Cloverdale Friday Night Live: Earl Thomas

Every Friday through September 4, you are invited to gather in the streets of downtown Cloverdale for a street fair complete with vendors, food and live music! The Street Fair starts at 6pm and the music will play from 7pm – 9:30pm.

Earl Thomas Bridgeman, born on August 29, 1960, in Pikeville, Tennessee, is a celebrated blues singer and songwriter based in San Diego, California. Raised in a musical family—his mother was a gospel singer and his father a blues musician—Thomas developed a deep connection to both gospel and blues traditions. He began performing in the early 1980s at Arcata clubs while attending Humboldt State University, marking the start of his professional music career.