who: Woofstock 2010
when: Aug 22 – 10am – $10/15 – handbill
where: Halvorsen Park, Eureka
what: come join us for a Doggone Great Day! Woofstock – the biggest dog festival in Humboldt County – kicks of with the 15th annual Mutt Strutt – a Dog Parade through Old Town where canines and their human companions raise pledges to help homeless animals. Don’t miss the Dog Contests – including Best Costume, Dog/Owner Look-Alike, and more! And visit or vendor village, with dog (and cat) -themed arts & crafts, plus local animal rescues featuring adoptable pets! Delicious food, locally brewed beer, and homemade margaritas – plus fabulous raffle prizes! Plus we will have music from Quicksilver Messenger Service and Blue Rhythm Revue. Best of all, you can bring your 4-legged friend (leashed, of course!)
10:00am – Mutt Strut Registration
10:00am – Weenie Dunking Contest begins (all day)
11:00am – Mutt Strut Dog Parade begins
12:30pm – Dog Contests begins
1:30pm – Quacks for KEET Duck Race
2:30pm – Blue Rhythm Revue
4:00pm – Quicksilver Messenger Service
Quicksilver Messenger Service 1971 (YouTube)
Quicksilver Messenger Service 2009 (YouTube)
who: Bummerfest 2010
when: Aug 21 – noon – $1o – handbill
where: Eureka Vets Hall, 1018 H St, Eureka
what: Bummerfest 2010. The Bummer is back! The Placebo invites you to celebrate the local scene with an awesome bill of new and veteran bands alike
line-up:
Killbot Factory
Children of the Sun
The Don Wannabes
Jeeze Louise and the Lost Luvs
Neighbors
Scotch Wiggly
Chamber Fables 54
Wet Fez
Big Days of Tundra
Pleats and Pockets
Out of Sheep
Enceledus
Sadistic Hallucinations
Madhammer
Manilapede
White Manna
The Monster Women
Eureka Garbage Company
who: Buddy Brown Blues Festival
when: Aug 7 – 11am – $10 – handbill
where: Perigot Park, Blue Lake
what: the Buddy Brown Blues Festival benefits the Humboldt Folklife Society Folk School. Barbeque and local brewery drinks all day
lineup:
11:00am – Errol Previde
12:15pm – Vintage Soul
1:30pm – Secret Club
2:45pm – Trifecta
4:00pm – Saint John and the Sinners
5:15pm – Buddy Reed
who: Wild Blackberry Festival
when: July 25 – 11am – free – photo
where: Westhaven Fire Hall, 446 6th Ave, Westhaven
what: the Westhaven Volunteer Fire Department and the Ladies Club present the 50th Annual Westhaven Wild Blackberry Festival featuring blackberry jelly, jam, and pies. Live music with Moonstone Heights (fusion from Trinidad), BBQ, blackberry snow cones, beer, wine, raffle, kids activities, vendors and Firemen’s dunk tank
who: Humboldt Folklife Festival
when: July 24 – 11pm – free
where: Dell’Arte, Blue Lake
what: Humboldt Folklife Society presents the 32nd Annual All Day Free Festival
music line-up:
Amp Stage
11am – McKinleyville Choir
12pm – Clean Livin’
1pm – Singing Nettles
2pm – No Good Redwood Ramblers
3pm – Delta Nationals
4pm – Kenny Ray & the Mighty Rovers
5pm – Blushin’ Roulettes
6pm – Cadillac Ranch
7pm – Absynth Quintet
Street Stage
11am – Kara’s Lusca
11:45am – Kurt Hippen
12:30pm – Josephine Johnson Band
1:15pm – Pilot Rock Ramblers
2pm – Jeff Landen
2:45pm – Vintners Daughters
3:30pm – Kulica
4:15pm – Scatter the Mud
5pm – Bon Swing
5:45pm – The Phoebes
6:30pm – Kindred Spirits
who: Annie and Mary Day Fiddle Festival
when: July 18 – noon – free
where: Perigot Park, Blue Lake
what: Humboldt Folklife Society presents the Annie and Mary Day Fiddle Festival. Come out to sunny Blue Lake for a performance of old-time fiddle and dance tunes with some calling by the wonderful Miss Tara Stetz
Sunday’s line-up:
noon – Striped Pig Stringband and Tara Stetz
1:10 – Sam McNeill’s Academy Fiddlers
2:00 – No Good Redwood Ramblers
2:40 – Blue Lake Fiddlers
3:00 – Yo Tango
3:40 – Good Company
4:30 – Mon Petit Chou
who: Reggae On The River 2010
when: July 18 – 10am – $50/85 – handbill
where: Benbow Lake State Recreation Area, Garberville
what: Reggae On The River 2010
Sunday’s line-up:
10:00 – DJ Ras One Heart
10:45 – Seed N Soil
11:25 – Messenjah Selah
12:20 – DJ Sanou
12:45 – Ricardo Lemvo & Makina Loca
2:05 – DJ Jumpshot Jordan
2:30 – Reggae Angels
3:05 – Prezident Brown
4:25 – DJ Brimstone Sound
4:50 – Sister Carol
6:10 – DJ Sister Yasmin
6:35 – Marcia Griffiths
7:55 – DJ Paradigm
8:20 – Don Carlos
9:50 – All-star finale to honor Sugar Minott
who: Fieldbrook Summer Music Festival
when: July 17 – noon – free
where: Fieldbrook Market, 4636 Fieldbrook Rd
what: Conceived to be a gathering of local musicians, the Fieldbrook Summer Music Festival draws on the charm of old-time country living. Vendors featuring local arts, crafts and rummage sale items. Music by Fickle Hill Billies, The Rezonators, Fieldtown, Dave Storie, Catfish Kuhne and more
who: Reggae On The River 2010
when: July 17 – 10am – $50/85 – handbill
where: Benbow Lake State Recreation Area, Garberville
what: Reggae On The River 2010
Saturday’s line-up:
10:00 – Gates open- DJ Sun-Dub
10:45 – Opening ceremony
11:00 – Tchiya Amet and The Lighthouse Band
12:00 – DJ Agnes Patak
12:25 – Quinto Sol
1:15 – Rob Symeonn
2:15 – DJ Marley
2:40 – Pablo Moses and The Revolutionary Dream Band
4:00 – DJ Sister Yasmin
4:25 – Rootz Underground
5:55 – DJ Brimstone Sound
6:25 – Antibalas
7:55 – DJ Sun-Dub
8:25 – Sly and Robbie with The Taxi Gang
