Listings 12/1-12/7
Issue #21
This week’s live music events:
Wednesday 12/1
Open Mic, Karate Church, 6 pm
WWU Symphonic Band, WWU PAC, 8 pm
Thursday 12/2
Alger Rhythms, Menace, 6 pm: rock covers
J.P. Falcon, That’s What I Like, 6 pm: acoustic rock/ reggae/ country covers
John Craigie, Kassi Valazza, Wild Buffalo, 8 pm: singer-songwriter
Proud Failures, Boxcutter PNW, Potbelly, Muppet Fetish, Shakedown, 9 pm: punk
Friday 12/3
4 Way Street, Firehouse PAC: classic folk/rock covers (part of a craft fair which goes 4:30-8 pm, not sure when the music starts)
Cat Valley, Maddie Pritchard, Aslan, 5 pm: rock
Free Harmony, Twin Sisters, 5 pm: classic rock/ pop
Rich Rorex, Skylark’s, 5 pm: pop/jazz/classical guitar
TBA, Lighthouse Grill, 5:30 pm: jazz/ lounge
Mike Bonds, Menace, 6 pm: country
Dick and Jane, The Black Drop, 6 pm
North Country Highway, Greene’s Corner, 6 pm: country/ rock
The Moving Hats, Wink Wink, 6:30 pm: Irish/ folk
Nuages, Uisce, 7 pm: Gypsy jazz
The Divas, Fireside, 7 pm: classic pop/ rock and roll
Trace Bundy, Mount Baker Theater, 7:30 pm: instrumental acoustic guitar
Jeffrey Slough and Michael Handron, Snowy River, 8 pm: acoustic covers
Fossil Fire, Checker Bloom, Shakedown, 8:30 pm: indie rock
Travis Thompson, Perry Porter, CHVRNS, KraymerGDot, Wild Buffalo, 9 pm: hip hop
Saturday 12/4
Market Street Dixieland Jass Band, VFW Hall, 2 pm: traditional jazz
TBA, Lighthouse Grill, 5:30 pm: jazz/ lounge
Crooked Constellation, Menace, 6 pm: string band
Whalien, Mr. Feelgood and the Firm Believers, Moose Almighty, Schweinhaus, 6:30 pm: jam/ funk/ rock
Lindsay Street, Greene’s Corner, 7 pm: traditional folk
Brittany Collins, Skylark’s, 8 pm: singer/ songwriter
El Ten Eleven, Sego, Wild Buffalo, 9 pm: instrumental rock with lots of looping
The Sons of Rainier, Von Wildenhaus, Marlo Mudd, Shakedown, 9 pm: country
Sunday 12/5
Harris Twins, Kulshan, 5 pm: classic rock/ R&B covers
Hot Damn Scandal, Amendment 21, 8 pm: folk/ blues/ ragtime
Monday 12/6
Hambone Wilson and Jan Peters, Kulshan, 5 pm: blues
Tuesday 12/7
Picks of the Week:
The open mic tonight is going to be live streamed, so if you have friends in other places and feel like sharing your music with them that’s a neat opportunity. Thursday you’ve got your choice of a cult favorite singer-songwriter or an excellent bunch of noisy local punks. Friday is going to be a big night downtown, with lots of music to go along with Art Walk. You could try to do a double header, hit one show early and another one late. (If you come by Wink Wink be sure to say hi, that’s me on guitar.) Fossil Fire are celebrating the release of their debut album and what I’ve heard from that sounds great. Saturday’s show at Schweinhaus should be a party, and it would be great to see them do more live music there. If you’re looking for something a little mellower you’ve got the Sons of Rainier doing classic country at the Shakedown, with support from the unclassifiable weirdness of Von Wildenhaus. Amendment 21 is, true to their name, celebrating the anniversary of the end of Prohibition on Sunday with a show by Hot Damn Scandal, that will be a lot of fun.
Ongoing weekly events:
Wednesday Aaron Guest on piano, Boundary, 6 pm
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 Open Mic, Snowy River, 8 pm
Saturday Singer’s Saturday, Fireside, 3:30-6:30
Saturday Otto’s Hour, local music on KZAX 94.9, 6-7 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 The Local Jam 102.3 7-8 pm: local music on the radio
Tuesday Paul Klein on piano, Boundary, 6 pm
News and Upcoming Events:
The Wild Buffalo has some neat local music only bills coming up on the next two Thursdays, one of them co-presented by this very newsletter. On Thursday the 9th it’s Munch Ink, Cat Valley, and Foxy Apollo, then on the 16th it’s Bob Fossil, Separatr, and Blood Capsules. It would be great to see these kinds of shows becoming a fixture on that stage, so I hope many of you will come out for them!
This Friday is a Bandcamp Friday, making it an excellent chance to support local musicians and check out new music. If you missed it, I did another local music roundup yesterday to go with the one from August. Those might help you find some things to check out. If there’s something I missed be sure to mention it in the comments. Two I already know I missed: The Unknowns will have some new music on there soon, and Proud Failures just dropped a rager of a punk EP and will be celebrating that on Thursday.
Whatcom Live Aid is happening the weekend of the 10th and 11th to raise money for those affected by the ongoing flooding. A whole bunch of top local musicians are already signed up to perform benefit shows around town. If you are interested in contributing either as a performer or a venue email me at bellinghammusicdigest@gmail.com and I can help get you connected.
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