Upcoming Events... Barn Dance with Michael Ismerio & the Striped Pig at the Arcata Veteran's Hall - Jan 27 Country Pretenders Playhouse Fundraiser at the Arcata Playhouse - Jan 28 Martyn Joseph songwriter at the Arcata Playhouse - Feb 4 Song Circle with Joel Sonenshein at the Arcata Community Center - Feb 7 Barn Dance with Sue Moon & the Wild Rumpus at the Manila Community Center - Feb 11 Ivan Rosenberg & Chris Coole at the Arcata Playhouse - Feb 24 Celtic Session with Seabury Gould at Mosgos/Cafe Veritas - Feb 12 Cheryl Wheeler folk country songwriter at the Arcata Playhouse - Mar 29 SAVE the DATE... 34th Annual Humboldt Folklife Festival - July 15-21! Buddy Brown Blues Fest in Perigot Park - August 4

Barn Dance with Striped Pig & Michael Ismerio - Friday, January 27 Come celebrate the first Barn Dance of the new year on Friday, January 27, from 7:30-11 pm at the Arcata Veteran's Hall. Our 2012 kickoff dance features the Striped Pig Stringband and visiting caller Michael Ismerio. The dance benefits Coastal Grove Charter School - admission is $7 general, and $6 for HFS members, students and seniors. Kids under 12 free!

The Country Pretenders Playhouse Makeover Fundraiser - Saturday, January 28 The Country Pretenders - Fred Neighbor, Brooks Otis, Joyce Hough, Gary Davidson and Tim Gray - will bring their deep country sound to The Arcata Playhouse on January 28. Steeped in the tradition of Merle Haggard, Buck Owens and Bob Wills, the Country Pretenders feature rich vocal harmonies backed by the haunting wail of the pedal steel guitar. So put on your cowboy boots and revisit the honky tonk! The show is a benefit for the Playhouse Makeover Project with Rotary Club of Arcata Sunset. Individual makeovers will be auctioned off at the event to help wrap up fundraising for the Playhouse renovations last summer. Doors open at 7 pm with music starting at 8 pm. Tickets are $15-20 sliding scale and are available at Wildwood Music, Wildberries Marketplace, and The Works, or reserve at (707) 822-1575.

Folklife on the Air - Sundays from 7-9 pm on KHSU! Folklife has a show on KHSU from 7-9 pm on Sundays, featuring hosts Sally Goodin, Gus Mozart, Jay Stallman and Craig Kurumada. Tune in to hear a wide range of traditional and contemporary American roots music, including acoustic blues and jazz; old-time stringband and bluegrass; historical and contemporary folk; world-wide acoustic influences; cajun and zydeco; Western swing, honky tonk, and rockabilly; and old country to alternative country. You can hear us on the internet or on the FM-dial at 90.5! Labor Day Weekend Show - Each of our four regular Woodshed hosts are contributing a half hour this weekend, on the themes of working and labor. Tune in for an inspirational smorgasbord of labor-based music!

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