DECEMBER 2025
Thu.
December 4, 2025 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Reel Genius Trivia
Whether you're new to trivia or a regular quiz wiz, we think you'll find our format fun and entertaining. Games last about two hours giving you plenty of time to enjoy a round or two and socialize with friends.
Fri.
December 5, 2025 8:30 pm - 1:00 am
Bicicletas Por La Paz, Makenu
$18/20
Oakland's leading psychedelic Cumbia band brings you folkloric cumbia with a modern psychedelic twist. This seven-piece creates a high-energy sound with thick harmonies and hip-hop drive to keep you moving. They share a strong message of people power in both Spanish and English to infuse their audience with joy and community. Makenu is a vibrant, psychedelic cumbia band that blends...more
Sat.
December 6, 2025 9:00 pm
The Brothers Comatose
$25/30
Fusing old school string band instrumentation with rock and roll exuberance, The Brothers Comatose cement their status as standard bearers of a thriving, innovative West Coast roots movement on their intoxicating new album, Golden Grass. Recorded with co-producers Greg Holden and Tim Bluhm, the collection is as diverse and enthralling as the California landscape itself--at times carefree and breezy, at...more
Sun.
December 7, 2025 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Pet Portrait & Sip
$60
Join us for an afternoon of Arts & Drafts. No drawing skills needed. Submit your pet photo, choose a color palette, paint your hand drawn 8 x 10 canvas. Reserve your seat at paintbug707@gmail.com
Mon.
December 8, 2025 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Stand Up Comedy Night
Local comics and first time comics are welcome to come and try out their latest bits or their tried and true material. "Come bring your funny and your Friends" Sign ups at 7:30pm
Wed.
December 10, 2025 8:30 pm
Maxwell Friedman Group
$15/20
Featured as an artist-at-large multiple times at High Sierra Music Festival, before reaching adulthood, now 21 year old Maxwell Friedman is truly the future of modern keyboard wizardry. Having already appeared onstage numerous times with legendary artists like George Porter Jr., The Greyboy Allstars, Garage a Trois, Lonnie Smith, The New Mastersounds, Skerik, Pigeons Playing Ping Pong, The Werks, ALO,...more
Fri.
December 12, 2025 7:00 pm
Turtles Feast with Barry ’The Fish’ Melton, Greg Douglass, Roy Blumenfeld, & Friends
Dead On
$20GA /$100 VIP
Super group of 60's musical icons and historical figures appear in Arcata for one night only. The second annual Turtle's Feast is scheduled for Friday, December 12, 2025, at HumBrews in Arcata, California. The VIP Feast begins at 7 PM with a meet and greet with the band and luminaries from the 60's. Bring your favorite album for a signature...more
Sat.
December 13, 2025 9:00 pm
Miracle Show
$10
Local favorites playing Top Shelf Grateful Dead classics
Thu.
December 18, 2025 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Reel Genius Trivia
Played over four rounds, we feature a mix of easy and challenging questions taken from a broad array of topics. These questions are designed so everyone on your team can contribute!
Fri.
December 19, 2025 9:00 pm
’An Evening With’ Broken Compass Bluegrass
$15
Broken Compass Bluegrass emerged in 2021 and has quickly gained recognition for their tight arrangements, tasteful picking, and standout songwriting. Hailing from Northern California, the band features Kyle Ledson, Django Ruckrich, Mei Lin Heirendt, and Sam Jacobs. Though young in years, each member is a seasoned performer, accomplished multi-instrumentalist, and prolific songwriter. Together, they've established themselves as one of California's...more
Sat.
December 20, 2025 8:30 pm - 1:00 am
B. Swizlo’s Mystery Lounge presents A Funky Ass Humboldt Hip Hop Holiday
$10
The show features HOTFOOT (Sam Kaplan-Good, Aaron Drago, Greg Camphuis, B. Swizlo, Andrew Henderson, Russ Thallheimer, Baby Weekend) performing the music of James Brown. Also DJ Goldylocks with a cast of Humboldt Hip Hop artists including Nac One, Flo J Simpson, Mika Sun, Zig Zilla, RuffIAN, Jonny Woods, Cam Iz Dope. Live Art by DMise and Ovr.thr
Wed.
December 31, 2025 8:30 pm - 1:00 am
Magnificent Sanctuary Band
Free Limitless Energy
$15/22
Ring in the New Year with Humboldt's own MSB playing your favorite Jerry Garcia Band tunes. Free Limitess Energy plays Bluegrass versions of Garcia/Grisman and more..
JANUARY 2026
Sat.
January 3, 2026 8:30 pm
The Dirty Dozen Brass Band
$30/35
Celebrating over 45 years since their founding in 1977, the GRAMMY Award-winning New Orleans-based Dirty Dozen Brass Band has taken the traditional foundation of brass band music and incorporated it into a blend of genres, including bebop jazz, funk and R&B/soul. This unique sound, described by the band as a "musical gumbo", has allowed the Dirty Dozen to tour across...more
Sun.
January 4, 2026 8:30 pm
Mike Dillon Band with Brian Haas & Chris Noonan
$18/20
Mike Dillon has been an integral member of bands including Garage A Trois, Dead Kenny Gs and Critters Buggin. He's served as a key sideman to artists like Rickie Lee Jones, Les Claypool and Ani DiFranco. He's amassed an extensive catalog of genre-defying recordings. He's taken to the road relentlessly, building one of the most loyal underground fanbases on the...more
Sat.
January 24, 2026 9:00 pm
Stinkfoot Orchestra
$25
The Stinkfoot Orchestra pulls no punches - delivering 2 sets of Frank's music via a 14-piece ensemble which incorporates a 6-piece horn section, tuned percussion and 5 vocalists. Oh, and, just to add a little extra garlic, the band is also fronted alternately by 3 of Frank's most iconic vocalists.Founded in 2019 by Nick Chargin - a 35-year veteran...more
FEBRUARY 2026
Sat.
February 7, 2026 8:30 pm - 1:00 am
Watkins Glen Soulshine Daydream
$20/25
Named after the largest Rock concert of the 70s, Watkins Glen is an Oregon-based Improvisational Rock band that strives to create truly magical musical moments via the adventure of wanderlust-driven improvisation, while delivering a living, breathing tribute to the enduring legacies and song-books of four legendary American Rock n' Roll bands: The Allman Brothers Band, The Grateful Dead, The Band...more
Wed.
February 11, 2026 8:00 pm
Mark Hummel’s Blues Harmonica Blowout
Featuring Curtis Salgado, Magic Dick, Anson Funderburgh, RJ Mishmo, Steve Freund, Wes Starr, Rodrigo Mantovani
$40
Mark Hummel's Blues Harmonica Blowout™ started on a Sunday night in 1991 at Ashkenaz in Berkeley with four harmonica players. This shows band consist of CURTIS SALGADO-Curtis was half of Robert Cray Band as a co-front man in the first five years of the band's busy touring schedule starting in 1977. Salgado has since been one of the leading lights...more
MARCH 2026
Sun.
March 1, 2026 8:00 pm
Beausoleil avec Michael Doucet
$30/35
For the past 50 years, BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet has been making some of the most potent and popular Cajun music on the planet. Born out of the rich Acadian ancestry of its members, and created and driven by bandleader Michael Doucet's spellbinding fiddle playing and soulful vocals, BeauSoleil is notorious for bringing even the most staid audience to its...more
Wed.
March 4, 2026 8:30 pm
Grieves - Out Cold Tour 4
Blueprint, Benz Shelton
$20/25
With two decades of experience in the music industry, Seattle's own Grieves has sculpted a remarkable path as an independent artist. Originally signing with Rhymesayers in 2009, Grieves toured globally, sharing the stage with a plethora of influential artists such as Atmosphere, Macklemore, T-Pain, Watsky, Brother Ali, Evidence, Chris Webby, Rittz, People Under The Stairs, Pepper, Bad Fish, and many...more
Tue.
March 17, 2026 8:30 pm - 11:30 pm
Magoo
$15/20
Magoo is a progressive bluegrass quartet from Denver, Colorado, redefining the boundaries of modern bluegrass with fearless creativity and world-class musicianship. Known for their dynamic live performances, the band delivers a powerful blend of intricate arrangements, tight three-part harmonies, and extended improvisations that bring new life to the genre.Their debut album What a Life arrives in February 2026, capturing...more
Sun.
March 22, 2026 8:30 pm
Toubab Krewe
$20
Some music cannot be found on a map or within iTunes categories. Some music is so original it seems snatched from the great, invisible substrata that runs below all human activity, a sound aching to be born without a flag or fixed allegiance - free, questing, overflowing with immediate, tangible life. This is the music of Toubab Krewe, the vibrant...more
Fri.
March 27, 2026 8:30 pm
Hot Buttered Rum
A Banjo Makes 3
$22/25
Hot Buttered Rum, a souped-up, left-coast string band, is the brainchild of uniquely gifted musicians who weave their love of bluegrass, folk, jazz and soul into a riveting strain of Americana. String bass and five-alarm fiddle merge with guitar, banjo, mandolin, drums and keyboards to frame the voices of its two contrasting writers, fueling a dance party with roots in...more
