Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day — oh yeah, that — early with a Wild Irish Barn Dance at the Arcata Veterans’ Hall starting at 7:30 p.m. Sue Moon will call to the enthusiastic tunes of Blake Ritter and Sam McNeill. All dances will be taught with no partner or experience necessary. Admission $7 general, $6 Humboldt […]
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Tonight’s Setlist: Freeing and Fantastical
Photo by Chuck Johnson/Freak Photo You can dance if you want to — and you will want to because it’s Soul Night! But wait! That’s not all! You also get all vinyl. Humboldt Brews, 9 p.m., $5 (get your tickets early), 21-and-over. You can dance if you want to — and you’ll want to because […]
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Tonight’s Setlist: Trippy and Tantalizing
This is not your usual gig. Legendary outsider artist The Space Lady, often seen busking on the streets of San Francisco in the ’80s and ’90s, has come out of retirement for a tour of her Casio-driven, phase-shifted, otherworldly originals and unrecognizable covers at the Siren’s Song. She’ll be joined by ambient jetsetter Ensemble Economique and […]
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Tonight’s Setlist: Beasts & Babes
Two Wandering Bears and Venatore Media present The Fourth Annual Animal Carnival, with all proceeds supporting the Open Door Clinic’s Literacy Program and Humboldt County’s Godwit Days. Organizers describe the menagerie thus: “For four years now, the animal party has entertained catfish, coyotes, crocodiles and caterpillars from all over the world. We have had car fires […]
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Tonight’s Setlist: New Folk, Old Folk
Melody Walker and Jacob Groopman return to the Arcata Playhouse on tonight in order to celebrate their new release, We Made It Home. Before meeting in Northern California, Walker and Groopman both grew up surrounded by sound. Walker was the daughter of a blue collar songwriter father and grew up listening to everything from the […]
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Tonight’s Setlist: Options Large and Small
Go big Elephant Revival and The T Sisters perform tonight at the Arcata Theatre Lounge. The five members of Elephant Revival claim a deep commitment to certain ideals: community, recognizing one’s place in the flow of the natural world, harmony. These standards influence the band’s blend of folk music, making it an uplifting favorite at […]
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Bonus Track: Willy Porter at the Playhouse, Cosmic Gig at Siren’s Song
Hop aboard with Willy Porter tonight at the Arcata Playhouse when he celebrates his latest EP, Cheeseburgers & Gasoline along with Welsh guitarist/singer-songwriter Martyn Joseph. Known for performing plugged-in acoustic shows that vibrate with energy, Porter believes the dynamics created in live performance are vital. “hen I honor those quiet moments, the power of being loud seems […]
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Tonight’s Setlist: Hum Brews Owns Your Life
Between the daytime beauty and the onslaught of seriously amazing nighttime options, Humboldt County really is the best. Case in point: Humboldt Brews has landed two sure-to-be-epic shows requiring you to forego your predictable weeknight routine and instead spend it being happy in the venue’s outstanding music room. First up, Nicki Bluhm and the Gramblers […]
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Tonight’s Setlist: Anti-folk Folk
We’ve two women enticing you out tonight. At the Van Duzer, longtime political commentator Ani DiFranco will entertain you with songs infused with insight, righteousness, humor and compassion. Tickets run $45 general, $22 HSU students. Local astounding success story Jenny Scheinman opens at 8 p.m. Down the hill, neo-folk artist Diane Cluck plays Mazzotti’s (yes, Mazzotti’s!) in support […]
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Tonight’s Setlist: Garage Rock a Go Go, Benefit for the Blind
Two highlights for you tonight — both sound like a gas, so why not start in Blue Lake and work your way back west? The Logger Bar presents the “triumphant” return of Garage Rock Au Go-Go where a collection of Humboldt’s raddest DJs will infuse the night with garage rock, moldies, rockabilly, psychedelic and, they say, […]
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Tonight’s Setlist: All The Reasons You Should Go Out
Motherlode First and foremost, Motherlode is releasing a debut live CD, All in Good Time featuring DJ Logic, Bill Summers and legendary trombonist Fred Wesley. Drummer Pete Ciotti — whose other bands include Nucleus and Full Moon Fever, and who owns both the Jambalaya and Big Pete’s Pizzeria — sat down along with his very […]
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Tonight’s Setlist: Shake off your love-hangover
Moving on from Valentine’s, but keeping the romance and luck going with either the Hot Tuna show (beloved blues rockers at Humboldt Brews, tickets are $40, probably sold out, with a 9 p.m. start time) or the Songwriter Circle of Death with TheBoredAgain, Kyle La Chinga, The Weavetown and Gabe Rose Hell (Humboldt real deal […]