Redwood Acres Fairgrounds
/ 8 a.m.-4 p.m.
HSU's Logging Sports Team is hosting a Collegiate Lumberjack Show for lumberjacks from all across the Western United States! HSU has invited 12 Western schools to participate and compete against each other. Three fun packed days full of axe throwing, chainsaws, sawing, chopping and log rolling!
445-3037 /
cmbeding@charter.net /
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Van Duzer Theater
/ 7 p.m.
/ $35
/ $25 children
/ $10 HSU students
"A jaw-dropping stage spectacular perfect for audiences of all ages, Cirque Mechanics Pedal Punk is a rowdy circus where the mischief is on wheels. The mad geniuses at Cirque Mechanics have applied their mechanical wizardry to all things pedal-powered."
826-3928 /
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Arcata Playhouse
/ 7 p.m.
/ $12
/ $8 Students
/ 18+
The forbidden pleasure of ice cream, the effects of botox, and the absurdity of the beauty industry all come together in the new work by Eve Ensler.
530-448-9458 /
thegoodbody.humboldt@gmail.com /
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Eureka Theater
/ 7 p.m.
Consider this the warm-up before next week's Redwood Coast Music Festival -- the deliriously joyous, heartbreakingly sad audiovisual feast that is Julie Taymor's Across the Universe, featuring wall-to-wall Beatles songs.
442-2970 /
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Arcata Theatre Lounge
/ 8 p.m.
/ $20
/ 21+
"The five members of Greensky Bluegrass have forged a defiant, powerful sound that, while rooted in classic stringband Americana, extends outwards with a fearless, exploratory zeal."
613-3030 /
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Humboldt Brews
/ 9:30 p.m.
/ $7
/ $5 in animal costume
/ 21+
“Animal Style: A Costumed Live Music Event.” Raffles, and an award for “wildest” costume.
826-2739 /
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Eureka High School Auditorium
/ 7:30 a.m.
/ $8
/ $5 Students
The Eureka High School Players present the musical comedy Bye Bye Birdie. Rockstar Conrad Birdie is going into the Army, and his manager, Albert Peterson, arranges a big send off for him: he will kiss one of his biggest fans, Kim MacAfee, on the Ed Sullivan Show, before he leaves.
476-1735 /
vossn@eurekacityschools.org /
Humboldt State University
/ 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
In the East Gym. More than 300 students in the County take part in this event that honors the memory of Dr. Doris Niles, a beloved, Humboldt County teacher who was instrumental in furthering students’ and teachers’ science educations.
826-3321 /
news@humboldt.edu /
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Westhaven Center for the Arts
/ 7 p.m.
We are back at the Westhaven Center for the Arts to bring the blues and shake the joint down. This is always a great time and we are excited to be invited back to be apart of the WCA Jazz and Blues Series.
677-9493 /
Fieldbrook Family Market
/ 7-9 p.m.
/ Free
Jeff Kelly and friends re-create one of the beloved bluegrass albums of the 70's Old and in the Way. Jeff on banjo, Norman Bradford guitar, Rick DeVol on bass, Patrick Clark mandolin, Tom Pexton on fiddle.
Mateel Community Center
/ 8 p.m.
/ $20 general
/ $12 seniors, kids, other
Random People Theatre Project's 10th Annual production features twelve short plays cover diverse territory
923-3368 /
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The Siren's Song Tavern
/ 9 p.m.
Safe space to collaborate with the local fetish community and meet new kinky, queer and ansexual people.
442-8778 /
thesirenssongtavern@gmail.com /
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