So many options tonight, I have whittled it down to two in Arcata that each kick off around 7 p.m. Over at the Veterans Hall, you will find a free one — with donations welcome — offered by devil-rustling fiddle stompers Bow-Legged Buzzards along with Baby W33k3nd. Meanwhile, Moss Oak Commons has a payment optional/$5-$10 […]
Arcata Veterans Hall
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Music Tonight: Saturday, May 24
It’s the official beginning to the Kinetic weekend, which of course means that there’s a Rutabaga Ball happening somewhere around these parts. This year’s somewhere is the Eureka Theater, where for $20 at 7 p.m. you can join the happy hordes of racers and partiers. If you’re in the mood for another style of weirdness, […]
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Music Tonight: Tuesday, June 4
The Arcata Veterans Hall is always a fun venue for catching shows and the only one in the county (I’m aware of) that has a nice big cannon parked out front. Tonight’s headliners are a rockabilly band from SoCal called the Crown City Bombers, a name I am certain looks really great embossed on the […]
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Humboldt Folklife Society Barn Dance Tonight
Join the Humboldt Folklife Society for an evening of foot-stompin’ fun at the next Barn Dance, taking place tonight from 7 to 10 p.m. at Arcata Veterans Hall ($15, $10 members/seniors/students/veterans, free for kids 12 and under). This lively event features caller Lindsey Battle and live music by Cider Mill. No experience or partner is […]
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Humboldt Folklife Festival Kicks off on Sunday
Ah, the blue, blue grass of home — how we love it! July in Blue Lake is extra sunshiny with the Humboldt Folklife Festival sweetening our days and nights. Taking place this year from July 23-29, the festival features plenty of locally grown bluegrass, folk, country music and more. New this year is the Humboldt Folk School, […]
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Music Tonight: Friday, April 21
Two good shows tonight, so let’s not dawdle. At 7:30 p.m. at the Trinidad Town Hall, you can listen to the exotic-yet-dis-tinctly-comforting tunes of Canary and the Vamp, as the band whirls and twirls through the various Tin Pan Alleys of the Naked City in the geography of the Great American Songbook ($10-$20 sliding scale). […]