• The 2025 La Conner Guitar Festival presents… Tracy Spring’s workshop::”Unpacking Great Songs”

    A great lyric. A lovely bridge. An unexpected melodic line or chord structure. What caught your ear or captured your heart? We'll bring our favorite songs to this workshop and learn about songwriting by exploring the great moves that someone else made. Bonus points if you bring a song you love, and then play a song you've written that incorporates one of those great moves! No prior songwriting experience is required to participate; just bring a favorite...

  • Kat Eggleston and Tracy Spring in Concert

    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...

  • Skagit Symphony – Timeless Elements:Fire

    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...

  • Wild Brushstrokes: An Expressive Acrylic Workshop

    TICKETS: https://www.lifedrawingbellingham.com/workshops An Expressive Acrylic Workshop Saturday, May 24 • 10AM–4PM at Karate Church, 519 E Maple St, Bellingham, WA $150 – All materials included This is expressive painting—where the photo reference fuels instinct, and every choice is a potential to turn up your inner voice. I will teach you how I paint from a photo reference of a wolf: My...

  • Digital Photography: Take Better Pictures with your Cell Phone!

    The great thing about phone cameras is that they’re always with us. But we’ve all cursed them for failing to get that once-in-a-life-time picture. In this two-hour-long class, I will help you to better understand the strengths and weaknesses of the little lensed miracle that lives in your phone. And that understanding will help you...

  • Ski to Sea

    Ski to Sea is the original multisport relay race, from Mt. Baker to Bellingham Bay. Organize your team of 3-8 racers and join us on Memorial Day weekend! Teammates and spectators await finishing racers in Bellingham’s scenic Marine Park and can experience the Historic Fairhaven Festival, the all-day street party just up the hill. Returning racers tell us their favorite parts of Ski to Sea are camaraderie and community. From...

  • Women on the Water

    On May 26th, from 1:00-4:30PM, join the Community Boating Center for a gathering of woman-centered boating! This is the perfect event for beginner and experienced boaters to enjoy keelboat sailing, dinghy sailing, and kayaking in a safe and supportive environment. All participants will have the same experiences, rotating through stations. Registration names are purely for group management.

  • BMC matinee program with baritone Richard Hodges and pianist Jay Rozendaal

    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,...

  • Music at St. Paul’s Presents: A Musical Prayer for Peace

    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,...

  • How Queer!

    Voxel Gallery presents How Queer! an exhibition that celebrates the vibrant, diverse, and powerful voices of 2SLGBTQIA+ artists in our community. As we honor Pride months, we invite you to explore the stories, struggles, and triumphs of those who are shaping the world with their art. This collection...

  • BMC Night Beat presents baritone Richard Hodges, pianist Jay Rozendaal, and special guests

    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...