Sunday, Dec. 12
Top Events!
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Holiday Sunday Art Market
Arcata Plaza
/ 11 a.m.-4 p.m.
/ Free
An outdoor market featuring local art and craft vendors, live music, school fundraising opportunities, and holiday activities for the whole family!
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Jeff DeMark and Inscrutable Rabbit
Arcata Playhouse
/ 2 p.m.
/ $12
Come out to the first benefit show for Arcata’s newest online radio station, Humboldt Hot Air! Local storyteller and songwriter Jeff DeMark and his band Inscrutable Rabbit will perform original stories and songs,
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The Nutcracker
Arkley Center For The Performing Arts
/ 2 p.m.
North Coast Dance’s magical holiday tradition is back, LIVE on stage! Join us for an exciting ballet full of familiar favorites and fresh new twists. This year’s production features a cast of local dancers, and world class guest performers.
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Trinidad Lighted Boat Parade
Trinidad
/ 6-8:30 p.m.
/ Free
On Sunday, December 12th, the community will welcome Santa Claus as he leads a flotilla of lighted fishing boats on wheels and a marching band as they parade through town from the Trinidad Harbor.
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All Events!
The Humboldt Grace Fire Recovery Auction
Online
/ midnight-noon
/ Free
/ 21+
Humboldt Grace, Synapsis, and The Ink People Center for The Arts today announced The 2021 Fire Recovery Project Auction, an online art and collectibles auction to raise money for a Disaster Relief Project
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Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge Birding Tour
Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge
/ 9-11 a.m.
/ Free
Meet leader Ralph Bucher at the Visitor Center and expect to see Aleutian cackling geese, ducks, shorebirds, songbirds, and many raptor species forage, perch, preen, and interact in a beautiful Humboldt wetland setting.
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Exploring Eureka’s Urban Interface Field Trip
Eureka
/ 9 a.m.-noon
/ Free
Join Redwood Region Audubon Society leader Jim Clark for Exploring Eureka’s Urban Interface. Sites to visit include the redwood/spruce forest, a historical farm and slough including recognizable family names, a unique barn, and non-native plant invasion.
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Zen Meditation and Dharma Talk
See Event Description
/ 9:45-10:30 a.m.
/ Free
The Arcata Zen Group invites the public to a Dharma talk entitled “Shosan”. Head Teacher and Soto Zen priest Eugene Bush will speak.
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Women Behind the Curtain: An homage by local artists
Herb & Market
/ 10 a.m.-7 p.m.
/ Free
An art exhibit, “Women behind the curtain: an homage by local artists” is showing 30+ portraits of women in cannabis.
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Native Creations Craft Fair
McKinleyville High School
/ 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
/ Free
/ $40 vendors
McKinleyville High School’s Native American Club is hosting a Native Creations Craft Fair.
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Holiday Pop Up Event
Mad River Brewery Tasting Room
/ noon-6 p.m.
/ Free
“Join us for craft brews, sweet treats, and festive photos as we team up with the Pony Keg Mobile Bar and Kaya Reed Photography at the Tap Room!”
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Humboldt Symphony
Fulkerson Recital Hall
/ 2-4 p.m.
/ $10 General
/ $5 Child
/ Free HSU Students with ID
They perform classic orchestral repertoire by an ensemble made up of instrumentalists from the campus and the community.
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A Christmas Carol, A Live Radio Play
KHUM Radio 104.3/104.7
/ 6-7:30 p.m.
/ Free
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Ferndale Repertory Theatre returns this Holiday Season with a live radio adaptation of the beloved holiday classic A Christmas Carol, A Live Radio Play!
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Stand up Sundays
The Siren’s Song Tavern
/ 6-7 p.m.
/ Free
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Holidays in Trinidad
Trinidad
/ 6-10 p.m.
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Igor and the Red Elvises
The Siren’s Song Tavern
/ 7 p.m.
/ $20
/ $15 advanced
Igor Yuzov was born in Germany, raised in Ukraine and studied in Russia. He grew up in the former Soviet Union, where folk music was the norm and rock’n’roll was illegal.
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Jimi Jeff
Blue Lake Casino Hotel
/ 9-11:59 p.m.
/ Free
/ 21+
Funk, rock and R&B.
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Comedy Open Mic
Savage Henry Comedy Club
/ 9 p.m.
Are you funny? Weekly comedy open mic. No cover.
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