The Humboldt Gem, Mineral and Fossil Show is back and ready to delight fancy rock enthusiasts of all ages Friday, Nov. 3, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 4, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday, Nov. 5, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Redwood Acres Fairgrounds ($4, $1 kids 6-12, […]
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Redwood Acres Fair is Here!
Rejoice! The corndog days of summer are here. Nothing says summer like the smell of deep- fried fair food and the sound of happy shrieks from rides high up in the sky. Redwood Acres Fair “Summer Starts Here” is on now, June 21 through June 25 at Redwood Acres Fairgrounds (entry fee $15, $10 kids/seniors, […]
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Humboldt Artisans Crafts & Music Festival this Weekend
The uber-festive Humboldt Artisans Crafts & Music Festival returns for its 41st annual event this weekend, transforming Redwood Acres Fairgrounds into a holiday marketplace filled with all the comfort and joy you hope for at this time of year. The annual tradition happens the first weekend in December, so that means this year, it’s happening […]
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Fig Twig Market at Redwood Acres this Year
Get a jump start on holiday browsing at the Fig Twig Holiday Market taking place Friday, Nov. 11, from 4 to 9 p.m. and Saturday, Nov. 12, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Redwood Acres Fairgrounds ($8 Friday, $3 Saturday). Lovers of vintage, shabby chic, handmade and up-cycled finds will be in season-of-giving heaven […]
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Drive-in Movie Fun at Redwood Acres
Big Picture Movies presents The Majestic (2001) on Saturday, July 24 at 9 p.m. (gates at 7:45 p.m.) in the big lot across from Redwood Acres Fairgrounds. Filmed in Ferndale and other local spots, the Jim Carey/Martin Landau historical drama/romance is a sweet story about mistaken identity in a small town in 1951. There are […]
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Drive-in Movies at Redwood Acres
Oh, the nostalgia of drive-in movies. We love them — even in winter — and Big Picture Movies has a couple of feel-good family movies playing this weekend on the giant HD screen out at Redwood Acres Fairgrounds. Bundle up the snacks, blankets and kids and join Marty, Doc and the DeLorean and all your […]
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Frankie Goes it Alone
On Saturday, Frankie Baker turned on the lights at Frankie’s NY Bagels tucked behind the Turf Club at Redwood Acres Fairgrounds at 2 a.m. He came in an hour earlier than usual to manage the extra eight dozen bagels on pre-order. He worked in solitude for six hours — boiling and baking 40 dozen with […]
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Prison Work Crew Helps Construct Surge Unit at Redwood Acres
Work developing a medical surge unit at Redwood Acres Fairgrounds to prepare for a spike in COVID-19 cases got a boost this week when a prison work crew came to help out. The 100-bed facility at the fairgrounds is designed to provide an alternate care site to treat mildly ill patients and free up hospital […]
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Bout That Time
The lights dim and the crowd cheers. A line of skaters roll out as a voice ricochets through the arena, announcing their names. Wheels screech and we take our places on the track. Soon we will go head-to-head with the opposing team. It will get physical because this is roller derby. And it will get […]
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Mexican Rodeo at the Fair was Wild, Folks (Photos)
The Brahma bulls at the Mexican Rodeo offered a new kind of thrill ride at the Redwood Acres Best of Humboldt Fair on Sunday — but only young cowboys from the rodeo company were allowed to ride the bulls. A good-sized crowd including a lot of families got a close-up view of the action from […]
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Shipwrecks, Rivers and Railroads
Picnicking is an old-timey pleasure that never goes out of fashion. Perhaps that’s because enjoying a meal upon a cheerful blanket is a must-have image in any couple’s romantic montage. Picnics also appeal in the later stages of the relationship, when the new parents discover the exhaustion of wrangling children into restaurant booths. Not that […]
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Many Hats (and Roller Skates)
From government to the environment to music and the military in Humboldt, Natalie Arroyo has her foot in it or on it — figuratively and literally. One place that has special significance to her is the Eureka Waterfront Trail, the newly completed 6.3-mile contiguous trail that runs north from Herrick Avenue to Tydd Street. “Since […]