Join us for First Saturday Night Arts Alive, a monthly celebration of arts and culture in downtown Eureka, happening on the first Saturday of every month from 6 to 9 p.m.! Experience the vibrant atmosphere as galleries, museums, theaters, bars, and restaurants extend their hours to offer a unique night of art, performances, food, and entertainment. Stroll through art exhibits, enjoy live music, and discover local creativity while enjoying the best that Eureka’s businesses have to offer.

Whether you’re an art lover or simply looking for a lively night out, this event is sure to be a fantastic experience!

ARTISTS & MUSICIANS: Would you like to showcase your art or music at Arts Alive? Let us know you’re interested by filling out this form!

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October 4, 2025 | 6-9 P.M.

FIRST SATURDAY NIGHT ARTS ALIVE October 4, from 6 to 9 p.m. Experience the vibrant atmosphere as galleries, museums, theaters, bars, and restaurants extend their hours for your enjoyment.

**C STREET ARTS ALIVE FEST** C Street (Second – Third Sts.) Guest artists, musicians, performance groups, food trucks and more!

** REDWOOD COAST MUSIC FESTIVAL** Multiple Venues Redwood Coast Music Festival , 2nd & F Properties and Eureka Main Street will once again present a free concert at the Old Town Gazebo (2nd & F Street) during Arts Alive. Music begins at 5:00pm with Gino and the Lone Gunmen followed at 6:30pm by Mitch Polzak & The Royal Deuces and ending the evening at 7:30 pm with TwoTone Steiny & The Cadillacs featuring Danny Sandoval. The Morris Graves Museum of Art (636 F Street) will be opened to the public FREE of charge during Arts Alive. Festival bands starting at 6:00pm: Grooves with Dave Bennett, 7:30pm The Western Flyers with special guest Redd Volkaert  and ending the evening at 9:00 with the local favorite SoHum Girls. New this year is a Shuttle Stop at the corner of 1st & F Streets. RCMF provides free shuttle service throughout the festival weekend, running a loop route to all venues: The Adorni Center, Eagle House, Eureka Theater & Morris Graves, The Vet’s Building and  Sequoia Conference Center. Come on down to Arts Alive and hear some great music! 

4th STREET MERCANTILE 215 Fourth St. Various artists.

40° North Gallery 320 2nd St., Suite  #102 Kit Davenport and Adrienne Werth, watercolors, sculpture and mixed media.

707 BAR 200 First St. Drink specials. Open until 2:00 a.m. 

AMERICAN  INDIAN ART AND GIFT SHOP 240 F St.

ART CENTER FRAME SHOP 616 Second St. Sandra Henry, Sara Starr, Lynne Bryan, and Judy Lachowsky, watercolors.

ART CENTER SPACE 620 Second St. Featured Artist: Scott Hemphill, pen & ink sketches of Vancouver Island, Hawaii, and Taiwan.

BELLE STARR CLOTHING 405 Second St. Music by Jeffrey Smoller, instrumental guitar.

BLUE OX BOUTIQUE 515 Second St. 

THE BODEGA 215 F St

BUTTONS 621 Third St.

BY NIEVES :: HANDMADE NATURAL SKINCARE 308 Second St. Filling Cloud of Protection and answering questions. 

C STREET STUDIOS 208 C St. Various artists. 

CANVAS + CLAY STUDIO 272 C St.

CIARA’S IRISH SHOP 334 Second St. 

CLARKE HISTORICAL MUSEUM 240 E St

DA GOU ROU LOUWI’ CULTURAL CENTER 417 Second St., Suite 101 Hop Norris of Bear Island Designs, mixed media. Funding provided by: Eureka Cultural Arts District, the Tracy Memorial Trust Fund of the Humboldt Area Foundation, and Wild Rivers Community Foundation

DAYDREAM EUREKA 211 G St.

DICK TAYLOR CRAFT CHOCOLATE 1ST & E Sts. 

THE EPITOME GALLERY 420 Second St. MUGS and POCKETS, hip hop and visual art.

EUREKA BOOKS 426 Second St. 

FAMILIA CAFÉ 525 Second St.

FRIENDS OF SOUND 412 Second St. Elizabeth Gohr, live music photography, vintage music poster art. 

THE GAZEBO Second & F St. “Free Redwood Coast Music Festival Concert”, presented by Redwood Coast Music Festival , 2nd & F Properties and Eureka Main Street. Music begins at 5:00pm with Gino and the Lone Gunmen followed at 6:30pm by Mitch Polzak & The Royal Deuces and ending the evening at 7:30 pm with TwoTone Steiny & The Cadillacs featuring Danny Sandoval. 

GOOD RELATIONS 329 Second St. 

HISTORIC EAGLE HOUSE 139 Second St. “Golden Hour,” DJ Coppertone3 and DJ Austin Lee playing Disco, House and EDM music in the Club House.

THE HOOD 621 5th St. “Historic Fighter Jets,” Howard Rutherford, oil painting.

HUMBOLDT ARTS COUNCIL 636 F St. Sponsored by Redwood Capital Bank. 

2025 is a banner year for the Humboldt Arts Council and MGMA, it is the Museum’s silver anniversary – 25 years! We invite you to join us throughout the year as we celebrate 25 Years Together! Redwood Coast Music Festival Free Performance during Arts Alive. Festival bands starting at 6:00pm: Grooves with Dave Bennett, 7:30pm The Western Flyers with special guest Redd Volkaert  and ending the evening at 9:00 with the local favorite SoHum Girls. William Thonson “29th Annual Junque Art Competition & Exhibition,” various artists. Designed to celebrate artistic creativity on the North Coast and heighten the awareness of renewable resources in the art making process, each artwork in this juried exhibition is made from 100% recycled materials…reclaimed, reused, recovered, secondhand, salvaged, anything un-new! The artwork selected for this exhibition was chosen by juror Nancy Tobin. Knight Galleries “Brian Tripp – Exhibition Sponsored by John & Sally Biggin,” HAC Collection, visual art, poetry. Anderson Gallery “Northing to See Here,” recent works by Jesse Wiedel, paintings. Anderson Gallery “Renewal-Collaborations,” Becky Evans & Robert Benson, This exhibition emerges from our individual and collaborative explorations of resilience and regeneration. Through sculpture, mixed media, and works on paper, we document and interpret the cycles of renewal witnessed in our natural world and in traditional cultural practices. These collaborations are rooted in place and in conversation and emerge during our visit to landscapes marked by fire, water, and ancestral significance. Permanent Collection Gallery “From the HAC Collection-Morris Graves,”’ In looking at a life of work it seems that this is what he has asked himself and us as viewers to do all along- to see, to look beyond the surface of the objects and catch sight of their inner nature. This exhibition invites the viewer to explore the work of Morris Graves from the HAC Permanent Collection and to see glimpses into a world of natural harmony and ethereal beauty. The HAC Permanent Collection Gallery will rotate works from the collection that are only exhibited occasionally. MGMA Gift Shop Visit the MGMA Gift Shop for a selection of gifts and merchandise inspired by the artwork on view. The Gift Shop carries a wide selection of posters, contemporary art books, cards, exhibition catalogs, children’s books, notebooks, tote bags, jewelry, scarves, felted products and artsy coffee mugs. Humboldt Arts Council Members receive a 10% discount on all merchandise in the store.

HUMBOLDT ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS 220 First St. Robert Cavalli, photography. Hosted by Suzy Smith Living.

HUMBOLDT BAY COFFEE CO. 526 Opera Alley Christopher Dmise, acrylic painting, mixed media, spray paint. Music by The Deckhands, folk/country. Serving free, freshly brewed coffee.

HUMBOLDT BAY PROVISIONS 205 G St. Fresh oysters harvested fresh in the morning.

HUMBOLDT CRAFT SPIRITS Corner of Sixth & C St. “Art Expresses”, Sherry Sharp, photography and watercolors.

HUMBOLDT HERBALS 300 Second St. Kyra Adams, acrylic paintings. Music by Blue Lotus Jazz, jazz.

HUMBOLDT MERCANTILE 123 F St.

INK PEOPLE CENTER FOR THE ARTS-BRENDA TUXFORD GALLERY 422 First St. 

JILLYBEANS EMPORIUM 723 Third St. 

K.CO. INTERIORS 612 Second St. 

KAPTAIN’S QUARTERS 517 F St. 

LAND OF LOVELY 127 F St. 

LITTLE SHOP OF HERS 416 Second St. Seana Burden, acrylic painting, pen & ink, glitter. 

LIVING DOLL VINTAGE BOUTIQUE & GALLERY 239 G St. DOLLapalooza 2PM-10PM celebrating three years in business!! With fashion shows at 3 PM and 7 PM, burlesque act, musical acts, laser, light show, food, truck, flash, sales door, prizes, and more. 

LOS BAGELS 403 Second St. 

LOST COAST BREWERY & CAFE 617 Fourth St. Randy Spicer, paintings.

MANY HANDS GALLERY 438 Second St. Featuring the work of over 40 local artists and handmade treasures from around the globe

MENDENHALL STUDIOS 215 C St. Mendenhall features a variety of artists using different mediums.

THE MITCHELL GALLERY 425 Snug Alley “Women Artists,” Regina Case, Susanna Gallisdorfer, Joan Gold, Emma Miller, Dana Mitchell, Linda Mitchell, Natalie Mitchell, Theresa Oats, Kathy O’Leary, Nancy Rickard and Rachel Schlueter, photography, oil painting, acrylic painting, ceramics, and soft pastels.

MOCA HUMBOLDT 204 Fourth St. 

NORTH COAST DANCE 426 F St.

OLD TOWN ART GALLERY 417 Second St. Guest Artist Joseph O’Neil, paintings. Featured Artist, Larisa Stevenson, ceramics. Various artists, photography, oil painting, acrylic painting, watercolors, pen & ink, charcoal, drawings, sculpture, textile, mixed media, woodworking, jewelry, and sculpture. Music by Tina Robinson, ukulele.

OLD TOWN INK LAB 212 G St. 

OLD TOWN COFFEE & CHOCOLATES 211 F St. Various artists. Live music.

OTTO + OLIVE 117 F St. 

PEARL LOUNGE 507 Second St.

PHATSY KLINE’S PARLOR AND LOUNGE 139 Second St. 

PHOSPHENE 426 Third St. “Phantasmagoria,” group show, photography, oil painting, acrylic painting, watercolors, mixed medium, and metalwork.

PROPER WELLNESS CENTER 517 Fifth St. “Dansky Takeover,” Dansky, textile.

PROUD DRAGON GAMES 219 D St. “Art ‘n’ Aliens,” Don, sculpture, and mixed media.

RAMONE’S BAKERY & CAFE 209 E St. Morgan Maier, mixed media.

RACHEL SCHLUETER 208 C St. and Hall Gallery 

RADIO PARADISE 531 Third St.  

REDWOOD ART ASSOCIATION 603 F St. Ron Honig playing “Honey Guitar,” music.

REDWOOD COAST MUSEUM OF CINEMA 235 F St. 

REDWOOD DISCOVERY MUSEUM 612 G St. Kids Alive! 5:30 pm-8pm This is a drop-off program for children aged 3.5 – 12 years. Kids can enjoy crafts, science activities, pizza, and uninhibited museum fun! Enjoy Arts Alive while the kiddos have the time of their lives!! $20/child or $17 for members. Must be confidently potty-trained.

REDWOOD MUSIC MART 511 F St. 

RESTAURANT FIVE ELEVEN 511 Second St. Anna Sofia Amezcua and Jamie Pavlich Walker. Acrylic painting and Collage.  

ROSEBUD HOME GOODS 213 F St. 

SAILOR’S GRAVE TATTOO 138 Second St. Tattoo art. 

SAVAGE HENRY 415 5th St. Comedy.

SCHLUETER GALLERY 330 Second St. 

SEAMOOR’S 212 F St. Novelty toys.

SIDEWALK GALLERY at Ellis Art & Engineering 401 Fifth St

SISTERS CLOTHING COLLECTIVE 328 Second St. 

THE SPEAKEASY 411 Opera Alley Music by Jenni and David and the Sweet Soul Band, Playing indoors from 8-11 pm. 21+ only. No cover. 

STUDIO 424 424 Third St.

TIDAL GALLERY 339 Second St. “Redneck Chic,” Nicolette Reinsmith.

VIDA SANA STUDIO 325 Second St. 

VIXEN 622 Second St. 

THE WINE CELLAR 407 Second St. 

TULIP 128 E St. 

TWO STREET ART LAB 527 Second St. 

UNCODED STUDIO 524 5th St. 

ZENO’S CURIOUS GOODS 320 Second St. Suite 1B “Scary Monsters and Super Creeps,” Stevo Vidnovic, pen & ink, drawings, and sculpture.

ZUMBIDO GIFTS 410 Second St. “Talavera Catrinas and Catrins”, various artisans, sculpture.

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