2. Southern Square Dance - Saturday, April 26th

3. Recorders Northcoast Workshop & Concert - Saturday, April 26th

4. PATTY LARKIN with Peter Mulvey - TUESDAY, APRIL 29th (tickets online now!)

5. Big Baddy Two Sues - Saturday, May 3rd

1. Scatter the Mud Release Party

Celtic session leaders Seabury Gould and Judy Hageman play for Scatter the Mud's release party, at Gallagher's Irish Pub and Restaurant (139 2nd Street, Old Town Eureka). The party starts at 8 pm and admission is free! Seabury will play Irish bouzouki, guitar, bamboo flute and vocals; Judy will be on fiddle and viola; and Alan Morden will play guitar, mandolin, bodhran and vocals.

2. April Southern Square Dance

Saturday, April 26th, starting at 8 pm at the Freshwater Grange is an HFS Southern Square Dance with dynamic caller Tara Stetz and the Striped Pig Stringband. Admission is $7 general, $6 for HFS members, and kids and seniors are free. For more information, please call Tara Stetz at 442-3646.

3. Fire and Ice: Workshop for Recorders, Flutes and Strings

Recorders Northcoast is sponsoring a day-long workshop for recorders, flutes and all string instruments entitled "Fire and Ice: A Medieval and Traditional Musical Journey South and North" on Saturday, April 26th from 10 am - 4 pm at the Humboldt Area Foundation. Instructors Eileen Hadidian and Shira Kammen will lead separate workshops, as well as an ensemble workshop for all instruments. The cost of the event is $55 for the day, with a $10 discount for HFS and ARS members.

Then at Mosgo's at 7 pm, Recorders Northcoast will present a "Celtic Spirit" concert with Eileen Hadidian, Shira Kammen and guests. Admission is $3 for the show.

4. Patty Larkin with Peter Mulvey

Tuesday, April 29th hails the return of the incredible Patty Larkin at the Arcata Playhouse, with Peter Mulvey opening! Admission is $15 general, $13 HFS members. The show is at 8 pm, with doors at 7:30 pm.

Tickets are available at Wildwood Music, The Metro and The Works - and ONLINE at http://www.humboldtfolklife.org/order.html (Online tickets will be held for you at the door.) This show is a co-production of HFS and the Arcata Playhouse's Four on the Floor Productions. (Note: our last email mistakenly listed this show on the 28th.)

5. Big Baddy Two Sues at Baykeeper

Don't miss HFS performers at the Humboldt Baykeeper office in Old Town, monthly at Arts Alive! May 3rd is Big Baddy Two Sues and Friends. Playing trad all over the map, the Sues run the gamut from Irish and English to French, Quebecois and Acadian, plus anything else that fits. The struggle for them both is to keep the number of instruments to what they can each easily carry in one trip!

The two Bad Sues are generally known as Susan Anderson and Sue Moon. Sue Moon is a southern Humboldt fiddler and button accordionist, and also one of our region's most popular dance callers. Folklife Society founder Susan Anderson plays fiddle, flutes, whistles & button accordions. The two Sues have played with the Contra Band, Macchu Picchu, Pasture Prime, and the Rolling Scones.