I’m not here to either sell or slag off Oyster Fest. There are more than enough voices out there slinging all the cheers and jeers to top off anyone with a set of eyes and ears — willing or otherwise. Let people have fun, I say, whether that fun involves advocating for or talking shit about something is entirely their concern. I’m like the placid gibbon: munching away on the leaves and fruits in a treetop just nearly far enough away from the forest floor to be ignorant of any rumbles in the jungle. If you’d like a taste of the canapés in that canopy, here are a couple of gigs outside of crowded Arcata.
The Fortuna Monday Club is hosting Oregon folk duo Lisa Lynne & Aryeh Frankfurter, whose tunes peel magic from a catalog of whirligig wonders from their shared knowledge of global acoustic instruments. The show starts at 7 p.m. and costs $15 a gander. Meanwhile, two hours later at the Logger Bar, it’s an evening of free bluegrass tunes courtesy of Turtle Goodwater and Company. I’ve said it before and I will do so again now: This is the perfect place for this kind of fun.
Music Tonight: Saturday, June 13
