Saturday, Aug. 2
Top Events!
(Look ahead!)
30th Anniversary Reggae On The River
French’s Camp
/ midnight
/ $190
/ $250 early 4-day pass
“Recognized as one of the longest running reggae music events in the world, Reggae On The River® is an annual pilgrimage held along the banks of the majestic Eel River in the heart of Southern Humboldt County and fans have flocked here for three decades to experience the best in reggae/world music.”
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14th Annual Buddy Brown Blues Festival
Perigot Park
/ 10:30 a.m.
Fundraiser for the HFS Folk School. Music by The Uptown Kings, Buddy Reed, Jim Lahman Band, The Blues Rollers, Vintage Soul and Anna Hamilton.
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Wildwood Days Music Festival
Rio Dell Fire Hall
/ noon-10 p.m.
/ Free
Local bands all day long including Doug Fir and the 2x4s, Redwood Blue, Headache, Hudson Hound Dogs and Layla Dias.
Arts Alive
Eureka
/ 6 p.m.
/ Free
Eureka’s monthly stab at getting everyone together! Opening receptions for artists, exhibits, and/or performances.
Xoth, Windmill of Corpses, Locust Furnace
The Ink Annex
/ 7-10 p.m.
/ $7
/ $5 members
The Placebo presents a night of metal.
Humboldt Crabs vs. Novato Knicks
Arcata Ball Park
/ 7 p.m.
/ $8
Root on your hometown baseball team as they whoop up on some hapless bums.
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All Events!
Rafting the North Coast
Center Activities, HSU Campus
/ 8 a.m.
/ $70
Day of adventure on one of the North Coast’s premier stretches of Class III whitewater, intermixed with serene, relaxing sections ideal for swimming and wildlife viewing.
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Wildwood Days
Rio Dell
/ 8 a.m.
Rio Dell’s annual community celebration. Click for complete schedule of events.
Explore Humboldt Bay: Hike the Hikshari Trail
Elk River Access Trail, Hikshari Trail
/ 9:30-11 a.m.
Free, docent-led natural history tour of the Hikshari Trail in Eureka in Spanish and English.
Lanphere Dunes Orchid Walk
Lanphere Dunes
/ 10 a.m.-1 p.m.
/ Free
Join Friends of the Dunes Naturalist Carol Ralph to find four native species blooming and one in fruit along the forest and dune trails of Lanphere Dunes. Bring a magnifying lens if you have one.
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Camera Work Workshop
Access Humboldt Community Media Center
/ 10 a.m.
/ $20
This 2-hour class will focus on different shots, how to frame your subject, set exposure, stabilize you shot, and general best practice tips and pointers.
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Compost Mountain Boys
Arcata Farmers’ Market
/ 10 a.m.-1 p.m.
Local bluegrass music and the season’s bounty.
KEET’s Kids Club
Morris Graves Museum of Art
/ noon-2 p.m.
/ Free
Monthly workshop. Each family receives a free book.
/ Web site
Lighting Workshop
Access Humboldt Community Media Center
/ 1 p.m.
/ $20
This 2-hour workshop will focus on basic lighting principles, differences, how to handle a floor light kit and how to utilize the grid lighting.
/ Web site
Broadway Billiards Grand Opening
Broadway Billiards
/ 5 p.m.-1 a.m.
/ $20
/ Free Public
/ 21+
No green fees or quarters needed.
Lynn Jones’ Art Show
Eureka Books
/ 6 p.m.
Collection includes linoleum cut, handset lead plates, and letterpress prints.
Sketchy
Studio 424
/ 6-9 p.m.
Hot Club Papers
Morris Graves Museum of Art
/ 6-9 p.m.
/ Free
Duo of Ryan Roberts, Absynth Quintet’s guitarist of ten years, and Tom Toohey, guitarist for George Cole and Bon Swing.
/ Web site
Indigo Hillbillies
Gallagher’s Irish Pub and Restaurant
/ 6-9 p.m.
/ Free
Vintage country, danceabilly, conscious originals.
/ Web site
Friends of the Dunes Benefit
Sewell Gallery of Fine Art
/ 6-9 p.m.
Volunteers and staff will be serving wine and beer as a fundraiser to benefit Friends of the Dunes. Featured artist is internationally known wire sculptor Elizabeth Berrien.
/ Web site
Kingfoot
MikkiMoves Real Estate, Inc
/ 6-9 p.m.
/ Free
Sizzling Americana trio playing all original songs.
/ Web site
Jim Lehman Band
Old Town Coffee And Chocolates (Old Town)
/ 6:30-9:30 p.m.
/ Free
Blues, funk and rock.
/ Web site
Blue Lotus Jazz
Libation
/ 7-10 p.m.
/ Free
/ 21+
Jazz guitar duo Dave and Nalini Wilson with guest vocalist Lin McPhillips sitting in.
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Thoroughly Modern Millie
Van Duzer Theater
/ 7:30 p.m.
Flash back to the Roaring ‘20s with Humboldt Light Opera Company. When a Kansas girl comes to the Big Apple, she encounters flappers, working girls and millionaires in disguise as she ventures from high rises to the New York speakeasy scene.
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The Poor of New York
North Coast Repertory Theatre
/ 8 p.m.
/ $15
Written and premiering in 1857, this play is a melodrama revolving around the efforts of a middle class family, newly impoverished by the financial panic of 1857, to survive against a villainous banker.
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The Georgia Handshakers
Redwood Curtain Brewing Company, Arcata
/ 8-11 p.m.
/ Free
Laid back rock and roll with some country blues mixed in.
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The Wedding Singer
Ferndale Repertory Theatre
/ 8 p.m.
/ $16 students/seniors
You’ve seen that Adam Sandler movie, yeah? Directed by Brandi Lacy, Music Direction by Molly Severdia and featuring Erik Standifird as Robbie, Sasha Shay as Julia, and a large, talented cast from all over the county!
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Ultra Secret Good Guy Organization
The Siren’s Song Tavern
/ 9 p.m.
Funk jazz improv.
/ Web site
All Fired Up
Blue Lake Casino Hotel
/ 9 p.m.
/ 21+
Rock ‘n’ roll.
/ Web site
Lizzy and the Moonbeams
Logger Bar
/ 9 p.m.
/ 21+
Local eclectic rock/pop/blues.
/ Web site
DJ Barfly Style
Bar Fly Pub and Grub
/ 9 p.m.-1 a.m.
/ Free
/ 21+
/ Web site
Balls Deep
The Jam
/ 10 p.m.
/ 21+
“Tangy death jazz for your freakstabagel needs. Let’s get weird.”
/ Web site
DJ Zordon
Robert Goodman Wines/Machine Works
/ 10 p.m.-1 a.m.
/ Free
/ 21+
/ Web site
White Manna, La Cerca
Alibi
/ 10:30 p.m.
/ $5
/ 21+
Get weird at the ‘bi.
/ Web site
Movie Showtimes
Broadway Cinema
- 22 JUMP STREET: 9:20
- AMERICA: 3:50, 8:50
- AND SO IT GOES: 1:20, 6:25
- DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES 2D: 12:00, 6:00, 9:00
- DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES 3D: 2:55
- GET ON UP: 11:55, 3:00, 6:05, 9:15
- GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY 2D: 12:40, 3:35, 6:30, 9:25
- GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY 3D: 11:50, 2:40, 5:35, 8:30
- HERCULES 2D: 4:00, 9:10
- HERCULES 3D: 1:25, 6:35
- HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2 2D: 1:10, 3:45
- LUCY: 12:10, 2:30, 4:50, 7:15, 9:40
- MALEFICENT 2D: 12:15, 2:45
- PLANES: FIRE AND RESCUE 2D: 12:05, 2:25, 4:45, 7:00
- PURGE: ANARCHY: 1:55, 4:30, 7:05, 9:40
- SEX TAPE: 2:05, 4:35, 7:10, 9:30
- TAMMY: 6:15, 8:45
- TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION 2D: 5:10, 8:35
Mill Creek Cinema
- AND SO IT GOES: 1:50, 6:55
- DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES 2D: 12:00, 3:00, 6:00, 9:00
- GET ON UP: 1:55, 5:15, 8:25
- GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY 2D: 12:30, 3:20, 6:15, 9:10
- GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY 3D: 11:50, 2:40, 5:30, 8:20
- HERCULES 2D: 3:30, 8:35
- HERCULES 3D: 1:00, 6:05
- LUCY: 12:10, 2:30, 4:50, 7:10, 9:30
- PLANES: FIRE AND RESCUE 2D: 11:55, 2:05, 4:15, 6:30, 8:40
- PURGE: ANARCHY: 4:20, 9:20
Minor Theatre
- GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY 2D: 12:30, 3:20, 6:10, 9:00
- MOST WANTED MAN: 12:20, 3:05, 5:50, 8:35
- WISH I WAS HERE: 1:10, 3:50, 6:30, 9:10