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July 2020
2020 is the 21st season of Bellingham's summer outdoor movie series: Fairhaven Outdoor Cinema! Weekly events feature outdoor entertainment and big screen movies in the park. Bring your own seating and a cozy blanket! Popcorn, sweets and beverage will be available for purchase but outside food and non-alcoholic beverages are permitted. Start times vary depending on sunset. Go to their Facebook page to vote for the movie you want to see screened!
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The Birch Bay Chamber of Commerce has paired their classic Sand Sculpture Competition with the Best Classic Car Show around - their very own Rollback Weekend! The car show is open to all years, all makes and models, bring your motorcycles, trucks and project cars! Cruise Birch Bay Drive and check out the amazing Sand Sculptures and Castles on the tide flats of Birch Bay, or gather your friends, family or co-workers and get your hands dirty and build your own sand sculpture! Prizes are awarded for the best sculptures in four different divisions: Little Kids, Tweens, High Schoolers, Big Kids, Community & Family, there is a category for everyone! Times and Location TBD
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Downtown Sounds started as a small gathering hosted in an alley, turning the underutilized space into something extraordinary. With each year the event grew, now taking up two entire city blocks on Bay and Prospect Streets. Downtown Sounds draws bands from across the country and folks from Whatcom County and beyond to share in their love of music. After 15 years of this beloved, award-winning, urban music festival, it is firmly cemented as Downtown Bellingham's hottest summer attraction. The 2020 lineup to be announced! Apply to perform or as a food vendor on their website!
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Celebrate local creative spirit at the Fairhaven Fourth Friday Art Walk. Every fourth Friday of each month (except December) merchants throughout Fairhaven Village open their doors to share the artwork of emerging and established artists. Come to the Fairhaven Fourth Friday Art Walk to meet the artists, see demonstrations, partake in refreshments, and enjoy entertainment. Each month will feature new and exciting artists.
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On the first Friday of every month, Downtown’s Art Walk features galleries, studios, museums, shops, and restaurants showcasing the creative talent found in Bellingham’s growing art scene. You're invited to stroll through the streets of downtown to enjoy art, food, and community.
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Six fun-filled days of carnival rides, great fair foods, awesome Grandstand entertainers, Demolition Derby, Rodeo, animal exhibits, quilts, canning, arts, photography, 4H and FFA exhibits.... For over 100 years the Northwest Washington Fair has highlighted the agriculture of the Whatcom County area. Dairy and beef cattle, horses, and many other species of livestock are shown by 4H, FFA and Open Class exhibitors. There are hundreds of exhibits featuring baked goods, canning, flowers and fresh produce grown locally. Join in the fun and enter a contest yourself!
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Enjoy a weekend of bluegrass with camping all week! Music workshops - Open Mic Night - Square Dancing - Instrument Swap - Beer & Cider Garden - Food & Craft Vendors Check out their website for more info and the lineup!
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Relax, refresh your creative spirit. Stress and worry are the creative flow inhibitors. Join us for this weekly guided session. Nothing to do but follow my voice and enter a deeply refined and peaceful space inside. After a while follow my moves as I lead you in Yi Ren Qigong moves. In the first part we rest deeply and in the second, enliven, rebalance and harmonize your energy system. Renew your creative juices! It's easy and effortless.
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Relax, refresh your creative spirit. Stress and worry are the creative flow inhibitors. Join us for this weekly guided session. Nothing to do but follow my voice and enter a deeply refined and peaceful space inside. After a while follow my moves as I lead you in Yi Ren Qigong moves. In the first part we rest deeply and in the second, enliven, rebalance and harmonize your energy system. Renew your creative juices! It's easy and effortless.
Find out moreWe're pleased to kick off an exhibition partnership with the Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM) as we present three masterworks from one of the nation’s most treasured collections of American art. Made possible through the support of Art Bridges and the Terra Foundation for American Art, Conversations Between Collections will highlight these three works in conversation with select works from the Whatcom Museum’s permanent collection in the Lightcatcher’s first-floor gallery and in the People of the Sea and Cedar exhibit.
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