Wednesday Lowdown: Huck Flint in Blue Lake

The Humboldt Folklife Festival hums along inside Dell’Arte’s green grass-adorned amphitheater with Wednesday’s Country Night headlined by local faves Huckleberry Flint and with performances by April Moore and Ranch Party and Bill Jones. Now, applying a country label to the first two acts hardly seems a stretch, but what about Huckleberry Flint? Are they a truly a country band, you are asking yourself? The answer is yes, of course they are. How could they play Country Night if they weren’t. Shame on you, questioner.

Down in Fortuna Rodeo Week continues on Main Street with more kid-exhausting gaming. Plus, perhaps even more important, it’s the first day the carnival at Rohner Park is open! Rides! Down some curly fries and challenge your stomach, you adventurer you.

Details on those events and more in your Lowdown listings below, oh boy. —AG

EVENTS (SUBMIT YOURS!)

Humboldt Folklife Festival 'Country' Night

Dell'Arte / 6 p.m. / $10 / $7 members

Join Huckleberry Flint, April Moore and Ranch Party and Bill Jones for an amazing evening of music under the stars at Dell'Arte's Outdoor Amphitheater.

Fortuna Rodeo Week: Street Games

Rohner Park / 6 p.m.

Activities: Stick Horse Race, Egg Toss, Kid's Bounce House, Kid's Dummy Roping, Tony Johnston Penny Scramble. First day of the carnival.

Night Of the Ghouls (1959)

Arcata Theatre Lounge / 6 p.m. / $5

Follow-up to Ed Wood’s “Plan 9 from Outer Space” about the walking dead.

613-3030 / Web site

Humboldt Crabs vs. Auburn Wildcats

Arcata Ball Park / 7 p.m. / $9

Your hometown team whoops up on some out-of-town bums.

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Cliff Dallas and The Death Valley Troubadours

Logger Bar / 9 p.m.-1 a.m.

The twang continues after the Humboldt Folklife Festival Country Night

668-5000 / Web site

2016 Young Writers Camp

Humboldt State University Founders Hall / 8-5 a.m. / $150 / $150 incoming 4th-9th graders

The camp is designed to inspire creative thinking and provide fun writing opportunities, and students of all writing abilities are welcome to attend.

826-5109 / rwp@humboldt.edu / Web site

Humboldt Bay Aquatics Center’s Kids Camp

Humboldt Bay Aquatic Center / 9 a.m.-4 p.m. / $245

443-4222 / hbac@humboldt.edu / Web site

Youth Aquatics & Adventure Camp

Center Activities, HSU Campus / 9 a.m.-4 p.m. / $310

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

Mobile Outreach in Rio Dell

See Event Description / 10 a.m.-1 p.m.

Visitors to the bus can be assisted with CalFresh, MediCal, In-Home Supportive Services, Veterans Services and Child Support.

Arcata Plaza Pokestop day

Arcata Plaza / 11 a.m.-2 p.m. / Free

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Pints for Nonprofits

Redwood Curtain Brewing Company, Arcata / noon-midnight / Free All ages

Every pint sold $1 goes towards Arcata-Camoapa Sister City Project.

826-7222 / Web site

Android: Getting Started

Verizon Wireless Store / 3-4 p.m. / Free

Our Android Getting Started workshop will help users develop a general understanding of their device.

442-8334 / asquire@webershandwick.com / Web site

Aber Miller

Larrupin Cafe / 6 p.m.

Local jazz pianist tickles ivories/you.

677-0230 / Web site

Weekly Fog Race

Humboldt Yacht Club / 6 p.m. / Free

Fun beer can style race out and around some channel markers and back to town.

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Open Mic with Mike Anderson

Old Town Coffee And Chocolates (Old Town) / 6:30-8:30 p.m. / Free

Usually some singer/guitarists, a couple spoken word guys and then that one wildcard oddity that makes you go "hmm."

445-8600 / OldTownCoffeeEureka@yahoo.com / Web site

Open Mic

Curley's Full Circle / 7 p.m.

Ferndale gets together and sings for each other.

786-9696 /

Cuban Salsa (Rueda de Casino)

Redwood Raks World Dance Studio / 7-8 p.m. / $40

Arcata Rueda is starting a new 6-week beginning series on July 13 that will progress through the basic building blocks of cuban salsa (casino).

822-2652 / jacaronda@gmail.com / Web site

Humboldt B52s vs. Arcata Skunks

Bomber Field at Redwood Acres Fairgrounds / 7 p.m. / $5 / Free Child (Ages 4 and Under) / $3 Child (Ages 5-12) / $3 Senior (Ages 65 and Over)

"The B52s are a semi-professional, wood bat summer ball team providing local talent with a team to come home and play for, as well as out of the area college players a place to come and experience a Humboldt summer packed full of baseball and fun."

info@humboldtb52sbaseball.com / Web site

Ultra Secret Good Guy Organization

SpeakEasy / 7 p.m. / 21+

Jazz/funk improv for your Wednesdays.

444-2244 / Web site

Open Mic with Tony Nester

Persimmons Garden Gallery / 7:30 p.m.-10 a.m. / Free

No need to call ahead to participate, just stop by to play or listen. Also that evening, Vanessa Mellet will also be at Persimmons with her Jewelry Trunk Show.

923-2748 / persimmonsgardengallery@outlook.com / Web site