Friday, Sept. 26
Top Events!
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Latin Dance and Music Festival
Redwood Raks World Dance Studio
/ 3:30 p.m.-midnight
/ $20
Join us for an unforgettable 4-day event that promises something for everyone, whether you’re a seasoned dancer, a curious beginner, or there to soak up the incredible atmosphere!
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Arcata Friday Night Market
Arcata Plaza
/ 5-8 p.m.
Over 50 local Humboldt Made vendors will be on hand, offering handmade goods, artisan crafts, specialty foods, sweets, and beverages.
The Play That Goes Wrong
Ferndale Repertory Theatre
/ 7:30-9:45 p.m.
/ $22
/ $22 General
/ $20 Students / Seniors
Welcome to opening night of the Cornley University Drama Society’s newest production, The Murder at Haversham Manor, where things are quickly going from bad to utterly disastrous.
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What the Constitution Means to Me
North Coast Repertory Theatre
/ 8 p.m.
In this hilarious, hopeful, and achingly human play, adult Heidi resurrects her teenage self to trace the profound relationship between four generations of women and the founding document that shaped their lives.
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Alec Cole
Savage Henry Comedy Club
/ 9-11 p.m.
/ $10
Alec Cole is an LA-based, Humboldt-bred comic who’s not afraid to be dark, silly, and sincere at the same time.
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All Events!
CalATBI North Coast BioBlitz
See Event Description
/ 7 a.m.
/ Free
Help Participate in the California All-Taxa Biodiversity Inventory (CalATBI) by collecting soil samples from your own backyard!
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Camp Rosewater 2025
Salmon Creek Mountain View Retreat
/ noon-2 a.m.
/ $90
/ $40 day passes
Hosted by Rosewater, a Grateful Dead Tribute, and will also include performances by Money, Magnificent Sanctuary Band, The Velvet Sea, Down n Dirty and Norwood Fisher (of Fishbone) with Trulio Disgracias presenting “Blackened Sabbath” a funk reinterpretation of Black Sabbath on Sunday.
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WNBA Playoffs
The Summitt
/ 4-9 p.m.
/ Free
/ 21+
Live women’s sports!
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Cal Poly Humboldt Student Filmmaker Showcase
Van Duzer Theater
/ 5:50-7:30 p.m.
/ Free
/ Free Everyone
Come out for an evening of exceptional student films from the 24/25 school year.
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Community Meeting for Tourism Opportunities in Orick
Orick Community Hall
/ 6-7:30 p.m.
Cal Poly Humboldt students will share several project ideas connected to outdoor recreation and tourism, listen to community feedback, and choose one project to focus on this fall in support of Main Street/town revitalization.
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Science on Tap: Coastal Creatures: What Seals, Sea Lions, and Otters Can Teach Us
See Event Description
/ 6-8 p.m.
/ Free
This month’s Science on Tap is extra wild! 🦭 We’re thrilled to welcome Claire Nasr, M.S., Executive Director of the Trinidad Coastal Land Trust, for a lively talk all about marine mammals.
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Live Music w/ The Dinner Service
Venicia Italian Restaurant
/ 6-8 p.m.
/ Free
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Bridget A. Lyons: Entwined - Dispatches from the Intersection of Species
Northtown Books
/ 6 p.m.
Entwined explores these questions through a collection of fourteen original essays by Bridget Lyons, a traveler, explorer, and former wilderness guide who has encountered countless animals and plants in their native environments.
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September Skate Nights!
Eureka Municipal Auditorium
/ 6:30-9 p.m.
Looking for a groovy way to spend your Friday night?
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Drifters of Wigi: The Tiny Life Forms That Keep Our Bay Thriving
Cal Poly Humboldt Natural History Museum
/ 6:30-7:30 p.m.
Join the Natural History Museum of Cal Poly Humboldt as we host Lorena Dominguez, a Biology student with Cal Poly Humboldt and the The North Coast Environmental Center For a Talk on Plankton.
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Early Worm Comedy Hour
Savage Henry Comedy Club
/ 7-8:30 p.m.
/ Free
Local comedians perform 10-minute sets.
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Opera Alley Cats
SpeakEasy
/ 7-10 p.m.
/ Free
/ 21+
Long-running Old Town musical institution featuring some of the region’s best jazz players.
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The Cowtown Sound, Jellyworks, Halfwing, the Dynamites
Outer Space
/ 7:30-10:30 p.m.
/ $5
Featuring: The Cowtown Sound (ska-boogie), Jellyworks (instrumental synth-pysch), Halfwing (folk-pop, first full band show), The Dynamites (first show).
Tropiqueño
Redwood Raks World Dance Studio
/ 8 p.m.-midnight
/ $20
Humboldt’s favorite Salsa band! Enjoy food and a bar!
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Raggamuffin Takeover
The Wild Hare Tavern
/ 8-11:30 p.m.
/ $5
/ 21+
The Zack Miles Band
Kaptain’s Quarters
/ 8 p.m.
/ Free
Local talent Zack Miles bringing the band for a night of soul, rock, and blues!
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The Undercovers
Blue Lake Casino Hotel
/ 8 p.m.
/ Free
/ 21+
Four-piece group of multi-instrumentalists that formed together in 2014 with the like mind to start a different kind of cover band.
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Raggamuffin Takeover
The Wild Hare Tavern
/ 8 p.m.
/ Free
/ 21+
Big Mood Queer Night
The Miniplex at Richards’ Goat Tavern
/ 9 p.m.
/ $5
/ $10 sliding - notaflof
/ 21+
Big Mood Monthly Queer Night Hosted by Pandemonium Jones.
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Karaoke
Central Station
/ 9 p.m.-1 a.m.
/ Free
/ 21+
Every Friday night sing your favorite songs!
Yacht Blooded w/ DJ Red Dondo Beach
The Basement
/ 9 p.m.-midnight
/ $5
/ 21+
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Thumb Leader
Yacht Blooded
The Basement
/ 9 p.m.
Yacht rock antiheroes invite you to come aboard. Opening and closing sets by DJ Red Dondo Beach.
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Debí Tirar Más Fiestas
Arcata Theatre Lounge
/ 9 p.m.-1:30 a.m.
/ $25
/ 18+
Come party with us as we celebrate our favorite record from Bad Bunny and other Latin hits!
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Music Video Mashup
Bear River Casino Resort
/ 9 p.m.-1 a.m.
/ Free
/ 21+
Music Video Mashup Night returns to The Thirsty Bear Lounge with crowd-favorite hits, dynamic visuals, and nonstop energy for a night full of dancing and fun.
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