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Get an early start on celebrating Dia de Los Muertos at the Van Duzer at 7 p.m. with L.A.’s Grammy-winning Latin rock group La Santa Cecilia, Mexrrissey (a delightful Mexican Morrissey cover band with Spanish-language vocals) and one of the world’s preeminent all female mariachi bands, Mariachi Flor de Toloache ($39).

Acclaimed songwriter and musician’s musician Chris Smither brings his low-tenor rasp to The Old Steeple in Ferndale, where the doors will open at 6:30 p.m. ($25 advance, $30 door). His songs have been covered by everyone from Emmylou Harris to Bonnie Raitt and his tune “Leave The Light On” gives me goosebumps every time and […]

If I could Kyle Reese/Terminator-Skynet send myself back in time to tell dumb teenage me anything, I’d probably avoid mentioning the hellscape of the last election cycle and just make myself learn how to ride a skateboard and have fun while my body is still supple and quick to heal. Moms and dads: Don’t let […]

Talented local early jazz trio Belles of the Levee will be singing and plucking tunes from The Great American Songbook at the Palm lounge in Eureka at 9 p.m. ($5). These ladies are fantastic live and the venue fits their vintage vibe well. The Arcata Theater Lounge is bringing back locally favored electronic act Minnesota […]

Since Halloween falls on a Tuesday this year (boo), most of us will probably be celebrating it sometime over that nebulous Twilight Zone period from Thursday to Sunday that many Humbolsheviks call The Weekend. But fret not, dear ones, here’s a bright side: If you celebrate Halloween over a premature weekend, you have at least […]

Identical twins and multi-instrumentalists Katelyn and Laurie Shook front Portland’s indie pop band The Shook Twins. Banjo, electric guitar, and hushed telephonic vocals collide with gentle ambient pops and subtle harmonies to create a very lovely sound. This is roots music with modern songwriting and an emphasis on textures and harmonic innovation. Catch them at […]

This is a good evening for free live jazz (not to be confused with “live free-jazz”) in a barroom or beer garden. For the latter, head to Blue Lake and the Mad River Brewery taproom at 6 p.m. for the guitar and vocal stylings of Blue Lotus Jazz, a mellow duo that picks out standards […]

Oh boy, he’s back. Puppeteer, singer, storyteller, “alien abductee” and Adult Swim channel gadfly David Liebe Hart will be at the Miniplex for a night of multimedia music, comedy and A.I.-uncanny-valley-type weird behavior to support his new album Space Ranger. Years ago I saw his show in New Orleans and had a blast talking to […]

Are you feeling a desire to jam out? Do you enjoy a Phish-y mix of acoustic and electric instrumentation? Vermont-based Twiddle is the show for you tonight at Humbrews at 9 p.m. Tickets are $15 in advance, $18 at the door.

The Arcata Vet’s Hall Bar (on the corner of 14th and J streets, downstairs) has been undergoing something of a renaissance lately. Thanks to the efforts of a younger crop of local veterans, there is a brand new beautiful redwood bar in the basement and shows have started to crop up there semi-regularly. Similarly, what […]

Portland’s greatest Talking Heads cover band Life During Wartime brings the full David Byrne cosplay to Humbrews at 9:30 p.m. with the next best thing to being in Hollywood’s Pantanges Theater in December of ’83 when Jonathan Demme was filming Stop Making Sense ($15). If you are looking for something more contemporary (with another 1980s […]