Redwood Coast Music Festival fills Eureka with listening entertainment through weekend

The Joel Paterson Trio and Jonathan Doyle get the dance crowd on their feet while others watch comfortably from their seats at the Eagle House stage. Joel Paterson Trio can be expected to play a variety of American Roots, including honky-tonk, jump, rockabilly, country or Western swing.
(Jose Quezada — For the Times-Standard)

Dave Stuckey and the Hot House Gang with Charlie Halloran, Katie Cavera, Marc Caparone, Josh Collazo, Nate Ketner, and Carl Sonny Leyland take the stage. The annual Redwood Coast Music Festival is rocking Eureka this weekend at venues spread out with shuttles connecting them all. Visitors from out of town are crowding the dance floors with local dancers jumping and swinging to “American Roots Music,” including but not limited to: jazz, swing, blues, zydeco, rockabilly, Americana, Western swing, country, and Cajun roots music. Venues include the Sequoia Conference Center, Veterans Memorial Building, Adorni Center, Eagle House, Red Lion Hotel, Eureka Theater and the Morris Graves Museum.(Jose Quezada — For the Times-Standard)

Jacqueline Stoltz, in red, dances with Tony Gomez to a lively song being performed by Dave Stuckey and the Hot House Gang at the Adorni Center on Thursday night. Visitors from out of town are crowding the dance floors, with local dancers jumping and swinging to “American Roots Music.”
(Jose Quezada — For the Times-Standard)

Jonathan Doyle ends a song playing with the Joel Paterson Trio at the Eagle House stage in Old Town on Thursday night. Doyle, a clarinetist, saxophonist, composer, and arranger lives in Port Townsend, Washington, in the Pacific Northwest. Joel Paterson, not pictured, is a titan on Chicago’s music scene and one of the busiest musicians on the roots music scene today. (Jose Quezada — For the Times-Standard)

Lynn McKenna welcomes music lovers from the stage at the Adorni Center, which serves as the Redwood Coast Music Festival Headquarters. (Jose Quezada — For the Times-Standard)