Humboldt music fans have some hard choices to make when the end of August comes along. The already crowded weekend just got more so with the Dimmick Ranch folks announcing a country music fest called
Live on the County Line
. That show on Saturday, August 29, features
Dwight Yoakam
plus
Kelly Willis
,
Wanda Jackson
,
John Doe and the Sadies
and
I See Hawks in LA
providing support. I don't know who assembled this package, but the bands fit together well, offering an overview of alt. country, mostly out of L.A.
Elsewhere that weekend: On Friday, Aug. 28, African reggae star
Alpha Blondy
plays as the
Mateel
while gutbucket blues duo
Hillstomp
is at HSU in the Depot.
There's more on Saturday:
a sold out
Passion Presents
show with
Ween
at the Eureka Theatre,
Built to Spill
is at HSU, St. Croix reggae singer
Midnite
is at Nocturnum and it's day one of the
Humboldt Music and Arts Summit
in Willow Creek, a festival that shaping up as an East Humboldt version of Reggae on the River with a couple of dozen acts mixing reggae, world music and rock with an all night rave.
Sunday, Aug. 30, the
Organic Planet Festival
in Halverson Park has bluegrass legend
Del McCoury
and his band and reggae singer
Tanya Stephens
(who's also at
Reggae on the River
next weekend).
Chris Isaak
is at the Van Duzer Theatre for a
CenterArts
show, country rebel
David Allen Coe
plays that night at the Mateel, and Humboldt Music and Arts Summit goes into it second day.
After a break on Monday you can head back to the Mateel Tuesday, Sept. 1, for a show by the legendary '60s Brazilian psychedelic tropicalia band
Os Mutantes
, who reunited a few years back. Or you could go back to HSU where
The Avett Brothers
play neo-old time music at the Van Duzer, while indie rock duo
Matt and Kim
are at the Depot.
That's a helluva lot of music in just five days, and it doesn't even factor in shows in various nightclubs and coffee houses. Unless you're stuck on must-see TV, there's no excuse to stay home, but save some energy -- Blues by the Bay is the following weekend.
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