Editor's Note: Runners up are listed only if they garnered 50 percent or more of the winner's total votes.

Best Live-Music Venue

WINNER: Arcata Theatre Lounge

RUNNERS UP: Humboldt Brews, Arcata Playhouse

Best Place to Shoot Pool

WINNER: Toby & Jack's

RUNNERS UP: The Logger Bar, Rose's Billiards

Best Karaoke

WINNER: Blue Lake Casino Wave Lounge

Best Band

WINNER: Huckleberry Flint

RUNNERS UP: Absynth Quintet, The Trouble, Dr. Squid, Gunsafe

Best Musician

WINNER: Chris Parreira

RUNNERS UP: Buddy Reed, Lyndsey Battle

Best Club DJ

WINNER: Pressure Anya

Best Place for a Weekend Getaway

WINNER: Trinidad

RUNNER UP: Benbow Inn

Best Day Trip With Kids

WINNER: Fern Canyon

RUNNERS UP: Moonstone Beach, Sequoia Park Zoo

Best Swimming Hole

WINNER: Swimmer's Delight

RUNNER UP: "Not Telling/It's A Secret"

Best Festival

WINNER: North Country Fair

RUNNER UP: Oyster Festival

Best Farmers Market Vendor

TIED FOR FIRST: Lighthouse Grill, Neukom Family Farm

RUNNER UP: Flora Organica

Best Day Hike

WINNER: Fern Canyon

RUNNER UP: Strawberry Rock