It’s the long goodbye, coming in early in the week this year, and I’m going to make a few suggestions, not in chronological order, but rather paired by location and style. For instance, if you are interested in some DJ’ed dance parties, you can check out the big EDM blow at the Arcata Theatre Lounge at 8:30 p.m., with Bass Culture, Whomp, John Holliday, Esch and many more. Tickets are $20, $15 advance, and $30 if you want to go to this shindig as well as Friday’s reenactment.
If you want to go a little lighter on the bass and the wallet, slip $10 to the door person at the Basement around the same time to enjoy the darker wax spins of DJs Blancatron, Zero One and Anya Slayer.
If country music is your deal, head over to Blue Lake, where there are two shows
available in that genre. Monument Road will be at the Casino at 9 p.m., while the magnificent outlaw country act Barnfire will be burning it up at the Logger Bar an hour later. Both shows are free.
Finally, if you’re looking for some fun in Eureka — and let’s be honest, who isn’t? —, you can go light on the wallet and hang out at Savage Henry Comedy Club starting at 7 p.m., where DJs Billabong and Ghila Ghila will be spinning the music of Australian microtonal cult jam band King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard.
If you want to dance to the DJ’s beat and enjoy some burlesque performers doing the same, the Eagle House has your ticket at 9 p.m. Burning Leaf and Fraktal Productions present the 8th annual New Year’s Eve Ball at said venue, with Alex Sibley, Papa Lu, Marjo Lak, Jsun, L.S.B. and perhaps most importantly to some of you, the Gambino Glitter Mob Burlesque troupe. ($35).
This article appears in Top 10 Stories of 2024.