The warmth and freedom of Summer is starting to feel more like a memory as jackets and boots are pulled out of our closets. Cool breezes and the unexpectedly loud rustling of maple leaves as they dry in the wind make it clear, Autumn is in full swing.
HALLOWEEN HAPPENINGS 2022
Do NOT miss THIS SPECIAL EDITION WEBPAGE, updated weekly through October, with ALL of the local Humboldt County events for Halloween. It’s easily as long as the weekly events lists!!! The page includes, Pumpkin Patches, Haunted Houses, Nightlife and more. Young and Old alike can appreciate the way Humboldt turns out for Halloween in style! Send us your Halloween event at [email protected]
SPECIAL EVENTS
Friday, October 7th
Ongoing all weekend. 140+ comedians from all over the country descend on Humboldt County for 40+ shows at 10+ venues. Only $65 for a pas to get you into any show you like, as long at the venue has capacity. *Individual show ticket prices range from $5 to $20 and are available at venue doors. Click the link for more details.
NO TRICKS, JUST TREATS QUARTER CRAZE
5P – The Fortuna Women’s Group brings you this event featuring a pulled pork dinner, auction/bidding, and a no-host bar. At the Fortuna Veteran’s Hall.
HUMBOLDT LATIN DANCE AND MUSIC FESTIVAL
5P-1A – ONGOING through Sunday, check for details on times below. The Humboldt Latin Dance Collective invites you to their annual 4-day Humboldt Latin Dance and Music Festival at Redwood Raks in the Creamery District, Arcata. This event features award winning instructors traveling to Arcata to teach 20+ workshops in Salsa, Bachata, and Cuban dances and more! Three late night dance parties on Thursday, Friday and Saturday night with a bar and DJs. All access wristbands are available presale online or at the door. All Parties and workshops open to the public!
AUTUMN EVENING OF DANCE AT INFUZIONS
6P – Shoshanna and Humboldt’s Middle Eastern Dance Club invites you to a lovely Autumn evening of music and dance at InfuZions, on the plaza in Arcata.
This evening is $5-10 at the door (space limited) and includes Raqs Sharqi & Fusion Dance performances, a mini-lesson by Shoshanna, a Frame Drum circle, open floor dancing, light snacks, and evening shopping at InfuZions!
7-8:30P The Arcata Arts Institute presents Arcata’s Got Talent, Season 2! This incredible show features dozens of acts including singing, live music, aerial silks, slam poetry, and many other impressive performances. Enjoy a show unlike any other in the Arcata High School Fine Arts Building. Virtual and in-person tickets are $5 students/seniors and $8 general admission, with virtual family passes for $12. Tickets are available in advance at www.tinyurl.com/AAIAGT2 or for purchase at the door! Whether you watch in person or live-streamed, don’t miss out on this exciting show of talent!
8P – MADSUMMER is a very free, jukebox musical, adaptation of MIDSUMMER NIGHTS DREAM with all of the lovers over the age of 60, set in a care home during a pandemic with the underpaid staff of the home like Cirque on steroids. It is a raucous theatrical event about love and aging in the time of Covid. MADSUMMER is a play with music. There will be a live band and songs, but also rich characters engaged with the human appetites ala’ the commedia dell’arte -.. ”food money sex and justice”
Saturday, October 8th
10A – Walk a 1- or 3-mile course to promote awareness about the disease and to raise funds and learn about Alzheimer’s disease, advocacy opportunities, clinical studies enrollment and support programs and services. Registration at 9 a.m.
HUMBOLDT LATIN DANCE AND MUSIC FESTIVAL
10A-1A ONGOING through Sunday, check for details on times below. The Humboldt Latin Dance Collective invites you to their annual 4-day Humboldt Latin Dance and Music Festival at Redwood Raks in the Creamery District, Arcata. This event features award winning instructors traveling to Arcata to teach 20+ workshops in Salsa, Bachata, and Cuban dances and more! Three late night dance parties on Thursday, Friday and Saturday night with a bar and DJs. All access wristbands are available presale online or at the door. All Parties and workshops open to the public!
10A-1P – Covering what to bring, where to go and gauging length and difficulty level of hiking locations. After a short indoor tutorial, go on a slow and easy hike to the beach. RSVP required. Call or email to sign up. (707) 444-1397
11:30A-4:30P Enjoy food trucks, fair attractions, musical performances and more. Featuring Portugal the Man, Free Nationals, SunSquabi and others.
1-5P Music starts at noon with Blue Rhythm Review, The Critics and The Tide Pools. Dinner will be fresh local albacore with two side dishes plus wine and beer for sale. Dessert Cafe available for purchase. Benefits the Blessing of the Fleet. 707-667-3631
2P- At the Morris Graves Museum of Art, Families tour the Junque Art show and create junk art monsters out of recycled materials with assistance and guidance from Genevieve Kjesbu, art educator. All materials will be supplied. (707) 442-0278
5-9P There is much to celebrate this year! Join NRLT at our Annual Celebration on October 8th at the Fortuna River Lodge. The night’s festivities will include live music, delicious dinner and drinks, as well as silent and live auction items that highlight the land and regional production. The proceeds from this event go directly towards supporting local land conservation, habitat restoration, and community outreach and education. Tickets – $100, Sponsorships Available
8-10P Locally made film, Autumn Run, will screen at North Coast Repertory Theatre (NCRT). Autumn Run has been accepted into multiple film festivals throughout 2022, earning awards for Best First Time Female Filmmaker (Toronto International Women Film Festival); and Best Feature – Micro Budget under $250,000 (International New York Film Festival). Reservations can be made by calling 707-442-6278 (NCRT) or [email protected]. Tickets also available at the door. Doors open at 7:30 pm. Movie starts at 8:00 pm with Q & A following.
8P – MADSUMMER is a very free, jukebox musical, adaptation of MIDSUMMER NIGHTS DREAM with all of the lovers over the age of 60, set in a care home during a pandemic with the underpaid staff of the home like Cirque on steroids. It is a raucous theatrical event about love and aging in the time of Covid. MADSUMMER is a play with music. There will be a live band and songs, but also rich characters engaged with the human appetites ala’ the commedia dell’arte -.. ”food money sex and justice”
9:30 P – At Gallagher’s Irish Pub, Featuring Ultra’s drag show. Food and fun. 21 and up.
Ongoing all weekend. 140+ comedians from all over the country descend on Humboldt County for 40+ shows at 10+ venues. Only $65 for a pas to get you into any show you like, as long at the venue has capacity. *Individual show ticket prices range from $5 to $20 and are available at venue doors. Click the link for more details.
Sunday, October 9th and into the week beyond…
BRUNCH AT ARCATA VETERAN’S HALL
9A – Eggs, pancakes, sausage (vegan options included), bacon, hash browns and a monthly special. Complimentary coffee provided by Kinetic Koffee. All are welcome; we are grateful for your continued support and look forward to seeing you! 707-822-1552
HUMBOLDT LATIN DANCE AND MUSIC FESTIVAL
10A-5P The Humboldt Latin Dance Collective invites you to their annual 4-day Humboldt Latin Dance and Music Festival at Redwood Raks in the Creamery District, Arcata. This event features award winning instructors traveling to Arcata to teach 20+ workshops in Salsa, Bachata, and Cuban dances and more! Three late night dance parties on Thursday, Friday and Saturday night with a bar and DJs. All access wristbands are available presale online or at the door. All Parties and workshops open to the public!
12-4P Join us for a new homebrew tasting event from Humboldt Homebrewers, (a DreamMaker Project of the Ink People Center for the Arts) in benefitting the extraordinary efforts of Mad River Alliance. Support the water that makes your beer by enjoying tastings from local brew makers sharing their best. The event will feature live music from Band of Brothers and will be limited capacity. * tastings upon entry, more tasting tickets available at the event. Get your tickets in advance at any of these locations: Humboldt Beer Works, Wildberries Marketplace, The Logger Bar, or Mad River Brewery Taproom. Cheers!
2-4P With Shoshoni Gensaw-Hostler, from a traditional Yurok family with someTolowa and Karuk heritage, and her brother James Gensaw, a master carver and Yurok language teacher. At Trinidad Town Hall.
2P – MADSUMMER is a very free, jukebox musical, adaptation of MIDSUMMER NIGHTS DREAM with all of the lovers over the age of 60, set in a care home during a pandemic with the underpaid staff of the home like Cirque on steroids. It is a raucous theatrical event about love and aging in the time of Covid. MADSUMMER is a play with music. There will be a live band and songs, but also rich characters engaged with the human appetites ala’ the commedia dell’arte -.. ”food money sex and justice”
6-9P Film buffs and nature lovers have much to look forward to as Friends of the Lost Coast present the 2022 edition of the Wild & Scenic Film Festival, an internationally-renown touring environmental film fest. This curated, Best of the Fest presentation features 9 independent films offered in a hybrid format with in-person and virtual options. The in-person event will be in the Grand Theater Ballroom of the historic Inn at 2nd & C in Eureka. The virtual event will be offered online starting at 7p.m. For ticket/event info visit lostcoast.org.
Ongoing all weekend. 140+ comedians from all over the country descend on Humboldt County for 40+ shows at 10+ venues. Only $65 for a pas to get you into any show you like, as long at the venue has capacity. *Individual show ticket prices range from $5 to $20 and are available at venue doors. Click the link for more details.
Tuesday
ECOLOGICAL POND DESIGN
2P Rochelle Halligan, Master Gardener, will speak to the Ferndale Garden Club about her passion, Ecological Pond Design. Establish the right plants in your pond and do without mechanical pumping. Rochelle will tell us how. Slide lecture. At Town Hall Ferndale, 834 Main Street, Ferndale, CA. Please use north-west Main Street entrance ramp to parlor. Rochelle replanted the pond at the Ferndale Fairgrounds this year with moss, logs and floating plants. She will show us how to make that amazing pond transformation in her talk. The Garden Club business meeting always starts at 1:00 p.m. Call Mary Enos-Leonardo, VP Ferndale Garden Club for more information at (707) 613-7174
THE TERRITORY (2022) BENEFIT SCREENING
7-8:30P Two nights only (also 10/14). Winner of both the Audience and Jury awards for World Documentary at Sundance this year, The Territory (prod. Darren Aronovsky) provides an immersive on-the-ground look at the tireless fight of the Indigenous Uru-eu-wau-wau people against encroaching deforestation brought by farmers and illegal settlers in the Brazilian Amazon. Partially shot by the Uru-eu-wau-wau people, the community risks their lives to set up their own news media team in the hopes of exposing the truth. LIMITED SEATING, $10 tickets MUST be bought in advance. All proceeds will be donated to KANINDÉ (the indigenous-led Brazilian nonprofit featured in the film).
SAVE THE DATE
DAY OF THE DEAD FESTIVAL OF ALTARS – 11/2
TASTE OF THE HOLIDAYS 2022 – 11/17
COMING SOON – The 2022 Holiday Craft Fair Guide – supporting our local artisans! If you know of a craft fair in Humboldt County this Holiday Season, please email us at [email protected] so we can add you to the growing list!
…THERE IS DEFINITELY MORE!! YOU’LL WANT TO KEEP SCROLLING FOR THE FULL LIST OF EVENTS HAPPENING LOCALLY, INCLUDING ONGOING OPPORTUNITIES, A LIST JUST FOR KIDS, AND THE LIVE MUSIC AND MORE IN THE LINKS BELOW.
LIVE MUSIC/ETC
Looking for a live show? We’re updating this page constantly, trying to include all of the local venues we can find, with their latest events listed in an easy-to-read way. There continues to be more and more happenings throughout Humboldt including a huge variety of music, comedy, open mics, outdoor venues, trivia and more.
JUST FOR KIDS
This list of ideas of ways to keep your kids happy includes a wide variety of options all over Humboldt.
ONGOING EVENTS
Ongoing events are the backbone of our community’s offerings. Click through to find the list broken down by each town/city and see what kind of ongoing happenings, workshops, classes, etc are in the works where you live.
STAY BUSY, LEARN A SKILL, MEET SOMEONE NEW!
VOLUNTEER/DONATE
Our amazing local non-profits are always hosting an array of events that benefit the people and land of our community. We’re lucky to have so many powerful and supportive groups that keep the backbone of Humboldt alive and well. Consider offering a few hours of your time, donating cash or goods or participating in a fundraiser for any number of our community organizations.
This newsletter is a free weekly offering to our Humboldt Community! We hope you love it. If you’d like to add an event, or if you have pictures to share, or feedback to offer, we’re all ears – our email is [email protected] and we want to know what you think.
STAY GREEN, HUMBOLDT!
