Listings 8/18-8/25

Issue #6

This week’s live music events:

Wednesday 8/18

• Starboard Moon, All That Jazz, 6:30 pm: blues/ folk

• High Step Society, Stephanie Ann Johnson and the Hidogs, Downtown Sounds: electro-swing, rock/soul

• Triage, The Sheen, Worldwide Levitation, The Shakedown, 8 pm: rock

• Higher Love, Slap Serif, Open Format, Boundary, 8:30 pm: hip-hop

Thursday 8/19

• Giant’s Causeway, Barkley Farmers Market, noon: traditional folk

• Chris Eger Band, Hotel Bellwether, 5 pm: blues/ rock

• Robert Sarazin Blake, Boundary, 5:30 pm: singer-songwriter

• The Sweet Goodbyes, Elizabeth Park, 6 pm: folk/ pop

• Giant’s Causeway Duo, Hotel Leo, 6 pm: traditional folk

• Sons of Rainier, Sofie Mae, Boundary, 8 pm: classic country

• Jacob Seyer, Honeymoon, 8 pm: instrumental guitar

• CHVRNS, Middle Names, Vervex, The Shakedown, 9 pm: electronic/ hiphop, indie, pop

Friday 8/20

• CraigO’s Planet Groove, Skylarks, 5 pm: psychedelic rock

• The Super Funks, Boundary, 6 pm: funk

• Sweater Weather, Bellewood Farms, 6 pm: string band

• Happy Valley Sluggers, Herb’s Cider, 6 pm: Cajun

• Joe and Carol Young, Fireside, 7 pm

• East Coast Dave and the Midwest Swingers, 1000 Acres, 8 pm: folk/ rock

• Them Folkes, Of the Heavy Sun, The Moon is Flat, The Shakedown, 9 pm: rock

• Willdabeast, Pandamonium, ZRO, Wild Buffalo, 9:30 pm: electronic

Saturday 8/21

• Bad Posture Club, Boundary, 2 pm: folk

• Rummage Sale ft. Cumulus, Go Slowpoke, and more, Make.Shift, 3 pm

• Baby Cakes, Petty or Not, Barkley Village, 4 pm: R&B/ pop covers, Tom Petty covers

• Tango Cowboys, Skylarks, 5 pm: cowboy songs and tangos

• Shane Sheridan, Dirty White Shoes, Daniel Devore, Makeworth Market, 6:30 pm

• Yogoman Burning Band, Boundary, 7 pm: reggae/ New Orleans

• Eirik Haugbro, All That Jazz, 7 pm: jazz

• Echo Sector, Gruff, 7:30 pm: surf

• Perfect by Tomorrow, Kulshan Trackside, 7:30: rock/ reggae

• Magnolia Baseball, The Lettered Streets, Cat Positive, 9 pm: indie rock

• Spaceband, Wild Buffalo, 9 pm: R&B covers

Sunday 8/22

• Giant’s Causeway, Kulshan Trackside, 3 pm: traditional folk

• Alicia Dauber, Hotel Bellwether, 4 pm: jazz

• Bob Fossil, Gruff, 6 pm: funky rock

• Pickle Company, Kulshan Trackside, 6 pm: funk

Monday 8/23

• Brothers K, Kulshan on James St., 6 pm: jazz and blues

Tuesday 8/24

• Dr. Jimmy and the Swing Time Serenaders, Boundary, 6:30 pm: big band jazz

Picks of the Week:
Very glad to see Honey Moon starting to do music on Thursdays. Jacob Seyer’s intricate, percussive acoustic guitar instrumentals should fit in nicely there. Friday has a big show for electronic fans at the Buffalo. If you’re looking for something rootsier you could also check out East Coast Dave at 1000 Acres that night. Saturday has basically all of Bellingham’s biggest party bands and if you wanted to you could hit them all. There’s also the Make.Shift rummage sale which ought to have some neat stuff for sale as well as great music. Finally, Gruff is also having two cool shows this weekend, with Echo Sector blasting their sci-fi inspired surf on Saturday and Bob Fossil getting funky on Sunday. Comment below with the shows you are looking forward to this week!

Ongoing weekly events:

• Wednesday Open Mic, Honeymoon, 8:30 pm

• Thursday Elizabeth Park concerts 6-8 pm

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

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

• Sunday Jazz by the Bay, Bellewether, 4-7

• 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: local music on the radio

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

News and Upcoming Events:

The North Cascades Bluegrass Festival has been cancelled for the year due to Covid related concerns.

Analog Brass released their new album and are getting ready to head out on tour.

There’s going to be a production of Rocky Horror Picture Show at the Firehouse in October! Check out their Instagram for details on auditions.

Other than that it seems to have been a slow news week. Email your music scene news to bellinghammusicdigest@gmail.com so I can include it next week. Also if you take photographs of local music, please reach out. I’m looking to develop a rotating group of photographers to contribute and I do have a small budget available, thanks to our wonderful paid subscribers!

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Picture of the week is John Elliot at the Subdued Stringband Jamboree, taken by Leland Anderson. Pretty much the whole Jamboree is up on YouTube, check out Day 2 below!