Coming Soon: The Humboldt County Egg Hunt

Solve the clues, find the hidden eggs and win!

on March 8, 2024 at 1:00PM

Put your detective skills to the test and join the search for hidden eggs in the 2024 Humboldt County Egg Hunt! A limited number of eggs will be hidden around the county, and contain exciting rewards for the lucky hunters who find them.

Music Tonight: Friday, March 8

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

Once again, Friday means Fuego at the Arcata Theatre Lounge, a dance party celebration of modern Latin club music. Join DJs D’Vinity, Pressure and Statik as they curate an evening of reggaeton-plus for all the assembled crowd, including crews of in-house go-go and pole dancers, at 9 p.m.

Music Tonight: Thursday, March 7

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

Alpha Rhythm Kings are a San Francisco sextet trading in the style jump blues and sassy, high energy, swinging lounge music that made Louis Prima a household name during the glory days of live American dance club music. Tonight at 7 p.m., you can capture a taste of those goods at the Eagle House Ballroom for a mere $20, courtesy of the good folks at the Redwood Coast Music Festival.

Music Tonight: Sunday, March 3

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

Many years ago, when I was a teenager, I snagged a ticket to one of Eureka’s various blues music by the bay festivals, where as an aspiring bass player I had hoped to study some of the low end wranglers jamming in the assorted rhythm sections under the blue skies. A lot of acts played that day, but one that caught my attention enough to form a lasting memory all these years later was Tommy Castro, a Bay Area blues guitarist and singer who leans heavily on the Memphis soul and protofunk that made Stax Records an international name in the middle of the 20th century.

Music Tonight: Saturday, March 2

By Collin Yeo on March 2, 2024 at 4:00AM

Returning Humboldt County pop rock champions The Ian Fays are posting up at the Shanty tonight at 8:30 p.m. for Arts Alive. Popular hybrid rockers Strix Vega has dusted off the amps to join in on the jams, and a group named Rad Bromance, about whom I know near to nothing, has signed on for opening duties.

Music Tonight: Friday, March 1

By Collin Yeo on March 1, 2024 at 4:00AM

It’s the first night of the eighth annual Zero to Fierce Festival, with events generally centered around the Arcata Playhouse and the Exit Theatre. Tonight’s soiree sees an art gallery pop-up in the front of the Playhouse called the Womxn’s Art Show, and features an all-ages and multimedia format.

Music Tonight: Thursday, Feb. 29

By Collin Yeo on February 29, 2024 at 4:00AM

One of the stranger and more cinematic acts to break into the fringes of the American mainstream, a band that can be called Dadaist without flinching, is back on the road and coming to Humboldt. Sleepytime Gorilla Museum is possibly the only group to ever work the word “tintinnabulation” into a catchy song and have an impossible-to-define sound that is the true heir to the best sense of the term “art rock.” This group is in its own class and very certainly worth your time, which can be exchanged for $25 ($20 advance) at Humbrews at 8 p.m.

Music Tonight: Wednesday, Feb. 28

By Collin Yeo on February 28, 2024 at 4:00AM

Denver, Colorado’s Sunsquabi are a power trio of rock-tronica jamsters who mix and meld bass, drums and guitars with keys, laptops and drum pads, creating a groove-friendly bounce house for fun seekers everywhere. The crew is setting up shop tonight at the Arcata Theatre Lounge, one of the best venues around for this sort of thing.

Music Tonight: Tuesday, Feb. 27

By Collin Yeo on February 27, 2024 at 4:00AM

Emily Robb’s latest release If I Am Misery Then Give Me Affection is a rolling tone jeremiad preaching the lost gospel virtues of Old Testament instrumental guitar sounds. Fuzz and vibrato scraps of treble-sliding hacksaw blues are fleshed into a chaotic prophet’s new vision of revelation.

Music Tonight: Monday. Feb. 26

By Collin Yeo on February 26, 2024 at 4:00AM

Bolero! from San Francisco is a group dedicated to remembering the psychedelic rock sounds and Latin vibes that briefly made that city a beacon of youth culture in the 1960s and 1970s.