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Friday Lowdown: Move Your Butt

Scrolling around your Humboldt Friday’s Lowdown listings, well, it seems like you’re probably going to have to shake thine moneymaker in Arcata this evening. Butt-moving highlights:

EVENTS (SUBMIT YOURS!)

Spindrifters

Fieldbrook Family Market / 7 p.m. / Free

Local folk group fills the community market's popular Friday night music slot.

brianpowell66@gmail.com /

Giggles in Garberville: Danny Minch

Garberville Theatre / 7-9 p.m. / $10 / 18+

"Danny has been touring all over the country with his unique brand of comedy ... Heavy on word play Danny Minch started standup right after his divorce and soon his unique take on the world around landed him in the fast track of comedy."

559-416-9120 / comedyjunkies@live.com / Web site

Campaign Nonviolence Candlelight Vigil

Humboldt County Courthouse / 8 p.m. / Free

"This is an opportunity to join in solidarity with the nation-wide organization, Campaign Nonviolence, in its quest to end all wars, violence, poverty, racism, and to generate an end to the devastating effects of climate change."

599-2381 / kunle.centre@gmail.com / Web site

Balkan Beat Box

Arcata Theatre Lounge / 9 p.m. / $25 / 21+

Balkan Beat Box first exploded out of Brooklyn’s underground music scene in 2005 with a selftitled debut that unleashed into the world their Mediterranean-inflected, globalized electronica sound.

613-3030 / Web site

Jimi Jeff and the Gypsy Band

Cher-Ae Heights Casino / 9-11 p.m. / 21+

Funk/rock.

800-684-2464 / Web site

Club Triangle: Sci-Fi Fantasy

The Jam / 9 p.m.-2 a.m. / 21+

Come OUT and celebrate as we transform Club Triangle into a queer utopia of spectacular delights from magickal realms, distant galaxies and dimensions beyond this world.

822-5266 / Web site

saQi

Humboldt Brews / 10 p.m.-midnight / $15 / 21+

Fraktal Productions presents: "Drawing his name from the Sufi title for a mystic muse, saQi creates deep and funky dance floor jams that rock the party yet still maintain a grace and musical sophistication to engage the listener."

826-2739 / Web site

Kindred Spirits........Bluegrass and More!

Clam Beach Inn / 10-1:45 a.m. / 21+

839-0545 /

Backpacking the Lost Coast

Recreation and Wellness Center, HSU Campus / 4 p.m. / $180 / $150 HSU Students

The Lost Coast of southern Humboldt County is an area that is unique to the entire coast of California.

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

16th Annual North Coast Writers' Conference

College of the Redwoods Community Education-Del Norte / 5:30-8 p.m. / $95

476-4500 / sarah-connelly@redwoods.edu / Web site

Blue Lotus Jazz

Larrupin Cafe / 6 p.m. / Free

Jazz on the patio.

677-0230 / davewilsonguitarist@yahoo.com / Web site

Roller Skating

Eureka Municipal Auditorium / 6-8:30 p.m. / $4.50 / $5.25 Adults

Family fun, snack bar, fun way to exercise, & price of skates is included in admission.

502-2041 / Web site

Hot October

Persimmons Garden Gallery / 7:30 p.m.

High energy, five-piece bluegrass band from Los Angeles.

923-2748 / Web site

The Odd Couple (Female Version)

North Coast Repertory Theatre / 8-10:30 p.m. / $16 / $13 Students/Seniors

442-6278 / ncrt@humboldt1.com / Web site

3-Ball

Broadway Billiards / 8:30 p.m. / $1 / Free Public / 21+

"All you gotta do is make 3 balls!"

442-7665 / Broadwaybilliards.humboldt@yahoo.com /

Eureka Pizza Council

SpeakEasy / 8:30 p.m.

Jazz/funk.

444-2244 / Web site

Motel Drive

Six Rivers Brewery / 9 p.m.

Rockabilly.

839-7580 / Web site

Karaoke

Bar Fly Pub and Grub / 9 p.m. / Free / 21+

Singing in public is easier with beer.

443-3770 / Web site

The Undercovers

Bear River Casino Resort / 9 p.m.-1 a.m.

It's a cover band!

733-9644 / Web site

MOVIES

Broadway Cinema
Mill Creek Cinema