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Issue #28
The big event this week is the Bellingham Folk Festival. All the events marked with ** below are part of that. There are also a whole bunch of jams and workshops which aren’t listed, check those out on their website. Tickets for each event are separate, you don’t have to buy an event pass or anything like that.
This week’s live music events:
Wednesday 1/19
Thursday 1/20
**Coty Hogue Trio, Virginia Rail, Sylvia Center, 7 pm: folk/ bluegrass
**Rosin and Reed, Marie The Band, Honeymoon, 7 pm: folk
International Guitar Night, Mount Baker Theatre, 7 pm
**Magic Forest Fiddlers, Rushad Eggleston, Shakedown, 8 pm: folk
Big Head Todd and the Monsters, Wild Buffalo, 8 pm: rock
Friday 1/21
**Rushad Eggleston, Champlin Guitars, 4 pm: folk
**Katie and Nakos, Welcome Road, 5 pm: folk/ bluegrass
**Traesti Darling, Eli West Trio, The Best Intentions, Honeymoon, 5:15 pm
**Alasdair White, Doran, Sylvia Center, 7 pm: folk/ Celtic
Hambone Wilson, That’s What I Like, 7 pm: blues
Will Byrne, Skylark’s, 8 pm: acoustic covers
**Black Joe Lewis, Cedric Burnside, Wild Buffalo, 9 pm: blues
Saturday 1/22
**Eli West, Champlin Guitars, 2 pm
**Tango Cowboys, Welcome Road, 5 pm: tango
One Lane Bridge, Kulshan, 6 pm: classic rock
La Fever Dream, Paws for A Beer, 6 pm: acoustic covers
**Andrew and Dave, Eli West, Sylvia Center, 7 pm
Brian Charette, Firehouse PAC, 7 pm: jazz
Pink Martini, Mount Baker Theatre, 7:30 pm: international lounge/ jazz
**The Moving Hats, Honeymoon, 8 pm: folk/ Irish
J.P. Falcon Grady, Skylark’s, 8 pm: folk/ blues/ rock
**Sweater Weather Stringband, Ramblxr, Shakedown, 8:30 pm
Terminally Dumb, Karate Church, 8:30 pm: punk
Spaceband, Wild Buffalo, 9 pm: R&B/ pop covers
**West of Roan, Presence, 9:30 pm
Sunday 1/23
**Sean Hall, Champlin Guitars, 1 pm: acoustic guitar
**McKain Lakey, Louis Ledford, Sylvia Center, 2 pm: singer-songwriters
Monday 1/24
Tuesday 1/25
Metalachi, Wild Buffalo, 8:30 pm: metal covers, mariachi style
Picks of the Week:
The non-Folk Festival highlights include two big shows at the MBT, Pink Martini and International Guitar Night, and two touring acts at the Buffalo, Big Head Todd and Metalachi. There’s also a neat jazz show at the Firehouse on Saturday night.
The Folk Festival has such a wide range of events, it really depends what you want to see. All the shows at the Sylvia Center will be very high quality, but they’re a little more expensive. If you’re into folk/ electronic fusion you will want to check out Elias Alexander’s new project Ramblxr at the Shakedown. For sheer instrumental wizardry there’s Sean Hall or Rushad Eggleston. For something quieter but emotionally intense you could try West of Roan. Or keep it simple and just hang out at the Honey Moon all weekend. Be sure to check the whole schedule, there’s a lot!
Whatever you end up doing this weekend, be safe and tip well!
Ongoing weekly events:
Wednesday Aaron Guest on piano, Boundary, 6 pm
Wednesday The Local Jam 102.3 7-8 pm: local music on the radio
Wednesday The Goods Gals, Menace, 7-9 pm: Celtic folk
Wednesday Open Mic, Honeymoon, 8:30 pm
Thursday Open Mic, KPop Chicken, 5-9 pm
Thursday Irish Session, Uisce, 7-9:30
Thursday Salsa classes, Love to Move Studio, 7:30 pm
Friday live music, Lighthouse Grill, 5:30 pm: jazz/ lounge
Friday Open Mic, Snowy River, 8 pm
Saturday Singer’s Saturday, Fireside, 3:30-6:30Saturday live music, Lighthouse Grill, 5:30 pm: jazz/ lounge
Saturday Otto’s Hour, local music on KZAX 94.9, 6-7 pm
Sunday Robert Sarazin Blake livestream 5 pm
Monday Irish Session, Greene’s Corner, 6-8 pm
Monday Miles Harris Boundary Bay 6-8
Tuesday Lindy at the Leo, 6 pm: swing dancing
Tuesday Paul Klein on piano, Boundary, 6 pm
News and Upcoming Events:
Jay Williams has a new single out, feeling very claustrophobic and paranoid in a pandemic-appropriate way.
Separatr are going to be releasing a series of live videos, follow them on YouTube to see those when they come out
Whatcom Talk has a nice story about Black Noise records.
The new Mt. Saturn album now has a name and release date: “O, Great Moon”, March 18th.
Speaking of albums, the new Cumulus album will be coming out this summer and the plan is for it to come out on vinyl! Apparently it’s really hard getting vinyl pressed these days so congrats to Cumulus for making that happen.
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