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👽🎹🎸🪐Post-punk sci-fi concept band. Dystopian weirdness. Members have played in The Freeks, White Manna, Starving Weirdos & more.📍Humboldt County, CA🌲

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TONIGHT! (SATURDAY) @ The Shanty

LIVE ELECTRONICA with @cvtheband @amen_lao_tzu and @krisjswan

9 pm
No Cover

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Great week of events in the Swan Room at The Shanty!

Tuesday (10/20) - 7 pm
Shanty Trivia
Homegrown trivia game back at the Shanty. Teams up to 4. Three rounds with breaks between for the smokers and the pee-ers. Real prizes. Created, hosted, questionc curated by and also the judge...Chris Durant. And he's no more Mr. Nice Trivia Host Guy.

Wednesday (10/21) - 8:30 pm
Karaoke
@travistyentertainment hosts one of the most wild and entertaining karaoke nights on the North Coast. No cover.

Thursday (10/22) - 8 pm
Stand-Up Comedy
@jackwfischer headlines the Swan Room stage for the first time. One of the stand out performers from the recent Savage Henry Comedy Festival, Jack is one of the best comics in the local scene. No Cover.

Saturday (10/24) - 9 pm
Live Music
@cvtheband headlines great night of electronica with their Dystopian Synth Rock Stylings. @amen_lao_tzu and our own sound guy @krisjswan also perform. No Cover.

Sunday (10/25) - 1pm - 5pm
Shanty Swap Meet
The swan room turns into a flea market Sunday with local artists, craftspeople, collectors, antique heads and more sell their wares. The holidays are approaching and why not support a local fiend or neighbor and get something unique for a person or 100 on your list?

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🪩🐐🎉 THIS WEEK at The Goat & The Miniplex ~ swipe through pics + see bio links for details❗️

⭐️TUE: 📽️🌍 7 pm Soundtrack release party with @silvercurrent for documentary “THE SYSTEM,” which follows 3 environmental activists for 3 years. Plus 🍹🌮 Taco Tuesday 5 - 10 pm: 2 FULL-SIZE🦖 organic grassfed beef or cacao black bean tacos with all the fixins for just $5 w/ drink purchase🍹🤯

⭐️WED: 🎷🎸 Oakland’s African-psych band ORCHESTRA GOLD @orchestragold with local cumbia party starters MAKENU‼️ Early 7 pm show, 21+🍹

⭐️THU: 🎸🥁 Portland’s ROSE CITY BAND @rosecityband ⏳ early 7 pm show, 21+❗️Then 🎤🐐 G.O.A.T. Karaoke after at 9:30 (2 drink minimum, 21+🍸)

⭐️FRI: 🏳️‍🌈🪩 BIG MOOD monthly Queer Night w/ DJs @pandemoniumjones & @kreepeeo at 9 pm, plus food from @losgilestaqueria 21+🍸

⭐️SAT: 🎹🥁 Philly punk / no wave band ERASER @wereeraser plus the return of local goth-rock enigma CONTROL VOLTAGE @cvtheband after a 2-year hiatus. 9 pm, 21+🍺

⭐️SUN: 🎤🐐 G.O.A.T. Karaoke at 8❗️2 drink minimum, 21+🍹

🕰️Now open at 5 pm Tuesdays, and 8 pm Thursdays through Sundays❗️

#humboldtcounty #calpolyhumboldt #humboldt #arcata #arcataca

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🚨🎸 THIS Saturday, 9/26‼️ Philadelphia no wave band 🥁 ERASER ( @wereeraser ) erupted onto the East Coast punk scene with a unique sound informed by legendary bands like 🔥 The Slits, 🔥 Malaria, and 🔥 Liquid Liquid- as well as by their palpable sense of humor and their raw, experimentally elastic approach to songwriting. The group’s members united in 2023 through their love of DIY music and their overlapping experiences playing in bands 🔥 Drill, 🔥 Amanda X, 🔥 Corey Flood, and 🔥 Privacy Issues. They recently contributed a single on the comp No Occupation and released their debut EP Hideout with art rock stalwarts 💿 Siltbreeze Records.

🌲Eureka’s own synth-driven, post-punk scifi concept band 🎹 CONTROL VOLTAGE (aka @cvtheband )open in their newly reunited form after a two-year hiatus from the local scene❗️🕰️Bar opens at 8pm. Music at 9pm. 🎟️12 online / or 🎟️15 at the door. 21+🍺

🎨 Human-made flyer by @ahennessyvsop

#humboldtcounty #humboldt #calpolyhumboldt #humboldtmusic #humboldtpunks

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🚨🎸 Saturday, 9/26‼️ Philadelphia no wave band 🥁 ERASER ( @wereeraser ) erupted onto the East Coast punk scene with a unique sound informed by legendary bands like 🔥 The Slits, 🔥 Malaria, and 🔥 Liquid Liquid- as well as by their palpable sense of humor and their raw, experimentally elastic approach to songwriting. The group’s members united in 2023 through their love of DIY music and their overlapping experiences playing in bands 🔥 Drill, 🔥 Amanda X, 🔥 Corey Flood, and 🔥 Privacy Issues. They recently contributed a single on the comp No Occupation and released their debut EP Hideout with art rock stalwarts 💿 Siltbreeze Records.

🌲Eureka’s own synth-driven, post-punk scifi concept band 🎹 CONTROL VOLTAGE (aka @cvtheband )open in their newly reunited form after a 2-year hiatus from the local scene❗️🕰️Bar opens at 8pm. Music at 9pm. 🎟️12 online / or 🎟️15 at the door. 21+🍺

#humboldtcounty #humboldt #calpolyhumboldt #humboldtmusic #humboldtpunks

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1-800-ERA-Ser WEST COAST TOUR🔜🗓️

Swipe for the flyers to each show/ dates below!

Fri 9/18 - Los Angeles at
@permanentrecordsroadhouse w/ @jess_snot + @lackeyusa

Sat 9/19 - Oakland at [REDACTED] Fest
@theestorkcluboakland w/ Uranium Club, @goodflyingbirds @socialcontainer @mesh_rocknroll @marbledeye and more

Sun 9/20 - Reno NV at @hollandreno w/ Rotary
Club, @rotten_heights

Tues 9/22 - Portland at @turnturnturnpdx W/
Collate, @odor.eater.band

Wed 9/23 - Seattle at @babayagaseattle w/ @sweeping.promises @casualhexofficial

Thur 9/24 - Vancouver at @greenautomusic w/ @asterdawnheretic + Handyman

Fri 9/25 - Olympia at @le.voyeur.olympia w/ Debt
Rag, Odor Eater

Sat 9/26 - Arcata CA at Richard’s Goat
@miniplex_events w/ @cvtheband

Sun 9/27 - San Francisco at @4startheater w/ @fog_lamp_bay + @blue__zero

Tues 9/29 - San Pedro at @sardinepedro w/ @feralmeansband + @rearranged.face

Wed 9/30 - San Diego at @thebansheebarsd @makebelievediy w/ @neutral.shirt + Witness

See u there ⚠️📷👁️

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🍸🎸🐐BIG MONTH at The Goat & The Miniplex‼️ So much live music from places like Norway and labels like Saddle Creek, the return of Indie Sleaze Night, a new environmental documentary + soundtrack release party, a mini alt-country fest, a Shrektember to Remember karaoke party, Lighthouse Labs EDM takeover, and much more🤯❗️Swipe + see links in our bio for full details & tickets 🎟️🔥 Turn up sound 🔊🎚️ for a clip of 🌹ROSE CITY BAND, playing an early show Thursday 9/24❗️

#humboldt #calpolyhumboldt #humboldtcounty #arcata #humboldtlove

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📽️🎶💀🏚️👻 Our 💥FREE💥 🌲📺HTV Music Video Nights return for a 😱FINAL😱 month with 🎃Spooky Edition: only the scary videos! 🕰️Each Wednesday screening repeats at 7, 8, and 9 pm for earlybirds, night owls, and everyone inbetween. This week’s local video lineup includes:

🪦cemetery trips w/ @silenceinthesnow__
🧟‍♂️zombie hordes w/ @redhotshame
🏍️motorcycle mayhem w/ @canvas.and.clay
🌲forest folk-horror from @wild_abandon_music
👁️remote viewing w/ @cvtheband
📖the Dark Arts w/ @travisrowdymusic
🪱claymation creepies w/ @hollow_down
🔥strange rituals w/ @herahasaheart
🎥a John Carpenter tribute from @evanwrye
🧙‍♂️dark wizardry from @doctorfoxmeat
💀an eternal waiting room w/ @lakeroswell
🌊apocalyptic dune trip w/ @overyondertheband

HTV is FREE Wednesday screenings (on the 📽️Big Screen in The Miniplex!) in the spirit of MTV’s Golden Age, but all 🌲local music, featuring premieres of new videos plus a mix of newer and vintage Humboldt bands! 🎨Stop-motion, live action, animated, and a mix of genres - come see the magic Humboldt visual artists and Humboldt musicians can create when they collaborate, while you sip 🍹craft cocktails or mocktails and snack on $5 to $9 comfort foods in our comfy theatre seats!💺   ⌛️Get there early for 🤩🍸Happy Hour prices from 6 - 7!
#humboldtcounty #humboldtmusic #calpolyhumboldt #humboldtart

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📽️🎶💀🏚️👻 Our 💥FREE💥 🌲📺HTV Music Video Nights return for a 😱FINAL😱 month with 🎃Spooky Edition: only the scary videos! 🕰️Each Wednesday screening repeats at 7, 8, and 9 pm for earlybirds, night owls, and everyone inbetween. This week’s local video lineup is:

🏚️adandoned places w/ @vulture_feather
🦖Godzilla apocalypse w/ SPACE BISCUIT
🐺werewolf curses w/ @redhotshame
🏭more abandoned places w/ @notlewy & @harlow_rd
🧜‍♀️murderous mermaids w/ @themonsterwomen
📺 @hudsonglover trapped in a TV
🧶a tangled web w/ CREEPY MARBLES
😈a demonic summoning of ALIEN ULTRA
💊a bad trip w/ @cvtheband
🌲an unsettling walk w/ @henderson_centaur
🛹a @greybushmetal death metal mosh pit

HTV is FREE Wednesday screenings (on the 📽️Big Screen in The Miniplex!) in the spirit of MTV’s Golden Age, but all 🌲local music, featuring premieres of new videos plus a mix of newer and vintage Humboldt bands! 🎨Stop-motion, live action, animated, and a mix of genres - come see the magic Humboldt visual artists and Humboldt musicians can create when they collaborate, while you sip 🍹craft cocktails or mocktails and snack on $5 to $9 comfort foods in our comfy theatre seats!💺   ⌛️Get there early for 🤩🍸Happy Hour prices from 6 - 7!

#humboldtcounty #humboldt #humboldtmusic #calpolyhumboldt #humboldtmade #filmhumboldt

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📽️🎶💀🏚️👻 Our 💥FREE💥 🌲📺HTV Humboldt Music Video nights return for a 😱FINAL😱 month with 🎃Spooky Edition: only the scary videos! Each Wednesday will be a 🔥new lineup🔥 and the screenings repeat at 🕰️7, 8, and 9 pm for earlybirds, night owls, and everyone inbetween. ⌛️Get there early for 🤩🍸Happy Hour prices from 6 - 7! 👉NOTE: there will be no HTV on 10/8 due to the TAKAAT show that night (members of MDOU MOCTAR).

This week we’ve got videos featuring feral people of the woods, bloodthirsty girl gangs, vampires, strange rituals, machete wielding maniacs, supervillains, unsettling beach trips, witches’ familiars, escaped prisoners, apocalyptic scenes, sea monsters, failed science experiments, and death metal nightmares from:

@saucer_eyes_
@cleangirlandthedirtydishes
@redhotshame
@theeoldedruids
@jackiandthejollies
@canvas.and.clay
@lukearonie
@ironrainband1993
@thecriticsband707
Neptunian Spires
Sue & the Namies
@cvtheband
@bloodspire707

Come check out your local music scene in comfort, and get $1 off pints all night, THIS MONTH ONLY! 🍺

#humboldtcounty #humboldt #humboldtmusic #choosehumboldt #humboldtmade #arcatacalifornia

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🌲🎸📺Introducing HTV Music Video Nights! ✨FREE Wednesday screenings in the spirit of MTV’s Golden Age, but all local music, featuring 📽️Big Screen premieres of new videos plus a mix of 🔥newer and 🔥vintage Humboldt bands to bring attention to the hardworking artists in our community! 🎨Stop-motion, live action, animated, and a mix of genres - come see the magic Humboldt visual artists and Humboldt musicians can create when they collaborate, while sipping craft cocktails 🍸 or mocktails and snacking on $5 to $9 comfort foods 🧀 in our comfy theatre seats!💺 Plus it’s $1 off pints 🍺 all night‼️

📌WEDNESDAY 8/13 is the premiere of “Rebecca Lane” by 🔥 @cleangirlandthedirtydishes - shot in recently closed Eureka landmark Anglin Secondhand!

📌WEDNESDAY 8/20 we’ll premiere “Don’t Go” by 🔥 @jackiandthejollies - a space disco number featuring Humboldt drag icon @komboujia and more Humboldt faces you’ll recognize!

🕰️Doors at 7 pm. Get there early for ⏳Happy Hour prices from 6 - 7! *Note: There will be no HTV on 8/27 due to the Doom Scroll show that night, but we’ll start up again in September!

#humboldtcounty #humboldtmusic #humboldtmusicscene #humboldt #humboldtmade #choosehumboldt

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🌲🎸📺Introducing HTV Music Video Nights! FREE Wednesday screenings in the spirit of MTV’s Golden Age, but all local music, featuring 📽️Big Screen premieres of new videos plus a mix of 💥newer and ✨vintage Humboldt bands to bring attention to the hardworking artists in our community! 🎨Stop-motion, live action, animated, and a mix of genres - come see the magic Humboldt visual artists and Humboldt musicians can create when they collaborate, while sipping craft cocktails 🍸 or mocktails and snacking on $5 to $9 comfort foods 🧀 in our comfy theatre seats!💺 Plus it’s $1 off pints 🍺 all night‼️

📌WEDNESDAY 8/13 is the premiere of “Rebecca Lane” by 🔥 @cleangirlandthedirtydishes - shot in recently closed Eureka landmark Anglin Secondhand!

📌WEDNESDAY 8/20 we’ll premiere “Don’t Go” by 🔥 @jackiandthejollies - a space disco number featuring Humboldt drag icon @komboujia and more Humboldt faces you’ll recognize!

🕰️Doors at 7 pm. Get there early for ⏳Happy Hour prices from 6 - 7! *Note: There will be no HTV on 8/27 due to the Doom Scroll show that night, but we’ll start up again in September!

#humboldtcounty #humboldtmusic #humboldtmusicscene #humboldt #humboldtmade #choosehumboldt

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