Kinetics is happening (yay!) with the requisite “secret” Halvorsen Park party. But what else to do on a Saturday night? First, as noted yesterday, the Bob Dylan Birthday Bash continues out in Blue Lake. Second, the Jambalaya puts forth an interesting lineup: bassist Bobby Vega, whose credits include playing with Sly & The Family Stone and Etta […]
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Tonight’s Setlist: A Bash For Bob
Yes, the smell of Kinetics is in the air. Ah, sweat! Ah, grease! Ah, bribery! But that is not all the fair city of Arcata offers you this weekend. The fourth annual Bob Dylan’s Birthday Bash channels the iconic songwriter’s elegant and oft-obscure lyrics through a dozen-ish of your favorite local folk-flavored bands for not […]
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Tonight’s Setlist: Thursday is For Rocking
Let’s address the heavy riffs preparing to unleash themselves via Humboldt’s Lord Ellis and Austin’s Adrian (& The Sickness) tonight at the Jambalaya. Frontwoman Adrian Connor also handles the Angus Young duties in AC/DC tribute band Hell’s Belles, so she’s no stranger to delivering seriously charismatic performances. With (& The Sickness), the dread-locked Adrian expands […]
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Tonight’s Setlist: Alt-Pop Power and Some Reggae
Flagstaff’s Greco sounds like something from 1980s Britain, delivering a sound somewhere between old new wave and retro Euro pop. Joining Greco at the Jambalaya are A-town’s mega-poppers The Wild Lungs, plus Arcata grinders Gout. Doors at 9 p.m., music at 10 p.m., cover is $5 and this good time is limited to those aged […]
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Tonight’s Setlist: Celebrate Good Times, Come On
First, please note the return of the Humboldt Arts Festival! The fest brings even more art and cool to the Creamery District all weekend long. Oh, yes. Let’s get our party on with Soul Night XXXI: The Vibe Doctor is Out. The purveyors of Humboldt’s most successful dance event characterize graduation weekend as “the time where […]
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Tonight’s Setlist: Friday I’m In Love
Life is glorious. With a little help from friends Let’s start off with “Waiting For A Miracle: A Benefit for Steve Watts,” which takes place at Humboldt Brews starting at 6 p.m. Watts, a local musician and cofounder of the music production company Passion Presents, was badly injured in an MMA fight last month. His […]
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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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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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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 […]
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Advance Tickets Recommended: Black Prairie at the Playhouse Sunday night
What started out as an adventure experimenting with a sorta-bluegrass instrumental side project has evolved into a way of life for Black Prairie, a band consisting of four-fifths Decemberists and two-fifths Bearfoot, The Woolwines, Dolorean and Jackstraw. Yes, the math is weird, but we’re talking about a band based in Portland, where apparently no one […]