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Join us in the beer garden on Saturday, August 31st for an exciting performance from Adrian Xavier & Ska Island!
Enjoy live music from 7 – 10 pm in the greatest outdoor music venue downtown Bellingham has to offer! Tickets are $12 presale, $15 at the door. All ages are welcome.
The Adrian Xavier & Ska Island experience is a reggae/ska/afro-latin fusion sensation, a regional supergroup of players who have been pilgrimaging to Lopez Island over the last two years to craft & develop this extremely special, electrifying & up-lifting show.
Ska Island starts it off with a tribute set to the legendary Skatalites, playing their explosive interpretation of vintage first wave ska & rocksteady. Vocal features from members of the band and special guests punctuate the instrumental set. Seattle’s crown prince of reggae Adrian Xavier joins the band for a tour-de-force journey through his conscious, uplifting original reggae & world fusion music.
Join us on Sundays throughout the summer for Trivia in the beer garden. Host Jeff Zwiers presents brain-busters about history, sports, science, pop culture, music, and more! Compete with your friends and test your knowledge, while enjoying local craft beer!
The garden bar opens at 4 pm, registration at 5 pm, trivia starts at 5:30 pm. Trivia is $2 per person, with teams of up to 10 players! The top 3 teams will split the pot!
Do you know which native tree is considered the tree of life? Come to this workshop to find out!
Meet us at NSEA’s campus to discover local plant species and how healthy riparian zones support healthy salmon populations. In this workshop, you will learn about native plants, how to identify them, and why they are important for salmon. Free event – kids and families are welcome! Participants under 18 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian to attend. Registration is optional but encouraged to help us plan for the event.
This event will be hosted outside and include walking around NSEA’s campus in areas such as our native plant nursery, gardens, and forest. Please dress for the weather and wear appropriate walking shoes.
Go to www.n-sea.org/upcoming-events for more details!
Join us in the beer garden on Thursdays throughout the summer for Happy Hour BBQs featuring free live music, craft beer, food, and family-friendly fun!
On Thursday, September 5th enjoy free live music from Quickdraw String Band.
Doors open at 4 pm with music starting at 5!
For 24 summers Robert Sarazin Blake has hosted Happy Hour in the Boundary Bay Beer Garden. Every other week he performs with a revolving band of Bellingham’s finest folk & jazz musicians. In the weeks between, Blake invites a wide variety of local and touring folk musicians to entertain. Each week at 6 pm the beer trivia live game show THE PINT IS RIGHT gives everyone a chance to win a pint of Boundary Bay beer by having, not the most correct answer, but the best!
Emerging from the American string band tradition, Quickdraw String Band plays a repertoire of Old-Time, Early Bluegrass, Country Blues, and Ragtime, including some of their own originals. Experienced and hard-working, they have been performing around the Pacific Northwest off and on for the pasty twenty years. Featuring members Allegra Ziffle, Dave Maguire, Johanna Rochester and Matt Novak, their sound consists of various configurations of mandolin, fiddle, guitar, dobro, bass, banjo, and vocals.
Whatcom Young Professionals is excited to host our annual fundraiser on Thursday, September 5th, from 5:30-8:00pm at Fishermen’s Pavilion. This groovy event will feature food trucks, local beer & cider, a DJ dance party, and Raffles for over $2,500 in gift certificates donated by local businesses, with all proceeds benefiting the Max Higbee Center! Admission includes a drink ticket and access to all the fun; Max Higbee Center members/families attend for free but are encouraged to register in advance online.
We’re excited to welcome GrooveBot back to the beer garden, playing a free show on Saturday, September 7th!
GrooveBot is a high-energy funk experience! Driving horn lines, powerful vocals and a tight rhythm section playing all of your favorite Funk, Soul, and RnB hits from the 1960s through today.
Event starts at 6 pm! This event is open to all ages and free to attend! Enjoy brews, tunes, and community at Boundary Bay!
Join us on Sundays throughout the summer for Trivia in the beer garden. Host Jeff Zwiers presents brain-busters about history, sports, science, pop culture, music, and more! Compete with your friends and test your knowledge, while enjoying local craft beer!
The garden bar opens at 4 pm, registration at 5 pm, trivia starts at 5:30 pm. Trivia is $2 per person, with teams of up to 10 players! The top 3 teams will split the pot!
Join us in the beer garden on Thursdays throughout the summer for Happy Hour BBQs featuring free live music, craft beer, food, and family-friendly fun!
On Thursday, September 12th enjoy free live music from Robert Sarazin Blake & The Happy Hour Band!
Doors open at 4 pm with music starting at 5!
For 24 summers Robert Sarazin Blake has hosted Happy Hour in the Boundary Bay Beer Garden. Every other week he performs with a revolving band of Bellingham’s finest folk & jazz musicians. In the weeks between, Blake invites a wide variety of local and touring folk musicians to entertain.
Each week at 6 pm the beer trivia live game show THE PINT IS RIGHT gives everyone a chance to win a pint of Boundary Bay beer by having, not the most correct answer, but the best!
Join your community in celebrating healthy water, healthy habitat, and healthy people during the 12th annual Run with the Chums 5K Fun Run! This free event welcomes people of all ages and speeds. The 5K course has beautiful views of Whatcom County shoreline and beaches. Children 10 and under can enjoy the Smolt Sprint obstacle course. This year Run with the Chums will be held on September 14th, as a kick off event for Whatcom Water Week at the BP Highlands. The 5K will start at 10AM, and the Smolt Sprint at 9:45 AM. Learn more and register today at www.whatcomcd.org/run-with-the-chums. Register before September 1st to receive a free Run with the Chums T-Shirt while supplies last.
Honoring the fact that water is essential to life and vital to our cultural well-being, join the Whatcom Watersheds Information Network (WWIN) in celebrating “Whatcom Water Week” from Saturday, September 14th through Sunday, September 22nd.
A series of fun, free, family-friendly events throughout Whatcom County offer residents a chance to celebrate the importance of water. In all, there will be many events to choose from, including some which require pre-registration.
Events include:
• Family activities
• Tours and explorations
• Contests and prizes
• Special community events
• And much more!
Visit WhatcomWaterWeeks.org for a full list of events.
Stop by the beer garden on Saturday, September 14th for an unforgettable evening of live music as we kick off our 29th anniversary celebrations with North Sound Soul!
Doors open at 5 pm with music starting at 6. All ages are welcome.
Tickets are $8 presale, $10 at the door. Presale tickets include a coupon for $1 off your first beer at the event.
Established in 2021, North Sound Soul is a 9-piece soul/funk/rock band comprised of savvy veterans of Bellingham’s music scene. The band features a high-energy horn section, and dynamic rhythm section and is fronted by a tag-team duo of powerhouse vocalists. With an ever-expanding catalog, no song or genre is safe from getting the North Sound Soul horn-groove treatment. Their material will take you on a journey from early Motown-era standards by Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett, and Sam & Dave thru 70’s funk cuts by Aretha Franklin, Al Green, and Stevie Wonder, culminating in the classic horn-focused tracks by Chicago and Tower of Power.
Honoring the fact that water is essential to life and vital to our cultural well-being, join the Whatcom Watersheds Information Network (WWIN) in celebrating “Whatcom Water Week” from Saturday, September 14th through Sunday, September 22nd.
A series of fun, free, family-friendly events throughout Whatcom County offer residents a chance to celebrate the importance of water. In all, there will be many events to choose from, including some which require pre-registration.
Events include:
• Family activities
• Tours and explorations
• Contests and prizes
• Special community events
• And much more!
Visit WhatcomWaterWeeks.org for a full list of events.
Join us on Sundays throughout the summer for Trivia in the beer garden. Host Jeff Zwiers presents brain-busters about history, sports, science, pop culture, music, and more! Compete with your friends and test your knowledge, while enjoying local craft beer!
The garden bar opens at 4 pm, registration at 5 pm, trivia starts at 5:30 pm. Trivia is $2 per person, with teams of up to 10 players! The top 3 teams will split the pot!
Honoring the fact that water is essential to life and vital to our cultural well-being, join the Whatcom Watersheds Information Network (WWIN) in celebrating “Whatcom Water Week” from Saturday, September 14th through Sunday, September 22nd.
A series of fun, free, family-friendly events throughout Whatcom County offer residents a chance to celebrate the importance of water. In all, there will be many events to choose from, including some which require pre-registration.
Events include:
• Family activities
• Tours and explorations
• Contests and prizes
• Special community events
• And much more!
Visit WhatcomWaterWeeks.org for a full list of events.
Honoring the fact that water is essential to life and vital to our cultural well-being, join the Whatcom Watersheds Information Network (WWIN) in celebrating “Whatcom Water Week” from Saturday, September 14th through Sunday, September 22nd.
A series of fun, free, family-friendly events throughout Whatcom County offer residents a chance to celebrate the importance of water. In all, there will be many events to choose from, including some which require pre-registration.
Events include:
• Family activities
• Tours and explorations
• Contests and prizes
• Special community events
• And much more!
Visit WhatcomWaterWeeks.org for a full list of events.
Honoring the fact that water is essential to life and vital to our cultural well-being, join the Whatcom Watersheds Information Network (WWIN) in celebrating “Whatcom Water Week” from Saturday, September 14th through Sunday, September 22nd.
A series of fun, free, family-friendly events throughout Whatcom County offer residents a chance to celebrate the importance of water. In all, there will be many events to choose from, including some which require pre-registration.
Events include:
• Family activities
• Tours and explorations
• Contests and prizes
• Special community events
• And much more!
Visit WhatcomWaterWeeks.org for a full list of events.
Honoring the fact that water is essential to life and vital to our cultural well-being, join the Whatcom Watersheds Information Network (WWIN) in celebrating “Whatcom Water Week” from Saturday, September 14th through Sunday, September 22nd.
A series of fun, free, family-friendly events throughout Whatcom County offer residents a chance to celebrate the importance of water. In all, there will be many events to choose from, including some which require pre-registration.
Events include:
• Family activities
• Tours and explorations
• Contests and prizes
• Special community events
• And much more!
Visit WhatcomWaterWeeks.org for a full list of events.
Join us in the beer garden on Thursdays throughout the summer for Happy Hour BBQs featuring free live music, craft beer, food, and family-friendly fun!
On Thursday, September 19th enjoy free live music from Biddy on the Bench!
Doors open at 4 pm with music starting at 5!
For 24 summers Robert Sarazin Blake has hosted Happy Hour in the Boundary Bay Beer Garden. Every other week he performs with a revolving band of Bellingham’s finest folk & jazz musicians. In the weeks between, Blake invites a wide variety of local and touring folk musicians to entertain.
Each week at 6 pm the beer trivia live game show THE PINT IS RIGHT gives everyone a chance to win a pint of Boundary Bay beer by having, not the most correct answer, but the best!
Biddy on the Bench’s origins go back to the winter of 2013, when the founding members met largely out of coincidence. Kevin, Casey, Maeve, and Nick began carving out a niche in Portland, Oregon’s folk scene with a combination of ballads, pub classics, rebel songs, harmonized shanties, and traditional tunes.
This event is part of the Bellingham Celtic Festival! Learn more here: https://bellinghamcelticfestival.com/schedule
This will be a free, family-friendly event to honor the Lummi community members who worked to bring their orca relation out of captivity; to announce the Sk’aliCh’elh-tenaut Legacy Scholarship at Northwest Indian College, and to launch the bilingual children’s book that tells the story of the relationship between the Lummi people and the amazing killer whale Sk’aliCh’elh-tenaut / Tokitae / Lolita.
“Sa’le Q’ewet Netse-lh / Our Hearts Beat as One,” published by Village Books’ Chuckanut Editions and illustrated by Coast Salish artist Jason LaClair, encourages readers of all ages to protect all our relations, and demonstrates the power of inclusivity and collaboration. Complete with helpful background materials and activities, “Our Hearts” is designed to be part of a school curriculum –as well as a home bookshelf– that aims to include and honor Native stories, values, and perspectives.
Event co-hosts include Children of the Setting Sun Productions; Village Books; North Cascades Institute; and Allied Arts of Whatcom County.
Doors open at 6:30pm. Books, as well as tee shirts and tote bags featuring Jason LaClair’s art, will be available for purchase on-site, and are also now available for pre-order in-person or online at www.villagebooks.com.
Honoring the fact that water is essential to life and vital to our cultural well-being, join the Whatcom Watersheds Information Network (WWIN) in celebrating “Whatcom Water Week” from Saturday, September 14th through Sunday, September 22nd.
A series of fun, free, family-friendly events throughout Whatcom County offer residents a chance to celebrate the importance of water. In all, there will be many events to choose from, including some which require pre-registration.
Events include:
• Family activities
• Tours and explorations
• Contests and prizes
• Special community events
• And much more!
Visit WhatcomWaterWeeks.org for a full list of events.
Welcome to Fish Fry Frydays, where the music is rockin’ and the fish is fryin’!
Join us in the beer garden on Friday, September 20th for a Fish Fry with
Enjoy free live music, a delicious fish fry menu, craft beer, and fun for the whole family! Doors open at 4 pm, with music starting at 6!
The Legendary Chucklenuts are a Bellingham-based band that plays a tasty mix of blues, rock & R&B.
Find the Fish Fry menu & future events here: https://www.bbaybrewery.com/fish-fry#/events
Honoring the fact that water is essential to life and vital to our cultural well-being, join the Whatcom Watersheds Information Network (WWIN) in celebrating “Whatcom Water Week” from Saturday, September 14th through Sunday, September 22nd.
A series of fun, free, family-friendly events throughout Whatcom County offer residents a chance to celebrate the importance of water. In all, there will be many events to choose from, including some which require pre-registration.
Events include:
• Family activities
• Tours and explorations
• Contests and prizes
• Special community events
• And much more!
Visit WhatcomWaterWeeks.org for a full list of events.
Honoring the fact that water is essential to life and vital to our cultural well-being, join the Whatcom Watersheds Information Network (WWIN) in celebrating “Whatcom Water Week” from Saturday, September 14th through Sunday, September 22nd.
A series of fun, free, family-friendly events throughout Whatcom County offer residents a chance to celebrate the importance of water. In all, there will be many events to choose from, including some which require pre-registration.
Events include:
• Family activities
• Tours and explorations
• Contests and prizes
• Special community events
• And much more!
Visit WhatcomWaterWeeks.org for a full list of events.
Are you ready for the coming mushroom season? Join Outdoor educator, naturalist, and experienced forager, Jazmen Yoder, for this comprehensive one-day workshop to get prepared! We’ll cover essential skills and knowledge to safely and responsibly forage for wild mushrooms in your area.
In this class you will learn:
Mushroom foraging basics: regulations, ethics, safety, and gear
Mushroom identification techniques for common edible and poisonous species
Mushroom ecology – understanding fungal life cycles, seasonality, and habitats
Tips for finding your own reliable mushroom foraging spots
Through lecture, demonstration, and hands-on activities you’ll gain confidence and know-how before you find yourself in the middle of the upcoming foraging season. We’ll also discuss preservation, cooking, and other ways to enjoy your fungal finds.
Whether you’re a beginner or have some foraging experience, this workshop will provide the fundamentals of responsible mushroom foraging to prepare you for a bountiful mushroom season. Join this special event to get ready to hunt those delicious wild fungi!
Join us on Sundays throughout the summer for Trivia in the beer garden. Host Jeff Zwiers presents brain-busters about history, sports, science, pop culture, music, and more! Compete with your friends and test your knowledge, while enjoying local craft beer!
The garden bar opens at 4 pm, registration at 5 pm, trivia starts at 5:30 pm. Trivia is $2 per person, with teams of up to 10 players! The top 3 teams will split the pot!
