Listings 7/28-8/3

Issue #3

This week’s live music events:

Wednesday 7/28

• Jeffrey Slough and Michael Handron, All That Jazz, 6 pm: acoustic Americana

Thursday 7/29

• The Walrus, Barkley Farmers Market, noon: classic rock

• Lowdown Brass Band, Hotel Bellwether, 5 pm: New Orleans brass

• Steve Webb and the Great Mad Swirl, Boundary, 5:30 pm: Americana/soul/reggae

• Tracy Spring and Jezebel’s Mother, Elizabeth Park, 6 pm: folk

• Cayley Schmid and Clea Johnson, Hotel Leo, 6 pm: fiddle tunes

• Lefty and The Right Hand Band, Goods Local Brews, 6 pm: rock and blues

• Cookie Tongue, Larkin Grimm, and Arrington de Dionyso, Alternative Library, 7 pm: freak-folk/ experimental

• Smooth Kiwi, Kulshan Trackside, 8 pm: psychedelic pop

Friday 7/30

• Tracy Spring and Jezebel’s Mother, Boundary, 4:30 pm: folk

• Raveis Kole, Skylarks, 5 pm: singer-songwriters

• High Mountain String Band, Bellewood Farms, 6 pm: bluegrass

• La Fever Dream, All That Jazz, 6:30 pm: folk

• Hockey Teeth, NW Hip Hop Collective and India Glover, KZAX live broadcast, 7 pm: indie rock, hip hop, singer-songwriter

• Carr Johnson and Bruce Parker, Fireside, 7 pm: classic soft rock and pop

• The Super Funks, Boundary, 7 pm: funk

• Hambone Wilson and Jan Peters, Greene’s Corner, 7 pm: blues

• Cory Vincent, 1000 Acres, 8 pm: grungy blues

• Built to Spill and guests, Wild Buffalo, 9 pm (Sold Out)

Saturday 7/31

• Heron and Crow, Boundary, 1-3 pm: folk/ bluegrass

• LipStitch, The Stillvettas, Cat Valley, and The Final Remark, Moore St. Block Party 4-7 pm: rock/ punk/ indie

• Adrian Clark, Lighthouse Bar at Hotel Bellwether, 5 pm: jazz

• Bob Paltrow, Skylarks, 5 pm: rock/ pop/ folk

• Crooked Constellation and Virginia Rail, Paws for A Beer, 5:30 pm: bluegrass

• Bad Camper and Munch, Gruff Brewing, 6:30: indie/ folk /pop

• Danned If I Do, Boundary, 7 pm: classic rock covers

• Tracy Spring and Jezebel’s Mother, house concert, 7 pm: folk

• Marie (The Band), Honey Moon, 8 pm: folk

Sunday 8/1

• Queen’s Bluegrass, Kulshan Trackside, 3 pm: bluegrass

• Kevin Woods Trio, Hotel Bellwether, 4 pm: jazz

• The Unknowns, Twin Sisters, 5:30: jazz/ blues/ contemporary

• Andy Coe Band, Wild Buffalo, 8:30: Jerry Garcia celebration ($12)

Monday 8/2

• Mind’s Eye, Kulshan on James St., 6 pm: funky instrumentals

Picks of the Week:

The Wednesday nights at Kulshan’s trackside beer garden have been turning into quite the weekly event. Smooth Kiwi seems like a great pick to keep that going this week. I’m a sucker for a good brass band, so Lowdown Brass Band at the Bellwether the next night should also be a lot of fun. Saturday we’ve got a bunch of bands shutting down a block of Moore St. for a punky rock and roll party. Headliners LipStitch were responsible for one of my favorite local albums of 2020. The whole thing will also be live-streamed. Personally I’m pretty indifferent to all things Grateful Dead related but I know an awful lot of folks around here are into that scene and Andy Coe seems like he knows how to take you on a serious trip into the jam-hole.

Ongoing weekly events:

• Wednesday Open Mic, Honeymoon, 8:30 pm

• Thursday Elizabeth Park concerts 6-8 pm

• Thursday Open Mic, Crossroads

• Thursday Irish Session, Uisce, 7-9:30 pm

• Saturday Singer’s Saturday, Fireside, 3:30-6:30 pm

• Sunday Jazz by the Bay, Bellwether, 4-7 pm

• Sunday Robert Sarazin Blake, 5 pm online show: singer-songwriter with guests

• Sunday The Devilies, Kulshan on James St., 5 pm: Irish/ folk

• Monday Irish Session, Greene’s Corner, 6:30-8 pm

• Tuesday Lindy at the Leo, 6 pm: swing dancing

• Tuesday Out of the Ashes, Boundary, 3:30-5:30 pm

• Tuesday The Local Jam 102.3, 7-8 pm: local music on the radio

• Tuesday DJ Yogoman, Kulshan Trackside, 7-10 pm: reggae, hula hooping, etc.

News and Upcoming Events:

Make.Shift is having a rummage sale with some great live music including Cumulus and Go Slowpoke. Mark your calendars for August 21st.

Speaking of Cumulus, she’s the special guest on Robert Sarazin Blake’s online show this Sunday.

Further in the future, the Bellingham Irish Fest is coming back in person this year, October 7th-10th, with a mixture of workshops, concerts, and sessions.

Kyle from The Local Jam on KMRE would like to let all the musicians out there know to send him recordings. Send MP3s or MP4s to thelocaljam@kmre.org, embed song titles in the metadata if possible, and include names, contact info, and song titles in your email.

The Wild Buffalo is hiring! Bartenders and security staff but also lighting and sound techs. Email info@wildbuffalo.net if you think you want to be part of that.

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Rock and roll picture of the week is Miles Harris at Boundary Bay. Picture by Leland Anderson, used by his kind permission. Thanks also to Jeremiah Austin for our cool new cover photo.

Video of the week is The Stillvettas, playing a pop up show late at night on the corner of Railroad and Holly.