# Festivals in Arcata 2026 | Culture & Street Fairs

- **Subtitle**: Your guide to festivals in Arcata 2026 — cultural celebrations, street fairs and food festivals. Find dates, locations and what to expect.
- **Category**: Festivals
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The best things to do in the world include attending top-notch festivals in Arcata. Be it a rocking music festival or scrumptious food festival in Arcata, you will have a gala time of your life with a few of your close friends or your family. With the best of fun, entertainment, and food, the experience in festivals lets the enthusiasts immerse in the local culture and vibe. Ranging from the biggest outdoor beach parties to crazy music festivals, the festivals fall under various categories to suit everybody’s tastes. If you are looking for the best events and festivals in Arcata listed on one platform - we have you covered.

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## Festivals Events in Arcata

- **Event Name**: 48th Annual HBMS Mushroom Fair
  - **Description**: Step into the enchanting world of fungi at the 48th Annual Mushroom Fair, hosted by the Humboldt Bay Mycological Society (HBMS)!

Join us for a day of fresh fungi displays, educational talks, workshops, vendors, food trucks, and more. Shop mushroom cultiv
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  - **Date**: Sun Nov 22 2026 at 11:00 am – Sun Nov 22 2026 at 04:00 pm (-08:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/arcata/48th-annual-hbms-mushroom-fair/200030380945927
  - **Venue**: Arcata Community Center
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  - **Categories**: festivals, nonprofit, workshops, food-drinks, art, kids
- **Event Name**: Taste of the Holidays 2026
  - **Description**: The community is invited to attend the annual Taste of the Holidays fundraiser featuring Humboldt County's best specialty food and beverage producers! Tickets are $50 and include food tasting, entertainment, and beverage tasting. 
This favorite local even
  - **Date**: Thu Nov 19 2026 at 05:00 pm – Thu Nov 19 2026 at 08:00 pm (-08:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/arcata/taste-of-the-holidays-2026/200030948134008
  - **Venue**: Arcata Community Center, 321 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway, Arcata, CA 95521
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- **Event Name**: Lhatsik Harutkshi (Moving Stories) Wiyot Film Festival
  - **Description**: The Lhatsik Harutkshi (Moving Stories) Wiyot Film Festival will open at the historic Eureka Theater on Friday, November 20, and continue at the Arcata Theater Lounge on Saturday, November 21.
Now in its third year, the festival showcases films that raise
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  - **Date**: Fri Nov 20 2026 at 05:30 pm – Fri Nov 20 2026 at 08:30 pm (-08:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/arcata/lhatsik-harutkshi-moving-stories-wiyot-film-festival/200030468797534
  - **Venue**: Eureka Theater on Friday, November 20  612 F St, Eureka, CA 95501   Arcata Theater Lounge, November 21  1036 G St, Arcata, CA 95521
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- **Event Name**: The 37th Arcata Bay Oyster Festival
  - **Description**: Stay tuned for all the info!
  - **Interested Audience**:
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  - **Date**: Sat Jun 12 2027 at 10:00 am – Sat Jun 12 2027 at 05:00 pm (-07:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/arcata/the-37th-arcata-bay-oyster-festival/200030733486135
  - **Venue**: Arcata Plaza
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- **Event Name**: Spiritline: if you get a dialtone you probably got the wrong number
  - **Description**: A Cosmic Experience about relationships: The Leanin' Inn, Sistas, Alice and Ally show (or the Trouble With Deviled Eggs), Sharper Focus.About this EventPart of the EXIT Theatre Fringe Festival www.theexit.org.
  - **Date**: Fri Nov 06 2026 at 08:00 pm (-08:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/arcata/spiritline-if-you-get-a-dialtone-you-probably-got-the-wrong-number/100002002170232061
  - **Venue**: EXIT Theatre
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  - **Price**: USD 13
  - **Categories**: fitness, Art, Festivals, Theatre
- **Event Name**: Now What?
  - **Description**: What happens when Dickhead, LaLa, and Perfectly Acceptable Person share one brain?About this EventPart of the EXIT Theatre Fringe Festival www.theexit.org.Now What? by Marabeth McSeveney from Fortuna: What happens
  - **Date**: Sun Nov 08 2026 at 02:00 pm (-08:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/arcata/now-what/100002002169322340
  - **Venue**: EXIT Theatre
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  - **Price**: USD 13
  - **Categories**: festivals, art, theatre, comedy
- **Event Name**: Friends of the Lost Coast Present SYRCL's Wild & Scenic Film Festival
  - **Description**: Friends of the Lost Coast present SYRCL’s Wild & Scenic Film Festival for its return to the Arcata Theatre Lounge on Sunday, November 8th! Experience the best in outdoor adventure and environmental filmmaking for this exclusive Humboldt County present
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  - **Date**: Sun Nov 08 2026 at 06:00 pm – Sun Nov 08 2026 at 09:30 pm (-08:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/arcata/friends-of-the-lost-coast-present-syrcls-wild-and-scenic-film-festival/200030881178414
  - **Venue**: Arcata Theatre Lounge
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## Trending Events in Arcata

- **Event Name**: Resting in Gratitude Sound Journey
  - **Description**: Celebrate one year of community, deep rest, and reflection.One year ago, we set out with a simple intention: to create a safe, peaceful evening for you to pause, breathe, and rest your nerv
  - **Venue**: Arcata
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- **Event Name**: Holiday Open House Sip and Shop
  - **Description**: Saturday, November 14th from 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm.

Get ready to shop local, sip local, and experience Downtown Arcata in a fun new way!

Join us for an evening of Sip & Shop, pairing downtown brick-and-mortar businesses with local beverage makers for a
  - **Venue**: Arcata Plaza
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- **Event Name**: 48th Annual HBMS Mushroom Fair
  - **Description**: Step into the enchanting world of fungi at the 48th Annual Mushroom Fair, hosted by the Humboldt Bay Mycological Society (HBMS)!

Join us for a day of fresh fungi displays, educational talks, workshops, vendors, food trucks, and more. Shop mushroom cultiv
  - **Venue**: Arcata Community Center
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- **Event Name**: CRIMEWAVE
  - **Description**: CRIMEWAVE: A GOTH, POST-PUNK & DARKWAVE PARTY

Arcata! Dive into the shadows and lose yourself to CRIMEWAVE - a night of your favorite goth, darkwave, new wave, post-punk, and industrial music 🥀

Dress to impress and dance into the darkness at:

🪦 Arc
  - **Venue**: 1036 G St, Arcata, CA, United States, California 95521
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- **Event Name**: Taste of the Holidays 2026
  - **Description**: The community is invited to attend the annual Taste of the Holidays fundraiser featuring Humboldt County's best specialty food and beverage producers! Tickets are $50 and include food tasting, entertainment, and beverage tasting. 
This favorite local even
  - **Venue**: Arcata Community Center, 321 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway, Arcata, CA 95521
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- **Event Name**: Elderberry Rust Album Release Party at Humbrews w/ Cowtown Sound
  - **Description**: Elderberry Rust celebrates the release of their first album, Quail Hollow! Joined by Cowtown Sound to ensure a night full of great tunes
  - **Venue**: Humbrews / Humboldt Brews
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- **Event Name**: An Evening with JON SPENCER
  - **Description**: For over 40 years, JON SPENCER has been an innovative force in the independent music scene. An acclaimed live performer, he has amassed a dizzying, disruptive discography as the leader of Pussy Galore, The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Heavy Trash, and Jon
  - **Venue**: 900 Samoa Blvd, Arcata, CA, United States, California 95521
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- **Event Name**: Lhatsik Harutkshi (Moving Stories) Wiyot Film Festival
  - **Description**: The Lhatsik Harutkshi (Moving Stories) Wiyot Film Festival will open at the historic Eureka Theater on Friday, November 20, and continue at the Arcata Theater Lounge on Saturday, November 21.
Now in its third year, the festival showcases films that raise
  - **Venue**: Eureka Theater on Friday, November 20  612 F St, Eureka, CA 95501   Arcata Theater Lounge, November 21  1036 G St, Arcata, CA 95521
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- **Event Name**: Down in New Orleans: A Night of New Orleans Jazz
  - **Description**: Trumpet, clarinet and trombone, all playing at once over piano, bass and drums: that’s the sound New Orleans gave jazz. On November 20, After Hours grows to a six-piece band for a night of New Orleans music, from Jelly Roll Morton and Fats Waller to Sidne
  - **Venue**: 1251 9th St. Arcata, CA 95521, Arcata, CA
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## FAQs

- **Q**: What are the top Festivals events in Arcata?
  - **A:** 48th Annual HBMS Mushroom Fair (Sun Nov 22 2026 at 11:00 am at Arcata Community Center), Taste of the Holidays 2026 (Thu Nov 19 2026 at 05:00 pm at Arcata Community Center, 321 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway, Arcata, CA 95521), Lhatsik Harutkshi (Moving Stories) Wiyot Film Festival (Fri Nov 20 2026 at 05:30 pm at Eureka Theater on Friday, November 20  612 F St, Eureka, CA 95501   Arcata Theater Lounge, November 21  1036 G St, Arcata, CA 95521), The 37th Arcata Bay Oyster Festival (Sat Jun 12 2027 at 10:00 am at Arcata Plaza), Spiritline: if you get a dialtone you probably got the wrong number (Fri Nov 06 2026 at 08:00 pm at EXIT Theatre).
- **Q**: What Festivals events are happening in Arcata this weekend November 6–8, 2026?
  - **A:** Spiritline: if you get a dialtone you probably got the wrong number (Fri Nov 06 2026 at 08:00 pm at EXIT Theatre), Now What? (Sun Nov 08 2026 at 02:00 pm at EXIT Theatre), Friends of the Lost Coast Present SYRCL's Wild & Scenic Film Festival (Sun Nov 08 2026 at 06:00 pm at Arcata Theatre Lounge).
- **Q**: What Festivals events are happening in Arcata in November 2026?
  - **A:** 48th Annual HBMS Mushroom Fair (Sun Nov 22 2026 at 11:00 am at Arcata Community Center), Taste of the Holidays 2026 (Thu Nov 19 2026 at 05:00 pm at Arcata Community Center, 321 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway, Arcata, CA 95521), Lhatsik Harutkshi (Moving Stories) Wiyot Film Festival (Fri Nov 20 2026 at 05:30 pm at Eureka Theater on Friday, November 20  612 F St, Eureka, CA 95501   Arcata Theater Lounge, November 21  1036 G St, Arcata, CA 95521), Spiritline: if you get a dialtone you probably got the wrong number (Fri Nov 06 2026 at 08:00 pm at EXIT Theatre), Now What? (Sun Nov 08 2026 at 02:00 pm at EXIT Theatre).
- **Q**: How can I find Festivals events in Arcata?
  - **A:** You can discover upcoming Festivals events in Arcata on AllEvents.in. Browse by date, venue, or price to find events that match your interests.
- **Q**: How do I buy tickets for Festivals events in Arcata?
  - **A:** You can buy tickets directly through AllEvents.in. Many events offer online booking with options for free, paid, and early-bird tickets.
- **Q**: What are the popular venues for Festivals events in Arcata?
  - **A:** Some popular venues hosting Festivals events in Arcata include Arcata Community Center, Arcata Community Center, 321 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway, Arcata, CA 95521, Eureka Theater on Friday, November 20  612 F St, Eureka, CA 95501   Arcata Theater Lounge, November 21  1036 G St, Arcata, CA 95521.
- **Q**: What is the price range for Festivals events in Arcata?
  - **A:** Prices for Festivals events in Arcata range from USD 13 to USD 13. Many events also offer free entry.
- **Q**: Who are the top organizers for Festivals events in Arcata?
  - **A:** Popular organizers hosting Festivals events in Arcata include The Humboldt Bay Mycological Society, Rotary Club of Arcata Sunrise, Da Gou Rou Louwi' Cultural Center.
- **Q**: Are there any online Festivals events available?
  - **A:** Yes, many Festivals events are available online. You can filter for virtual events on AllEvents.in to attend from anywhere.
- **Q**: How can I get notified about new Festivals events in Arcata?
  - **A:** Follow the Festivals category on AllEvents.in to get notified when new Festivals events are listed in Arcata.

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