutively running Electrathon America-sanctioned event.

Get a high-tech view at this exhibition match of the 2010 Pacific Northwest Regional F.I.R.S.T. robotics competitors.

A highlight for da Vinci Days attendees is the thought provoking and mind expanding keynote presentation kicking off the festival on Friday evening.

Judging and awards are a big part of the fun.  At the Friday night judging, teams run a gauntlet of Art and Engineering judges and end their evening on the Shady Stage, performing their required team song.

Teams traverse 100 feet in thick, sticky mud before entering the Willamette River for the last leg of the race.

Racers enter the river at the Willamette Boat Landing between 12:00 -1:30 pm and exit at 1st & Tyler between 1 - 2:30 pm. Times are fluid.

The Lemans start of the road race gives you a close-up view of the racers and their costumed pit crew and entourage. Once the race has started, festival attendees grab their own bikes and follow the course to the sand dune obstacle, at the Benton County Fairgrounds.

Get your bearings with local experts on GIS and GPS.

Green Town showcases businesses and organizations that incorporate sustainability in their practices, services, and products. NEW this year- learn about the Toyota Prius Hybrid on display.

"They blast off in their own funktified, genre-breaking directions." -Billboard Magazine

Combining elements of soul, jazz, and funk within the construct of adult-flavored pop

Watch the teams as they race their kinetic sculptures in a miniature version of this contest of engineering and artistry!

Not your typical parade! Watch a colorful cast of characters along this 1.6 mile parade course, including Graand Kinetic Challenge race participants, unicycles, big puppets, jugglers, and local owners of an amazing variety of electric powered cars.

Melodically kindhearted, the music tells rich, simple stories.

Meet the group that has forged a new path, seamlessly blending art and technology in this special film screening and Q&A session.

Tight and timeless, full and worldly, old-time and bluegrass at its best.

Sway to the vibe of the only family of acoustic instruments invented in the 20th century!

Constructed with a heavy influence of classic rock.

An amazing performance of hilarity and dexterity.

The infectious enthusiasm of Rootdown's performance will have you smiling and moving your feet.

One of our most popular activities! Registered participants are given a box of chalk and a concrete square and have three hours to create a sidewalk masterpiece.

Funky grooves, blasting off at the speed of fun.

It's a stargazing party at Central Park!

On Friday, watch the installation of Daedalus, the Troupe's freestanding aerial dance structure and get ready for multiple performances on Saturday and Sunday.

Blazing torches, balls, tophats, broadswords and machetes!

Modern brass-band music that embraces be-bop, funk, and rhythm-and-blues.

Bursting with great vocals, interesting arrangements, and blistering instrumentals.

"Voodoo Mountain Zydeco adds some jam band groove to the old Bayou vibe..." The Register-Guard, Eugene, Oregon