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Humboldt Folklife Festival Kicks Off Eight Days of Music Tonight

For the next eight days, the fine folks of the Humboldt Folklife Society would once again like to cram as much local music into your ears as you’ll let them during their annual Humboldt Folklife Festival. So's you don’t get lost, let the Lowdown provide you a brief synopsis of what to expect each night:

-Amphitheater Stage-

-Street Stage-

For more info, check out humboldtfolklife.org.

—Andrew Goff

 

EVENTS (SUBMIT YOURS!)

Arcata Farmers' Market

Arcata Plaza / 9 a.m.-2 p.m.

(Music this week by Falling Rocks!) North Coast Growers' Association community event features over 40 Humboldt farm booths as well as 10 prepared food booths.

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Relay for Life Eureka 2015

Halvorsen Park / 11 a.m.-11:59 p.m. / Free / $100 per Team

At the Relay, team members take turns walking or running around a track, relay-style and enjoy fun activities and entertainment off the track, for 24 hours! To celebrates those who have survived cancer, remembers those who have lost the battle and to fight back against a disease that takes too much.

951-0582 / laura.read@cancer.org / Web site

Humboldt Folklife Festival Kickoff

Mad River Brewery Tasting Room / 6 p.m.

Please join the Humboldt Folklife Society in kicking off the week-long Folklife Festival with music by The Spindrifters, followed by Clean Livin'.

668-4151 / Web site

Humboldt Crabs vs. California Storm

Arcata Ball Park / 7 p.m. / $9 / $4 kids under 12 / $6 students/seniors

"Mustache Night": The best facial hair in the park on this night will win a special prize. Enter to win at the front gate. Featuring the Crab Grass Band.

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The 24 Hour 10 Minute Play Festival

Redwood Park / 7-9 p.m. / Free

Part of Plays in the Park. What happens when you gather five writers, five directors, and 15 actors and give them exactly 24 hours to write and rehearse five original plays? You'll have to show up to find out. It's going to be a whole lot of creativity and craziness, 10-minutes at a time.

834-0861 / calder.johnson@gmail.com / Web site

Frankenstein

Carlo Theatre (Dell'Arte) / 8 p.m. / $15 students and seniors / $18 adults

Part of the Mad River Festival. A visceral and terrifying performance inspired by Mary Shelley's masterpiece centering around the terrors of piecing life back together. Do not bring children.

668-5663 / info@dellarte.com / Web site

One Man, Two Guvnors

Redwood Curtain Theatre / 8 p.m. / $15 / $20 Gala opening / $10 Thursdays

Brighton, England. 1963. Fired from a skiffle band, Francis Henshall finds himself employed by small-time gangster Roscoe Crabbe, in town to collect a fee from his fiancee’s gangster father. But Roscoe is really Rachel, posing as her own dead brother.

Relay For Life Lighted Boat Parade

Eureka Public Marina to Halvorsen Park / 8:30-10 p.m.

Decorate your boat, get creative with the "Happy Birthday, Relay!" theme, use lights, flags, costumes, balloons, props and special effects. The parade will pass by the Relay for Life event taking place at Halvorsen Park.

Nipplepotamus

Alibi / 11 p.m. / $2 / 21+

Plaza rock.

822-3731 / Web site

Junior Rangers Program

Humboldt Redwoods State Park Visitor Center / 3:30-4:30 a.m. / Free

Have fun while learning about nature and the park with games, songs, and activities.

946-2263 / Web site

Native American Flute Performance

Humboldt Redwoods State Park Visitor Center / 7:30-8:30 a.m. / Free

Come listen to peaceful Native American flute music around a campfire and in the redwood forest

946-2263 / Web site

Low Cost Rabies Clinic

Cutten Animal Hospital / 8 a.m.-5 p.m. / $6

Canine rabies vaccine cost is $6.00. Other vaccines may be available. Contact the clinic for details. For your safety and the safety of other please bring your dog on a leash and your cat in a carrier.

445-0877 /

CSHA Region 13 Gymkhana

Orick School / 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m. / $35

"There is a fun Western dress code that includes a button up shirt with a collar that can be tucked in, jeans, and riding boots."

496-1766 / barreljunki@gmail.com / Web site

CSHA Region 13 Gymkhana

Del Norte County Fairgrounds / 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m. / $35

496-1766 / barreljunki@gmail.com / Web site

Birding in the Park

Albee Creek Campground - Humboldt Redwoods State Park / 9-10 a.m. / Free

946-2472 / Web site

Arcata Marsh & Wildlife Sanctuary Invasive Spartina Removal - Volunteer Work Day

Arcata Marsh and Wildlife Sanctuary / 9 a.m.-1 p.m. / Free

Volunteers are invited to help remove invasive spartina from the salt marshes of one of the City's premier open spaces.

825-2163 / eservices@cityofarcata.org /

Whitewater Raft and Paddle

Humboldt State University, Center Activities / 9 a.m.-5 p.m. / $75 / $65 HSU Students

826-3357 / cntract@humboldt.edu / Web site

Dune Restoration

Humboldt Coastal Nature Center / 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. / Free

Volunteers will be removing invasive plants in order to make more room for native diversity.

444-1397 / info@friendsofthedunes.org / Web site

Nature Walk in the Redwoods

Humboldt Redwoods State Park Visitor Center / 10-11 a.m. / Free

Come learn about the redwoods and the region as you stroll with a Park Interpreter or Park Volunteer.

946-2263 / Web site

Learn to Stand Up Paddle

Humboldt Bay Aquatic Center / 11 a.m. / $35 / $25 HSU Students

Get a new perspective on paddling while getting a fun workout. Join the growing world of stand up paddling by learning the essential information and skills for the sport.

826-3357 / cntract@humboldt.edu / Web site

Drag Racing

Samoa Drag Strip / 11 a.m.-4 p.m. / $10

Summit Series Race #6 This weekend is our special Slant 6 Class brought to you by Howard Family Racing.

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Blue Jays (Age 3-6) Program

Humboldt Redwoods State Park Visitor Center / 1 p.m. / Free

ome learn and have fun with us in the redwoods!

946-2263 / Web site

Nature Story Time

Humboldt Coastal Nature Center / 2-3 p.m. / Free

This program is geared for ages 3-6 and includes story time which focuses on the natural environment, followed by a fun and simple craft project.

444-1397 / info@friendsofthedunes.org / Web site

Nature Walk in the Redwoods

Humboldt Redwoods State Park Visitor Center / 2 p.m. / Free

Come learn about the redwoods and the region as you stroll with a Park Interpreter or Park Volunteer.

946-2263 / Web site

Family Arts Day

Morris Graves Museum of Art / 2-4 p.m. / $5 / Free kids/members / $2 students/seniors

Join us for a folk sing-a-long with Mad River Rose.

442-0278 / janine@humboldtarts.org / Web site

Second Saturday Arts

Rio Dell Community Market / 3-8 p.m. / Free / $20 Table for vendors from other areas / $10 Table for Rio Dell/Scotia vendors

Community market with live music by Les Craig, activities for children, food, and of course art by local members of the Eagle Prairie Arts District in the gallery at 406 Wildwood Avenue.

506-5081 / office@riodellscotiachamber.org / Web site

July Open House

Studio 299 Center for the Arts / 5-8 p.m. / Free

The new show, which will run through July and August, will feature oil paintings by Mike Nelson and photographs from the collection of Margaret Wooden.

530-629-3488 / studio299@hughes.net / Web site

BBQ and Brew

Greycliff Rodeo Grounds / 5-9 p.m. / $30 / Free Kids 5 & under / $10 Kids 12 & under

Heart of the Redwoods Community Hospice invites you to our 11th Annual BBQ & Brew, with craft beer tasting, and a dinner by the Flaming Chefs, led by chef George Tannehill formally of the Benbow Inn. Live music by April Moore and the Ranch Party.

923-7276 / hospice@asis.com / Web site

Wild and Scenic Film Festival

Mateel Community Center / 5-9 p.m. / $20 / $15 Seniors and Students

"Activities at the festival include films, speakers, food, drinks, auction and raffle of many items including two beautiful mountain bikes!"

629-3514 / barb@lostcoast.org / Web site

Humboldt Roller Derby Vs Central Coast Sk805

Redwood Acres Fairgrounds / 6 p.m.

HRD’s Redwood Rollers Vs Central Coast SK805 from Paso Robles. Sez HRD: "Did you hear we were always sold out? Don’t worry, we will hold some tickets for all y’all last minute planners at the gate."

445-3037 / cmbeding@charter.net / Web site

Humboldt B-52s vs. Santa Rosa Rosebuds

Bomber Field / 7 p.m. / $5 / $None 4 and Under / $3 65 and Over / $3 12 and Under

Humboldt's other semi-pro baseball team.

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Sylvia

Ferndale Repertory Theatre / 8-10 p.m. / $14 / $12 Students and Seniors

Greg brings home a dog he found in the park—or that has found him—bearing only the name "Sylvia" on her name tag. A street-smart mixture of Lab and Poodle (played on Broadway by Sarah Jessica Parker), Sylvia becomes a major bone of contention between husband and wife. Then hilarity ensues.

786-5483 / info@ferndale-rep.org / Web site

The Georgia Handshakers

Redwood Curtain Brewing Company, Arcata / 8 p.m. / Free

Rock with your suds.

826-7222 / Office@RedwoodCurtainBrewing.com / Web site

The Pollinators Campfire Program

Hidden Springs Campground (Humboldt Redwoods State Park) / 8:30-9:30 p.m. / Free

Come learn about pollinators with Park Interpreter Elizabeth in the redwood forest by a campfire!

943-3177 / Web site

A Most Misunderstood Mammal

Albee Creek Campground - Humboldt Redwoods State Park / 8:30-9:30 p.m. / Free

Come learn about bats and the park with Park Interpreter Jake around a campfire and in the redwood forest.

946-2472 / Web site

Dr. Squid

Blue Lake Casino Hotel / 9 p.m.

Get your dance on.

668-9770 / Web site

Karaoke

Little Red Lion / 9 p.m. / 21+

How could this be a bad idea?

Rockstar Karaoke

Brass Rail Bar / 9 p.m.

This is the most hardcore karaoke in Humboldt.

923-3188 /

MOVIES

Broadway Cinema
Mill Creek Cinema
Minor Theatre