Upcoming Events
Check back often as this page is constantly being updated with changes and more scheduled Events
The FireHouse indoor Performance Space is ventilated continuously with a MERV 13 filter during all performances/events/classes.
Event Notices:
The FireHouse is not responsible for ticket sales or handling. For any questions or concerns, please contact the performer(s) or groups directly for assistance. Parking can be limited around the FireHouse so please allow for plenty of time to park so you get to the event on time. Performance Space doors open for seating about 30 minutes before the start of the event, it is Open Seating so if you want to insure that your group can sit together it is best to arrive when the doors open.
Please note: If you have not arrived with-in 10 minutes before start time or you arrive after the event has started and nobody has saved a seat for you there is a good chance that the group will offer your ticket to somebody on the “Stand-by” list or they might not allow “Late Seating”, so arriving early and before the start time is always best!
All outdoor scheduled events on the Garden Stage are “weather permitting”
To inquire about renting space for an event, performance, or class, feel free to review our availability calendar.
Jazz Center of Bellingham - Mike Allen Quartet
Swing Into Spring with The Mike Allen Quartet!
The Ottawa Citizen calls Vancouver's Mike Allen "Canada's top jazz saxophonist". Mike and his magnificent band featuring Miles Black-piano, Michael Glynn-bass and Julian MacDonough-drums are excited to swing their way through a night of classic jazz tunes dedicated to Springtime: You Must Believe in Spring, Spring Is Here, It Might As Well Be Spring, Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most, Up Jumped Spring, Joy Spring, Swing Spring, and more.
Cost: $20 general, $10 students
Purchase Advance Tickets
Website: www.mikeallenjazz.com
Questions? Feel free to contact Steve Jones at steve@jazzcenterofbellingham.org with any questions about tickets or seating accommodations.
Belly Dance Workshops w/Rachel Carter
Have you ever wanted to learn a group belly dance? Here is your chance!!
Come learn an original choreography by Rachel Carter, taught by Rachel! If you are interested in performing, there is an opportunity to perform as a group at a belly dance festival!
2 Workshops:
March 22nd 12:00-2:00pm
March 29th 12:00-2:00pm
Come learn a dance to perform as a group, learn the choreography, then perform it!
Perform on April 5th 2:40pm at NW Vila Fest
Shoreline Community College
Shoreline, Washington
More information on Vila Fest (belly dance vendors, workshops and performances) here:
https://www.nwvilafest.com/
Learning this dance in Belly Dance Fitness? This is a great opportunity to practice, rehearse and we will have plenty of time for questions and clarifications.
Already a belly dancer and you pick up choreography quickly? Join the workshops to learn the dance in 4 hours!
Questions about the class? Email rachelbellydances@gmail.com
Cost: $40 per workshop, or $75 for both
Pay here to attend BOTH workshops: https://square.link/u/zsJR0Xxa
Little Sister
Little Sister is an all women band that plays a mix of Folk, Americana and Bluegrass music. With three part harmony being the specialty of the band, their distinct voices blend into one. Their repertoire includes familiar songs with unique arrangements as well as originals. Instrumentation includes Karen Hansey on upright bass, Karen Davis on fiddle, Janet Jaeger on percussion and Annie Phalen and Barbi Durdle on guitar. While the members of Little Sister have many years of experience between them, they played together for the first time in 2022 at a music retreat and realized that the have something special together. It’s sure to be a night of musical enjoyment.
Cost: $15
Purchase advance tickets here
Contact for inquiries and questions: Contact Barbi
Social: Little Sister
The Jazz Project - Dylan Hayes Trio
The 2025 Spring Art of Jazz Series continues with the Dylan Hayes Trio, with Dylan Hayes, piano; Jeff Busch, drums; Dean Schmidt, bass. Tickets and memberships are available in The Jazz Project store. Art of Jazz tickets are generic and admit to any concert in the series. The 2025 series is free to Jazz Project members.
Cost: Free for Members, $20 at the door
Purchase tickets in advance here
Website: jazzproject.org
Questions? Feel free to contact Jud Sherwood
Music Monday - Paul klein
Paul Klein, a Bellinghamster and The Atlantics band leader, singer, piano player, retired middle school teacher,
will talk, sing, and play favorite songs (on the FireHouse Steinway piano).
Composers featured during this performance; Brahms, Chopin, Debussy, Joplin, Armstong, Gershwin, Ellington, Toussaint,
Smith, Carmichel, Wonder, and Klein.
This event is not ticketed. However, cash donations of appreciation are gladly accepted.
Trail Running Film Festival
The Trail Running Film Festival is a Global tour celebrating running and independent filmmaking. Join us for 6 films documenting the culture, community, agony, and celebration that makes up the heart and soul of trail running. The Bellingham screening is hosted by Aspire Adventure Running.
Seating Limited to 80 seats. Get your tickets today.
Website: www.TrailFilmFest.com
Contact for inquiries and questions: Abram
Airow Project Fundraiser- Line Dancing w/Pam Kuntz
Come and kick up your heels at this Line Dance Fun'Raiser. Taught by Pam Kuntz with all proceeds to benefit the AIROW Project
Cost: $20.00 at the door
Website: https://airowproject.com
Questions? Feel free to contact Pam Kuntz
Jazz Center of Bellingham - Francesco Crosara Quartet
Francesco Crosara is a Seattle based Italian jazz pianist, composer and educator performing in a variety of formations. Crosara’s original music melds an impressive mix of jazz improvisation, a romantic vein from his classical Conservatory training in Rome, bouncy lyrical expression along with strong Latin influences. His main jazz piano influences are Chick Corea, Bill Evans, Keith Jarrett, and Herbie Hancock.
Crosara stands among the European-bred jazz greats, performing over the years with the likes of Lionel Hampton, Freddie Hubbard, Roy Hargrove, Richie Cole, Bobby Shew, Ira Sullivan, Don Menza, Von Freeman, John Heard, Gabe Baltazar, Mayuto Correa, Bruce Forman, Barbara Morrison, Earl Palmer, Lilian Terry, and more. His recordings have featured a multicultural and international array of musicians. He has performed at festivals and venues across the USA, Japan, Canada, Mexico, France, Spain, and Italy.
Since 2017, the Pacific Northwest can claim Crosara’s talents, too. He was featured on National Public Radio performing at the 2024 KNKX 88.5 FM Studio Session series. Crosara’s trio was selected to perform at the 2021 Earshot Jazz Festival in Seattle, and his creations were featured in the trend-setting series Earshot Jazz: The Second Century (2019 and 2020) for their bold and innovative music composition and video editing work. Equally adept with acoustic and electric jazz concepts, Crosara routinely headlines trios and quartets with the area top musicians.
Crosara’s latest CD project, “Circular Motion”, released in 2024 by Origin/OA2 Records, features all original material including fresh interpretations of some of his earlier repertoire, which was composed over a period of 40 years. Crosara has produced 6 additional international jazz albums over the last three decades ranging from straight-ahead to fusion and Latin, and featuring guest artist, Chicago tenor sax legend Von Freeman, plus Lilian Terry, Dave Marr, Rusty Jones, Paulinho Garcia, Dean Taba, Noel Okimoto, Yasushi Gonjo, Larry Marshall, Miles Jackson, Eric Kurtz, and more. Crosara’s 2000 album “Colors” received 4 stars from Down Beat magazine.
Cost: $20 general, $10 students
Purchase Advance Tickets
Website: www.francescojazz.com
Questions? Feel free to contact Steve Jones at steve@jazzcenterofbellingham.org with any questions about tickets or seating accommodations.
The Bellingham Dixieland All stars Concert
The Bellingham Dixieland All Stars will take you back to a time when jazz music was in vogue in and around our country, and even the world. It was a time of "Art Deco” style buildings, statuary, airplanes, and even the Kalakala ferry boat that plowed the waters of Puget Sound in the 1950s was said to be designed in Art Deco style of the 1920s.
Welcome into the time of Louis Armstrong, the famous jazz trumpeter, ”flapper” dancers, "bathtub gin", Lindy Hop, Tin Pan Alley, raccoon coats, and the Charleston dance.
The audience is asked to join in the fun by dressing in the 1920s clothes when they attend. Audience participation is employed on some songs, and you can even join in with the dancers doing the Charleston dance. There is an instrument that you have never ever seen, and music played by players that can recreate the 20’s sound. In short, the concert will be filled with surprises and things that are unique to the 1920’s. Come a bit early and hear the band play outside the Firehouse and get ready for FUN.
Cost: $15.00 donation at the door
Contact: Tim at 360-319-4658 or Dave at swingconnection@outlook.com
Website: swingconnection.org
Music Monday - A benefit Concert for Cindy Minkler
Cindy Minkler (Lakota Sioux) graduated from Seattle Pacific University with a B.A. in Music Education (K-12) and Piano Performance. Since then, she’s been an educator, graduation speaker, freelance pianist, piano teacher, and performer.
This Monday Music will be a Benefit concert for Cindy Minkler, local musicians that will be featured are Anissa Caprina, Michael Bride, Deborah Hawley, Cheryl Hodge, Kelley Porter, Diane Leigh, and Cindy Minkler.
Cindy received a donated kidney this past December and is regaining her strength and is healing well. She spent 30 days at a recovery center in Seattle after her kidney transplant. Family and friends provided meals, transportation and trips to numerous Dr. appointments. Cindy has been unable to work since December and Paul Klein suggested a benefit concert would be helpful. Hence, Cindy’s favorite musician friends stepped up to the plate for her benefit concert. Come join us for a musical giving benefit concert.
This event is not ticketed. However, cash donations of appreciation are gladly accepted.This event is not ticketed. However, cash donations of appreciation are gladly accepted.
Jazz Center of Bellingham - Jeff Hamilton Trio
Don't miss a performance by jazz drumming legend Jeff Hamilton!
Influenced by greats like Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich, Hamilton's illustrious career has seen him perform with jazz royalty, from Lionel Hampton and Woody Herman to Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie, and Oscar Peterson. A founding member of the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra and leader of his own acclaimed trio, Hamilton has graced hundreds of recordings and shared the stage with artists like Diana Krall, Ray Brown, and Paul McCartney.
A four-time Modern Drummer magazine Readers' Poll winner and Jazz Cruise Hall of Fame inductee, Hamilton brings his unmatched talent and energy to every performance.
Lineup: Jeff Hamilton (drums); Tadataka Unno (piano); Jon Hamar (bass)
Cost: $30 general, $15 students (not included in Spring Pass)
Purchase Advance Tickets
Website: www.hamiltonjazz.com
Questions? Feel free to contact Steve Jones at steve@jazzcenterofbellingham.org with any questions about tickets or seating accommodations.
Bellingham Repertory Dance: If Not Now
BRD presents If not now, an evening of contemporary dance.
This performance features previously performed works from BRD’s repertory, as well as new works choreographed by company members Erin Keeney and Juliette Machado. From sweeping, momentum based phrase work to character-driven gesture, BRD is thrilled to share this dynamic show with Bellingham audiences.
Cost: $16.80-$37.81
Purchase Advance Tickets HERE
Questions? Feel free to contact Juliette at Bellingham Repertory Dance with any questions about tickets or seating accommodations.
Website: bhamrep.org/events
Bellingham Repertory Dance: If Not Now
BRD presents If not now, an evening of contemporary dance.
This performance features previously performed works from BRD’s repertory, as well as new works choreographed by company members Erin Keeney and Juliette Machado. From sweeping, momentum based phrase work to character-driven gesture, BRD is thrilled to share this dynamic show with Bellingham audiences.
Cost: $16.80-$37.81
Purchase Advance Tickets HERE
Questions? Feel free to contact Juliette at Bellingham Repertory Dance with any questions about tickets or seating accommodations.
Website: bhamrep.org/events
Jazz Center of Bellingham - Transcendence Quartet
Pacific Northwest drummer, composer, and educator Christian Casolary reunites his Transcendence Quartet for a night of music that explores the relationship between darkness and light. This group features all-star musical masters playing a mix of original compositions and lesser-known jazz standards. Beauty, raw expression, gentle moments, and heavy cosmic swirls… buckle up for the Transcendence Quartet.
Lineup: Christian Casolary (drums), Mike Allen (saxophone), Miles Black (piano), Jeff Johnson (bass)
Cost: $20 general, $10 students
Purchase Advance Tickets
Website: www.christiancasolary.com
Questions? Feel free to contact Steve Jones at steve@jazzcenterofbellingham.org with any questions about tickets or seating accommodations.
Bellingham Repertory Dance: If Not Now
BRD presents If not now, an evening of contemporary dance.
This performance features previously performed works from BRD’s repertory, as well as new works choreographed by company members Erin Keeney and Juliette Machado. From sweeping, momentum based phrase work to character-driven gesture, BRD is thrilled to share this dynamic show with Bellingham audiences.
Cost: $16.80-$37.81
Purchase Advance Tickets HERE
Questions? Feel free to contact Juliette at Bellingham Repertory Dance with any questions about tickets or seating accommodations.
Website: bhamrep.org/events
Bellingham Repertory Dance: If Not Now
BRD presents If not now, an evening of contemporary dance.
This performance features previously performed works from BRD’s repertory, as well as new works choreographed by company members Erin Keeney and Juliette Machado. From sweeping, momentum based phrase work to character-driven gesture, BRD is thrilled to share this dynamic show with Bellingham audiences.
Cost: $16.80-$37.81
Purchase Advance Tickets HERE
Questions? Feel free to contact Juliette at Bellingham Repertory Dance with any questions about tickets or seating accommodations.
Website: bhamrep.org/events
The Jazz Project - Ben Thomas Quartet
The 2025 Spring Art of Jazz Series continues with the Ben Thomas Quartet, with Thomas on vibes/bandonean, Eric Likkel woodwinds, Tim Carey bass, Max Holmberg drums.Tickets and memberships are available in The Jazz Project store.
Art of Jazz tickets are generic and admit to any concert in the series. The 2025 series is free to Jazz Project members.
Cost: Free for Members, $20 at the door
Purchase tickets in advance here
Website: jazzproject.org
Music Monday - Kristina Olsen & Cyd Smith
Kristina Olsen is one of the most entertaining and compelling performers on the international acoustic circuit. A superb multi-instrumentalist (acoustic guitar, steel-body slide guitar, saxophone, concertina, banjo, mandolin and piano) as well as an award-winning songwriter with a big bluesy voice, Kristina has audiences around the world coming back for more. Her mix of powerful songs ranging from sassy bottleneck blues to lilting ballads to swing jazz to raunch and roll (as well as her hilarious storytelling) makes for a diverse and satisfying musical experience, on stage, on disc and in book.
Cyd Smith is born and raised in the once-thriving metropolis of Syracuse, NY, Cyd survived adolescence by studying classical guitar, all the while absorbing the music of Jimi Hendrix and Dave Brubeck, not to mention the sounds of the Big Band radio station her mother preferred. The classical guitar path led her to the West Coast where, for a couple of years, she majored in music at Stanford University before becoming distracted by a boyfriend who introduced her to the rich treasury of American roots music: Bluegrass, Jug Band, Country Blues, Vintage Country-Western, and eventually Swing Jazz, where she found a home, playing in many Swing and Western Swing Bands throughout the Northwest. Cyd has blended all of these sonic ingredients into her own unique brew of songwriting and guitar playing. She is an explorer of the unexpected--lyrically, harmonically, and melodically.
This event is not ticketed. However, cash donations of appreciation are gladly accepted.
Jazz Center of Bellingham - Jared Hall Quintet
Trumpeter, composer and educator Jared Hall hails from Spokane, Washington. He studied at Whitworth University, the Indiana University Jacobs School Of Music and the University Of Miami’s Frost School Of Music, where he received the degree Doctor of Musical Arts in 2015. His primary teachers include Terence Blanchard, Joey Tartell, Dan Keberle, Whit Sidener, David Baker and Brian Lynch, under whom he pursued his doctoral studies. Hall is the winner of the 2013 National Trumpet Competition – Jazz Division, and has performed and recorded with Paquito D’Rivera, Bob Hurst, John Daversa, Arturo Sandoval, Maria Schneider, Vincent Herring, Peter Erskine, Dave Liebman, Alan Pasqua, Brian Lynch, Ira Sullivan, Jeff “Tain” Watts, Terence Blanchard, Rick Margitza, Wycliffe Gordon, David Binney, Johnny Mathis, George Benson, Gloria Estefan, Fred Hersch, Melissa Aldana, Shelly Berg, the South Florida Jazz Orchestra, and the Frost Concert Jazz Band.
Hall’s recording credits include his albums Influences (Origin Records, 2024), Seen on the Scene (Origin Records, 2021) and Hallways (Hollistic MusicWorks, 2017). Other recordings include Home at Last (Sierra Music, 2024), Inventions (OA2 Records, 2021), Cheap Thrills: The Music of Rick Margitza (Summit, 2020), North By Freaking Northwest (Skymuse, 2019), Jazz & The Philharmonic (OKeh, 2014), With Love (Jeremy Fox, 2014), Inspiration: A Tribute to Nat King Cole (George Benson, 2013), and others.
Cost: $20 general, $10 students
Purchase Advance Tickets
Website: www.jaredhall.net
Questions? Feel free to contact Steve Jones at steve@jazzcenterofbellingham.org with any questions about tickets or seating accommodations.
Henry Mancini Concert by Dry Martini
Dry Martini, a classic jazz trio consisting of J. Michael Newlight (guitar and vocals), Mike Knutson (tenor saxophone) and Steve Webber-Plank (percussion), presents an evening of music by composer Henry Mancini, including classic hits such as Charade, Days of Wine & Roses, Dreamsville, Moment to Moment, Moon River, Mr. Lucky, Peter Gunn, Pink Panther, Slow Hot Wind, Two For The Road, and more!
They will focus on the early decades of Mancini’s collaboration with film and TV writer/director/producer Blake Edwards, beginning with the popular 1957 TV series Peter Gunn, and perhaps as late as the 1982 film Victor Victoria, although Mancini himself continued composing (and performing as a pianist) right up until his death in 1994.
Since most of the Mancini compositions were scored for orchestra, intended as soundtracks for film and TV, their work has gone into adapting the melodic, rhythmic and harmonic essence for the jazz trio.
Cost: Donations at the door
Questions? Feel free to contact J. Michael Newlight with any questions about tickets or seating accommodations.
The Jazz Project - The Carswellian Experience Project
The 2025 Spring Art of Jazz Series continues with John Carswell (piano/vocals), Josh Cook (saxophone), Jud Sherwood (drums) and Jeff Johnson (bass).
Tickets and memberships are available in The Jazz Project store. Art of Jazz tickets are generic and admit to any concert in the series. The 2025 series is free to Jazz Project members.
Cost: Free for Members, $20 at the door
Purchase tickets in advance here
Website: jazzproject.org
Questions? Feel free to contact Jud Sherwood
The Well Tree/ heartwood Trio
About “The Well Tree: an original storytelling musical”
Join Heartwood for an all-ages, immersive, participatory journey through song and story. The Well Tree is a three-person musical, accompanied by a ‘crankie’ - an illuminated, papercut, hand-cranked scroll. It is an original 'singing story' about wild journeying and remembering kinship -- the tale of a young woman moving beyond the fog of isolation to meet songbirds, snails and ancient trees as she travels through these unraveling times, finding her way home. The three members of Heartwood are the actors, musicians and the crew that runs the crankie (created by papercut artist Jen Jones) – and the audience will be invited in to join in and help sing pieces of the story.
Cost: Sliding scale $5.00-$30.00
Purchase Advance Tickets HERE
Questions concerning this show? contact Heidi
Jazz Center of Bellingham - Skerik Acoustic Quartet
SKERIK has toured with the following:
Sadhappy, Critters Buggin, Ponga, Wayne Horvitz, Roger Waters, Les Claypool, Tuatara, Garage a Trois, The Dead Kenny Gs, Black Frames, Crack Sabbath, Maelstrom Trio, Bandalabra, Mad Season, Beta Popes, Omaha Diner, Syncopated Taint Septet, LORBO, Khu-eeX, Sound Cipher, DRKWAV, Skerik Band, OG GAT (original Garage a Trois) Stanton and Skerik’s Emerald Quintet, Robert Walter, Bobby Previte, Jamie Saft, MMOB, New York Composers Orchestra, Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey, Headhunters, True Loves, Mctuff, Master Musicians of Jajouka, etc.
SKERIK has also recorded on over 200 records as a saxophonist, horn section, keyboardist, etc
SKERIK and his bands have been placed in feature films, independent films, TV, theatre, dance, etc
SKERIK has performed in major festivals all over the world mostly as a band member.
SKERIK owns a studio in Seattle and records regularly as a session musician, horn arranger and soloist. He also continues to tour all over the world.
Cost: $20 general, $10 students
Purchase Advance Tickets
Website: www.skerikmusic.com
Music Monday - High Tide
The members of High Tide, Maddy Sullivan (guitar & sax), Rod Burton (keyboards), and Stan Hodson (guitar & bass) play and harmonize on a mix of old rock ‘n’ roll, American standards, folk tunes, and their original songs, and songs of Jimmy Buffet, Jesse Winchester, and Mose Allison.
This event is not ticketed. However, cash donations of appreciation are gladly accepted.
Jazz Center of Bellingham - Kelby MacNayr Quintet: Tribute To Art Blakey
Drummer / composer / band-leader Kelby MacNayr performs groundbreaking original music, soulful swinging jazz, reaching contemporary music and traditional music from around the world.
A dynamic and creative musician MacNayr performs in Canada and abroad with leading musicians from New York, Seattle, Portland, Vancouver, Montreal, Toronto & Europe. A faculty member of the renowned Jazz Port Townsend Festival under director John Clayton, staff at the Lionel Hampton International Jazz Festival, Kelby follows his passion to create and collaborate, teach and learn.
The Kelby MacNayr Quintet released The Measure of Light featuring Phil Dwyer, Dan Lapp, Miles Black & Tom Wakeling. Other projects include the Great American Songbook Trio featuring Louise Rose, the Swing Rhythm Kings and the SoulTet! MacNayr has performed with Phil Dwyer, Neil Swainson, Regina Carter, Jeffery Clayton, Marianne Trudel, Ingrid Jensen, Larry Fuller, John Clayton, George Colligan, Geoffrey Keezer and more.
Cost: $20 general, $10 students
Purchase Advance Tickets
Website: www.kelbymacnayr.com
Jazz Center of Bellingham - The Jazz Explosion: The Music of Blue Note
Drummer Jerry Steinhilber leads an explosive line-up to celebrate legendary Blue Note Records. This specially curated performance will close out the Jazz Center season by taking attendees on a journey through the world-renowned Blue Note catalog.
Lineup: Jerry Steinhilber (drums), TBD
Cost: $20 general, $10 students
Purchase Advance Tickets
Website: www.jerrysteinhilber.com
Belly Dance Workshops w/Rachel Carter
Have you ever wanted to learn a group belly dance? Here is your chance!!
Come learn an original choreography by Rachel Carter, taught by Rachel! If you are interested in performing, there is an opportunity to perform as a group at a belly dance festival!
2 Workshops:
March 22nd 12:00-2:00pm
March 29th 12:00-2:00pm
Come learn a dance to perform as a group, learn the choreography, then perform it!
Perform on April 5th 2:40pm at NW Vila Fest
Shoreline Community College
Shoreline, Washington
More information on Vila Fest (belly dance vendors, workshops and performances) here:
https://www.nwvilafest.com/
Learning this dance in Belly Dance Fitness? This is a great opportunity to practice, rehearse and we will have plenty of time for questions and clarifications.
Already a belly dancer and you pick up choreography quickly? Join the workshops to learn the dance in 4 hours!
Questions about the class? Contact Rachel
Cost: $40 per workshop, or $75 for both
Pay here to attend BOTH workshops: https://square.link/u/zsJR0Xxa
Sacred Echoes: Healing Through Song presented by Speaking Feather
Speaking Feather presents Scared Echos, a music productions mixed with multimedia. This performance consists of musicians and storytellers. Performers present will be JP Falcon Grady, Andrew Johnson, Ben Workman-Smith, and Mark Nichols.
Cost: $20.00
Purchase Advance Tickets Here
Website: Speaking Feather
Contact for inquiries and questions: JP Falcon Grady
Sacred Echoes: Healing Through Song presented by Speaking Feather
Speaking Feather presents Scared Echos, a music productions mixed with multimedia. This performance consists of musicians and storytellers. Performers present will be JP Falcon Grady, Andrew Johnson, Ben Workman-Smith, and Mark Nichols.
Cost: $20.00
Purchase Advance Tickets Here
Website: Speaking Feather
Contact for inquiries and questions: JP Falcon Grady
Jazz Center of Bellingham - Ann Reynolds Quartet and Tobi Stone
Ann Reynolds and Tobi Stone bring you their original music to Bellingham with a stunning quartet. Ann and Tobi have been playing together for over 25 years and have each been developing unique voices through their compositions. Joining Ann and Tobi for this concert are Heather Chriscaden on bass and Chris Icasiano on drums.
Ann Reynolds began playing piano at age 7 and has been composing since 2000. Her musical background includes study of classical, jazz, and Cuban music. Her yearly journeys to Cuba, starting in 2000, lead her to compose in Cuban styles and produce 2 highly acclaimed CDs of original music with her group Clave Gringa. In 2021, she recorded 4 jazz compositions, honoring great women composers, with Kelsey Mines on bass and Chris Icasiano on drums. “Inspired by Women Composers”, was awarded the Earshot Golden Ear award for Best Northwest recording of 2021.
Tobi Stone (tenor sax and clarinet) has spent the last 30 years pursuing music performance, touring, recording, teaching lessons, classes and workshops. She specializes in Classical and Jazz music education. She has also studied and played many different styles and genres including West African, Klezmer, Django era- Roma swing, Funk, Pop, Reggae, Blues and Folk. Her compositions have been recorded and performed across the US and Europe with Reptet, The Tiptons Saxophone Quartet and Drums, and The Jefferson Rose Band.
Lineup: Ann Reynolds (piano), Tobi Stone (sax/clarinet), Heather Chriscaden (bass), Chris Icasiano (drums)
Cost: $20 general, $10 students
Purchase Advance Tickets
Website: www.annreynoldsmusic.com, www.tobistone.com
Questions? Feel free to contact Steve Jones at steve@jazzcenterofbellingham.org with any questions about tickets or seating accommodations.
Swing Connection Concert
A first for the Firehouse, we will be hosting a concert played by a big band. All of eighteen pieces ready to introduce the music of Ferndale's own Robert Storms in a concert of his original compositions and arrangements written over his lifetime living in Bellingham and Ferndale. It’s dance music and there might be dancers! It’s also listening music, so the variety of music selections was written for concerts as well as dances. Phil Heft is the Swing Connection’s band leader but Bob has agreed to take the band for the night in leading the Swing Connection in the concert. Guest Jazz artists to include, Cheryl Hodge - vocalist, Mark Kelly - alto saxophone, Thomas Harris - tenor saxophone, and Pete Kirkman - trumpet
Cost: $30.00 Donations accepted at the door
Website: Swing Connection
Fat Tuesday Dance Party with the Atlantics
The Atlantics invite you to dance your winter blues away and celebrate Fat Tuesday at the FireHouse. Each year since 1981 this Bellingham band has played respect to the essential dance music made famous by the Crescent City pioneers of Funk, Rhythm and Blues of that essential town. From Louis to Fats, Allen Toussaint, Meters, Neville Brothers, Professor Longhair, Irma Thomas, to Jon Cleary, they play all the great songs created to get us all up shaking and welcome an early Spring and return to light! Masks, feathers and costumes encouraged!
Doors open at 6:30, Seating is limited
Donations accepted at the door
Music Monday - Diane leigh Trio
This Trio enjoys many genres of music - jazz, blues, boogie, bossa, country and originals. Diane Leigh (vocals & piano) is enjoying learning more and more about the world of jazz. Jeff Reier (guitar) has a long and varied history playing both solo and in ensembles. Ray Wolpow (bass & vocals) loves to lay down a groove that’ll get your toes tappin’ and fingers snapping!
This event is not ticketed. However, cash donations of appreciation are gladly accepted.
Aaron Foster - Mostly Jokes
Aaron Foster brings his solo show "Mostly Jokes" to Bellingham, WA.
First performed at the Hollywood Fringe Festival in June to reviews such as:
"Subversively funny, laugh out loud gallows humour."
"Some shows claim to be dark humor, but this was the absolute epitome of it."
"You will fall in love with a man who would rather you not."
It’s mostly jokes… mostly. Growing up with a bipolar father and a schizophrenic older brother left Aaron Foster with a combination of survivor’s guilt, depression and anxiety that has invalidated his every accomplishment, destroyed his every relationship and invaded his every waking thought. A comedy!
Cost: $20
Purchase advance tickets here
Website: aaronfoster.myshopify.com
Jazz Center of Bellingham - Roman Goron Trio
Roman Goron Trio
Roman Goron’s Seattle-based jazz trio is an award-winning ensemble featuring Roman Goron on Piano alongside a host of rotating talented local musicians on drums and double bass such as Yoshi Stroh, Josh Setala, Max Young and Trevor Ford.
The trio's style is a creative blend of harmonically rich acoustic jazz which aims to push the envelope of musical exploration within a classic configuration. The Roman Goron Trio plays a diverse blend of standard repertoire as well as original arrangements and compositions by Roman and his group members.
Roman's trio has won multiple awards individually and as an ensemble, including Outstanding Trio at the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival and the Bellevue College Jazz Festival.
Be sure to arrive early! Cat Toren will bring her WWU student ensemble to perform from 5:45-6:15 prior to this concert! It will be included with the purchase of a ticket for tonight’s show.
Cost: $20 general, $10 students
Purchase Advance Tickets
Website: Roman Goron Trio
Questions? Feel free to contact Steve Jones at steve@jazzcenterofbellingham.org with any questions about tickets or seating accommodations.
Monday Music - High Tide
The members of High Tide, Maddy Sullivan (guitar & sax), Rod Burton (keyboards), and Stan Hodson (guitar & bass) play and harmonize on a mix of old rock ‘n’ roll, American standards, folk tunes, and their original songs, and songs of Jimmy Buffet, Jesse Winchester, and Mose Allison.
This event is not ticketed. However, cash donations of appreciation are gladly accepted.
The Pigeon and the Dove/ Reid jamieson & carolyn Victoria Mill
The Pigeon and The Dove: A History of Hatred & Love is a powerful and evolving lo-fi folk opera about Pigeons! Well, really, it's about housing insecurity and the many roads one can take to end up on the street. A mix of comedy, social justice, and dark yet danceable tunes. By singing these stories, we might make them easier to hear. But really...it's about pigeons.
WINNER of the Vancouver Fringe Stir Social Impact Award
“A tremendously important and much-needed piece of work.” Vancouver Stir
“A compassionate ode to the invisibilized struggles of the unhoused” Vancouver Arts Review
Reid Jamieson & CVM are a vocal powerhouse making music that matters and moves us. With an incredible voice, spirited guitar playing, and a magical way with melodies, Reid is that rare songbird whose originals are every bit as compelling as his interpretations. A classic introvert/extrovert combo, Reid shines alongside his saucy wife and long-time songwriting partner Carolyn Victoria Mill, where their unique harmonies and swapping of lead vocals make for an eclectic, entertaining, and sometimes heartbreaking variety show. Tireless promoters of voting, equality, and love, they thrive on creating intimacy, causing tears and laughter in equal measures. You won’t want to miss what they do next…
Cost: Tickets $20, $25 at door
Purchase Advance Tickets Here
The Pigeon and the Dove/ Reid jamieson & carolyn Victoria Mill
The Pigeon and The Dove: A History of Hatred & Love is a powerful and evolving lo-fi folk opera about Pigeons! Well, really, it's about housing insecurity and the many roads one can take to end up on the street. A mix of comedy, social justice, and dark yet danceable tunes. By singing these stories, we might make them easier to hear. But really...it's about pigeons.
WINNER of the Vancouver Fringe Stir Social Impact Award
“A tremendously important and much-needed piece of work.” Vancouver Stir
“A compassionate ode to the invisibilized struggles of the unhoused” Vancouver Arts Review
Reid Jamieson & CVM are a vocal powerhouse making music that matters and moves us. With an incredible voice, spirited guitar playing, and a magical way with melodies, Reid is that rare songbird whose originals are every bit as compelling as his interpretations. A classic introvert/extrovert combo, Reid shines alongside his saucy wife and long-time songwriting partner Carolyn Victoria Mill, where their unique harmonies and swapping of lead vocals make for an eclectic, entertaining, and sometimes heartbreaking variety show. Tireless promoters of voting, equality, and love, they thrive on creating intimacy, causing tears and laughter in equal measures. You won’t want to miss what they do next…
Cost: Tickets $20, $25 at door
Purchase Advance Tickets Here
Unknown Board Shop presents “Hatt Rabbit”
Unknown Board Shop, the treasured hub of Bellingham skateboarding, is excited to reveal the latest local skate video. “Hatt Rabbit” is a passion project that features local skateboarders and their recent accomplishments.
Armed with a Canon GL1, an analogue camcorder manufactured in 1999, Levi has been rolling around Bellingham streets pointing his camera at anyone having fun on wheels. ‘Hatt Rabbit’ is made of the footage he collected.
Integrating sounds from local bands and artists, Hatt Rabbit is a Bellingham-centric project that shows off a lot of rad folks.
This is a no cost event however seating is limited
Music Monday - Wild Hearts
Kathy Bastow and Cathy Taylor met at a local open mic here in Bellingham. They began collaborating and formed the duo- Wild Hearts.
They play an eclectic mix of covers and originals, including folk, country, bluegrass, and rock, adding our unique arrangements and harmonies.
This event is not ticketed. However, cash donations of appreciation are gladly accepted.
The Jazz Project - Danned If We Do
The 2025 Spring Art of Jazz Series continues with Danned If We Do, with Jud Sherwood, drums/vocals; Cheryl Hodge, keyboard/vocals; Brian Cunningham, guitar/vocals; Jon Meyer, bass. Tickets and memberships are available in The Jazz Project store. Art of Jazz tickets are generic and admit to any concert in the series. The 2025 series is free to Jazz Project members.
Cost: Free for Members, $20 at the door
Purchase tickets in advance at https://jazzproject.org/product-category/tickets-art-of-jazz/
Cost: Free for Members, $20 at the door
Purchase tickets in advance here
Website: jazzproject.org
Cascadia International Women's Film Festival - Breaking Boundaries
CASCADIA International Women's Film Festival presents "Breaking Boundaries" for Black History Month
Black Californian teenager, Nastasya Generalova, was raised by her single white Russian mother, Olga who enrolled Nastasya in rhythmic gymnastics when she was four years old as a way for her to connect to Olga's homeland. This film looks at Nastasya's personal journey of expression as the only black girl in Team USA, as well as her relationship with her mother in the stressful lead up to Tokyo Olympics qualification. The audience is invited into Nastasya's world to experience what it feels like to be the only black girl in the building.
Cost: Tickets are $12 general admission; $10 students with valid ID
Purchase advance tickets here
Website: Cascadia International Film Festival
Valentines Sound Bath with Kristi Moseley
Celebration of Love in Sound & Vibration
Immerse in Waves of Vibration and Sound to Restore & Connect
Experience the restorative power of a sonic sound bath with hand selected artisan gongs and harmonizing singing bowls with Kristi Moseley for a Mystic Heart
Our evening together will be concentrated on diving into our heart space with a few spoken words, breathwork and a sweet sound bath meditation to massage your heart. Come explore the inner landscape of your own Mystic Heart space in celebration of our immense capacity to live in love.
Quiet the mind, drop into heart energy
Experience full-body relaxation and healing states
Soothe anxiety, tension and decrease stress
Feel a deeper interconnection of mind, body, heart and spirit
Journey inward, connect, ground and recharge
For your maximum comfort create your own "nest to rest"
Please bring a yoga mat & plenty of cushy padding
Small pillow for your head
A cozy blanket
Optional: a rolled towel or yoga bolster for under your knees
Optional: an eye pillow or cloth to cover your eyes
Wear something cozy & comfortable
Open doors about 30 minutes prior
Seated, chair or reclined meditation is welcome
This event is non-refundable and non-transferable
Cost $26-28
Purchase Advance tickets HERE
Mystic Heart Website
Jazz Center of Bellingham - Nick Biello Quartet
Saxophonist/multi-instrumentalist and composer Nick Biello is developing a reputation as an exciting and artful musician.
Nick has shared the stage with world-class artists, such as Slide Hampton, Cedar Walton, the Jimmy Heath Big Band, Rich Perry, Phil Markowitz, Steve Davis, Orrin Evans and the Captain Black Big Band, Clarence Penn, John Benitez, Henry Cole, Harvie S, Victor Bailey, Jaimoe Johnson and Butch Trucks of the Allman Brothers.
Nick has been recorded on hundreds of albums, from his own original projects to his work as a sideman for other artists. His debut album, "Vagabond Soul," released in 2017 on the Truth Revolution Recording Collective, features Phil Markowitz, John Benitez, Clarence Penn, Paul Jones, Andrew Renfroe, and Vincent Lionti. “Between Light and Shadow”, a collection of original compositions for the chordless trio format, will be released in May of 2024 on La Reserve Records and features Biello’s working trio of Alex Tremblay on bass and Peter Kronreif on drums.
In demand as a composer and arranger, Nicholas has written arrangements that have been performed by artists such as Stevie Wonder, Dave Koz, and Kelly Rowland. His work has been televised on networks such as ABC and ESPN, and heard in venues in Las Vegas, L.A., and New York City. He has worked with members of the famed Apollo Theater house band in music composition and production.
Nick is a D'addario Woodwinds Artist and uses D'addario reeds and accessories.
Cost: $20 general, $10 students
Purchase Advance Tickets
Website: www.nickbiellomusic.com
Happy Hour Music Monday - Guitars and Gratitude
Guitars and Gratitude feature the stellar harmonies of Dianne Ardourel and Lane Hoback. They play original and favorite cover tunes in folk, country, Americana, and pop genres. They will be joined by the talented Rick Baunach on harmonica and three row diatonic accordion.
This event is not ticketed. However, cash donations of appreciation are gladly accepted.
Bellingham TheatreWorks : Deep Blue Sound
On a picturesque island in Puget Sound, we find a town in a crisis: The whales have gone missing.
While (unofficial) Mayor Annie searches for a solution, Chris tries to get back together with Mary; John reaches out to help Homeless Gary; Leslie longs for a faraway pen pal; Ali has come home to care for her mother; and Ella has a secret she only wants to share with local journalist Joy Mead, who she barely knows.
But what about the whales? Is their absence just a seasonal glitch, or is it a sign of our collective failure to take care of the Earth?
DEEP BLUE SOUND is a funny and moving play about the connections we make—and the ones we long to make—to other people, and to the world around us.
Cost: $25 general, $15 student
Purchase advance tickets here
Website: bellinghamtheatreworks.org
Bellingham TheatreWorks : Deep Blue Sound
On a picturesque island in Puget Sound, we find a town in a crisis: The whales have gone missing.
While (unofficial) Mayor Annie searches for a solution, Chris tries to get back together with Mary; John reaches out to help Homeless Gary; Leslie longs for a faraway pen pal; Ali has come home to care for her mother; and Ella has a secret she only wants to share with local journalist Joy Mead, who she barely knows.
But what about the whales? Is their absence just a seasonal glitch, or is it a sign of our collective failure to take care of the Earth?
DEEP BLUE SOUND is a funny and moving play about the connections we make—and the ones we long to make—to other people, and to the world around us.
Cost: $25 general, $15 student
Purchase advance tickets here
Website: bellinghamtheatreworks.org
Bellingham TheatreWorks : Deep Blue Sound
On a picturesque island in Puget Sound, we find a town in a crisis: The whales have gone missing.
While (unofficial) Mayor Annie searches for a solution, Chris tries to get back together with Mary; John reaches out to help Homeless Gary; Leslie longs for a faraway pen pal; Ali has come home to care for her mother; and Ella has a secret she only wants to share with local journalist Joy Mead, who she barely knows.
But what about the whales? Is their absence just a seasonal glitch, or is it a sign of our collective failure to take care of the Earth?
DEEP BLUE SOUND is a funny and moving play about the connections we make—and the ones we long to make—to other people, and to the world around us.
Cost: $25 general, $15 student
Purchase advance tickets here
Website: bellinghamtheatreworks.org
Bellingham TheatreWorks : Deep Blue Sound
On a picturesque island in Puget Sound, we find a town in a crisis: The whales have gone missing.
While (unofficial) Mayor Annie searches for a solution, Chris tries to get back together with Mary; John reaches out to help Homeless Gary; Leslie longs for a faraway pen pal; Ali has come home to care for her mother; and Ella has a secret she only wants to share with local journalist Joy Mead, who she barely knows.
But what about the whales? Is their absence just a seasonal glitch, or is it a sign of our collective failure to take care of the Earth?
DEEP BLUE SOUND is a funny and moving play about the connections we make—and the ones we long to make—to other people, and to the world around us.
Cost: $25 general, $15 student
Purchase advance tickets here
Website: bellinghamtheatreworks.org
Kuntz & Company - Documenting Grace Film Series: (Re)Brilliancy
The Art and Heart of Healthcare and Kaiser Permanente Nurse Scholars Program proudly present, (Re)Brilliancy: A Documentary on bringing joy to healthcare through dance and play.
This full length documentary unveils the impact and joy of caring for nurses as they care for others through the arts, dance, play, music, and poetry. Hear directly from front line nurses as they share the impact COVID -19 has had on their mental health and how the arts create courageous and safe spaces for their healing and joy.
Tara Rynders, one of the film's directors and the artist behind this work, will be present at the film screening and will engage in a Q&A directly after the screening. Please join us for this awesome opportunity!
Cost: $12.00
Purchase tickets in advance here
Website: kuntzandco.org/documenting-grace-a-dance-film-festival
For questions or accommodations: 360-510-4711 or kuntzpam@gmail.com
Bellingham TheatreWorks : Deep Blue Sound
On a picturesque island in Puget Sound, we find a town in a crisis: The whales have gone missing.
While (unofficial) Mayor Annie searches for a solution, Chris tries to get back together with Mary; John reaches out to help Homeless Gary; Leslie longs for a faraway pen pal; Ali has come home to care for her mother; and Ella has a secret she only wants to share with local journalist Joy Mead, who she barely knows.
But what about the whales? Is their absence just a seasonal glitch, or is it a sign of our collective failure to take care of the Earth?
DEEP BLUE SOUND is a funny and moving play about the connections we make—and the ones we long to make—to other people, and to the world around us.
Cost: $25 general, $15 student
Purchase advance tickets here
Website: bellinghamtheatreworks.org
Bellingham TheatreWorks : Deep Blue Sound
On a picturesque island in Puget Sound, we find a town in a crisis: The whales have gone missing.
While (unofficial) Mayor Annie searches for a solution, Chris tries to get back together with Mary; John reaches out to help Homeless Gary; Leslie longs for a faraway pen pal; Ali has come home to care for her mother; and Ella has a secret she only wants to share with local journalist Joy Mead, who she barely knows.
But what about the whales? Is their absence just a seasonal glitch, or is it a sign of our collective failure to take care of the Earth?
DEEP BLUE SOUND is a funny and moving play about the connections we make—and the ones we long to make—to other people, and to the world around us.
Cost: $25 general, $15 student
Purchase advance tickets here
Website: bellinghamtheatreworks.org
Bellingham TheatreWorks : Deep Blue Sound
On a picturesque island in Puget Sound, we find a town in a crisis: The whales have gone missing.
While (unofficial) Mayor Annie searches for a solution, Chris tries to get back together with Mary; John reaches out to help Homeless Gary; Leslie longs for a faraway pen pal; Ali has come home to care for her mother; and Ella has a secret she only wants to share with local journalist Joy Mead, who she barely knows.
But what about the whales? Is their absence just a seasonal glitch, or is it a sign of our collective failure to take care of the Earth?
DEEP BLUE SOUND is a funny and moving play about the connections we make—and the ones we long to make—to other people, and to the world around us.
Cost: $25 general, $15 student
Purchase advance tickets here
Website: bellinghamtheatreworks.org
Music Monday - Simon Llewelyn Evans
Simon Llewelyn Evans is an Australian singer-songwriter who has also recorded and performed under the band name "draw mountains There". Called “a case apart. A special phenomenon” by Rootstime magazine in Belgium, his debut album was number 2 on the folk music charts in Australia.
Evans’ work explores sexuality, loss, death, spirituality and the slow subtle world of relationship. Having spent most of his life in Australia and the Fiji Islands, he recently moved to Bellingham with his wife and is finding new inspiration in the beautiful Pacific Northwest. He is currently touring to share his newly released album, Something Real.
This event is not ticketed. However, cash donations of appreciation are gladly accepted.
Websites: Bandcamp, Spotify, Apple Music, Facebook
The Jazz Project - KJS Trio
The 2025 Spring Art of Jazz Series begins with the KJS trio with Steve Korn drums, Jeff Johnson bass, and Marc Seales Piano. Tickets and memberships are available in The Jazz Project store. Art of Jazz tickets are generic and admit to any concert in the series. The 2025 series is free to Jazz Project members.
Cost: Free for Members, $20 at the door
Purchase tickets in advance here
Website: jazzproject.org
Bellingham TheatreWorks : Deep Blue Sound
On a picturesque island in Puget Sound, we find a town in a crisis: The whales have gone missing.
While (unofficial) Mayor Annie searches for a solution, Chris tries to get back together with Mary; John reaches out to help Homeless Gary; Leslie longs for a faraway pen pal; Ali has come home to care for her mother; and Ella has a secret she only wants to share with local journalist Joy Mead, who she barely knows.
But what about the whales? Is their absence just a seasonal glitch, or is it a sign of our collective failure to take care of the Earth?
DEEP BLUE SOUND is a funny and moving play about the connections we make—and the ones we long to make—to other people, and to the world around us.
Cost: $25 general, $15 student
Purchase advance tickets here
Website: bellinghamtheatreworks.org