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June is bustin’ out all over and nowhere as much as Southern Humboldt this weekend. The first weekend in June means it’s time for the Summer Arts & Music Festival — a two-day celebration on the banks of the beautiful Eel River at the Benbow Lake State Recreation Area that’s saturated with music, dance and […]

Looking for small-town fun where you can eat, drink and brush flanneled elbows with friends all in the comfort of your favorite pair of jeans? Head to McKinleyville this week/weekend for the “tail” end of the 50th annual Pony Express Days. The event, which has already seen a Kick-Off Mixer and outdoor Chili Cook-off earlier […]

Celebrate community radio and good times with KMUD at the station’s annual Block Party, Saturday, May 26, from noon to 9 p.m. (free, donations gladly accepted). Join the folks at the KMUD studio for a lively day of music, food, drinks and dancing. Plus the station’s biggest music sale. Organizers have dusted off stacks of […]

It rolls, floats and treks around just once a year, but the planning, prepping and giddy anticipation of this Memorial Day weekend juggernaut goes on year-round. The Kinetic Grand Championship, the art/engineering mashup marvel that covers sea, sand, mud and land is here, May 25-28, and dedicated teams are going for the glory, glory. Hallelujah. […]

Bee lovers, gather your swarm and wing it to Bee Fest 2018. Saturday, May 19 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Adorni Recreation Center ($1 suggested donation but all are welcome). Brought to you by the Humboldt County Beekeepers Association and E.C.O. Eureka, this all-things-bees, if-you-please, festival is honey-packed with workshops, presentations, booths, […]

Here on the North Coast, we love our crabs. We named our summer collegiate baseball team after them and have a festival every year celebrating them. However, this year, due to an unstable crab market and unpredictable wintry weather, the Eureka Crab Celebration has been shelved and a new event has taken its place. Bounty […]

In case your mom hasn’t reminded you recently, she brought you into this world, fed you and changed you. And, if you screw up her special day, there will be consequences. Fear not, we’re here to help. Does your mother love tea, gardens and sweet petite pastries? Treat her to the Mother’s Day Tea and […]

Graduation weekend is here. That means driving in Arcata is about to get whole lot easier (potholes and roundabouts notwithstanding) but for the next few days, we’ll see an influx of proud families dining, shopping and celebrating. Arcata Main Street has some good, clean fun planned on and around the plaza. On Friday, May 11, […]

Despite what the weather does this weekend, you can bet your Bachata things will be caliente in the Creamery District. Humboldt’s first ever Latin Dance Festival gets underway April 27-29 at Redwood Raks World Dance Studio. Brought to you by Humboldt Latin Dance Collective, the festival offers a variety of workshops in salsa, Bachata, Zouk […]

Welcome To Night Vale, the twice-monthly podcast about a small desert town where weird is the norm, comes to Van Duzer Theatre on Sunday, April 22 at 7 p.m. at ($30) as a live, stand-alone show, perfect for newcomers and long-time listeners alike. The popular series takes the form of a local community radio broadcast […]

Godwit Days are here again. The Godwit Days Spring Migration Bird Festival, a week-long festival celebrating Humboldt’s favorite shore bird, the marbled Godwit, as well as the abundant and diverse wildlife that cohabitates with it, kicks off April 18 with dozens of bird walks, field trips, lectures, workshops and activities in and around the county […]