How good are you at multi-tasking? Because a lot is happening at once at the Humboldt Arts Festival over in Arcata’s Creamery District (Eighth and L streets) on Saturday, May 17 and Sunday, May 18. The newly resurrected art, music and dance spectacle is packed to the rafters with stages and performers. Try to keep […]
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Tonight’s Setlist: Hip-Hop For Hope
Humboldtians love to give and that vibe continues with Hip-Hop For Hope, an event hosted by the Children’s Cancer Foundation and The Ink People at the Jambalaya to benefit local families dealing with childhood cancer. Performers include Jeff Turner of TeamBackPack, Hiway, Doe the Unknown Rapper and more. Cover is $8, show starts at 7 […]
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When You’re Good to Mama
How did last Mother’s Day go? How long did it take the hazmat crew to clean up the kitchen after the kids made breakfast? Did you ever get that pancake batter out of the stove vent? Or was the morning spent in a packed restaurant where Mom had to keep shushing the fidgeting kids? You […]
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Tonight’s Setlist: Outlaw Country and High Crimes (and a show for the kids!)
Before we get too deeply into the many A-town options calling your name tonight, please note this early, kid-friendly event happening with DJ Zephyr and The Lost Luvs at the Arcata Playhouse. Things get going at 6:30 p.m. and the $5 adults/$3 kids 12-and-up cover goes to help the Coastal Grove fifth grade class pay […]
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Ridin’ Arty
Where do all those grown men and women in bizarre costumes rattling along atop nutty kinetic sculptures come from? Little people in bizarre costumes rattling along atop nutty kinetic sculptures, of course. See how they get started at the Kinetic Classic Kid Powered Art Race on Sunday, May 11 at 1 p.m. in the Sacco […]
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Tonight’s Setlist: Friday folk-pop
The Arcata Playhouse streak stays hot with Laura Cortese and the Dance Cards. The Boston folk-pop darling and her bandmates have just returned from a State Department-sponsored American Music Abroad tour that took them to India, Bangladesh, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan. They’re trading the international vibe for a West Coast one, but you can expect the […]
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Son of a Bee!
The Journal mistakenly printed an incorrect location for a honey of an event — the Bee Fest takes place on Friday at 7 p.m. and Saturday from 9:30 a.m. at the Bayside Grange at 2297 Jacoby Creek Road (not at the Wharfinger Building). On Friday, May 9 at 7 p.m. the fest kicks off with […]
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Tonight’s Setlist: HBR at HSU at Noon! EDM and Bluegrass This Evening
Soulful string band fans have a chance to experience the SF-based Hot Buttered Rum in a free noontime show on Humboldt State University’s Quad. Devotees of electronic music, can find no lack of EDM beats at the Arcata Theatre Lounge, where Eskmo, Lapalux and Zanapod will infuse the atmosphere with dance-ready sounds beginning at 9:30 […]
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Bonus Track: Sub Pop’s Rose Windows at Siren’s Song tonight
It’s a real treat to get bands of this size here, said the host of KHSU’s “How to Breathe Underwater.” (Tuesdays, 2 to 4 p.m., 90.5 FM) He spoke of Sub Pop’s Rose Windows, a seven-piece whose dreamy, lovely melodies will make you swoon. See them at Siren’s Song tonight, hear them here and now: […]
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Tonight’s Setlist: Sumner Brothers at the Sanctuary.
You know about the Black Prairie show already, but there’s another notable option happening tonight: Vancouver, B.C.’s The Sumner Brothers is playing a house gig in Arcata, specifically at the Sanctuary. The brothers have been featured on KEXP’s live sessions series (if you don’t know KEXP, it’s a public station out of Seattle that highlights excellent bands […]