Humbrews is hosting Oregon band Watkins Glen Soulshine Daydream, an improvjam band that smears fresh sounds across the songs of iconic hippie-era acts TheGrateful Dead, The Allman Brothers Band, Little Feat and The Band. The OGs might beover the rainbow sea, but their acolytes still defend the faith. Check it out at 8:30 p.m.($25, $20 […]
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Music Tonight: Friday/Saturday, Jan. 30-31
I’m going to make a rare move here and lump the weekend nights together under thebanner of the Arcata Rising Fundraiser shows at Humbrews from Friday throughSunday. We all know about the dreadful fire on the second day of 2026 that claimed the beloved half block from 10th and H streets to the alleyway, and […]
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‘Bigger Than All of Us’: A Fire Relief Weekend Across Arcata
Plans for the Arcata Rising fundraising shows this weekend began coming together the night of the Jan. 2 fire. Sitting at Dead Reckoning Tavern, just a few blocks away from the devastation, and reeling from the conflagration they had just watched devour a block of shops, homes and studios, Humbrews owner Shelley Ruhl says she […]
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Music Tonight: Saturday, Jan. 24
Speaking of Humbrews and tributes to and OG members of large post-hippie musical movements, at 9 p.m., the 14-member Frank Zappa songbook ensemble StinkfootOrchestra takes the stage, once again joined by Napoleon Murphy Brock, who sangand played horns on some of Zappa’s ’70s output. I am not the biggest fan of Frank butI had a […]
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Music Tonight: Friday, Jan. 23
Elderberry Rust Stringband is playing a free gig at the Kaptain’s Quarters tonight at 8 p.m. for those of you looking for some Friday fun in Eureka without a high price tag.Meanwhile, half an hour later across the bay at Humbrews you will find GratefulGetdown jamming to all comers with $15 for the door. This […]
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Music Tonight: Sunday, Jan. 4
Speaking of Humbrews and New Orleans, the mighty Mike Dillon Band brings some fine talent to town. You might remember Bay Area saxophonist Chris Boa from his previous jams in these parts with Pink Floyd tribute act Money, and anyone who knows about the good bespoke modern jam iterations of another important “J” word (jazz) […]
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Music Tonight: Saturday, Jan. 3
Russian Soviet inventor Leon Theremin didn’t just invent the touchless, singing electronic wave machine that bears his last name and which briefly made Clara Rockmore a household name in the mid-20th century while also dominating the sonic landscape of sci-fi and horror films, he is also known for his spycraft. Just look up the Thing […]
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Music Tonight: Saturday, Dec. 20
It’s solstice eve, and due to the coming of another more celebrated eve on Wednesday,I’m loading the underboughs of this evening with shows to balance the silent nightsahead. The big shebang is happening over at the Arcata Playhouse, where the JingleJam Holiday Benefit, packed with so many local shining stars, will be happening in two […]
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Music Tonight: Friday, Dec. 5
Local cumbia superstars Makenu will be playing their last gig of 2025 tonight atHumbrews at 8:30 p.m. The headliner is, appropriately, Oakland’s ragin’ psychedelicCumbia outfit Bicicletas Por La Paz. Judging by the colossal turnout I witnessed thelast time Makenu played at the Basement, expect the dance floor to be packed thisevening in the spotlight of […]
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Music Tonight: Wednesday, Oct. 1
TopHouse is a hybrid band of folk rock, roots, and bluegrass music that started a decade ago in Missoula, Montana, before setting up its homebase in Nashville in the year before COVID hit. Since then, the group has extended itself into a quartet and toured and recorded in the fashion of an act working to […]
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Music Tonight: Saturday, Sept. 20
It’s a good night to be blue all over. Here are some musical considerations appropriateto that theme. At 8 p.m. at the Arcata Playhouse, blues singer and returning champion Earl Thomas will be joined by red hot guitarist Anthony Cullins and assorted musicians to fill the joint with the searing blue flames of classic heart-born […]
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Music Tonight: Friday, Aug. 8
Humbrews continues its August tradition of celebrating the music of the Grateful Dead with the first night of Daze Between Fest at 8:30 p.m. For a mere $10, you can enjoy a night of mostly acoustic tunes from the previously mentioned group, as well as the Jerry Garcia Band, performed by Jerry’s Kids — not the […]