Bellingham Alive

Skagit Community Band Presents "Cinema Paradiso" Free Concert
2025-03-28 19:30 - 21:00, 2025-03-30 15:00 - 17:00 (America/Denver)
The Skagit Community Band Presents:
“Cinema Paradiso”
Music from the Silver Screen
Join the Skagit Community Band as we perform music from popular and obscure movies and shows. Soundtrack selections from the composers: Ennio Morricone (Cinema Paradiso, Moments From Morricone), John Williams (Cowboys, and Catch Me If You Can), Alan Menken (Disney’s Hercules Highlights) and Hiroshi Miyagawa (Space Battleship Yamato) , just to name a few. Concerts at Maple Hall in La Conner Friday March 28, at 7:30, and The Westminster Presbyterian Church in Anacortes (across from the Anacortes Public Library) Sunday March 30, at 3:00. Free Admission, donation gladly accepted. For more information please visit our website: Skagitcommunityband.org.

Rastrelli Cello Quartet comes back to Bellingham!
2025-04-06 15:00 - 17:00
BMC brings the world-famous Rastrelli Cello Quartet back to Bellingham for their exclusive West Coast engagement!
“The Best of…” celebrates 25 years of touring Europe and North America with a wide and exciting repertoire. Start with favorite works by Gluck, Tchaikovsky and Grieg, follow by Piazzolla’s tangos and film scores by Ennio Morricone, Hans Zimmer, and Henry Mancini, and conclude with surprises from the popular song book. A show for the whole family!!!
Tickets are on sale at Village Books in Fairhaven, online on https://www.universe.com/events/rastrelli-cello-quartet-is-back-in-bellingham-tickets-40K1VS, and at the door if not sold out. Thanks to a grant from the Washington State Arts Commission, students are free.
Sunday, April 6, 3pm at WCC Heiner Center, 231 W. Kellogg Rd., Bellingham, WA 98226. More information on https://bellinghammusicclub.org/

Songs of Stage and Screen
2025-04-25 19:00 - 20:30
Selected songs from Broadway and movies. The audience will have a chance to sing along to selected songs. Family friendly.

Songs of Stage and Screen
2025-04-26 15:00 - 16:30
Selected songs from Broadway and movies. Audience will have a chance to sing along to selected songs. Family friendly.

The Path to Kindness
2025-05-10 19:00 - 21:00
Kulshan Chorus presents “The Path to Kindness,” directed by Dustin Willetts. Inspired by the book of poems by the same name (edited by James Crews), this uplifting concert about connection and joy encourages us to combine self-care with acts of kindness towards others. Consider joining us not only for the performance but in reading this encouraging poetry along the way. Stay tuned for more info! www.kulshanchorus.org, info@kulshanchorus.org

Kat Eggleston and Tracy Spring in Concert
2025-05-17 11:30 - 13:00
The 2025 La Conner Guitar Festival presents a special late morning concert with songwriters and long-time friends Kat Eggleston and Tracy Spring on Saturday, May 17, 11:30am-1:00pm. The two women will “swap tunes” back and forth in an intimate concert setting: the Club House of the Swinomish Yacht Club, (310 N. 1st St.) Tickets are $15 in advance and $20 at the Festival Box Office (Maple Hall, 104 Commercial St.)
https://laconnerguitarfestival.com/late-morning-concerts
Kat Eggleston is a singer, guitarist, songwriter, and playwright who has performed and taught internationally for more than thirty years, creating many solo and collaborative recordings of original and traditional music that have been distributed world-wide.
A seasoned performer as well, Tracy Spring has played in folk venues and festivals throughout North America and Australia, often combining her musical life with social justice work. With folk, blues and jazz influences, she displays a style all her own.

Skagit Symphony - Timeless Elements:Fire
2025-05-17 19:30 - 21:00
Skagit Symphony – Timeless Elements: Fire
Saturday, May 17th, 2025, 7:30pm
McIntyre Hall, 2501 E College Way Mount Vernon WA
“Music is the spark that lights the fire of the soul.” Skagit Symphony starts the festivities by setting off Handel’s Fireworks. Marta Szlubowska dazzles with Tchaikovsky’s violin concerto, and Erica Montgomery will Raise the Roof on our brand-new set of timpani. We bring our final evening concert to a close with the magic of Stravinsky’s Firebird.
For more information email info@skagitsymphony.com, visit our website https://www.skagitsymphony.com/fire or call 360-848-9336
For tickets visit https://purchase.mcintyrehall.org/ChooseSeats/1201

BMC matinee program with baritone Richard Hodges and pianist Jay Rozendaal
2025-06-04 10:30 - 11:30
BMC June program features baritone Richard Hodges, renowned opera performer, composer and educator, and Jay Rozendaal, a world-class voice coach and pianist who calls Bellingham his home, in a special performance to close its 109th season.
They present a varied program that covers a wide scope of styles and genres. It includes works by Verdi, Ravel, Gershwin and Margaret Bonds.
Join us for a matinee concert on Wednesday, June 4, at 10:30am, at Trinity Lutheran Church, 119 Texas St. in Bellingham. Free, open to all, and family friendly. This is BMC’s gift to the community! More information on https://bellinghammusicclub.org/

Music at St. Paul's Presents: A Musical Prayer for Peace
2025-06-04 19:00 - 21:00
The music program at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church presents a performance at 7pm on Wed. June 4th of The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace, by Karl Jenkins. Featuring trumpet, percussion, flute/piccolo, cello, organ, and choir, this piece was first performed in 2000 by the London Philharmonic Orchestra. It is an anti-war piece based on the Catholic Mass, featuring lyrics from a wide variety of religious traditions. Childcare is available.
Tickets are $25/adult and $15/student, and can be purchased here: https://music-stpauls.org/events

BMC Night Beat presents baritone Richard Hodges, pianist Jay Rozendaal, and special guests
2025-06-05 19:30 - 21:00
BMC June evening program features baritone Richard Hodges, renowned opera performer, composer, and educator—and Jay Rozendaal, a world-class voice coach and pianist who calls Bellingham his home—in a special performance to close its 109th season.
The program includes works by Verdi, Vaughan Williams, Margaret Bonds, Nathaniel Dett, and Dr. Hodges. Special guests: soprano Heather Dudenbostel joins Hodges and Rozendaal for a Mozart aria and a song by Stephen Sondheim, and Eli Schille-Hudson comes in to perform a song cycle for baritone and guitar by John Rutter.
Full-length BMC Night Beat is on Thursday, June 5, 7:30pm at First Congregational Church, 2401 Cornwall Ave. in Bellingham. No ticket purchase required; we suggest a $20 donation. All are welcome and students are always free!
Find out more about BMC’s season and endeavors on https://bellinghammusicclub.org/

The Unknowns 100th show!
2025-06-14 19:00 - 21:00
A little bit of Jazz, blues, pop, swing and their own originals. Giveaways!

Keys & Cocktails
2025-06-20 17:00 - 22:00
Kick off the weekend in style with Keys & Cocktails at Hotel Leo, happening Friday, June 20! Start your evening with a piano happy hour as the brand-new Steinway comes to life with the soulful vocals of Julie Lewis and the lively tunes of piano maestro Mark Nichols. From sultry torch songs to rowdy singalongs, it’s the perfect mix of music, history, and good company. Sip on a cocktail, settle into the warm ambiance, and let the music set the tone for a fantastic Friday night.
June 20, 2025
Music starts at 5 PM and plays till 10 PM.

Skagit Pops!: Wild, Wild West
2025-06-21 19:30 - 21:00
Skagit Symphony presents- Skagit Pops!: Wild, Wild West
Saturday, June 21st, 2025, 7:30pm
Sunday, June 22nd, 2025 3:00pm
McIntyre Hall, 2501 E College Way Mount Vernon WA
Join us in June to find out how the West was fun! We’ve rounded up all the best tunes, from The Magnificent Seven, Dances with Wolves, John Williams’ Cowboys Overture, and more. Yippee-ki-yay!
For more information email info@skagitsymphony.com, visit our website at https://www.skagitsymphony.com/wild-wild-west or call 360-848-9336
For tickets visit https://purchase.mcintyrehall.org/EventAvailability?EventId=1601

Skagit Pops! Wild, Wild West
2025-06-21 19:30 - 21:00
Skagit Symphony presents: Skagit Pops! Wild, Wild West
Saturday June 21, 7:30pm
Sunday, June 22, 3:00pm
Join us on Saturday, June 21 OR Sunday, June 22, for our Skagit Pops! concert!
We’ve rounded up all the best tunes, from The Magnificent Seven, Dances with Wolves, William Tell, John Williams’ Cowboys Overture, and more. Yippee-ki-yay!

Skagit Pops! Wild, Wild West
2025-06-22 15:00 - 16:30

Vox:The Art of the Inner Monologue
2025-08-27 19:00 - 21:00
On one unforgettable night at Lairmont Manor, soprano Ibidunni Ojikutu and pianist Jay Rozendaal bring “Vox: The Art of the Inner Monologue” to life in a brand new English adaptation of Poulenc’s “La voix humaine”
August 27, 2025
7pm at Lairmont Manor
Tickets and more info at:
Risingwaterscollective.org

MaSango
2025-08-29 20:00 - 22:00
MaSango — world renowned, award winning multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, bandleader and producer Zivanai teams up with the vibrant and multitalented Helen to form this dynamic duo. They bring you sounds from Zimbabwe and Southern Africa as well as the wider African Diaspora.

BMC matinee program with Bellissima Brass
2025-09-03 10:30 - 11:30
Bellingham Music Club opens its 110th season with Bellissima Brass, a quintet that plays a women composers program for horn, trumpet, tuba and trombone.
Michelle Rockwood, Karolyn Labes, Shelly Devlin, Amy Kavanagh, and Emma Eliason will perform works by Gwyneth Walker, Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel, Barbara York, and Florence Price.
Join us right after Labor Day for a matinee concert on Wednesday, September 3, at 10:30am, at Trinity Lutheran Church, 119 Texas St. in Bellingham. Free, open to all, and family friendly. This is BMC’s gift to the community!
More information about BMC’s season and endeavors on https://bellinghammusicclub.org/

BMC Night Beat presents Bellissima Brass
2025-09-05 19:30 - 21:00
Bellingham Music Club opens its 110th season with Bellissima Brass, an all-women quintet that plays an all-women composers program for horn, trumpet, tuba and trombone.
Michelle Rockwood, Karolyn Labes, Shelly Devlin, Amy Kavanagh, and Emma Eliason will perform works by Gwyneth Walker, Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel, Barbara York, and Florence Price.
Join us right after Labor Day, for the full-length “Night Beat” concert on Friday, September 5, 7:30pm at First Congregational Church, 2401 Cornwall Ave. in Bellingham. No ticket purchase required; we suggest a $20 donation. All are welcome and students are always free!
Find out more about BMC’s season and endeavors on https://bellinghammusicclub.org/

Tim Kliphuis & Jimmy Grant, Pace Trumpet
2025-09-22 19:30 - 23:00
Join us on Monday September 22nd for an acoustic affair to remember in the heart of downtown B’ham with award-winning violin legend Tim Kliphuis (Holland) and rising star on manouche jazz guitar Jimmy Grant (LA).
The duo celebrates the music of Stéphane Grappelli and Django Reinhardt. Re-creating the 1930s in Paris, and drawing inspiration from current-day classical and folk music as well, they alternate moments of dazzling interplay with melancholy and sheer exhilaration in an inspired conversational journey that is different every night.
Featuring an opening set by local purveyors of nostalgia Pace Trumpet, a rotating regional collective offering songs and singalongs from early jazz and blues. With Christian Casolary on percussion, Pace Rubadeau on muted trumpet, Sarah Yates on the upright bass, and Zach Zenovic on rhythm guitar.
Tickets available via shakedownbellingham.com
Doors 7:30PM
Show 8PM
21+

BMC matinee program for two pianos with Rebecca and Gabriel Mañalac
2025-10-01 10:30 - 11:30
Bellingham Music Club continues to “Elevate Your Spirit” with pianists Rebecca and Gabriel Mañalac in early October.
“Echoes and Departures” is a rich program for two pianos featuring composers from home and abroad. It includes works by Saint-Saëns, Rachmaninoff, Argentine composer Carlos Guastavino, plus the famous “La valse” by Ravel!!!
Join us for a matinee preview on Wednesday, October 1, at 10:30am, at First Congregational Church, 2401 Cornwall Ave. in Bellingham. Free, open to all, and family friendly. This is BMC’s gift to the community!
The Mañalacs offer a longer recital on Friday, Oct. 3, 7:30pm. More information about these programs, BMC’s 110th season and other endeavors on https://bellinghammusicclub.org/

A Place to Call Home
2025-10-02 19:00 - 20:15
Bellingham local Bo Bestvina shares incredible guitar playing, soul-stirring lyrics, and stories about finding a place to call home.
For years, Bo had wanted to stitch together a creative life as a musician and writer. It just took losing a job, a pandemic, backpacking in Spain, and a surprise landing in Bellingham for things to settle in. In all of the changes, Bo wrote an album exploring his folk roots, fingerstyle guitar and songs to make people laugh, because sometimes you just gotta laugh.
Come listen to Bo’s songs and stories, and get a chance to reflect on your own journey towards wholeness, however unusual that may look.
Come out on Oct. 2nd at 7:00 pm to hear Bo’s music.
Website: www.bobestvina.com
Tickets: www.bobestvina.eventbrite.com/

Lydia McCauley Reunion Concert
2025-10-03 07:00 - 09:00
Join celebrated singer/songwriter Lydia McCauley for a special reunion concert featuring music from her six beloved albums—including Sabbath Day’s Journey, Entrances, The Beauty of the Earth, and more—plus new single releases. Known for her unique blend of Contemporary, Folk, and Classical styles, Lydia’s music has been described as “sophisticated Folk” and “therapy for the senses.”
Lydia will be joined by an ensemble of longtime collaborators for this one-night-only performance:
Phil Heaven – viola
Nancy Rumbel – Grammy Award-winning oboe and ocarina
Brian Cunningham – guitars
Lynne Givler – bass and vocals
Jay Darling – percussion
Together, they’ll bring you an evening of beautiful, transportive music that celebrates the natural world, ancient traditions, and timeless storytelling.
Tickets: $25.00
More information: Instagram.com/lydiamccauleymusic

BMC Night Beat presents pianists Rebecca and Gabriel Mañalac
2025-10-03 19:30 - 21:00
Bellingham Music Club continues to “Elevate Your Spirit” with pianists Rebecca and Gabriel Mañalac in early October.
“Echoes and Departures” is a rich program for two pianos featuring composers from home and abroad. It includes works by Poulenc, Saint-Saëns, Rachmaninoff, Argentine composer Carlos Guastavino, plus the famous “La valse” by Ravel!!!
Join us for the full-length “Night Beat” concert on Friday, October 3, 7:30pm at First Congregational Church, 2401 Cornwall Ave. in Bellingham. No ticket purchase required; we suggest a $20 donation. This is a family-friendly event. All are welcome and students are always free!
The Mañalacs offer a program preview on Wednesday, Oct. 1 at 10:30am. More information about these concerts, BMC’s 110th season and other endeavors on https://bellinghammusicclub.org/

Skagit Community Band Presents "Music of the Masters" Free Concert
2025-10-17 19:30 - 21:00, 2025-10-19 15:00 - 17:00
The Skagit Community Band Presents:
“Music of the Masters”
Timeless music from master composers
Join the Skagit Community Band under the direction of Vince Fejeran, as we begin our 2025-2026 season by performing the music of Rimsky- Korsakov, Percy Grainger, William Walton, Georges Bizet and more. Our two concerts are at Maple Hall in La Conner Friday Oct. 17 at 7:30, and Brodniak Hall in Anacortes Sunday Oct. 19 at 3:00. Free Admission, donation gladly accepted. For more information please visit our website: Skagitcommunityband.org.

An Evening with Judy Collins
2025-10-26 19:30 - 21:00
Seven decades of sublime and powerful music-making, 55 albums, numerous awards & tributes – Judy Collins is a living legend. Today, she is as creatively vigorous as when she first stepped onto a Greenwich Village stage. A brilliant performer and social activist, her voice and music are as vital as ever.
Sunday, October 26, 7:30pm at Massey Theatre in New Westminster, BC
https://www.masseytheatre.com/event/judy-collins/

Skagit Symphony: Stranger Strings
2025-11-01 19:30 - 21:00
Skagit Symphony: Stranger Strings
7:30pm Saturday, Nov 1, 2025
McIntyre Hall, Mount Vernon WA
Skagit Symphony’s 46th Season steps into the bold and brilliant world of Cult Classical – a season where timeless masterpieces take center stage!
Skagit Symphony weaves fantasies of magic carpets and Sinbad’s tempest-tossed ship at sea with the orchestral showpiece, Scheherazade, and a spooky Night on Bald Mountain. Jill Whitman enchants with Arturo Marquez’s harp concerto, Mascaras (“Masks”).
For More info email info@skagitsymphony.com or call the symphony office at 360-848-9336
To Purchase tickets, visit this link https://purchase.mcintyrehall.org/EventAvailability?EventId=11001
or Call the Ticketing box office at 360-416-7727

BMC Matinee Program: Art song, grand opera and Broadway
2025-11-05 10:30 - 11:30
Bellingham Music Club brings together artists of incomparable talent: soprano Heather Dudenbostel will be joined by baritone/pianist Mark Davies, sopranos Ibidunni Ojikutu and Celeste Fraser, as well as pianist Emily Gantt in a vocal extravaganza!
The repertoire includes an English adaptation by Isaiah Bell of Poulenc’s one-woman opera La voix humaine; selections from Ricky Ian Gordon’s Autumn Valentine, and favorite opera arias by Mozart, Dvořák, and Cilea. The concert will end with a song from the musical The Bridges of Madison County.
Join us for a matinee concert on Wednesday, November 5, at 10:30am, at Trinity Lutheran Church, 119 Texas St. in Bellingham. Free, open to all, and family-friendly. This is BMC’s gift to the community!
A longer program is on Friday, Nov 7, 7:30pm at First Congregational Church. To learn more about these concerts and the rest of the BMC season, visit https://bellinghammusicclub.org/
