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Enjoy a weekend of music and art on the waterfront this summer at the first annual Bellstock festival. This free, two-day event is sure to be a summer highlight. Come down to Bellwether Way, bring your picnic blanket and enjoy some local music and art!
Enjoy a weekend of music and art on the waterfront this summer at the first annual Bellstock festival. This free, two-day event is sure to be a summer highlight. Come down to Bellwether Way, bring your picnic blanket and enjoy some local music and art!
Boccemon’s 14th Annual Bellingham Bay Bocce Tournament, benefiting the Whatcom Dispute Resolution Center, is April 23, 2016. .
Bocce enthusiasts from around the NW, local & regional businesses, novice players, and spectators come out for a day of family-friendly festivities, including: A salmon BBQ, Boundary Bay beer garden, raffles, music, bounce houses, face painting, and more! 100% of proceeds benefit the WDRC’s mission to provide and promote constructive and collaborative approaches to conflict through mediation, training, facilitation and community education.
Event timeline:
9:30 – Doors open
10:00 – The round robin tournament- each team plays three games
12:00 – A $10 Salmon BBQ lunch begins
1:00 – The single elimination tournament will begin
3:30 – The championship match
Celebrate the arrival of Friday all summer-long with Fryday Fish Frys in the Beer Garden every Friday from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Enjoy Beer-battered fresh rockfish served up with golden french fries, homemade tartar sauce and slaw! Free live music starts at 6pm. Grab a pint and lets cheers to the weekend!
Thursdays are home to Happy Hour BBQ’s in the beer garden from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. All ages welcome. Kick back with a brew, listen to tunes and enjoy some BBQ. Menu includes: salmon burgers, all natural burgers, veggie burgers (vegan!) brats, french fries, salad, kraut and beer battered onion rings! BBQ continues till 8pm. Free live music starts at 5pm and is hosted each week by Robert Sarazin Blake and rotating guests.
Celebrate the arrival of Friday all summer-long with Fryday Fish Frys in the Beer Garden every Friday from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Enjoy Beer-battered fresh rockfish served up with golden french fries, homemade tartar sauce and slaw! Free live music starts at 6:00 p.m. Grab a pint and lets cheers to the weekend!
Special reunion concert with special guests: Phil Sottile, Valerie Leslie, Stephen Ray Leslie, David Weiss, Chris Glass, Stell Newsome, Bruce Shaw, Tom Forster and More!
$7 Cover. All ages until 10:00 p.m.
Thursdays are home to Happy Hour BBQ’s in the beer garden from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. All ages welcome. Kick back with a brew, listen to tunes and enjoy some BBQ. Menu includes: salmon burgers, all natural burgers, veggie burgers (vegan!) brats, french fries, salad, kraut and beer battered onion rings! BBQ continues till 8pm. Free live music starts at 5pm and is hosted each week by Robert Sarazin Blake and rotating guests.
Thursdays are home to Happy Hour BBQ’s in the beer garden from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. All ages welcome. Kick back with a brew, listen to tunes and enjoy some BBQ. Menu includes: salmon burgers, all natural burgers, veggie burgers (vegan!) brats, french fries, salad, kraut and beer battered onion rings! BBQ continues till 8pm. Free live music starts at 5pm and is hosted each week by Robert Sarazin Blake and rotating guests.
Birch Bay Music Festival is a fun filled family event with great music, vendors, food, a beer and wine garden, event T-shirts, BBMF CD’s and more!
This is a unique musical event that supports local no-kill animal rescues for dogs, cats and orcas. Through awareness and education our goal is to prevent the cycle of abuse. Join in on the fun and our mission, it’s a great time with great people and a great cause!
Fun for the entire family, including your well-mannered fur-kids(on a leash for their safety of course!).
Celebrate the arrival of Friday all summer-long with Fryday Fish Frys in the Beer Garden every Friday from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Enjoy Beer-battered fresh rockfish served up with golden french fries, homemade tartar sauce and slaw! Free live music starts at 6:00 p.m. Grab a pint and lets cheers to the weekend!
Birch Bay Music Festival is a fun filled family event with great music, vendors, food, a beer and wine garden, event T-shirts, BBMF CD’s and more!
This is a unique musical event that supports local no-kill animal rescues for dogs, cats and orcas. Through awareness and education our goal is to prevent the cycle of abuse. Join in on the fun and our mission, it’s a great time with great people and a great cause!
Fun for the entire family, including your well-mannered fur-kids(on a leash for their safety of course!).
4th Annual Autism Awareness music benefit for FACES NW.
Birch Bay Music Festival is a fun filled family event with great music, vendors, food, a beer and wine garden, event T-shirts, BBMF CD’s and more!
This is a unique musical event that supports local no-kill animal rescues for dogs, cats and orcas. Through awareness and education our goal is to prevent the cycle of abuse. Join in on the fun and our mission, it’s a great time with great people and a great cause!
Fun for the entire family, including your well-mannered fur-kids(on a leash for their safety of course!).
The Ferndale Street Festival is in it’s 13th year and we are extremely proud to have claimed the title of 2011, 2012 and 2015 “Ferndale’s Best Community Event.” This year’s MUSIC is top of the line with a mix of Whatcom County’s most talented band and the Festival doesn’t end there. With an entire block dedicated to the family and kids with their own Live Stage acts, a car show, various food outlets, vendors of all trades and a wine & beer tent, there is almost not enough time to take it all in!
With something happening every where you turn you can come and go as you please and never see the same thing twice so plan to spend the entire day and take in everything downtown Ferndale has to offer. There will be several outdoor seating venues for the over 21 crowd at local restaurants and plenty of sales with the local retail stores. So rain or shine, it’s all happening on Main Street where we shut it all down from traffic and have ourselves a fantastic time!
The Ferndale Street Festival is in it’s 13th year and we are extremely proud to have claimed the title of 2011, 2012 and 2015 “Ferndale’s Best Community Event.” This year’s MUSIC is top of the line with a mix of Whatcom County’s most talented band and the Festival doesn’t end there. With an entire block dedicated to the family and kids with their own Live Stage acts, a car show, various food outlets, vendors of all trades and a wine & beer tent, there is almost not enough time to take it all in!
With something happening every where you turn you can come and go as you please and never see the same thing twice so plan to spend the entire day and take in everything downtown Ferndale has to offer. There will be several outdoor seating venues for the over 21 crowd at local restaurants and plenty of sales with the local retail stores. So rain or shine, it’s all happening on Main Street where we shut it all down from traffic and have ourselves a fantastic time!
A Race for Everyone! A 2K race from Kulshan Brewery (on Kentucky, nicknamed K2) to Kulshan Brewery on James Street! This is a festive family friendly event with a finish line band, loads of raffle prizes and tons of fun! This will be our 3rd Annual K2K Race, and will be ‘Merica themed! Dress up in your best red, white and blue!
Please join us at the Community Boating Center on July 29 to celebrate 10 years of boating recreation, safety and education on Bellingham Bay!
The all-day festivities will include discounted boat rentals, kid’s arts and crafts activities, an on-water costume contest, competitive gutter races, food by Simmering Tava, a beer garden featuring brews by Stones Throw Brewing and Boundary Bay Brewery and live music from The Tim McHugh Boys.
We hope you’ll join us to share your favorite CBC memories, make new ones and have fun on the water!
The Birch Bay Music Festival is a 501(c)(3) non profit organization raising money for our local no-kill animal rescues. This is our 7th year putting on this FREE 3 day event. Festivities include live music by 20+ bands, a beer and wine garden, event T-Shirts, food vendors, arts and crafts vendors and a raffle of the hand crafted D’Haitre guitar by Andy Beech with Seahawk inspired artwork by Frank Dooley. Proceeds from this year’s event will benefit local non profit dog and cat rescues Happy Tails Happy Homes and Rescued Hearts Northwest. BBMF is a 100% volunteer run organization including the generous bands that donate their talents and time to support our cause. Your fur friends are welcome to attend (on leash for safety). August 4, 5, 6 2017. Friday 2 p.m. – 10 p.m., Saturday 11 a.m. – 10 p.m., Sunday 11 a.m. – 8 p.m.
The Birch Bay Music Festival is a 501(c)(3) non profit organization raising money for our local no-kill animal rescues. This is our 7th year putting on this FREE 3 day event. Festivities include live music by 20+ bands, a beer and wine garden, event T-Shirts, food vendors, arts and crafts vendors and a raffle of the hand crafted D’Haitre guitar by Andy Beech with Seahawk inspired artwork by Frank Dooley. Proceeds from this year’s event will benefit local non profit dog and cat rescues Happy Tails Happy Homes and Rescued Hearts Northwest. BBMF is a 100% volunteer run organization including the generous bands that donate their talents and time to support our cause. Your fur friends are welcome to attend (on leash for safety). August 4, 5, 6 2017. Friday 2 p.m. – 10 p.m., Saturday 11 a.m. – 10 p.m., Sunday 11 a.m. – 8 p.m.
The Birch Bay Music Festival is a 501(c)(3) non profit organization raising money for our local no-kill animal rescues. This is our 7th year putting on this FREE 3 day event. Festivities include live music by 20+ bands, a beer and wine garden, event T-Shirts, food vendors, arts and crafts vendors and a raffle of the hand crafted D’Haitre guitar by Andy Beech with Seahawk inspired artwork by Frank Dooley. Proceeds from this year’s event will benefit local non profit dog and cat rescues Happy Tails Happy Homes and Rescued Hearts Northwest. BBMF is a 100% volunteer run organization including the generous bands that donate their talents and time to support our cause. Your fur friends are welcome to attend (on leash for safety). August 4, 5, 6 2017. Friday 2 p.m. – 10 p.m., Saturday 11 a.m. – 10 p.m., Sunday 11 a.m. – 8 p.m.
A free block party celebration of one of the founding fathers of Lynden, Billy Waples. The festivities include free chowder and bread from Avenue Bread, giveaways and promotions by Village Books, Drizzle, and Bellingham Baby Company, tours of the Inn at Lynden and live music and a Beer Garden hosted by Overflow Taps. The Lynden Fire Department will also be making an appearance.
But the real attraction is the Passport to Prizes giveaway. Guests who pick up a Passport at any one of the merchants and get it stamped are eligible to spin the wheel for a chance at a multitude of prizes and entrance to a Grand Prize drawing that includes a two night stay at the Inn at Lynden, and “Billy Bucks” – $5 coupons that can be used as cash for goods from any merchants inside the Waples Mercantile Building.
All are welcome.
Come enjoy all that is Bellingham!
A rotating selection of local makers hosted by Goods Local Brews and Goods Nursery & Produce. We believe that commerce should be social; we aim to create relationships with our customers while offering a direct artists-to-buyers market! All products are made locally. All beer on tap is sourced locally. All produce is sourced locally.
We are fundamentally operational as members and contributors to the ‘City of Subdued Excitment’. Come visit us for a truly ‘Bellinghome’ experience!
Family friendly, dog friendly, coffee, beer, dumplings and snacks for kiddos.
A fun curated market for dude-specific items. Records, vintage tees, coffee, leather, beer, food trucks, produce, music, and more. Family- and dog-friendly!
Bellingham Handmade’s mission is to invigorate our community with unique retail experiences, improving commerce on all levels.
We aim to help artists develop strong relationships with their customers directly.
Our ambition is community growth of the artisans and crafters of Bellingham, Washington.
A Fairhaven restaurant is meeting the demand for live music and safe socializing by launching a beer and wine garden Friday, May 28.
Skylark’s Hidden Café, a favorite of local residents and tourists since 1995, is opening the outdoor garden from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays through September. The first live music performance there will be from 5-8 p.m. Saturday, May 29 and feature rock ‘n’ roll music from The Three Radicals.
“We know Bellingham residents can’t wait for the return of live music and our local groups need venues to play,” said Brad Haggen, owner of Skylark’s Hidden Café. “The outdoor garden below our patio and behind the restaurant will be a great place for summer relaxation and entertainment.”
The outdoor garden at 1311 10th St. will offer local beers, wine, seltzers and to-go food from Skylark’s. The garden will be covered by a tent previously used on the restaurant’s patio, which will remain open for sun lovers, Haggen said.
Skylark’s Hidden Café is located at 1308 11th St., serving breakfast, lunch and dinner daily from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. For more information, call (360) 715-3642 or visit www.skylarkshiddencafecom.
