Bellingham Folk Festival

About the Event

Schedule :

4pm-6p - Dream Goats (concert)
Boundary Bay Brewery (in the taproom) - 1107 Railroad Ave.
Dream Goats play American old-time, Celtic, and original fiddle tunes with some country and folk songs thrown in the mix. Celine, Stuart, Rosie and Claire are multi-instrumentalists who combine fiddles, guitars, banjos, cellos, (and sometimes more) in their interpretations of traditional music.
free, 21+

5pm-7pm - Bluegrass Jam with Kian Dye (jam)
Ramble Tamble - 1313 N State St, Bellingham, WA 98225
free, 21+

6pm-8pm - Pub Sing (jam)
Honey Moon Mead - 1053 N State St, Bellingham, WA 98225 (in the alley)
free, 21+

7pm-9pm - Old Growth Graveyard (concert)
Blue Room - 202 E Holly St. #301
Old Growth Graveyard (Ryan McKasson and Colin Cotter) ft. an opening set from Browyn McKasson, 6pm doors, 7pm show. Longtime partners in crime, Ryan McKasson and Colin Cotter find themselves back in the thick of a creative collaboration spanning many years, bands, gigs, productions, late nights, tours, missed flights, fiddle camps, adventures, time away, and journeys home. A somewhat whimsical diversion for two musicians known best in Celtic and Americana circles for fiddle and acoustic guitar, Old Growth Graveyard features McKasson a lot more on viola and Cotter bringing in the electric guitar and voice. From the moment that they stumbled across the unique combination of the viola’s throaty richness, the electric guitar’s undeniable edge, and the human voice, the two were smitten and immediately took to the mixology of grafting together the electric and acoustic sonorities with a vengeance. This new chapter in their creative journey takes new and familiar music on quite an adventure, giving two musicians – each established in their musical idioms – plenty of room to play around.
$20 advance/$25 day-of, all ages

7pm-8pm - The Living Arrows Trio (concert)
Welcome Road Winery - 300 W Champion St, Bellingham, WA 98225
by donation, all ages

7:30pm-9 - Kian Dye and Friends (concert)
Ramble Tamble - 1313 N State St, Bellingham, WA 98225
$10-$20 suggested, 21+

8pm-10pm - Square Dance with Dear Crow and Friends, Bex Bee calling (dance)
Orion - 311 E Holly St, Bellingham, WA 98225
Old-time tunes, original and trad songs, sweet double fiddles and lyrical banjo, tight vocal harmonies: a sound that is both nostalgic and bright with possibility. Dear Crow is the musical partnership of Brian Lindsay and Penka Jane Culevski.
$10-$20 suggested donation, 21+

8:30pm-11pm - Pan-Celtic Session (jam)
Honey Moon Mead - 1053 N State St, Bellingham, WA 98225 (in the alley)
free, 21+

10pm - Old-Time Jam (jam)
Orion - 311 E Holly St, Bellingham, WA 98225
free, 21+

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