We seem to again be losing our fun things, Humboldt. Following a number of other local event cancelations, including Eureka’s returning Friday Night Market and the North Coast Journal “Best Of” party, the life-lovin’ folks at the Humboldt Folklife Society have made the call to not go ahead with the Buddy Brown Blues Festival which was scheduled to take place this Saturday in Blue Lake. The festival is canceled. The blues remain. 

The news comes on the same day that county public health officials announced a new sweeping masking order following a local surge in COVID-19 case numbers.

You can read the announcement from the Humboldt Folklife Society below:

Out of concerns for public safety, and in response to the recent request from the Public Health Department to postpone large public events, the Humboldt Folklife Society regretfully has decided to postpone the Buddy Brown Blues Festival, which was to be held on Saturday, August 7, 2021, Perigot Park, Blue Lake. Humboldt County has recently seen a surge in Covid cases, and the Folklife Society would want to host the festival under the best of circumstances, when the infection rate is lower. We are grateful to the many volunteers who were planning on coming, and to the musicians who were looking forward to performing in front of a live audience, and to blues music lovers who must wait until the infection rate is lower.

Deep appreciation to our Festival sponsors, Green Diamond Resource Company, Pierson’s, KHUM - KWPT The Point, Lost Coast Brewery, and Low and Slow BBQ. Hopefully, we won’t have to wait a whole year to do this again!