Friday, Dec. 30
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Top Events!
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Young & Lovely Roaring ‘20s Party
The Wine Cellar
/ 8 p.m.-midnight
/ Free
/ 21+
The Wine Cellar is excited to host an epic Roaring Twenties Party on Friday, December 30th with Humboldt’s new jazz band, Young & Lovely! The full band will be playing from 8pm-11pm and then danceable music will continue until midnight.
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The Appliances: A Benefit for Playhouse Arts
Arcata Playhouse
/ 8 p.m.
/ $20
/ $18 Playhouse Members
Thirty years after playing their last show, the band has been recalibrated and recycled. With new clean-energy engineering, the band will play a set of songs from their new, live CD. It was recorded off the sound mixing board by the late, great Tim Gray on New Years Eve 1990.
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Melvin Seals and JGB
Blue Lake Casino Hotel
/ 9 p.m.
/ $75
/ $165 3-day pass
/ $45 Friday and Saturday
/ 21+
Melvin Seals has been a powerful presence in the music industry for over 30 years with a long established reputation as a performer, recording artist and producer. Melvin is most revered for his powerful, high-spirited, Hammond B-3 organ, and keyboards in the Jerry Garcia Band.
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Diggin Dirt
Arcata Theatre Lounge
/ 9 p.m.
/ $45
/ $30 just Saturday
/ $25 just Friday
TWO NIGHTS! This seven-piece band emerging from behind the redwood curtain in Humboldt County, California is skyrocketing through the west coast music scene. Shoveling out their own path, and consistently wowing audiences and filling concert venues, Diggin Dirt is no ordinary funk and soul band.
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All Events!
Fire Arts Staff Show
Fire Arts Center
/ 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Artists include Alder Gustafson, David Jordan, Elaine Y. Shore, Elizabeth P. Johnson, Jessica Swan, Natalia Meléndez Rosa, and Sophie Holderman.
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Laffy Hour Comedy Open Mic
Savage Henry Comedy Club
/ 6-8 p.m.
/ Free
Hard week at work! Comed blow off some steam and hear or even tell some jokes at Laffy Hour!
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Opera Alley Cats
SpeakEasy
/ 7-10 p.m.
/ Free
/ 21+
Live jazz. No cover.
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Home Improv Ment
Savage Henry Comedy Club
/ 7-8:30 p.m.
/ Free
/ 18+
Do you remember Drama Class/Club and playing the warm up imrov games? Have you seen ‘Whose line is it anyways?’ and thought, “I’d like to try that.”? This is the event for you!
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Karaoke
Central Station
/ 9 p.m.-1 a.m.
/ Free
/ 21+
Every Friday night sing your favorite songs!
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Queerly Comedy
Savage Henry Comedy Club
/ 9-11 p.m.
/ $10
/ 18+
Queerly Comedy. A comedy showcase featuring a diverse, hilarious, and fabulous line up of lgbtq+ comedians! Produced by Stephanie Knowles and featuring Mark Sanders, Brandy and Jay Reeder.
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‘Please Don’t Leave’: Late Night Improv Comedy Game
Savage Henry Comedy Club
/ 11 p.m.-1 a.m.
/ $5
/ 18+
Scott Hoyle runs an improv based show with a rotating panel of the best local and sometimes touring comedians who are at the Club that weekend.
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Movie Showtimes
Broadway Cinema
- A PRIVATE MOVIE SCREENING: 11:30, 3:30, 7:30
- AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER 2D: 12:10, 1:30, 4:10, 5:30, 8:10
- AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER 3D: 11:30, 12:50, 2:30, 3:30, 4:50, 6:30, 7:30
- BABYLON: 11:40, 3:40, 7:40
- BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER 2D: 12:20, 4:00, 7:50
- PUSS IN BOOTS: THE LAST WISH: 11:20, 2:00, 4:40, 7:20
- STRANGE WORLD 2D: 12:00
- THE FABELMANS: 11:45, 3:20, 6:40
- VIOLENT NIGHT: 11:50, 2:40, 5:30, 8:30
- WHITNEY HOUSTON: I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY: 12:30, 3:50, 7:00
Mill Creek Cinema
- AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER 2D: 12:00, 1:30, 4:00, 5:30, 8:00
- AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER 3D: 11:00, 3:00, 7:00
- BABYLON: 11:30, 3:30, 7:30
- BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER 2D: 11:10, 3:10, 6:50
- PUSS IN BOOTS: THE LAST WISH: 11:20, 2:00, 4:40, 7:20
- VIOLENT NIGHT: 11:50, 2:30, 5:10, 7:50
- WHITNEY HOUSTON: I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY: 12:30, 3:50, 7:10