OK, lads and lasses, to ensure that you properly celebrate the legacy of Ireland's foremost 5th century patron saint, scroll through the full list of drunken gatherings in your Lowdown listings below. But first, some obvious highlights:
Seriously, though, there is much more green to be seen in your Lowdown listings below, including — oh, by the way — a little band called Meat Puppets that just so happen to be playing Humboldt Brews, holiday be damned. Details on that show and more south o' here.
Oh, one last thing. This morning, Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny delivered a St. Patrick's Day address at the White House. Here is a completely random excerpt.
Mad River Brewery Tasting Room
/ 11:30 a.m.-10 p.m.
/ Free
Music from Cadillac Ranch and Seabury Gould. "We'll have Hoppy Hour all day, corned beef specials from the kitchen."
668-4151 /
gini@madriverbrewing.com /
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Logger Bar
/ 3 p.m.-1 a.m.
"The Humboldt Highlanders bagpipers, the Emerald Coast Irish Dancers, corned beef and cabbage, and Guinness on nitro tap! ALL DAY! Rest up!"
668-5000 /
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Six Rivers Brewery
/ 6:30-8:30 p.m.
"Cheers, it's been 13 years! Join us in celebration this St. Patrick's Day for green beer, Irish Specials and music all day from our friends DJ JDub, The Gatehouse Well, and The Pine Box Boys."
839-7580 /
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Old Town Coffee And Chocolates (Old Town)
/ 7 p.m.
/ Free
With the rough beauty of its seaside cliffs and ancient ruins and the friendliest people to walk to earth, Ireland is ancient land filled with traditions and legends, and the ghosts and creatures that haunt the Emerald Isle are much a part of the Irish.
445-8600 /
carpathian@patientcreatures.com /
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Crescent Elk Auditorium
/ 7:30-9:30 p.m.
/ $20
/ $12 Students
The a cappella quartet with percussion accompaniment representing Japan, India, Italy, and Haiti will dazzle audiences with their wide repertoire and exploration of rhythms, sounds, and musical vocabulary inspired by their varied cultural backgrounds
464-1336 /
dnaca@harborside.com /
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Dell'Arte
/ 8 p.m.
/ $12 students and seniors
/ $15 adults
/ 18+
Keep your winter fire stoked with original acts from the award-winning Dell’Arte Company.
668-5663 /
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Ferndale Repertory Theatre
/ 8-10 p.m.
/ $18
/ $16 Students
/ $16 Seniors
"Written by Molly Newman and Barbara Damashek. Directed by David Powell Somewhere in the American frontier, Sarah reaches for her needle and thread. It’s time for a new quilt. Her daughters bring their mother the patches of their lives: girlhood, marriage, illness, spinsterhood, death."
786-5483 /
info@ferndalerep.org /
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Palm Lounge at The Eureka Inn
/ 9 p.m.-2 a.m.
/ 21+
"The Humboldt Barbies will be present along with their favorite DJ. Please girls come out dressed as a lucky little sexy leprechaun and make those guys want all your gold!!!!!!!"
Synapsis
/ 9 p.m.-3 a.m.
/ $8
/ $15 sliding scale
/ 18+
A hella gay, body positive 18+ fUNDERWEAR party, where consent is sexy and pants are optional! Featuring Glamdrogynous Go-Go Dancers. Proceeds to benefit Synapsis.
616-3104 /
muppet33@gmail.com /
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The Jam
/ 9:30 p.m.
Inspired by traditional irish music gone punk started by The Pogues, and continued by Flogging Molly, Vanishing Pints bring a blend of covers and originals into the mix of amped up acoustic music.
822-5266 /
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See Event Description
/ midnight
If you would like to perform during this year's Humboldt Folklife Festival, July 8th-15th, please submit a description of your music and full songs representative of your current work!
anna@humboldtfolklife.org /
See Event Description
/ 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
/ $39
/ $124 non-residents
/ $114 eesidents
/ $49 non-residents
Enrollment opens soon for Spring Gymnastics through Arcata Recreation. A variety of classes are available to youth ages 15 months to 18 years.
822-7091 /
rec@cityofarcata.org /
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Northcoast Regional Land Trust
/ 4-7 p.m.
/ Free
You are invited to join the Northcoast Regional Land Trust's board and staff in welcoming their new Executive Director, Dan Ehresman.
822-2242 /
s.pilkington@ncrlt.org /
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Redwood Lounge
/ 5:15-6:15 p.m.
/ $5
Dynamic, cardio-conditioning and athletic training class taught in a format that can be done by all fitness levels and ages.
822-7091 /
rec@cityofarcata.org /
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Westhaven Center for the Arts
/ 7-9 p.m.
Nick was born and raised in Arcata, California and left for Spain at the age of 20 with a trumpet and a dream; he has lived out of the country for the past 14 years.
677-9493 /
Northtown Books
/ 7-9 p.m.
"We welcome author Becky Chambers to celebrate the publication of A Closed and Common Orbit, her space opera sequel to Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet."
822-2834 /
info@northtownbooks.com /
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Westhaven Center for the Arts
/ 7-9 p.m.
RLA's featured artist will be trumpeter Nicholas Dominic Talvola. Nick was born and raised in Arcata, California and left for Spain at the age of 20 with a trumpet and a dream; he has lived out of the country for the past 14 years.
677-9493 /
The Miniplex at Richards' Goat Tavern
/ 7 p.m.
/ $8
/ $6.50 Matinee
This 2017 Oscar nominee for Best Documentary envisions the book James Baldwin never finished - a radical narration about race in America, using the writer’s original words.
630-5000 /
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Arcata Theatre Lounge
/ 7:30-10 p.m.
A delusional man named Dan O’Grady does the unthinkable, he steals a pot of gold while in Ireland and brings it home to the US.
613-3030 /
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