Collin Yeo

Soundcloud-famous and Downtown Records-signed low-fi and DIY electronic act Slow Magic brings its Float tour to the Arcata Theater Lounge tonight at 8:30 p.m. ($20, $15 advance) Or, if you want a bass heavier set, The Whomp at the Jam has an eclectic line up at tonight with Biolumigen, Jason Burruss and Mexico City’s Medular […]

Portland’s own lounge cum jazz-cum-Latin, big band-cum-welterweight orchestra Pink Martini shares the stage at the Arkley Center with longtime vocalist China Forbes for an evening of classy pop splendor ($66).

If you are like myself and our fellow plebs who did not score tickets to the sold out Bill Murray and cellist Jan Vogler and friends event at the Arkley Center at 7 p.m., you can lick any wounds you may have incurred as a have-not by boning up on your own skills and trying […]

Today you could spend your entire afternoon into the evening in the northeastern corner of Arcata and still be treated to three great and unique musical events. The HSU Wind Ensemble and the Scotia Band take the stage at Fulkerson Hall at 2 p.m. for a concert of airborne tunes and piped ditties ($8/$5 children/free […]

The Humboldt State University Calypso Band will be performing with the university’s Percussion Ensemble at the Van Duzer tonight at 8 p.m. ($10). Expect an evening of modern modal pieces peppered with Latin rhythms and a new arrangement of a Tito Puente tune. Local fantastic roots-rock trio Kingfoot brings its bluesy and deadly danceable set […]

The Eureka Symphony and Eureka Symphony Orchestra present their Winter Dreams Concert at the Arkley Center. Led by conductor and local treasure Carol Jacobson, this concert will feature a holiday-themed repertoire including parts of Handel’s advent-ubiquitous Messiah and a sing-along of Christmas carols. This sort of thing is pretty magical this time of year, especially […]

This is a great night for punk rock and all the musical satellite genres which orbit punk rock’s eternal flame like weirdly mutated moths in an endless mosh pit circle. At 8 p.m. at Siren’s Song, Oakland hardcore group Cronander headlines the night, with local openers Dead Drift, Arcata’s queer punk group SLOP and Clam […]

It just so happens that arguably two of the greatest living banjoists, Bela Fleck and the Mandarin-fluent polymath Abigail Washburn, are also husband and wife. And they must really love each other, as they tour and play together quite frequently, a lifestyle that would certainly put a fatal strain on a less harmonious union. Tonight […]

Possibly the greatest bluegrass group on the planet will be visiting Humbrews tonight at 8 p.m. when Del McCoury brings his band to our wet, green grasslands ($40). In a half century of playing, McCoury has worked his magic with everyone from the legendary Bill Monroe to contemporary noodlers Phish, all the while maintaining his […]

The Humboldt State University music department hosts a trumpet and horn recital at Fulkerson Hall at 8 p.m. (price TBA). Expect solo pieces and concertos played with bright impeccability and executed with the eager embouchure of the dedicated young novice musician.