Eureka
/ 10 a.m.
Watch a festival of floats and marching bands parade by as they pay homage to the rhododendron. Travels east on Seventh Street, south on H Street, west on Henderson and concludes near the rear of the Eureka Mall.
Fort Humboldt State Historic Park
/ 10-4:30 a.m.
/ Free
Steam train rides, lumberjack contests, an 1850s/60s tent encampment, black powder demonstrations, 19th century games, food, music and more.
445-6547 /
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Arcata Community Center
/ 2 p.m.
/ $35
/ $30 adv.
Taste over 50 different high-quality homebrewed beers, freshly prepared snacks, dips, hors d’oeuvres, AND a chef prepared entrée, all while enjoying live, local music. All proceeds go to support the North Coast Professional Chapter of Engineers Without Borders projects.
Mateel Community Center
/ 3-8 p.m.
/ $10
/ $20 sliding scale
Transforms the spacious Mateel hall into a high-end art gallery. Offers local fine artists a chance to show, sell, and converse about their art in a lively atmosphere complete with local and regional wine tasting, complimentary hors d’oeuvres, and live acoustic music.
923-3368 /
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Arcata Theatre Lounge
/ 8:30 p.m.
/ $20
"This show will feature the talented creations of Naive Melodies, Wu Wei and Robot Koch. Oh and did we mention that Ed Rosenthal, the legend himself, will be mic'd and delivering the comedy performance?"
613-3030 /
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Lanphere Dunes
/ 10 a.m.-noon
/ Free
Ferns are distinctive and popular for the exotic texture they add to vegetation. Carol Ralph will introduce eight species of our common ferns in the easy setting at the riparian edge of the dunes and talk about some of the amazing aspects of fern life. Bring a hand lens.
444-1397 /
info@friendsofthedunes.org /
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Arcata Theatre Lounge
/ 11 a.m.
Practical garden/farming workshop to help agriculturalists living and farming in our sensitive watersheds.
613-3030 /
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Fortuna River Lodge
/ 4 p.m.
Eight hours of comedy. Features two stages of local and out of the area comedians.
725-7572 /
Blue Lake Roller Rink
/ 6:30-9:30 p.m.
/ $5 Adults
/ $4 Ages 9-17
/ $3 Ages 8 and under
Patrons are welcome to bring their own skates or rollerblades if they are clean, have no exposed bolts, and have at least one brake.
668-5932 /
parks-rec@bluelake.ca.gov /
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The Ink Annex
/ 7-10 p.m.
/ $8
With ZyanosE, Frenzy and Ssyndrom.
Gist Theater at HSU
/ 7:30-9:30 p.m.
/ $10
/ Free HSU students (limited seating)
/ $8 students & seniors
/ 18+
The first women actors on the English stage pioneer a profession. Directed by Mark Swetz.
826-3928 /
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Carlo Theatre (Dell'Arte)
/ 8-9:30 p.m.
/ Free
/ 18+
One-weekend performance run is the culmination of a nine-week study exploring the theatrical realm of Tragedy.
668-5663 /
info@dellarte.com /
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Van Duzer Theater
/ 8-10 p.m.
/ $20
/ Free children 12 and under
/ $5 students
Featuring 2014 Youth Competition winner Gad "Zar" Raganas playing Haydn’s Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in D major. Additional works include Alexander Borodin’s Polovtsian Dances, Johannes Brahms’ Hungarian Dance No. 5, and Ralph Ford’s Video Games Live.
822-2401 /
eurekasymphony@gmail.com /
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Central Station
/ 9 p.m.-1 a.m.
/ Free
/ 21+
Legit local honky tonk.
839-2013 /
centralstationtavern@gmail.com /
The Jam
/ 10 p.m.
Dark new wave with Space Biscuit. Analogue electronica hip hop with Electric Gravy.
822-5266 /
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Alibi
/ 11 p.m.
/ 21+
A night of loud folk/punk on The Plaza.
822-3731 /
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