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Culture Commons Festival

Fri, Sep 25 – Sun, Sep 27 · 3:45 PM – 9:00 PM · Old Town Gazebo at F and 2nd Streets (Old Town Gazebo)

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About this event

The inaugural Culture Commons Festival — a three-day journey through the Eureka Cultural Arts District, celebrating arts, crafts, cuisine, dance, film, music, performing arts, stories and workshops, September 25–27, 2026.

Produced by the Eureka Cultural Arts District (ECAD), a California Arts Council cultural district and a partnership of the Wiyot Tribe, Ink People Center for the Arts, Eureka Main Street and the City of Eureka. Most of the festival is within a few blocks of the Old Town Gazebo; Madaket Plaza is a five-minute walk on the waterfront, and Blue Ox Millworks (a mile southeast) is the one worth driving to.

ALL festival events are free, and all venues are wheelchair accessible. The two Eureka Theater shows (Cornucopia on Friday, the Dolly Parton tribute on Saturday) are separate ticketed events. See the full schedule with venues and times below.

Schedule

Each performance with its time — and where, when the schedule says. 56 performances across the festival.

Friday, September 25

3:45 PMRA MHTP · Poems & Rhymes writing workshop with RA MHTP
Black Humboldt & RA MHTP host a writing workshop. Event begins 3:45, ends 5:45.
5:00 PMLaura Munoz
Performance.
5:30 PMRed Cedar
Native percussion ensemble. Festival music programming opens here.
6:30 PMIrie Rockerz · The Irie Rockers
Reggae.
7:00 PMDoors
Live music night begins.
7:30 PMCowtown Sound · The Cowtown Sound
Rootsy dance band, with puppets and costumes.
7:30 PMGladys
7:30 PMPaula Jones · Cornucopia: An Evening of Jazz, Funk & Gospel with Paula Jones & Friends ticketed event →
A separate ticketed show: doors 7pm, show 7:30pm. $20 online · $25 at the door · $15 early bird.
8:30 PMLos Perdidxs · Lxs Perdidxs
Songs of love and revolution — a honky-tonk celebration.
8:30 PMHermit Crab

Saturday, September 26

9:00 AMNorth Coast Growers’ Association Dockside Market
The festival day begins with the market on the waterfront.
9:30 AMMcKinleyville High School AAPI Club Hula Performance
10:00 AMHumboldt Taiko
Waterfront dance and drums.
11:00 AMMakers fair — blacksmith shop, pedal-powered tools, coppersmithing
Runs all day. Heritage smithing demonstrations.
11:00 AMPonies of Harmony · Ponies of Harmony, with special guest
Bluegrass.
11:00 AMCapoeira Azania
11:30 AMHmong Lao Dancers — Blooming Blossoms & Young Angels
12:00 PMThe Elderberry Rust Stringband · Elderberry Rust String Band
Folk / bluegrass / blues.
12:00 PMWest African Dance
12:30 PMTepeyollotl Colectivo
Danza Azteca-Mexica.
1:00 PMDrop-in activity for families
Kids’ programming at the library.
1:00 PMLisa C. Sharry
1:00 PMPatterns of Basket Weaving — demonstration & scavenger hunt
Clarke Museum · Clarke Historical Museum
Family-friendly venue.
1:00 PMMacehualiztlinnoyollotl Aztec Group
1:00 PMDJ Pressure · DJ Pressure & the Fuego Dancers
Fountain Stage
1:00 PMTanya Tea Fairy — kids play space
Fountain Stage
Balloon animals and face painting.
2:00 PMUkulele Fight Club
2:00 PMPuppet Parade sets off for the Old Town Gazebo
From Madaket Plaza, the parade walks to the Gazebo.
2:30 PM“Decolonizing Theatre” — a talk with Tara Moses
Director of Wusatoumuduk; learn about the play before a scene is shown on the Gazebo Fountain Stage at 4:30.
2:30 PMBlessing & Opening Words
Fountain Stage
2:50 PMArcane Singers
Fountain Stage
3:15 PMHumboldt Rockers
Fountain Stage
3:45 PMHumboldt Dancers — Marci Jade, Delilah Stowers, Mx.Tigrizz
Fountain Stage
4:00 PMCHÏ
Fountain Stage
4:30 PMWusatoumuduk “We Make It Burn” — theatre performance
Fountain Stage
A scene of the play, following the 2:30 talk at Da Gou Rou Louwi’.
4:50 PMEureka Poet Laureate — Sarai Bordeaux
Fountain Stage
5:00 PMRA MHTP · RA MHTP & Branches
Fountain Stage
5:40 PM42 Buck$ · 42Bucks & DJ Tronic
Fountain Stage
6:00 PMLocal Drag: pop-up exhibit & drag show
Clarke Museum · Clarke Historical Museum
Humboldt drag performers concluding on Clarke Plaza — Dragstrip Divas, The Harry Sass, Kill Pop, Komboujia, Mr. Gino, Slay Jay, Starlita de la Noche, Tinee Trix, Vegas Venegas. All ages welcome.
6:00 PMHip Hop Humboldt
Fountain Stage
7:00 PM3D Man · 3D Man Band
Fountain Stage
7:30 PMDJ Kreepeo
Clarke Plaza · Clarke Historical Museum
7:30 PMSoulTree
Fountain Stage
7:30 PMA Tribute to Dolly Parton — 9 to 5 (documentary singalong) ticketed event →
A separate ticketed benefit for the Bridgeville Community Center Imagination Library: doors 7pm, singalong 7:30pm, screening follows. $10 adults / $5 under 12.
8:00 PMThe People’s Mic Poets
Fountain Stage
8:45 PMMakenu
Fountain Stage
Music until ten.

Sunday, September 27

12:00 PMArt As An Act of Resistance and Resilience, with Chica Masa and Jullia Finkelstein
Prints, patches and stencils, with open access to materials. Work made here goes into the We Belong Together show, opening at Epitome Gallery on October 3.
12:30 PMCelebration of Stories of Wigi Storytellers
Opening words, three storytellers from the archive, questions and conversation, then open mic and community mapping.
2:00 PMBandemonium
2:00 PMMini Film Fest — a run of short films
Films selected closer to the festival.
3:00 PMSoHum Girls
4:00 PMGarberville Town Band
4:00 PMLearn to Dance Lindy Hop, with Lost Coast Lindy
Swing dancing class in the Eagle House ballroom.
4:15 PMPanel discussion
Follows the film screenings.
6:00 PMLearn The Hot Honey Rag, with Harry Sass
Ends 8pm.
6:00 PMDJ Sovern-T

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