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Comedy Tonight: Sunday, Dec. 15

By Collin Yeo on December 15, 2024 at 4:00AM

Rising star Bay Area comedian Paul Conyers brings his stand-up chops to the Basement tonight for two sets, at 6 p.m. and 8 p.m., so you have options if you are more or less of a Sunday nighthawk. The $20 admission is not a bad deal for a headlining comedian who fills larger venues in the more populated parts of the country.

Music Tonight: Saturday, Dec. 14

By Collin Yeo on December 14, 2024 at 4:00AM

The Miniplex is putting on the kind of gig it does best, with cosmic folk musician Julie Beth Napolin, who will be joined by local heroes Ethan Miller of Howlin’ Rain and Comets on Fire fame, and Anthony Taibi, a sound maker, breaker and recorder who has been in too many amazing psyche projects to name. The fabulous Meg Baird from Winter Band opens with a solo set.

LA NEUTRA performs at Ocean Grove Lounge at 10 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 13.

Music Tonight: Friday, Dec. 13

By Collin Yeo on December 13, 2024 at 4:00AM

Here’s an unusually and fittingly outré gig for the final Friday the 13th of 2024. Visiting from Spain, the enigmatic, masked (and possibly haunted doll) LA NEUTRA is presenting a DJ-curated, mixtape trip called “March of the Trolls, Dance Exorcism.” Expect a wide range of globe-spanning music, including remixes of Indian and Arabic music, as well as reggae, dub, dubstep, and deep and heavy meditation dance trax.

Music Tonight: Thursday, Dec. 12

By Collin Yeo on December 12, 2024 at 4:15AM

It might not be Monday, but it’s still a metal night over at Savage Henry Comedy Club, where at 9 p.m., you can enjoy a line-up of bands from both here and abroad. The road dogs are represented by blackened thrash band Oxygen Destroyer from a scattering of cities further north in the Pacific Northwest, along with New Jersey’s Kontusion.

Music Tonight: Sunday, Dec. 8

By Collin Yeo on December 8, 2024 at 4:00AM

Sundays are always nice for matinee performances and the CPH Department of Dance, Music and Theatre is putting on a nice one at 2 p.m. today at Fulkerson Hall. The Mad River Transit Singers are presenting a jazzy, Afro-Brazilian program with a range of tunes written by the likes of Artie Shaw, Jorge Ben and an Afro-Cuban version of Cole Porter’s signature classic “I Get a Kick Out of You.” Tickets are $15 for the general publica, $5 for children and free-ninety-free for any CPH students.

Music Tonight: Saturday, Dec. 7

By Collin Yeo on December 7, 2024 at 4:00AM

If you’re in the mood for some Christmas songs from the golden age of crooning by the fireplace, then tonight’s show at 7:30 p.m. at the Old Steeple is just the thing for you. Randy Cordeiro is not only a native Humboldtianite, but a rather well-regarded frontman in his touring Neil Diamond tribute band Super Diamond.

Music Tonight: Friday, Dec. 6

By Collin Yeo on December 6, 2024 at 4:00AM

Bay Area rap superstar and former collaborator and friend of the late, great Mac Dre, Andre Nickatina is back in town for an evening at the Arcata Theatre Lounge. As he is a man who needs little introduction in these parts, I’ll just add that doors are at 7 p.m., and tickets are going for $45, which, with the fees involved with buying online, brings us to the oddly satisfying palindromic number of $53.35.

Music Tonight: Thursday, Dec. 5

By Collin Yeo on December 5, 2024 at 9:28AM

The Alley Cats have taken the “Opera” out of their name tonight because rather than playing at the Speakeasy, they will be hitting the stage for a free gig at the Basement instead. Doors open at 7:30 p.m.

Mark and Maggie O’Connor play the Van Duzer Theatre at 7 p.m. on Dec. 3.

Music Tonight: Tuesday, Dec. 3

By Collin Yeo on December 3, 2024 at 4:00AM

Multi-instrumentalists, Grammy winners and married duo Mark and Maggie O’Connor bring their bluegrass and beyond virtuosity to the Van Duzer Theatre tonight at 7 p.m., where they will showcase Mark’s holiday vision, An Appalachian Christmas. The title rather says it all but still, there’s a frisson between the players as they trade off instrumental and vocal performances written to evoke the traditions of the mountain fiddle reels married to the sound and spirit of Christmas.

Music Tonight: Saturday, Nov. 30

By Collin Yeo on November 30, 2024 at 4:00AM

Speaking of free shows, tonight’s offering at the Logger Bar is a near certified burner for those of you into the tried-and-true sonic landscape of the blues power trio. Jesse Mills Band fills out all the spaces in ways that such acts make a habit of doing, with a rock-solid rhythm section holding up some soulful licks and vocals.

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