Humboldt Hoptoberfest is a celebration of the best local and regional beers, ciders, wines, brews, and more! Occurring in October, Humboldt Hoptoberfest is a local festival favorite that includes:

Live music from three different bands (details coming!), kid-friendly activities, and local food trucks.

We love our local and regional beer scene and invite you out to Perigot Park in Blue Lake.

No dogs, please.

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Come enjoy Wine, beer, grilled albacore and oysters, live music. Local art and crafts. No reservations needed, walk-in welcome. Fundraiser for Fieldbrook Elementary School.

  • RECURRENCE: Recurring on the 4th Saturday of September
  • ADDRESS: 4241 Fieldbrook Rd., Fieldbrook Winery
  • McKinleyville, CA
  • PHONE: (707) 839-4140
  • TIME: 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM
  • PRICE: FRE

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Come enjoy a meal of fresh local fish and sides along with live music and refreshing beverages. Live music will start at noon and go all day. This event is being held to support our local fishermen, with the albacore tuna coming straight from our docks right here in Trinidad! So, if you’re looking for a fun way to spend a fall Saturday, come on out to Trinidad for the Fisherman’s Feast!

  • Recurring on the 4th Saturday of September
  • LOCATION: Trinidad Elementary School
  • ADDRESS: 300 Trinity Street
  • Trinidad, CA
  • TIME: 12:00 PM to 5:00 PM

The Haunted Kinetic Lab of Horrors:

Humboldt’s most twisted, horrific tradition returns for another year of hair-raising, vomit-inducing delights! 13 years and older.

The mad engineers at the Kinetic Sculpture Lab are bringing another fright filled Halloween. The shop itself is a scary place, and that’s in the daytime. Who knows what lurks there after hours. You’ll be taken on a guided tour of the facility and meet some of the unwanted Lab guests. *If you are in line by midnight, we will get you through the house!

Proceeds go to the Kinetic Sculpture Lab and helps keep the doors open for another year of sculpture racing in the Kinetic Grand Championship, the original triathlon of the art world.

October 23, 24, 29, 30 and 31.
Open from 7pm untill midnight.

 

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A celebration of local produce and goods, the Arcata Plaza comes alive on Saturday mornings. Live music, hot food to go, dozens of local producers selling seasonal veggies, meat and more pop up along the streets of the Plaza. Free entry.

​Open every Saturday, year round, rain or shine!

  • April – November: 9am – 2pm
  • December – March: 10am – 2pm

Hosted by the North Coast Growers Association.

Stroll the plaza and watch our local artists create pastel works of art on the surrounding sidewalk. Farmers Market will also be open 9am-2pm.

Families, farmers, art aficionados and sponsors gather on the Arcata Plaza for the largest “art show” of the year. The gallery sidewalk is surrounded with music and the fresh produce of the local farmers market.

Each artist creates an original piece of art representing a business sponsor.  Artists, businesses and children are what this day is all about. Some are experienced artists; others are just beginning to express themselves through drawings, paintings, or sculpture.  Their sponsors are local businesses, corporations, schools, service clubs and “patrons of the arts.”

Northcoast Children’s Services’ preschool programs provide support to more than 1000 low income families with young children – from pregnancy up to age five – in Humboldt and Del Norte Counties each year. Please join us to chalk it up for kids!

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Watch artists in action as they bring the sidewalks of the Arcata Plaza to life in support of North Coast Children’s Services. Local businesses and sponsors “buy” sidewalk squares around the center of the plaza where skilled artists craft pastel masterpieces. Enjoy live music and shop at the Arcata Farmers Market as you peruse the county’s largest plein air art show.

Find more information at https://ncsheadstart.org/pastels-on-the-plaza/

We are excited to announce the 52nd annual North Country Fair!

Come check out all of the local art, crafts, handmade
goods, cottage foods, music, and entertainers at the
North Country Fair, September 19 & 20, 2026, from 10:00-6:00 both days!

A Humboldt County tradition since 1974

 We celebrate and advocate for a healthy environment, cooperation and community, a vibrant alternative economy, and justice for every person and all forms of life.



Celebrate the diversity of the Arcata community and the Fall Equinox over two days with arts and crafts vendors, food and information booths, parades, live music and performances.

For more information, visit http://www.northcountryfair.org/