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Jul
14
Thu
Happy Hour with Robert Blake & Big Top @ Boundary Bay Brewery
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Jul 14 @ 4:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Happy Hour with Robert Blake & Big Top @ Boundary Bay Brewery | Bellingham | Washington | United States

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.

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Categories: Arts and Entertainment Food & Beverage Music Concerts Tags: all natural burgers beer garden bellingham brewery Boundary Bay Brewery Boundary Bay Root Beer family friendly free french fries listen to tunes and enjoy some BBQ. Menu includes: salmon burgers Music outdoor salad summer veggie burgers (vegan!) brats
Jul
28
Fri
Pigs on the Wing – A Tribute to Pink Floyd @ San Juan Community Theatre
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Jul 28 @ 7:30 pm
Pigs on the Wing - A Tribute to Pink Floyd @ San Juan Community Theatre | Friday Harbor | Washington | United States

FRI JULY 28: WISH YOU WERE HERE
SAT JULY 29: THE WALL

Join the NW’s premier live tribute to Pink Floyd PIGS ON THE WING for an unforgettable 2 night stand of classic, timeless psychedelic rock at the San Juan Community Theater! Each night features a unique set and album performance – special 2 night passes available!

Both shows are open to all ages!

FRI JULY 28th: full performance of Pink Floyd’s 1975 classic album Wish You Were Here in its entirety, plus a full 2nd set of Pink Floyd from all eras!

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Categories: Arts and Entertainment Music Concerts Tags: friday harbor pigs on the wing pink floyd pink floyd tribute san juan the wall wish you were here
Jul
29
Sat
Pigs on the Wing – A Tribute to Pink Floyd @ San Juan Community Theatre
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Jul 29 @ 7:30 pm
Pigs on the Wing - A Tribute to Pink Floyd @ San Juan Community Theatre | | |

FRI JULY 28: WISH YOU WERE HERE
SAT JULY 29: THE WALL

Join the NW’s premier live tribute to Pink Floyd PIGS ON THE WING for an unforgettable 2 night stand of classic, timeless psychedelic rock at the San Juan Community Theater ! Each night features a unique set and album performance – special 2 night passes available !

Both shows are open to all ages !

SAT, July 29th: Full performance of Pigs on the Wing’s current touring production of Pink Floyd’s 1979 concept album masterpiece The Wall ! This show is 2 sets, exclusively performing The Wall in it’s entirety, cover to cover.

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Categories: Arts and Entertainment Music Concerts Tags: friday harbor pigs on the wing pink floyd pink floyd tribute san juan the wall wish you were here
Aug
10
Thu
WWU Presents: I Love You, You’re Perfect… Now Change @ WWU Performing Arts Center Mainstage
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Aug 10 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
WWU Presents: I Love You, You’re Perfect... Now Change @ WWU Performing Arts Center Mainstage | Bellingham | Washington | United States

A perennial favorite, I Love You, You’re Perfect … Now Change is a breezy, smart, sassy musical comedy revue that celebrates the joys and pitfalls of dating, love and marriage. A talented cast of six tackles multiple characters in a fast-paced series of hilarious, and sometimes poignant sketches and delightful songs. The book is by two-time Tony-Award-winning playwright Joe DiPietro and has been in continuous production throughout the world, having been translated into 17 languages. I Love You, You’re Perfect … Now Change premiered Off-Broadway in 1996 and is the second-longest running Off-Broadway show in history.

Please note: Some mature themes and language.

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Categories: Arts and Entertainment Music Concerts Theater Performances Tags: musical theatre
Aug
11
Fri
WWU Presents: I Love You, You’re Perfec t… Now Change @ WWU Performing Arts Center Mainstage
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Aug 11 @ 7:30 pm
WWU Presents: I Love You, You’re Perfec t... Now Change @ WWU Performing Arts Center Mainstage | Bellingham | Washington | United States

A perennial favorite, I Love You, You’re Perfect … Now Change is a breezy, smart, sassy musical comedy revue that celebrates the joys and pitfalls of dating, love and marriage. A talented cast of six tackles multiple characters in a fast-paced series of hilarious, and sometimes poignant sketches and delightful songs. The book is by two-time Tony-Award-winning playwright Joe DiPietro and has been in continuous production throughout the world, having been translated into 17 languages. I Love You, You’re Perfect … Now Change premiered Off-Broadway in 1996 and is the second-longest running Off-Broadway show in history.

Please note: Some mature themes and language.

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Categories: Arts and Entertainment Music Concerts Theater Performances Tags: musical Musicals theatre
Aug
12
Sat
WWU Presents: I Love You, You’re Perfect … Now Change @ WWU Performing Arts Center Mainstage
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Aug 12 @ 7:30 pm
WWU Presents: I Love You, You’re Perfect ... Now Change @ WWU Performing Arts Center Mainstage | Bellingham | Washington | United States

A perennial favorite, I Love You, You’re Perfect … Now Change is a breezy, smart, sassy musical comedy revue that celebrates the joys and pitfalls of dating, love and marriage. A talented cast of six tackles multiple characters in a fast-paced series of hilarious, and sometimes poignant sketches and delightful songs. The book is by two-time Tony-Award-winning playwright Joe DiPietro and has been in continuous production throughout the world, having been translated into 17 languages. I Love You, You’re Perfect … Now Change premiered Off-Broadway in 1996 and is the second-longest running Off-Broadway show in history.

Please note: Some mature themes and language.

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Aug
13
Sun
WWU Presents: I Love You, You’re Perfect … Now Change @ WWU Performing Arts Center Mainstage
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Aug 13 @ 2:00 pm
WWU Presents: I Love You, You’re Perfect ... Now Change @ WWU Performing Arts Center Mainstage | Bellingham | Washington | United States

A perennial favorite, I Love You, You’re Perfect … Now Change is a breezy, smart, sassy musical comedy revue that celebrates the joys and pitfalls of dating, love and marriage. A talented cast of six tackles multiple characters in a fast-paced series of hilarious, and sometimes poignant sketches and delightful songs. The book is by two-time Tony-Award-winning playwright Joe DiPietro and has been in continuous production throughout the world, having been translated into 17 languages. I Love You, You’re Perfect … Now Change premiered Off-Broadway in 1996 and is the second-longest running Off-Broadway show in history.

Please note: Some mature themes and language.

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Categories: Arts and Entertainment Music Concerts Theater Performances Tags: musical Musicals theatre
Aug
16
Wed
WWU Presents: Bicycle Noir @ Café Velo
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Aug 16 @ 7:30 pm
WWU Presents: Bicycle Noir @ Café Velo | Seattle | Washington | United States

Join us for a unique Bellingham event – a comedic murder mystery play on bicycles! Free and open to all ages. Ride your bike to Café Velo (120 Prospect Street) early to enjoy a coffee or a beer before the play starts at 7:30 p.m. You’ll follow the action of our lead detective as she solves multiple murders by biking through downtown, along the South Bay Trail to Boulevard Park and returning downtown (approximately 5 miles round trip.) You’ll stay mounted on your bike as you follow the clues, stopping briefly to check in on the action at various locations. Please plan to join us after the show for a gathering at Café Velo, where the action of the play will wrap up! Approximately two hours running time.

Email director Rich.Brown@wwu.edu with questions.

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Categories: Arts and Entertainment Music Concerts Theater Performances Tags: musical Musicals theatre western washington university
Aug
26
Sat
WWU Presents: Angel Food Cake @ WWU Performing Arts Center Mainstage
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Aug 26 @ 7:30 pm
WWU Presents: Angel Food Cake @ WWU Performing Arts Center Mainstage | Bellingham | Washington | United States

The West Coast premiere of a play by Kelli Lynn Woodend.

A comedy about life, love and music. After Nashville crushes her country music dreams, Jean returns home to find the man she left behind. When she discovers he’s engaged, she is forced to rely on her deliriously dysfunctional family to help her put the pieces back together. Set in a Tennessee trailer on the lot of a drive-in movie theater, one very unusual family wrestles with doubt, love, obsession and the fine line between faith and fantasy.

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Sep
1
Fri
WWU Presents: The Secret Garden @ WWU Performing Arts Center Mainstage
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Sep 1 @ 7:30 pm
WWU Presents: The Secret Garden @ WWU Performing Arts Center Mainstage | Bellingham | Washington | United States

The Secret Garden, the enchanting classic children’s story of forgiveness and renewal, is reimagined in brilliant musical style by composer Lucy Simon and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Marsha Norman. Orphaned in India, 11-year-old Mary Lennox is sent to Yorkshire to live with her embittered, reclusive uncle Archibald and his invalid son Colin. The estate’s many wonders include a magic garden which beckons the children with haunting melodies and spirits from Mary’s past who guide her through her new life. This concert presentation of the Tony-Award-winning musical is the perfect event for a theater lover, symphony patron or opera buff of any age. With a stunning professional orchestra as the backdrop and a company of talented singing actors as your guides, you will surely find yourself transported.

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Sep
3
Sun
WWU Presents: The Secret Garden @ WWU Performing Arts Center Mainstage
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Sep 3 @ 2:00 pm
WWU Presents: The Secret Garden @ WWU Performing Arts Center Mainstage | Bellingham | Washington | United States

The Secret Garden, the enchanting classic children’s story of forgiveness and renewal, is reimagined in brilliant musical style by composer Lucy Simon and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Marsha Norman. Orphaned in India, 11-year-old Mary Lennox is sent to Yorkshire to live with her embittered, reclusive uncle Archibald and his invalid son Colin. The estate’s many wonders include a magic garden which beckons the children with haunting melodies and spirits from Mary’s past who guide her through her new life. This concert presentation of the Tony-Award-winning musical is the perfect event for a theater lover, symphony patron or opera buff of any age. With a stunning professional orchestra as the backdrop and a company of talented singing actors as your guides, you will surely find yourself transported.

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Dec
12
Thu
Northwest Straits Foundation Holiday Fundraiser @ The Firefly Lounge
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Dec 12 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Northwest Straits Foundation Holiday Fundraiser @ The Firefly Lounge

Come down to enjoy some fantastic tunes and help raise funds for the Northwest Straits Marine Conservation Foundation at their holiday fundraiser!

Music by the Whiskey River Mudflats
Presentations by the Northwest Straits Foundation

$10 cover – with your first beer, well or wine beverage included!
21+ | 6:00 p.m.

The Northwest Straits Foundation, a Salish Sea conservation organization, raises funds to support locally-driven marine restoration, stewardship and education programs.

Their award-winning projects in nearshore habitat restoration and derelict gear removal have restored the coastal environment in Washington’s seven Northwestern counties.

They partner with local agencies, organizations and volunteers to sustain a healthy marine environment. Their work spans the U.S. marine waters of the Strait of Juan de Fuca, the San Juan
Islands, and northern Puget Sound.

By attending this event, your donations go toward removing derelict fishing gear that harm our marine life, restoring healthy shorelines for salmon and Orcas, installing rain gardens to prevent the flow of contaminants into the Salish Sea and much more!

Music for the evening will be provided by the Whiskey River Mudflats. The Whiskey River Mudflats are a three-piece Folk/Americana band that feature two members of the Northwest Straits Foundation staff and a member of the Samish Indian Nation Department of Natural Resources.

Find out more about the Northwest Straits here: https://nwstraitsfoundation.org/

Find out more about the Whiskey River Mudflats here:
facebook.com/whiskeyrivermudflats

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Categories: Music Concerts Non-Profit Fundraising Events Tags: #northweststraits conservation environment Salish Sea
Aug
1
Mon
WNPS Field Trip: Heather Meadows Wildflowers and Bumble Bees @ Heather Meadows Visitor Center
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Aug 1 @ 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
WNPS Field Trip: Heather Meadows Wildflowers and Bumble Bees @ Heather Meadows Visitor Center

The Koma Kulshan Chapter of the Washington Native Plant Society regularly holds educational field trips, meetings, and webinars–typically free and open to the public! Registration is required for this event. Please see below for details.

Date: Monday, August 1
Time: 10 am to 2 pm
Location: Meet at the Visitor’s Center parking lot in Heather Meadows (MP 56 on Mt. Baker Hwy) near the Mt. Baker Ski Area at 10 am.
Participants should bring warm clothes/layers (just in case), sun protection, lunch, and adequate water.

Volunteers from the Koma Kulshan Chapter of the Washington Native Plant Society monitored wildflower phenology (when plants bloom) and bumble bee foraging from spring snow melt to the first snowfall for five years in Heather Meadows. This hike will visit some of the areas that were monitored to see subalpine wildflowers at their peak and learn about how native plants and bumble bees interact to assure pollination and the profusion of wildflowers at Heather Meadows.

We will start the hike at the Visitors Center parking lot and tour three of the transects we monitored at that elevation. We will then drive to the Artist’s Point parking lot and visit two additional transects at higher elevations. This will be about a three-mile hike with about 300 feet of elevation gain. For those who need the exercise, there will be an option of walking up the Wild Goose Trail from the Visitors Center to the Artist’s Point parking lot (add about 1.6 miles and 500 feet elevation gain to the hike).

***Pre-registration with the event organizer is required as the hike will be limited to 12 participants. For more information, please visit our calendar at the link provided.

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Categories: Education Local History Outdoor Recreation Seasonal and Holiday Events Volunteering and Community Enrichment Workshops, Classes and Lectures Tags: Bumble bees ecology environmental education heather meadows Mt. Baker Native pollinators outdoor education Washington Native Plant Society
Jun
9
Fri
BAAY presents: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee @ BAAY Theatre
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Jun 9 all-day
BAAY presents: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee @ BAAY Theatre

Bellingham Arts Academy for Youth presents “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” on June 2-4 and 9-11. Affectionately known as, “Spelling Bee,” this Tony Award winning Broadway musical tells the story of an eclectic group of six tweens hoping to win the spelling championship of a lifetime. While candidly disclosing hilarious and touching stories from their home lives, they spell their way through a series of (potentially made-up) words. A riotous ride, complete with audience participation, this bee is one unforgettable experience.

“Spelling Bee” will feature BAAY students ages 13-17. The first weekend of performances on June 2-4 will be held at the New Prospect Theatre. The following weekend on June 9-11 will be held at the BAAY Theatre. Tickets and more information at baay.org.

Performances at the BAAY Theatre:
Friday, June 9 at 7:00 PM
Saturday, June 10 at 2:00 PM & 7:00 PM
Sunday, June 11 at 2:00 PM

Tickets: $12

Website: baay.org

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Categories: Arts and Entertainment Education Family Events Kids Music Concerts Theater Performances Tags: musical Musical Theater Musicals Performing Arts theatre
Jun
10
Sat
BAAY presents: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee @ BAAY Theatre
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Jun 10 all-day
BAAY presents: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee @ BAAY Theatre

Bellingham Arts Academy for Youth presents “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” on June 2-4 and 9-11. Affectionately known as, “Spelling Bee,” this Tony Award winning Broadway musical tells the story of an eclectic group of six tweens hoping to win the spelling championship of a lifetime. While candidly disclosing hilarious and touching stories from their home lives, they spell their way through a series of (potentially made-up) words. A riotous ride, complete with audience participation, this bee is one unforgettable experience.

“Spelling Bee” will feature BAAY students ages 13-17. The first weekend of performances on June 2-4 will be held at the New Prospect Theatre. The following weekend on June 9-11 will be held at the BAAY Theatre. Tickets and more information at baay.org.

Performances at the BAAY Theatre:
Friday, June 9 at 7:00 PM
Saturday, June 10 at 2:00 PM & 7:00 PM
Sunday, June 11 at 2:00 PM

Tickets: $12

Website: baay.org

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Jun
11
Sun
BAAY presents: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee @ BAAY Theatre
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Jun 11 all-day
BAAY presents: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee @ BAAY Theatre

Bellingham Arts Academy for Youth presents “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” on June 2-4 and 9-11. Affectionately known as, “Spelling Bee,” this Tony Award winning Broadway musical tells the story of an eclectic group of six tweens hoping to win the spelling championship of a lifetime. While candidly disclosing hilarious and touching stories from their home lives, they spell their way through a series of (potentially made-up) words. A riotous ride, complete with audience participation, this bee is one unforgettable experience.

“Spelling Bee” will feature BAAY students ages 13-17. The first weekend of performances on June 2-4 will be held at the New Prospect Theatre. The following weekend on June 9-11 will be held at the BAAY Theatre. Tickets and more information at baay.org.

Performances at the BAAY Theatre:
Friday, June 9 at 7:00 PM
Saturday, June 10 at 2:00 PM & 7:00 PM
Sunday, June 11 at 2:00 PM

Tickets: $12

Website: baay.org

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Aug
5
Sat
BIGFOOT FESTIVAL @ Maple Falls
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Aug 5 all-day
BIGFOOT FESTIVAL @ Maple Falls

Bigfoot Festival 2023 is an all local FUNdraising event with local arts and crafts vendors, live music, food & beverages, with amusement and fun for all ages! Come out to celebrate community and all things bigfoot! This is the 4th Annual Bigfoot Festival hosted by the Maple Falls Park Group. It’s a fundraiser for the Maple Falls Community Park located at 7470 Second St. Maple Falls WA 98266. Funds raised at the festival go to the improvement and regular maintenance of the park.

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Categories: Arts and Entertainment Family Events Festivals, Expos & Parades Food & Beverage Music Concerts Non-Profit Fundraising Events Volunteering and Community Enrichment Tags: #All Local #arts&crafts #bigfoot #free concert #Local Makers #localart #LocalArtists #localgoods #locallymade #localmusic #LocalVendors #makersmarket #mtbaker #sasquatch #summertime #yeti Art Mount Baker Mt. Baker
July 2016 – August 2023 Jul 2016 – Aug 2023