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Welcome to the Arcata Theatre Lounge! Come in Wednesday for silent films, food and drink!

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Joy Kills Sorrow

Jul
17
8:00 pm

Doors at 8 pm

Show at 9 pm

$10

$7 advanced tickets - purchase tickets online here

18 and over

More Bands TBA

Joy Kills Sorrow

Joy Kills Sorrow

Joy Kills Sorrow is a prodigiously tasteful pop-grass ensemble emerging from the bubbling frenzy of young folk talent in Boston, MA. The five band members–each already respected practitioners on their instruments–share a deep knowledge and respect for the bluegrass tradition and have virtuosity to spare, but as an ensemble hold above all else a commitment to playing great songs well, and forging a new brand of folk music at once innovative and beautiful. Iin 2007, JKS won first prize in The Podunk Bluegrass Festival Band Contest, and was invited to perform on the festival’s main stage the following year. JKS has performed at theaters, listening rooms and festivals from coast to coast and has been featured on nationally syndicated radio shows. Since their inception, the band has continued to evolve and change.

Huckleberry Flint

Huckleberry Flint

“To be in the presence of Huckleberry Flint is to be in the presence of something special. Something pure and earnest and good. And thats before they start playing.” Jennifer Savage-Arcata Eye. Huckleberry Flint, hailing from Humboldt County, is a five-piece string band who gathers their influences from a wide spectrum of musical styles, tying them all together with an oldtime folksy sound. High energy fiddle tunes, slow sauntering ballads with haunting harmonies, and everything in between make up a live performance not to be missed. Huckleberry Flint is comprised of Dustin Taylor (guitar, vocals, harmonica), Adam Dick (mandolin, banjo, vocals), Marybeth Taylor (fiddle, vocals), Kevin Porter (guitar, dobro, snare drum, triangle, vocals), and Joseph Digerness (double bass, pedal steel guitar).