Make.Shift Art Space is excited to announce the upcoming date of our area’s favorite wet-and-weird summer fundraiser: The Make.Shift Block Party, taking place on Saturday, Aug. 2, from 12:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Things are ramping up for the third annual Block Party, which will close down an entire block between Prospect and Grand Streets for family-friendly shenanigans that will include:
- All-day live local music
- Inflatable gladiator joust (yes, you too can bash your friends in the head)
- New, improved, and relocated Slip ’N Slide of Doom
- Climbing wall by Vital Climbing Gym – Bellingham
- Punk Rock haircuts by Toni&Guy Hairdressing Academy – Bellingham, WA
- Skate Jam by Unknown Board Shop
Beer garden featuring beer by PBR, Aslan Brewing Company, Kulshan Brewing Company, Wander Brewing, and Boundary Bay Brewery and cider by Seattle Cider Company - Mysterious and thrilling *Mysterious and thrilling kinetic sculpture!
- Food trucks!
- Bike and water games
- Kid Zone + bounce house and puppet shows
- Dunk Tank
- Live screen printing by Iron Street Printing
- Info tables by awesome orgs like Bellingham Girls Rock Camp, ZAPP, Signed Magazine, The Good Time Girls – sin, gin, gore & lore, The RE Store‘s Revision Division, Bellingham Books to Prisoners, Inky Spokes, and more!
- Killer raffle!
Come on down. Wear something weird. Bring a shirt to get screen-printed.
WHAT: The Make.Shift Block Party
With live music by:
- Spectres
- Just Kidding
- Eagle Teeth
- Baltic Cousins
- Grid Hopper
- The Comettes
- + super secret headliner!
Plus performances by:
- The WWU Hip-Hop Club
- The Provocateurs
- Blonde Ambition Belly Dancers
- and more!
WHERE: The whole block in front of Make.Shift Art Space, 306 Flora St.
WHEN: Saturday, August 2, 12:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
COST: $5
AGE: All ages. Kids welcome! Beer garden for 21+
Check out video of the 2012 Block Party.
