Combo Chimbita (NY), La Mancha at Outer Space

$10 all ages ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Combo Chimbita (Tropical-futurist Cumbia Psych from NYC) Rooted in Colombia and based in New York, Combo Chimbita lives in the future. After playing together for years, these first-generation New Yorkers—powerhouse vocalist Carolina Oliveros, synth and bassist Prince of Queens, guitarist Niño Lento, and drummer Dilemastronauta—began experimenting with different traditional musical styles […]

Wizard Apprentice // Julius Smack //

7-10PM // $5 // All Ages Wizard Apprentice | Oakland-based black futurist, digital folk artist, and multimedia producer. Combining song and video to create intimate and powerful live performances. For their RATSKIN Records. debut, “I Am Invisible”, Wizard Apprentice reveals thirty two minutes of experimental, folk-oriented compositions for voice and electronics spanning across a vast […]

Geist & the Sacred Ensemble/Die Geister Beschwören/Medicine Baul

7:00-10PM // $5 // All Ages ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Geist & the Sacred Ensemble: Geist & the Sacred Ensemble forge a doom-inflected folk ritualism; dirges tinged with Eastern psychedelia and meandering meditative trances. Their tunes exist as an ever-changing pilgrimage; transforming their abstract drifts into apocalyptic folk hymns or private confessionals. In addition to acoustic and electric […]

Foxtails Brigade // Belles of the Levee // Sway Sisters

7-10PM // $5 // All Ages ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Foxtails Brigade (San Francisco): “The band’s live show is a clockwork of junkyard beats, warped orchestral sonics, and Laura’s trademark voice and classical guitar intricacies with an A-List ensemble featuring performing members of Bright Eyes, Van Dyke Parks, and John Kale. The songs tackle subjects of substitute teaching […]

Deaf Wish // The Tweeners // CV

7-10PM // $8 // All Ages ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Deaf Wish (Melbourne, Australia Subpop Records): There’s an inherent flaw in the perennially alternating “rock is back” and “rock is dead” arguments: they are based on the idea that rock music is a logic-based choice a person consciously chooses to make. Contrary to the critics who are looking […]

Moira Scar // Blackplate // The Cissies // Sue and the Namis

1100 M Street, Arcata, CA, 95521

7-10PM // $5 // All Ages ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Moira Scar (Oakland, CA): Moira Scar is post-punk freak-deathrock trio of Lu Lucifer aka LuLu Gamma Ray (synthesizers, vocals), Aimee S (drums) and Roxzan Zatan aka Roxy Monoxide (guitar, vocals, sax) from Oakland Ca. founded by Roxy Monoxide and LuLu Gamma Ray in 2009, Moira Scar started as […]

Lost Coast Fest

Breakfast All Day Collective Presents: LOST COAST FEST – a multi-day all ages D.I.Y. music and arts fest in Arcata, CA on October 5, 6, 7, 2018. Taking place at Outer Space Arcata, Arcata Theatre Lounge, & Arcata Veterans Hall 30+ touring and local bands, workshops and panel discussions, & more! Lost Coast Fest will […]

Cinder Well // Hollan // Big Dumb Swede // Knot They’re

1100 M Street, Arcata, CA, 95521

7-10PM // $6 // All Ages Cinder Well is a haunting folk project chartered by singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Amelia Baker. Cinder Well’s muse is found in old and abandoned houses. The music features Baker’s cathartic poetry, uplifting melodic lines, rattling drones, and eerie harmonies. Cinder Well has performed to critical acclaim in a wide […]

Halloween in Outer Space

1100 M Street, Arcata, CA, 95521

10.27.18 at Outer Space, 7pm, $5, all ages ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Halloween Show at Outer Space! Costumes highly encouraged. with: Petty Education (Indie Rock) Blood Hunny (Indie Punk Trio) Sue and the Namies (No Wave Surf Punk) PUDL (1/2 of Wet Spot, Dream Violence) ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Outer Space is run by Breakfast All Day Collective, a dreammaker project […]

Florist (Double Double Wammy Records, NYC), Doctor Foxmeat

1100 M Street, Arcata, CA, 95521

11.12.18 at Outer Space, 7pm, $7, all ages ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Florist (from New York City, Double Double Wammy Records) https://florist.bandcamp.com/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbyyxIZ02Zs Florist is a soft-synthesizer-friendship project of Emily Sprague, Rick Spataro, and Jonnie Baker. Born in the Catskill Mountains in 2012, the three began making playing and recording together after discovering their shared love for many […]

Mutual Benefit (on tour from NYC), Blood Hunny

1100 M Street, Arcata, CA, 95521

11.18.18 at Outer Space, 7pm, $6, all ages ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mutual Benefit (from New York City, Transgressive Records) https://mutualbenefit.bandcamp.com/ Mutual Benefit’s newest and 9th album, Thunder Follows The Light, contemplates the ongoing destruction of the outer world and how it shapes the storms of our inner ones. There are meditations on the environment, collective struggle, death, […]

Buck Meek (of Big Thief) // Twain // Hollan // Emelia Grace

Wednesday, February 6 7:00-10:00 PM $6-$20 All Ages ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Buck Meek (Wimberley, TX): "On his self-titled solo debut, however, Meek delivers limber, springy songs that prioritize his songwriting and a more laid-back approach to the guitar. Before Big Thief got off the ground, he and Lenker worked together on sparse, guitar-driven tunes that they released […]

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