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Events & Festivals
E V E N T S
Kinetic Grand Championship at the Arcata Plaza, Memorial Day Weekend, photo by Denise Comiskey
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ONGOING
Humboldt Roller Derby Eureka • HumboldtRollerDerby.com
ART WALKS:
Arts! Arcata Second Friday each month ArcataMainStreet.com First Saturday Night Arts Alive! Eureka EurekaMainStreet.org Trinidad Art Nights! First Fridays May through October TrinidadArtNights.com
JANUARY
Humboldt Ice Rink Fortuna • HumboldtIceRink.com
FEBRUARY
Ferndale Firemen’s Games Ferndale • 786-4477 • VictorianFerndale.com Trinidad to Clam Beach Run Trinidad • 677-1610 TrinidadToClamBeach.com
MARCH
Da odils by the River Fortuna • 725-7572 Fortuna Garden Club on Facebook Foggy Bottom Milk Run and Walk Ferndale • 845-0001 FoggyBottomMilkRun.com Humboldt Wine Festival 840-4771 • Arcata • HumboldtWineFest.com HumDog Expo Redwood Acres, Eureka 444-3862 • HumDog.org Perilous Plunge Eureka • 443-9694 Discovery-Museum.org/plunge.html Sunrise at the Refuge Aleutian Cackling Geese Fly-O Loleta • 733-5406 www.fws.gov/refuge/Humboldt_Bay
APRIL
A Taste of Main Street Eureka • 442-9054 • EurekaMainStreet.org Dolbeer Steam Donkey Days Fort Humboldt State Historic Park Eureka • 445-6547 Ferndale Easter Egg Hunt Ferndale • 786-4477 • VisitFerndale.com Godwit Days Bird Festival Arcata • 826-7050 • GodwitDays.org Home Show Redwood Acres, Eureka 445-3037 • RedwoodAcres.com Humboldt International Film Festival Arcata • 826-3566 • HSUFilmFestival.com Rhododendron Parade Eureka • 599-3332 • RhodyParade.com
APRIL-NOVEMBER
First Friday Happy Hour Free concerts, Eureka • 442-9054 EurekaMainStreet.org
MAY
Avenue of the Giants Marathon TheAve.org Ferndale Memorial Day Parade Ferndale • 786-4477 • VisitFerndale.com Kinetic Grand Championship Memorial Day Weekend Arcata, Eureka, Ferndale • 786-3443 KineticGrandChampionship.com May Day Celebration Eureka • 444-3437 • BlueOxMill.com Mother’s Day Kinetic Classic Kid-Powered Art Race Eureka • 786-3443 • KineticClassic.org Redwood Coast Music Festival Eureka • 445-3378 • RCMFest.org Tour of the Unknown Coast 845-6117 • TUCCycle.org
MAY, JUNE
Pony Express Days McKinleyville • 839-2449 McKinleyvilleChamber.com
MAY-OCTOBER
Friday Night Market Eureka • 442-9054 • EurekaMainStreet.org
JUNE
Arcata Bay Oyster Festival Arcata • 822-4500 • ArcataMainStreet.com Arcata Fairy Festival and Twilight Ball Arcata Plaza • dance@shoshannaland.com Art and Wine in the Park Rohner Park, second Sunday in June 725-7620 • FriendlyFortuna.com Best of Humboldt Redwood Acres Fair Redwood Acres, Eureka 445-3037 • RedwoodAcres.com Garberville Rodeo Garberville • 223-1046 GarbervilleRodeo.org North Coast Open Studios Arcata • 442-8413 NorthCoastOpenStudios.com Portuguese Holy Ghost Festa Ferndale • 786-4477 • VisitFerndale.com Rose Show, Humboldt Rose Society Redwood Acres, Eureka, 443-1284 HumboldtRose.org Summer Arts and Music Festival Benbow Lake State Recreation Area 923-3368 • Mateel.org Trinidad Fish Festival Father’s Day • 677-1610 • TrinidadCalif.com Yurok Brush Dance Patrick’s Point State Park, Trinidad 677-0211 ext. 2726
JUNE, JULY
Dell’Arte Mad River Festival Blue Lake • 668-5663 • DellArte.com
JUNE, JULY, AUGUST
Humboldt Crabs Baseball Arcata • 840-5665 • HumboldtCrabs.com Summer Free Concert Series Eureka • 442-9054 • EurekaMainStreet.org
JULY
4th of July Festival Eureka • 442-9054 • EurekaMainStreet.org 4th of July Parade & Fire Truck Rides Ferndale • 786-4477 • VisitFerndale.com 4th of July Jubilee Arcata • 822-3619 • ArcataChamber.com Fortuna Fireworks Festival Fortuna • 725-7600 • FriendlyFortuna.com Fortuna Redwood AutoXpo Fortuna • 572-7855 • RedwoodAutoXpo.org Fortuna Rodeo Fortuna • 725-3959 • FortunaRodeo.com Gem Faire Redwood Acres, Eureka 445-3037 • RedwoodAcres.com Get Out and Play Day Eureka • 441-4248 • ci.eureka.ca.gov Humboldt Folklife Festival Blue Lake • HumboldtFolklife.org Orick Rodeo Orick • 488-2885 • Orick.net Redwood Empire Quilters Guild Heart of the Redwoods Quilt Show Eureka • 445-5844 • REQG.com Sand Sculpture Festival Samoa Drag Strip • 444-1397 FriendsOfTheDunes.org Southern Humboldt 4th of July Fireworks Show • Benbow • Garberville.org
AUGUST
BridgeFest & Flying Saucer Contest Bridgeville • 777-1775 BridgevilleCommunityCenter.org/bridgefest. html Buddy Brown Blues Festival Blue Lake • 668-5932 • HumboldtFolklife.org Hops in Humboldt Fortuna • 725-3959 • HopsInHumboldt.com Humboldt County Fair Ferndale • 786-9511 HumboldtCountyFair.org Reggae on the River French’s Camp • 923-3368 • Mateel.org Trinidad Bay Art & Music Festival Trinidad • 845-1125 • TBAMFest.com Wildwood Days Rio Dell • 764-3329 • on Facebook Woofstock Eureka • 442-1782 • SequoiaHumane.org
SEPTEMBER
Cars for Kids Bene t, Car & Bike Show Willow Creek • 503-629-3564 www.DreamQuestWillowCreek.org Cruz ‘N’ Eureka Car Show Eureka • 441-1030 • BGCRedwoods.org Humboldt Hills Hoedown Redway • 923-3368 • Mateel.org Natural Fiber Fair Arcata • 599-2729 • NaturalFiberFair.com North Country Fair Arcata • 822-5320 • SameOldPeople.org Redwood Run Motorcycle Event, Piercy • RedwoodRun.org Ruth Lake Summer Festival Ruth Lake Recreational Campground 574-6143 • RuthLakeCSD.org Sumeg Village Day Patrick’s Point State Park Trinidad • 677-3110 Trinidad Rock sh Wars Kayak Fishing Tournament 443-6328 • Paci cOut tters.com
OCTOBER
Fortuna Apple Harvest Festival 725-3959 • FriendlyFortuna.com Loleta Volunteer Fire Dept. Antique Show • Loleta • 498-2671 Medieval Festival of Courage Blue Lake • 825-8804 ext. 0 MedievalFestivalOfCourage.org Pastels on the Plaza Arcata • 822-7206 • NCSHeadstart.org Trick or Treat On & Around the Plaza Arcata • 822-4500 • ArcataMainStreet.com
NOVEMBER
Fig Twig Market Ferndale Fairgrounds, Ferndale 298-3162 • FigTwigMarket.com Holiday Open House Henderson Center, Eureka Henderson Center Merchants on Facebook Humboldt Gem and Mineral Show Redwood Acres, Eureka 445-3037 • RedwoodAcres.com Intertribal Gathering and Elders Dinner Redwood Acres, Eureka • 445-8451 • NCIDC.org Mushroom Fair Arcata • 822-8856 • HBMycologicalSociety.org Snowball Drop Eureka • 442-9054 • EurekaMainStreet.org
Humboldt County Fair in August, photo by Molly Blakemore
Thanksgiving Day Marsh Walk Arcata • 826-2359 Thanksgiving Day Turkey Trot Eureka • 442-9054 • EurekaMainStreet.org
NOVEMBER, DECEMBER
Humboldt Artisans Arts & Music Festival Redwood Acres, Eureka 444-8817 • HumboldtArtisans.com Humboldt Ice Rink Fortuna • HumboldtIceRink.com Season of Wonder & Light Arcata • 822-4500 • ArcataMainStreet.com
DECEMBER
Christmas Lighted Tractor Parade Ferndale • 786-4477 • VisitFerndale.com Christmas Tree Lighting (World’s Tallest Living Christmas Tree) Ferndale • 786-4477 • VisitFerndale.com Electric Lighted Parade and Downtown Open House FortunaDowntown.org Fortuna Christmas Music Festival River Lodge Conference Center, Fortuna 725-7572 • SunnyFortuna.com Holiday Craft Market Arcata Community Center, Arcata 822-5951 • CityOfArcata.org Holiday Crafts Fair River Lodge Conference Center Fortuna • 725-7572 RiverLodgeConferenceCenter.com KEKA Truckers’ Christmas Parade Eureka • 442-5744 • KEKA.com Victorian Holidays Fridays in Ferndale until Christmas 786-4477 • VisitFerndale.com Winter Arts Faire Redway • 923-3368 • Mateel.org