Thursday, Oct. 31

What is Humboldt Doing For Halloween?

The bad news, as you’ve surely determined by this point, is that Halloween falls on a Thursday this year. (Hopefully your boss is “cool” with a low-productivity Friday.) The good news: Thus far PG&E has not threatened to cut our power for two whole days — subject to change — so, hey, rage it up, HumCo! Be sure to scroll the Lowdown below to get some idea of where Humboldt’s ghouls will be a-clustered. And a fine boo to you. 

Top Events!
(Look ahead!)

Trick or Treat on the Plaza
Arcata Plaza / 4-7 p.m. / Free
Arcata Plaza Downtown’s Main street is the center of Trick or Treat fun on Halloween Day. Set Up and Street Closures start around 3 p.m. for the 4 p.m. opening of the event.
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Too Cute to Spook! Dog Costume Contest
Mad River Brewery Tasting Room / 5-7 p.m. / Free
Bring your cute pooch all dressed up!
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Carnival: A Haunted Theatre Experience
Eureka High School Auditorium / 5:30-11 p.m. / $5 / $3 students
The EHS Players is putting on their 6th annual Haunted Theatre. Stop by Eureka High School for a good Halloween scare, Carnival style. Tours are tailored for the audience, so all ages are welcome.
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Dead Acres
Blue Lake Casino Hotel / 6 p.m.-midnight / $12
Welcome to Dead Acres Brace yourself for a spine-tingling experience. Upon entering our fear farm, you must navigate through a labyrinth of despair with frightful twists and turns.
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(UPDATE) Haunted Kinetic Lab of HORRORS!
Arcata Kinetic Lab / 7-11:59 p.m. / $13
(UPDATE: Saturday’s lab has been canceled due to the power outage. But additional tours will be given on Friday, Nov. 1!) The BEST, most CLEVER, yet HORRIFYING Halloween event is back! Live music by the Dead Drops. Recommended for ages 13 and over.
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Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
Eureka Theater / 7 p.m.
Dark and stormy night? Come up to the lab and see what’s on the slab when the 1975 cult classic of all cult classics returns to the big screen: The Rocky Horror Picture Show, accompanied by a live shadow cast!
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Halloween Punk!: Subhumans, Bad Breeding, Neighborhood Brats
RampArt Skatepark / 7-11:59 p.m. / $15
English punk band formed in the Warminster and Melksham area of Wiltshire in 1980. Dick Lucas joined later in the year, having formerly been in another local band, The Mental.
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Rabbit Hole
Redwood Curtain Theatre / 8 p.m. / $18 / $20 11/2 gala opening / $10 previews/Thursdays
Becca and Howie Corbett have everything a family could want, until a life-shattering accident turns their world upside down and leaves the couple drifting perilously apart. Rabbit Hole charts their bittersweet search for comfort in the darkest of places and for a path that will lead them back.
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Wess Vega’s House of Horror
Forever Found / 8 p.m.-3 a.m. / $25 / $50 VIP Lounge / 18+
You are invited to Wess Vega’s House of Horror! In celebration of Halloween we present a ghoulish night of Halloween fun! A horrific night filled with frightening fun, blood thirsty dancing and a chilling thrill you won’t forget!
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The Mystical Creatures Ball
The Historic Eagle House / 8 p.m.-3 a.m. / $30 / $50 VIP / $35 Door / 18+
Its time to prepare to get your party on at the only truly Haunted House in Humboldt! Join all those who live in the other realms for the: MYSTICAL CREATURES BALL
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The Trouble, Strix Vega, Electro Saloon
The Siren’s Song Tavern / 8-11 p.m. / $10
A night of weird Americana and rock.
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Steam Punk Halloween Ball
Gyppo Ale Mill / 9-11:59 p.m. / $10
Don your top hat and waistcoat or corset and bustle, because the Gyppo Ale Mill is throwing a Halloween par-tay! This time the theme is steampunk, combining the elegance and beauty of the Victorian era with whimsical clockwork and steam-based technology.
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Absynth Quartet, Belles of the Levee Halloween Ball
Logger Bar / 9-11:59 p.m. / Free / 21+
Few things are better than a costume party at the Logger! The Belles of The Levee open the show at 9 pm!
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Just Joshin’
Savage Henry Comedy Club / 9-11 p.m. / $5 / 18+
Josh Barnes runs his Comedy Extravaganza the last Thursday of every month. Variety shows, late night talk shows, stand-up showcases….whatever he feels!
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World Famous Halloween
Arcata Theatre Lounge / 9:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m. / $20 / $25 GA / $15 Limited Online / 21+
Featuring Machinedrum, Danny Corn, PRSN, and Zanapod
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Object Heavy: Heavy Halloween
Humboldt Brews / 9:30 p.m.
Heavy Halloween featuring the Oh So Heavy Horns and B Swizlo’s funky-ass birthday.
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Submit your event!
PROMOTED

Dead Acres
Blue Lake Casino Hotel / 6 p.m.-midnight / $12
Welcome to Dead Acres Brace yourself for a spine-tingling experience. Upon entering our fear farm, you must navigate through a labyrinth of despair with frightful twists and turns.
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All Events!

Rio Dell Trunk-or-Treat
Rio Dell Community Resource Center / 4:30-6:30 a.m. / Free
There will be goodies for the kiddos along with games and treats.
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Kids’ Karnival
Redwood Acres Fairgrounds / 5:30-8:30 a.m. / Free
You are invited to this FREE annual event for free hot dogs, popcorn, cotton candy, tons of games and prizes, and a cake walk!
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Henderson Center Farmers’ Market
Henderson Center / 10 a.m.-1 p.m. / Free
Freshen up your week and celebrate the bounty of fresh, Humboldt-grown food and plants at the Henderson Center farmers’ market on F Street!
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Trick or Treat!
Redwood Curtain Brewing Company, Eureka / noon-10 p.m. / $None All Ages
Bring your kiddos to our Myrtletown tasting room between 12 PM and 10 PM in costume and get some candy!
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McKinleyville Farmers’ Market
Eureka Natural Foods, McKinleyville / 3:30-6:30 p.m. / Free
​Visit the McKinleyville Farmers’ Market to purchase the freshest Humboldt-County-Grown and GMO-free produce along with plants, meats and other wonderful products.
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Trunk or Treat
See Event Description / 5-8 p.m. / Free
The kids can trick or treat in the parking lot where each “house” is actually someone’s car trunk. Weather permitting we will have a bounce house and hay rides and a children’s outdoor movie.
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Lifehouse Mckinleyville Trunk or Treat
See Event Description / 5-8 p.m. / Free
Along with being able to trick or treat at the different “houses”, weather permitting there will be hay rides, a bounce house and an outdoor movie. This is event is free and open to the public!
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Nintendo Night/Thirsty Thursday
E&O Lanes / 6 p.m.-midnight / Free / 21+
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Celtic: Trippin the Dew!
Gallagher’s Irish Pub and Restaurant / 6-9 p.m. / Free
Trippin the Dew with Seabury Gould (bouzouki, etc), Banjovi (banjo) & Artemisia (bodhran, etc) play Irish Trad/Celtic Music for a celebration of Samhain! Halloween had its beginnings in Samhain, an ancient pre-Christian Celtic festival of the dead, also a harvest festival.
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Halloween Bouldering Competition
HSU Student Recreation Center / 6-8 p.m. / $8
Grab your climbing shoes, throw on a costume and join us for a bone shaking bouldering bash! A relaxed bouldering competition with prizes for the best costume as well as for the winners in each bracket.
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Humboldt Cribbage Club
Moose Lodge / 6:15 p.m. / $8
Muggins! Get your weekly crib on.
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Open Mic with Mike Anderson
Old Town Coffee And Chocolates (Old Town) / 6:30-8:30 p.m. / Free
Usually some singer/guitarists, a couple spoken word guys and then that one wildcard oddity that makes you go “hmm.”
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Halloween Party
Humboldt Cider Company Tap Room / 7-10 p.m. / 21+
Join us this Halloween for music, fun, and fantastic cider! This year we are hosting a costume party and CONTEST at the Tap Room.
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Laidback Lounge
Phatsy Kline’s Parlor Lounge / 7:30 p.m.
Fraktal Productions and The Historic Eagle House present Laidback Lounge every Thursday featuring local DJs playing jazz, soul, funk, Latin and more.
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Wess Vega’s House Of Horror: Halloween Event
Forever Found / 8 p.m.-3 a.m. / $25 / $50 VIP Lounge / 18+
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LBoogie’s Halloween
The Griffin / 8-11 p.m. / Free / 21+
Get your boo on.
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Latin Nights
Blue Lake Casino Hotel / 9 p.m.-1 a.m. / Free / 21+
Sonido Pachanguero knows what it takes to get you out on the dance floor!
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Rude Lion Sound
Sidelines / 9:30 p.m. / 21+
Hip hop krunkage for your butt.
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Movie Showtimes

Broadway Cinema
  • ABOMINABLE (2D): 12:10, 2:30, 4:50, 7:10
  • BLACK AND BLUE: 1:10, 3:50, 6:30, 9:10
  • COUNTDOWN: 12:15, 2:30, 4:55, 7:15, 9:35
  • DOWNTON ABBEY: 11:40, 2:25, 5:20, 8:15
  • JOKER: 12:00, 12:50, 2:50, 3:30, 5:40, 9:30
  • JUDY: 11:55, 2:45, 5:35, 8:25
  • MALEFICENT: MISTRESS OF EVIL 2D: 11:30, 12:30, 2:20, 3:20, 6:10, 8:00, 9:00
  • MALEFICENT: MISTRESS OF EVIL 3D: 5:10
  • ONCE UPON A TIME … IN HOLLYWOOD: 6:10
  • SCARY STORIES TO TELL IN THE DARK: 9:20
  • TERMINATOR: DARK FATE: 8:30
  • THE ADDAMS FAMILY (2D): 11:45, 2:00, 4:15, 6:35, 8:45
  • ZOMBIELAND: DOUBLE TAP: 12:05, 1:05, 2:35, 3:30, 5:00, 5:55, 7:20, 8:20, 9:45
Mill Creek Cinema
  • ABOMINABLE (2D): 4:25, 6:45
  • COUNTDOWN: 4:50, 7:10, 9:30
  • GEMINI MAN: 3:45, 6:35
  • JOKER: 3:25, 6:20, 9:10
  • JUDY: 2:50, 5:40, 8:35
  • MALEFICENT: MISTRESS OF EVIL 2D: 3:10, 5:55, 8:50
  • SCARY STORIES TO TELL IN THE DARK: 9:00
  • TERMINATOR: DARK FATE: 9:10
  • THE ADDAMS FAMILY (2D): 3:55, 6:10, 8:25
  • ZOMBIELAND: DOUBLE TAP: 4:05, 6:30, 9:00
Minor Theatre
  • $5 FLASH BACK ~ LET THE RIGHT ONE IN (2008): 3:30
  • JOKER: 2:00, 5:20, 6:30, 9:30
  • MALEFICENT: MISTRESS OF EVIL: 3:00, 6:00, 8:30
  • THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW ~ LIVE EVENT: 9:00

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