Let's assume if you're reading these words you survived Halloween. Way to be. This is gonna work out great for you because, now that you've got all the cosplay out of your system, you still have a whole weekend to celebrate. Scrape off your gooey zombie makeup. Friday in Humboldt is a great night for straight live music:
Trinidad
/ 6-9 p.m.
Kinda like Garberville Arts Alive, but in Trinidad.
Mateel Community Center
/ 6 p.m.
/ $50
/ $25 after 8:30 p.m.
Join EPIC for their 36th Anniversary Fall Celebration featuring music by Bay Area political hip-hop group The Coup, along with reggae revolutionaries New Kingston and Indubious.
822-7711 /
natalynne@wildcalifornia.org /
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Kate Buchanan Room
/ 8 p.m.
/ $25
/ $15 HSU students
"Uniting virtuosi from throughout the Eastern European diaspora, forged in the halls of the world's best conservatories, The New York Gypsy All-Stars cover the world rhythmically and harmonically."
Redwood Curtain Theatre
/ 8 p.m.
/ $15
/ $10 Thursdays
"Deliciously wry and poignant play centers on three US Navy personnel, and one Navy wife, stationed at a base in Japan in the mid 1950’s – a little bit Kabuki, a little bit From Here to Eternity."
The Siren's Song Tavern
/ 9 p.m.
"First show in Humboldt is guaranteed to melt your soul into a vat of writhing bodies in a frenzy of aural pleasure. Your soul will most likely be returned at the end of the evening."
442-8778 /
thesirenssongtavern@gmail.com /
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Humboldt Brews
/ 9:30 p.m.
/ $25
/ 21+
Keyboardist Seals is best known for his time playing with Jery Garcia. Performing two straight nights.
826-2739 /
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Angelina Inn
/ 5:30-8:30 p.m.
Local singer/songwriter/storyteller gets to know you.
725-5200 /
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Trinidad Art
/ 6-9 p.m.
Local author releases her new book Warnersville. Music by Laura Rose.
Fortuna
/ 6-9 p.m.
Art, music, fun and great deals from local merchants in the friendly city.
Gist Hall, HSU
/ 7:47-10:30 p.m.
/ $8
/ 18+
Adults only (18+) Circus Show full of weird and wacky juggling, clowning, prop manipulations, burlesque, and much much more.
Ferndale Repertory Theatre
/ 8 p.m.
/ $10
Celebrating the 75th anniversary of the very first production of Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer Prize winning play.
786-5483 /
info@ferndalerep.org /
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Arcata Playhouse
/ 8 p.m.
/ $5
Apprentice Entertainment presents the 1975 musical comedy horror film.
822-1575 /
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The Ritz
/ 9 p.m.
City Lights dance night.
The Jam
/ 9 p.m.
/ $8
/ 21+
Phantom Wave's Dia De Los Muertos party featuring house and techno music and face painting.
822-5266 /
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