Saturday, May 25
As we stated on yesterday’s Lowdown, this weekend is all about the Kinetic Grand Championship. And while the Lost Coast Outpost will be kovering the race (too much) this year, we’ll be the first to admit that Kinetics has enough hype goin’ for it. (Here’s your komplete guide if you need it. See?)
Instead, we wanted to use the koveted … oops, coveted Saturday Lowdown slot to “leak” tracks from the new Lord Ellis album that will be released officially at tonight’s show at The Alibi. Have you not encountered Lord Ellis yet? If you’ve been around Humboldt enough, you’ve seen its parts scattered through other bands. The lineup of Roshawn Beere (bass), Steve Bohner (drums/beard), Pablo Midence (guitar) and Andy Sorter (keyboards) bring enough melodic heaviness to spare (listen below). On this night, they’ll be joined on the bill by hard rock trio out Washington Mos Generator. Oh, and if you pay to get in you get a free CD.
So yes, put some local music in your ears in digital form below and live and in person Saturday. And there’s plenty more goin’ on in Humboldt, Kinetic and not, in your Lowdown farther down.
Top Events!
(Look ahead!)
Hickey Fest
The Peg House
/ 11 a.m.
Three-day music festival featuring 30 bands. Festival entry includes camping at Standish Hickey State Park.
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Kinetic Grand Championship
Various
/ noon
Three-day, 42-mile human-powered art vehicle race over land, sand, mud and water known as the “Triathlon of the Art World.”
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Lord Ellis CD Release Show
Alibi
/ 10:30 p.m.
/ $5
/ 21+
Members of The Hitch and Dragged By Horses bring you an audio bludgeoning that only a Humboldt County band can deliver. Mos Generator opens. Free CDs!
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All Events!
BA-DUM-CHH Comedy
Six Rivers Brewery
/ midnight
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Arcata Farmers’ Market
Arcata Plaza
/ 9 a.m.-2 p.m.
Local produce, meats flowers and more. Music at 10 a.m. (Click for music schedule.)
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Ferndale Farmers’ Market
Main Street, Ferndale
/ 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
On the corner of Shaw and Main streets. Sustainable farms sell local produce direct to the consumer.
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Yes Sweet Can
Arcata Playhouse
/ 2 p.m.
Show includes circus skills, aerial silks, acrobatics, slack rope, and hula hoops, propelled by the infectious music of EO, a one-man orchestra. Part of the Playhouse Family Fun Series.
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Beer and Buffet with Mad River Brewery
Humboldt Brews
/ 6:30 p.m.
/ $30
Music by Chris Parreira.
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Yes Sweet Can
Arcata Playhouse
/ 7 p.m.
Show includes circus skills, aerial silks, acrobatics, slack rope, and hula hoops, propelled by the infectious music of EO, a one-man orchestra. Part of the Playhouse Family Fun Series.
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Next to Normal
North Coast Repertory Theatre
/ 8 p.m.
/ $18
Musical about a family trying to take care of themselves and each other.
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Flow Fashion Show
Arcata Theatre Lounge
/ 8 p.m.
Culminating showcase for students in the AAI Fashion Design program.
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The Finals
Carlo Theatre (Dell’Arte)
/ 8 p.m.
/ Free
Dell’Arte International’s first-year class present an evening of 10-minute, original plays
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Ba-Dum-CHH Comedy Night
Six Rivers Brewery
/ 8 p.m.
/ $5
Join guest headliner San Francisco comedian Will Head along with Ba-Dum-Chh troupe members Anders Arson, Bryant Kellison, Ivy Vasquez, John McClurg, Nando Molina, Dr. Foxmeat and Tony Persico.
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707
Cher-Ae Heights Casino
/ 9 p.m.
/ 21+
‘70s funk to ‘80s rock. Two great decades, if I do say so.
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Steel Standing
Logger Bar
/ 9 p.m.
/ 21+
Local calypso group.
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The Roadmasters
Bear River Casino Resort
/ 9 p.m.
/ 21+
Local country institution.
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Moonspoon
The Pine Cone Tavern
/ 9 p.m.
/ 21+
Smooth grooves from Oregon.
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Steel Standing
Logger Bar
/ 9 p.m.-midnight
/ Free
/ 21+
Steel Standing plays their last show until a brief and final return in September! Steel pans percussion and bass.
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Dr. Squid
Blue Lake Casino Hotel
/ 9 p.m.
Renditions of rock and dance favorites as well as original music.
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40 Oz. to Freedom
Blue Lake Casino Hotel
/ 9 p.m.
/ 21+
Sublime tribute band.
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Pressure/Anya DJs
The Ritz
/ 9:30 p.m.
/ 21+
Dance … dance … get on down in ya undapants …
DJ Itchie Fingaz
Pearl Lounge
/ 10 p.m.
/ 21+
People be dancin’.
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Movie Showtimes
Broadway Cinema
- EPIC 2D: 11:35, 2:10, 4:45, 5:35, 7:20, 9:40
- EPIC 3D: 12:20, 2:55, 8:15
- FAST AND FURIOUS 6: 11:55, 1:55, 3:00, 5:00, 6:05, 8:05, 9:10
- GREAT GATSBY 2D: 2:00, 5:15, 8:25
- HANGOVER PART III: 12:55, 1:45, 3:30, 4:25, 6:00, 7:00, 8:40, 9:30
- IRON MAN 3 2D: 11:45, 2:50, 5:55, 9:00
- IRON MAN 3 3D: 2:20, 5:25, 8:35
- OBLIVION: 12:25, 3:25, 6:20, 9:15
- STAR TREK INTO THE DARKNESS 2D: 12:00, 3:10, 6:15, 9:20
- STAR TREK INTO THE DARKNESS 3D: 11:40, 2:40, 5:45, 8:50
Mill Creek Cinema
- EPIC 2D: 12:40, 2:25, 3:15, 5:45, 7:30, 8:20
- EPIC 3D: 11:55, 4:55
- FAST AND FURIOUS 6: 12:00, 3:00, 6:00, 9:05
- GREAT GATSBY 2D: 11:45, 5:50
- GREAT GATSBY 3D: 2:45, 9:10
- HANGOVER PART III: 1:45, 4:20, 6:55, 9:30
- IRON MAN 3 2D: 2:50, 8:55
- IRON MAN 3 3D: 11:50, 6:10
- STAR TREK INTO THE DARKNESS 2D: 12:05, 3:10, 6:20, 9:20
- STAR TREK INTO THE DARKNESS 3D: 2:20, 5:25, 8:30
Minor Theatre
- GREAT GATSBY 2D: 2:10, 5:20, 8:30
- HANGOVER PART III: 1:50, 4:20, 6:50, 9:20
- STAR TREK INTO THE DARKNESS 2D: 12:15, 3:05, 6:00, 8:55