Saturday, Sept. 27
Top Events!
(Look ahead!)
Skate Fest
RampArt Skatepark
/ 2-10 p.m.
/ $5
Skateboarding! Live music by Guns N Barrels, Mother Vines, Lao Tzu’s Army, Adult Crash, Imperial Destructo, Lord Ellis! Tarp surfing! Live Art! BBQ! Beer! Raffle!
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A Treasure Chest of Burlesque
Garberville Theatre
/ 8-11 p.m.
Bada Bling! Burlesque brings the audience something old and something new, this variety show features everyone’s favorite sexy and sassy dances along with a plethora of new glittery and gold booty that is sure to knock your socks off.
Random Acts of Comedy
Arcata Theatre Lounge
/ 8 p.m.
/ $6
Improv comedy showcase with spontaneous scenes, hilarious games, snappy songs, and fantastic stories all made up on the spot based on audience input.
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Pianist Jeremy Samolesky
Fulkerson Recital Hall
/ 8-9:30 p.m.
/ $10
/ $5 seniors, children, students
Pianist Jeremy Samolesky performs a Prokofiev sonata and works by Bach and Chopin in an HSU Music Department Guest Artist concert.
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Soul Night: Happy Birthday Wilford Brimley
Humboldt Brews
/ 9 p.m.
/ $5
/ 21+
These days it feels like there’s no end of stuff to do and never any time left for yourself. So the boys at Soul Night created a holiday to give us all an excuse to take the night off. This month we’re having a birthday party for the face of Quaker Oats and diabetes.
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KatchaFire
Blue Lake Casino Hotel
/ 9-11:30 p.m.
All Maori reggae band and global roots reggae phenomenon.
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All Events!
Let’s Move in the Dunes
Ma-le’l Dunes
/ 9 a.m.-noon
/ Free
Morning of fun physical and mental challenges at the BLM’s Ma-le’l Dunes. A memory challenge, obstacle course, rope agility ladder and more will be a part of the fun.
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Creamery District Art Market
Arcata Playhouse
/ 9 a.m.-1 p.m.
/ Free
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Creamery District Art Market
Arcata Playhouse
/ 9 a.m.-1 p.m.
/ Free
Free, outdoor, family-friendly event. More than a dozen vendors will be selling an array of art and crafts, Jenni and David and the Sweet Soul Band will play from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
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Excalibur Medieval Tournament & Market Faire
Mad River Community Hospital
/ 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
/ $8
/ $5 Kids 5-18
/ Free Under 5
Celebrate the Fall harvest with music, dancing and period entertainments. Sample a variety of fine foods and noble drinks. Stroll the streets of our market town and inspect the wares of dozens of craftsmen and artisans.
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Autumn Makers Fair/Feria Artesanal
Fuente Nueva Charter School
/ 11 a.m.-6 p.m.
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Art and Wine Festival
Fieldbrook Winery
/ 11 a.m.-4 p.m.
/ Free
Benefits Fieldbrook Educational Foundation ongoing support of Fieldbrook School.
Necessary Costs of Democracy
Samoa Cook House
/ noon-1:30 p.m.
/ Free
Sharon Latour, Arcata Presbyterian Church pastor, will discuss her unsuccessful campaign for Humboldt County Supervisor earlier this year at a forum hosted by Northcoast Mensa.
The Soulful Sidekicks
Gallagher’s Irish Pub and Restaurant
/ 6-9 p.m.
/ Free
“Down-to-earth pub songs.”
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Trinity Alps 30th Anniversary Celebration Concert
Lee Fong Park Amphitheater
/ 6:30-10:30 p.m.
/ $20
Taking place at the Lee Fong Park Amphitheater in Weaverville, doors open at 6:00 with performances by world roots music artists MamaJoWali, Troubadour Keith Greeninger, and Mountain Stomping Music by 4 Pounds of Lightning, interspersed with stories and history by fans of the Trinity Alps Wilderness
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Burning Hash, Occult SS, Komatose, Dead Drift
The Ink Annex
/ 7-10 p.m.
/ $6
If you cannot tell, those are the names of metal bands.
14th Annual BGHP Fall Concert
Calvary Lutheran Church
/ 7-9 p.m.
/ $20
Features a fun variety of music from chamber pieces to jazz, with inspiring melodies of the Heartbeat Chorale, Dr. Luther Cobb and Levi Walls on piano.
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Latin Peppers
Cecils New Orleans Bistro
/ 7:30-10 p.m.
/ Free
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Movies Under the Mural: Hook (1991)
Los Bagels, Eureka
/ 8-10:30 p.m.
/ Free
Oh, there you are, Peter.
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Equivocation
Redwood Curtain Theatre
/ 8 p.m.
/ $15
/ $10 Thursdays
England, 1605: Shagspere is commissioned by the prime minister to write the “true historie” of the Gunpowder Plot. And it must have witches! A witty and high-stakes political thriller with contemporary resonances, this intriguing play gallops from the great Globe to the Tower of London.
I Hate Hamlet
North Coast Repertory Theatre
/ 8 p.m.
/ $16
Dramatic comedy follows the struggles of a young actor who is tackling the role of Hamlet, trying to maintain his relationship and being haunted by the ghost of John Barrymore.
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Business Casual
Robert Goodman Wines/Machine Works
/ 9 p.m.-midnight
/ Free
Jazz.
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