The FireHouse Arts & Events Center is excited to host this year’s Bellingham TheatreWorks Fairhaven Summer Repertory Theatre (FSRT) lineup featuring three award-winning and thought-provoking plays written by authors who explore how language can both set us apart and bring us together.

The Language Archive - George is consumed with preserving and documenting the dying languages of the world.  At home, however, despite all the languages he speaks, words fail him in his marriage with his wife.  This heartfelt bittersweet comedy won the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize for new plays.

Written by: Julia Cho (2012)
Directed by: Cara Phipps

Cost: $25 per show (Regular), $15 per show (Student)
Purchase advance tickets per show or season pass

Website: bellinghamtheatreworks.org

Contact: 360-389-2835

The FireHouse Arts & Events Center is excited to host this year’s Bellingham TheatreWorks Fairhaven Summer Repertory Theatre (FSRT) lineup featuring three award-winning and thought-provoking plays written by authors who explore how language can both set us apart and bring us together.

The Foreigner - In a fishing lodge in rural Georgia, a tragically shy proofreader for a science fiction magazine tries to hide from life, only to put himself in the middle of a family squabble over money and power. This hilarious comedy earned multiple Obie and Outer Critics Circle awards as Best New American Play and Best Off-Broadway Production.

Written by: Larry Shue (1984)
Directed by: Mark Kuntz

Cost: $25 per show (Regular), $15 per show (Student)
Purchase advance tickets per show or season pass

Website: bellinghamtheatreworks.org

Contact: 360-389-2835

The FireHouse Arts & Events Center is excited to host this year’s Bellingham TheatreWorks Fairhaven Summer Repertory Theatre (FSRT) lineup featuring three award-winning and thought-provoking plays written by authors who explore how language can both set us apart and bring us together.

Translations - A British soldier falls in love with an Irish peasant girl, with a backdrop of the British Army’s campaign to change the names of native Gaelic locations. This lyric play explores language as the soul of a nation, during a time of complicated social upheaval.

Written by: Brian Friel (1980)
Directed by: Kayla Adams

Cost: $25 per show (Regular), $15 per show (Student)
Purchase advance tickets per show or season pass

Website: bellinghamtheatreworks.org

Contact: 360-389-2835

The FireHouse Arts & Events Center is excited to host this year’s Bellingham TheatreWorks Fairhaven Summer Repertory Theatre (FSRT) lineup featuring three award-winning and thought-provoking plays written by authors who explore how language can both set us apart and bring us together.

The Language Archive - George is consumed with preserving and documenting the dying languages of the world.  At home, however, despite all the languages he speaks, words fail him in his marriage with his wife.  This heartfelt bittersweet comedy won the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize for new plays.

Written by: Julia Cho (2012)
Directed by: Cara Phipps

Cost: $25 per show (Regular), $15 per show (Student)
Purchase advance tickets per show or season pass

Website: bellinghamtheatreworks.org

Contact: 360-389-2835

The FireHouse Arts & Events Center is excited to host this year’s Bellingham TheatreWorks Fairhaven Summer Repertory Theatre (FSRT) lineup featuring three award-winning and thought-provoking plays written by authors who explore how language can both set us apart and bring us together.

The Foreigner - In a fishing lodge in rural Georgia, a tragically shy proofreader for a science fiction magazine tries to hide from life, only to put himself in the middle of a family squabble over money and power. This hilarious comedy earned multiple Obie and Outer Critics Circle awards as Best New American Play and Best Off-Broadway Production.

Written by: Larry Shue (1984)
Directed by: Mark Kuntz

Cost: $25 per show (Regular), $15 per show (Student)
Purchase advance tickets per show or season pass

Website: bellinghamtheatreworks.org

Contact: 360-389-2835

RPM (Rick, Phil, Mark)                                             

Rick Baunach of the Song Wranglers and Guitars And Gratitude (Harmonica and Accordion) joins forces with Phil Paige of the Pontunes (Guitar and Vocals). Join Rick and Phil for an afternoon of your favorite rock and pop songs, a few originals, and sing along tunes. 

This event is not ticketed. However, cash donations of appreciation are gladly accepted.

The FireHouse Arts & Events Center is excited to host this year’s Bellingham TheatreWorks Fairhaven Summer Repertory Theatre (FSRT) lineup featuring three award-winning and thought-provoking plays written by authors who explore how language can both set us apart and bring us together.

The Language Archive - George is consumed with preserving and documenting the dying languages of the world.  At home, however, despite all the languages he speaks, words fail him in his marriage with his wife.  This heartfelt bittersweet comedy won the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize for new plays.

Written by: Julia Cho (2012)
Directed by: Cara Phipps

Cost: $25 per show (Regular), $15 per show (Student)
Purchase advance tickets per show or season pass

Website: bellinghamtheatreworks.org

Contact: 360-389-2835

The FireHouse Arts & Events Center is excited to host this year’s Bellingham TheatreWorks Fairhaven Summer Repertory Theatre (FSRT) lineup featuring three award-winning and thought-provoking plays written by authors who explore how language can both set us apart and bring us together.

The Foreigner - In a fishing lodge in rural Georgia, a tragically shy proofreader for a science fiction magazine tries to hide from life, only to put himself in the middle of a family squabble over money and power. This hilarious comedy earned multiple Obie and Outer Critics Circle awards as Best New American Play and Best Off-Broadway Production.

Written by: Larry Shue (1984)
Directed by: Mark Kuntz

Cost: $25 per show (Regular), $15 per show (Student)
Purchase advance tickets per show or season pass

Website: bellinghamtheatreworks.org

Contact: 360-389-2835

The FireHouse Arts & Events Center is excited to host this year’s Bellingham TheatreWorks Fairhaven Summer Repertory Theatre (FSRT) lineup featuring three award-winning and thought-provoking plays written by authors who explore how language can both set us apart and bring us together.

Translations - A British soldier falls in love with an Irish peasant girl, with a backdrop of the British Army’s campaign to change the names of native Gaelic locations. This lyric play explores language as the soul of a nation, during a time of complicated social upheaval.

Written by: Brian Friel (1980)
Directed by: Kayla Adams

Cost: $25 per show (Regular), $15 per show (Student)
Purchase advance tickets per show or season pass

Website: bellinghamtheatreworks.org

Contact: 360-389-2835

The FireHouse Arts & Events Center is excited to host this year’s Bellingham TheatreWorks Fairhaven Summer Repertory Theatre (FSRT) lineup featuring three award-winning and thought-provoking plays written by authors who explore how language can both set us apart and bring us together.

The Language Archive - George is consumed with preserving and documenting the dying languages of the world.  At home, however, despite all the languages he speaks, words fail him in his marriage with his wife.  This heartfelt bittersweet comedy won the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize for new plays.

Written by: Julia Cho (2012)
Directed by: Cara Phipps

Cost: $25 per show (Regular), $15 per show (Student)
Purchase advance tickets per show or season pass

Website: bellinghamtheatreworks.org

Contact: 360-389-2835

The FireHouse Arts & Events Center is excited to host this year’s Bellingham TheatreWorks Fairhaven Summer Repertory Theatre (FSRT) lineup featuring three award-winning and thought-provoking plays written by authors who explore how language can both set us apart and bring us together.

The Foreigner - In a fishing lodge in rural Georgia, a tragically shy proofreader for a science fiction magazine tries to hide from life, only to put himself in the middle of a family squabble over money and power. This hilarious comedy earned multiple Obie and Outer Critics Circle awards as Best New American Play and Best Off-Broadway Production.

Written by: Larry Shue (1984)
Directed by: Mark Kuntz

Cost: $25 per show (Regular), $15 per show (Student)
Purchase advance tickets per show or season pass

Website: bellinghamtheatreworks.org

Contact: 360-389-2835

The FireHouse Arts & Events Center is excited to host this year’s Bellingham TheatreWorks Fairhaven Summer Repertory Theatre (FSRT) lineup featuring three award-winning and thought-provoking plays written by authors who explore how language can both set us apart and bring us together.

Translations - A British soldier falls in love with an Irish peasant girl, with a backdrop of the British Army’s campaign to change the names of native Gaelic locations. This lyric play explores language as the soul of a nation, during a time of complicated social upheaval.

Written by: Brian Friel (1980)
Directed by: Kayla Adams

Cost: $25 per show (Regular), $15 per show (Student)
Purchase advance tickets per show or season pass

Website: bellinghamtheatreworks.org

Contact: 360-389-2835

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

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

RPM (Rick, Phil, Mark)                                             

Rick Baunach of the Song Wranglers and Guitars And Gratitude (Harmonica and Accordion) joins forces with Phil Paige of the Pontunes (Guitar and Vocals) and Mark Isenhour of Double Trouble (Guitar and Vocals). Join RPM for an afternoon of your favorite rock and pop songs, a few originals, and sing along tunes. 

This event is not ticketed. However, cash donations of appreciation are gladly accepted.

Come enjoy great food and drinks while meeting some of our incredible rescue pups looking for their forever homes.

Website: happytailshappyhomes.org

Classical... ish! Abrahamson and Phelps. Piano and Violin.

Composer and pianist Thomas Abrahamson (piano) teams up with Libby Phelps (violin), all in the style of contemporary classical…ish. Solo piano, solo violin, then together!

Program (subject to change):

Piano Sonata no. 1
Two Nocturnes op. 3
Select Preludes from first set
Ballade for Violin and Piano op. 5

Cost: General Admission; $20.00 / Students: $10.00
Purchase tickets in advance here.

Website: abrahamsonpiano.com

Contact: Thomas Abrahamson

Bellinghome School of Music's annual Spring recitals on June 6th and 7th, feature students of all ages performing on several types of instruments and covering many types of musical styles and genres. From classical, to folk, to funk, to jazz, and many more. Come on by and share the excitement and sense of accomplishment from our talented students!

Website: bellinghomeschoolofmusic.com

Contact: frontdesk@bellinghomeschoolofmusic.com

Bellinghome School of Music's annual Spring recitals on June 6th and 7th, feature students of all ages performing on several types of instruments and covering many types of musical styles and genres. From classical, to folk, to funk, to jazz, and many more. Come on by and share the excitement and sense of accomplishment from our talented students!

Website: bellinghomeschoolofmusic.com

Contact: frontdesk@bellinghomeschoolofmusic.com

Connection Jazz Series - a concert series with the core musical values of connection, broad emotional palette, and receptivity to spontaneous musical divergence. Rich in substance, authenticity, and musical accessibility, it doesn't matter if you're a seasoned Jazz lover or a first-time listener...The Connection Jazz Series is made for you.

Line Up: John Stowell (guitar), Jeff Johnson (bass), and Christian Casolary (drums)

Cost: $10 - $20
Purchase advance tickets here.

Website: christiancasolary.com/connection-jazz

Contact: Christian Casolary

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.

Join us for an unforgettable evening with Ken Stringfellow—legendary indie artist, producer, and founding member of The Posies (originally from Bellingham).

Known for his work with Big Star and R.E.M., and collaborations with icons like Neil Young and Suzi Quatro, Ken brings decades of experience and emotional depth to every performance. Celebrating the release of his new solo album CIRCUIT BREAKER (Oct 2024), Ken’s live shows blend raw vulnerability with rich musicality. Don’t miss this chance to experience live this multidimensional, deeply committed, surprising and captivating local-artist-gone-global.

An artist worthy of respect and a listen from any true fan of classic pop… uniformly flawless (Pitchfork)

Stringfellow is one of the most underrated songwriters of our generation (Billboard)

Stringfellow’s clear, composed croon forgives all sins (Rolling Stone)

Lush pop perfection (Mojo)

All ages OK with guardian or parent. Listen to the album, Circuit Breaker, here.

Cost: $25 - $100
Purchase tickets in advance here.

Website: www.linktr.ee/kenstringfellow

With a performance history spanning more than 29 years and having released 15 CDs, Pearl Django endures as one of the most highly regarded Hot Club style groups working today.

Although the band’s roots are firmly in the music made famous by Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli, its extensive repertoire includes traditional jazz classics and original compositions. The band has performed at festivals, dances and night spots throughout the U.S. and abroad. They have played at the prestigious Festival Django Reinhardt in Samois sur Seine and have been featured on NPR’s “All Things Considered.” The band’s signature style is marked by pristine and dexterous string work, colors of Bal Musette, the steady pulse of rhythm guitar and an unmistakable swing that delights audiences of all musical sensibilities. Throughout the years, Pearl Django has cultivated a devoted and enthusiastic following and they continue to play to packed houses wherever they perform.

“Pearl Django play(s) gypsy jazz…and they do it with such verve, skill and pleasure that they’re pretty much irresistible to jazz and non-jazz listeners alike.” —Seattle Weekly

“Pearl Django: The gypsy jazz of Django Reinhardt done to perfection!” —Paul de Barros, The Seattle Times (2002)

Cost: $30.00
Purchase advance tickets here.

Website: pearldjango.com

Contact: Rick Leppanen

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

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

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

Dry Martini, a classic jazz trio consisting of J. Michael Newlight (guitar and vocals), Mike Knutson (alto 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.

Acoustic Artistry at the Firehouse with Stanley Greenthal, Tracy Moore & Steve Davison

Stanley Greenthal, along with long-time musical compatriots Tracy Moore & Steve Davison, will present an evening of Acoustic Artistry on 6 and 12-String guitars and Bouzouki. Stanley is well known at The Firehouse, having appeared with SeaMuse at many of the Firehouse’s Winter Solstice Concerts. For this evening, Stanley joins solo guitarists Tracy Moore & Steve Davison, sharing music from the renaissance, the Celtic and Baltic nations, and home for American folk tunes, contemporary and original compositions.

Stanley Greenthal

Acclaimed Northwest songwriter and instrumentalist Stanley Greenthal performs a compelling mix of his original songs, and fresh arrangements of instrumental music from Brittany, Scotland, Ireland, and the Balkans. With a mastery of guitar and bouzouki, Stanley combines striking melody with images to evoke personal experience in the listener. Stanley’s instrumentals—whether an energetic Greek karsilamas dance or stirring Scottish pipe march set—transport audiences to a different time and place with stunning rhythmic complexity. Stanley has performed at the FireHouse over many years with his group SeaMuse, presenting their annual Winter Solstice concerts for enthusiastic Bellingham audiences.

Tracy Moore

Guitar music that is delicate, dynamic, serious and often whimsical flow from Camano Island’s Tracy Moore and his 12 String Guitars. Trained in Classical Guitar and Renaissance Lute at WWU, Moore's reputation as a premier 12 String Guitarist has attracted the attention of the national press, including Guitar Player and Acoustic Guitar Magazine. Tracy was nominated for a Boston Music Award and has appeared with Leo Kottke, John Fahey, Tony McManus among many other fine guitarists. Whether in performance or in a workshop setting, Tracy Moore’s passion for the 12 String Guitar is clearly evident. Tracy’s music will take your mind on a creative aural and pictorial journey.

Steve Davison

Mr. Davison is a finger-style guitarist who composes on the 6 and 12 string guitar. An aging hipster, his musical career started at age 12 playing the drums in a multitude of rock and roll bands. At the tender age of 19 he saw his first solo acoustic guitar performance which changed his life. He put down the sticks and picked up the guitar and started his life long journey of discovery. Steve’s compositions are built around simple melodic structures and focus on the intimate qualities of the wooden guitar and the tonal possibilities of alternate tunings that give the guitar such an extraordinary range. In June of 2019, Mr. Davison was awarded the Guitar Player of the Year by the Arkansas Country Music Awards.

Cost: $20.00

Purchase Advance tickets Here

Contact: Tracy Moore

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.

 Ryan Hashagen has transformed hearts, minds and streets in Portland, Oregon through transportation activism, tactical urbanism and consensus-building. They will share his experiences and advice for creating successful and economically viable people-centered streets here in Bellingham. If you’re passionate about improving our active transportation landscape, you won’t want to miss it!

Reserve your free ticket here as space is limited.

A free bike valet will be available for those who ride. The venue is accessible by WTA bus routes 1, 14 and 105.

Hashagen is a graduate of WWU and an all-around micromobility activist/expert who founded a cargo bike manufacturing business, Icicle Tricycles, that he runs in Portland, Oregon and Victoria, B.C.. Ryan also runs the Steel Bridge Skatepark Coalition and Better Block Portland, a nonprofit organization that allows community members, students of urban planning and civil engineering, business leaders, elected officials, city bureaucrats, and other community groups to collaborate in designing streets that promote and protect walking, rolling, cycling and transit access. Many of the street improvement concepts have been prototyped and built into permanent micromobility and transit facilities.

Contact: Sonja Max