Listings 8/25-8/31
Issue #7
This week’s live music events:
Wednesday 8/25
Willdabeast, live performance of their new album, streaming, 5 pm: electronic
The Dusty 45s, Nuages, Downtown Sounds, 6 pm: country/ rockabilly
Foxy Apollo, Brue With Friends, Guava Tree, Skylar, Karate Church, 7 pm: funk/ rock
Midnight Theory, Nodalus, DJ Spel Check, Boundary, 8:30 pm: hip hop
Thursday 8/26
The Sweet Goodbyes, Barkley Farmers Market, noon: folk
Lemon Creek, Hotel Bellwether, 5 pm: rock covers
Happy Valley Sluggers, Boundary, 5:30 pm: Cajun
CraigO’s Planet Groove, Elizabeth Park, 6 pm: psychedelic folk/ rock
Calaskan, Hotel Leo, 6 pm: Celtic fiddle and cello duo
Eirik Haugbro Trio, Kulshan K2, 6 pm: jazz/ funk
McKain Lakey, The Sweet Goodbyes, Boundary, 8 pm: folk
Thunderpussy, Wild Buffalo, 9 pm: rock
Friday 8/27
The D’vas, Skylarks, 5 pm: classic pop and rock
Keith and Lynn Carpenter, Firehouse, 5:30 pm
The Super Funks and Hunter Love, Boundary, 6 pm: funk
Queen’s Bluegrass, Bellewood Farms, 6 pm: bluegrass
Trio Sueño, Bar Cicotti, 6 pm: flamenco/ jazz
4 Way Street, All That Jazz, 6:30 pm: folk/ rock
Marvin Johnson and Tim Volpicella, Fireside, 7 pm: jazz
Brothers K, Greene’s Corner, 7 pm: jazz and blues
Echo Sector, Sam and the Savages, Kulshan Trackside, 7 pm: surf, rock
Traesti Darling, Makeworth Market, 7 pm
Lefty and the Right Hand Band, 1000 Acres, 8 pm: folk/ rock/ blues
Convent Bonfires, Munch Ink, Jade Matcha, Karate Church, 8 pm
Bleeps ‘n Bloops, Wild Buffalo, 9 pm: electronic
William Elliott Whitmore, Walter DeBarr, The Shakedown, 9 pm: singer-songwriter
Saturday 8/28
Kid’s Sax Ensemble, The Moving Hats, 11 am, Fairhaven Park, email info@joyofpilates.net to rsvp
Community Folk, Boundary, 1 pm: traditional folk
Jazz Center of Bellingham Quintet, All that Jazz, 1 pm: jazz
Johnathan Sherman Memorial Show, Maritime Heritage Park, 2 pm
The Atlantics, Latin Tinge Septet, Bilongo, Pacific Twang, Boundary, 4 pm: classic rock, latin jazz, country
North Country Highway, Greene’s Corner, 6 pm: alternative folk and country
Benni James, Walker Van Wingerden, Paws For A Beer, 6 pm: singer-songwriter
Jefferson Starship, Silver Reef Casino, 8 pm: classic rock
The Rhetorician, CHVRNS, Marshall Law Band, Wild Buffalo, 9 pm: hip hop
Tacos!, Future Tense, Dryland, The Shakedown, 9 pm: rock/ metal
Sunday
Coty Hogue Trio, Kulshan Trackside, 3 pm: folk
Monday
Mark Hunter Quartet, Kulshan on James St., 6 pm: jazz
Picks of the Week:
There’s a lot going on this week. Some of the jazz highlights include Trio Sueno’s elegant flamenco jazz, and a free Saturday afternoon show featuring a whole bunch of local heavy hitters. On the folk side you’ve got McKain Lakey on Thursday and the return of the Coty Hogue trio on Sunday. If you want to get noisy, there’s Thunderpussy on Thursday and Tacos! on Saturday. Then there are the two big multi-genre memorials on Saturday. At Boundary on Saturday they will be celebrating Ray Downey’s life by raising money for music education with a stacked bill including The Atlantics, Pacific Twang and Bilongo. Then at Maritime Heritage Park there’s a memorial for Jonathan Sherman featuring Mount Saturn, Devin Champlin, Ship to Ship, and a bunch of other great local folks. What are you looking forward to this week? Let us know in the comments.
Ongoing weekly events:
Wednesday Open Mic, Honeymoon, 8:30 pm
Thursday Elizabeth Park concerts 6-8 pm
Thursday Dram and Jam, Hotel Leo, 6-8:30 pm: traditional folk
Thursday Irish Session, Uisce, 7-9:30
Saturday Singer’s Saturday, Fireside, 3:30-6:30
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:
Some new venues joining us in the listings this week! Bar Cicotti is the new Italian style bar and coffee shop in the Lightcatcher Building. Makeworth is the coffee shop and store at the corner of State and Chestnut. Let them know you appreciate them hosting live music!
If you have a new band or musical project that has formed during the last year and a half, even if you haven’t played out yet, please email me at bellinghammusicdigest@gmail.com. I want to do a feature soon on all the new creativity we can hope to see on stage soon.
On a related note, the band Checker Bloom has asked me to let the world know they need a guitar player. Check them out on Soundcloud and email checkerbloommusic@gmail.com for more info.
On September 3rd, Bellingham Girls Rock Camp is hosting a music gear sale, with proceeds benefitting their awesome programs. That will be at 1001 C St.
This is an especially tough time to work at the hospital. Flip Breskin is organizing a program to have uplifting live music during shift changes. For details or to sign up, click here.
Whatcom Talk did a nice profile of the Rhetorician, check that out in advance of going to see him at the Wild Buffalo!
Cat Positive’s new album also got a great detailed review over at Keep Track of The Time. (Full disclosure: I played on one song on this album.) That’s Tyson up top in the picture of the week, photo by Tommy Calderon.
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Video of the week
Gallowglass playing by the bay at sunset, with the Lady Washington behind them.