Two weeks after announcing the annual Eugene Celebration would be too large for its usual home downtown, its organizers said that the public’s response and contributions made by Lane Community College and the city of Eugene have put the event back on the calendar for Saturday, August 23.

“After overwhelming public input and encouragement, Kesey Enterprises is pleased to announce that the 2014 Eugene Celebration Parade will take place on August 23 at 11:00 am,” Kesey Enterprises wrote in a statement on their website.

Ironically, Kit Kesey, the company’s president, initially announced the celebration’s hiatus was a casualty of successes. On June 3, Kesey Enterprises announced the Eugene Celebration had grown steadily since its first year in 1983 and — after last year’s “unprecedented” success — organizers expected an outsized attendance this year that would congest the already swelling downtown scene.

The company, which has been running the celebration independently for a year, also announced plans to host a $5 concert at the Cuthbert Amphitheater in Alton Baker Park, with performances from Hell’s Belle’s, Zepparella and Foreverland.

More details on the parade and Cuthbert concert will be available Monday, June 23 at www.eugenecelebration.com and www.cuthbert.com.