A monthly celebration of visual and performing arts, is held the second Friday of each month at over 40 locations throughout Arcata.

Or check out arts alive eureka!

Held during the evening on the first Saturday each month. Between 6 pm and 9 pm, tourists and resident alike make their way along the waterfront and the Old Town sections of Eureka, where dozens of historic galleries and businesses showcase the works of artists. With food and drinks given out by local businesses.

Events

There's a lot of things happening just about all year long up here on the North Coast. Below we present only a partial list.

May 2009

• Tour of the Unknown Coast (Bicycle Event), May 9, 845-6117
• Ave of the Giants Marathon May 3 Humboldt Redwoods State Park, full and half marathons. Run or walk through the giant redwoods. One of the most scenic marathons in the country. (707) 443-1226
• May Day Living History and Artisan Faire, May 2, Blue Ox Millworks Historic Park, 444-3437

June 2009

• Annual Trinidad Fish Festival, June 8, 677-1610
  
• Summer Arts and Music Festival, June 6 – June 7, Benbow 923-3368
• Arcata Bay Oyster Festival, June 20, On the Arcata Plaza. Eat away the day! Humboldt Bay produces 70 percent of California's oysters! Taste the best of the best. This event is ranked 7th out of the world's top 10 food festivals. 822-4500
  
• Art & Wine in the Park, June 14th, Rohner Park, Fortuna, 725-3959
  
• Redwood Run Biker weekend, Piercy, 247-3424,
• Redwood Acres Fair and Rodeo June 24 – 28, 445-3037
  
• Humboldt Crabs Baseball Arcata Ball Park, 9th and Main. This semi-pro baseball team, founded in 1945, is the oldest continuously operating collegiate summer baseball team in the country. The season runs June thru August. (707) 826-2333

July 2009

• Fortuna Rodeo Week, July 13 – 19, 725-3959
• Fortuna Redwood Autoxpo, July 24 – 28, 725-3916

August 2009

• Humboldt County Fair August 13 – 23, Ferndale, 786-9155,
• Hops in Humboldt August 29, 725-9261,

September 2009

• Cruz’n Eureka Car Show Sept. 4 – 5, 725-3599
• Blues by the Bay, Sept. 5 - 6, Eureka, 445-3378

October 2009

• Fortuna Apple Harvest Festival 725-2123 www.sunnyfortuna.com/festivals/apple/

November 2009

• Gem and Mineral Show November 7, 826-0908
• Mushroom Fair November 23, 822-8856
• Craftsman's Days November 29-30 Blue Ox Millworks Historic Park, 444-3437

December 2009

• Redwood Village Open House, December 4, Fortuna 725-3959
  
• Christmas Home Tour, December 10, Fortuna 725-3959
  
• Electric Lighted Parade, Fortuna, December 12.
• Fortuna Downtown Open House, December 12, 725-3959
  
• KEKA Trucker’s Christmas Parade, Eureka, December 12,442-5744
  
• Fortuna Christmas Music Festival, Fortuna River Lodge, December 14, 725-3959
  
• The Nutcracker presented by North Coast Dance, Dec 12 - Dec 17, 412 G Street, Eureka. Our North Coast production of The Nutcracker, Tchaikovsky's classic Holiday Season ballet. (707) 442-1956
• Victorian Christmas Dec 13, Locals and business owners dress in Victorian fashion and step back in town along Main Street in the Victorian Village of Ferndale. Holiday shopping something here is extraordinary, as is the entertainment by Mirth First, a traditional Barbershop Quarter, plus strolling carolers and the Scotia band. (707) 786 4477

January 2010

• Arts Alive, First Saturday of every month, Old Town Eureka
• Arts Arcata, Second Friday of each month, Arcata Plaza

February 2010

• Trinidad - Clam Beach Run, Feb 7th, The Clam Beach Run is known as one of the world's most scenic running events, beginning in Trinidad, crossing through the Little River and ending after a five mile stretch on Clam Beach. (707) 677-1610
• Perilous Plunge, Feb 27 - Feb 28, F Street Boardwalk, Eureka. Hearty souls in whacky costumes, parade down F Street and then plunge into the freezing waters of Humboldt Bay, during this annual fund raiser. Don't miss the beach party the night before. (707) 443 9694

March 2010

• A Taste of Main Street, Thursday March 26, Old Town Eureka, 442-9054. Locations throughout downtown and Old Town Eureka serve samplings of the local cuisine from some of Humboldt County's finest restaurants - live music is be featured at many of the venues, followed by the Big Band Dance at Eureka's Adorni Center.
• Redwood Coast Jazz Festival, March 26 - March 29, Several venues in Eureka offer Four Days of music, dancing and fun. This is one of the country's great small town jazz festivals. With fantastic food AND free bus service to each venue. 445-3378
• Foggy Bottoms Milk Run, March 8, Watch for runners wearing wild bottoms during this family run with 3 different courses through the Ferndale dairy lands and back to Main Street in the Victorian Village. (707) 822-1861
• Aleutian Goose Festival 2009, March 26 - March 29, Redwood National Park & Smith River National Recreation Area, Crescent City. A bird watcher's paradise! Spring arrives as tens of thousands of Aleutian Cackling Geese take flight. Join many bird, nature and heritage excursions. (800) 343-8300

April 2009

• Arcata Farmers' Market April 11 - November 21 The best local produce! Saturday mornings on the Arcata Plaza, Arcata. (707) 441-9999
• Godwit Days Bird Migration Festival, April 16 – 22, Humboldt Bay, Arcata Marsh Interpretive Center, Arcata. A spring migration bird festival. Nearly 100 field trips, workshops and boating excursions will be offered. 800-908-WING or 826-7050
• Kinetic Grand Championship - the original Kinetic Sculpture Race - Memorial Day Weekend 786-9259
• Dolbeer Steam Donkey Days April 25 – 26 Eureka, 445-6567,
  
• Rhododendron Festival and Parade, April 25, Eureka, 442-3738

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