JESSE’S PICKS

Bilongo

6–10 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 27, Barkley Village Green, 2215 Rimland Drive

Bilongo are a fantastic local Latin jazz ensemble, featuring a bunch of our best jazz players, equally enjoyable if you’re dancing or just listening. They’re going to wrap up the Tuesday Tunes series with their show at the Barkley Village Green on Tuesday, Aug. 27.

Tommy Castro

7:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 29, Mount Baker Theatre, 104 N. Commercial St.

Bluesman Tommy Castro is a true road warrior, with thousands of gigs under his belt to go with 16 albums over the course of a 30-year career. He and his band The Painkillers will be at the Walton Theatre in the Mount Baker Theater on Thursday, Aug. 29, not to be missed if you’re into blues with a touch of rock and soul. 

Howard Levy

7:30–10 p.m. Friday, Aug. 30, Rockfish Grill, 320 Commercial Ave., Anacortes

Like a lot of people, I first encountered Howard Levy when he was playing keyboards and harmonica with Bela Fleck and the Flecktones back in the 1990s. Since then he’s brought his virtuoso harmonica skills to studio recordings for a bunch of famous pop acts and dipped into the classical world while remaining firmly based in the jazz scene. He brings his own eclectic quartet to the Rockfish Grill on Friday, Aug. 30.

Salt Pine

8 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 31, The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St.

Local alt-country stalwarts Salt Pine have a debut EP coming out. They’ll celebrate its release with a show on Saturday, Aug. 31 at the Shakedown that also features North Country Highway and Mercy Mercy for a solid night of honky tonkin’ and crying in your beer.

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LIVE MUSIC LISTINGS

Friday. Aug. 23

• Aslan Depot: 8 p.m. Mindset Concept
• The Beach at Birch Bay: 6 p.m., Whiplash Rodeo (country covers)
• Bellewood Farms: 6 p.m., Gladstone (rock/pop/country covers)
• Birdsview Brewing: 6 p.m., Charlie Partin
• Bistro at Shuksan: 5 p.m., Jerry Steinhilber Trio (jazz)
• Blue Room: 9 p.m., Lazy Acres, I-90 Fiasco, Bad Honey (rock)
• Boulevard Park: 6 p.m., North Sound Soul
• Boundary Bay: 6 p.m., Sleepy Alligators (Grateful Dead tribute)
• Burlington Visitor Center Ampitheater: 6 p.m., Mary Ellen Lykins & The CC Adams Band (blues/rock)
• Conway Muse: 8 p.m., Joe Day & The Coyotes
• Guemes Island General Store: 6:30 p.m., Petunia & The Vipers
• Honey Moon: 8 p.m., Housekat (jazz)
• Hotel Bellwether: 6 p.m., Adrian Clarke
• Make.Shift: 8 p.m., Mucous Grenade, Petrified, Chittering, guests
• Seafarer’s Memorial Park (Anacortes): 6 p.m., Eden
• The Shakedown: 9 p.m., Cowboy Guts, Marla Hooch
• Skagit Casino: 8 p.m., Brick House
• Skylark’s: 5 p.m., Jim Buk Tu (alt rock covers)
• Station 49: 7 p.m., Lacey Rashea & The Young Guns (country)
• Stones Throw: 6 p.m., Tenderpile’s Smile Aisle (jazz)
• Thirsty Badger:  7:30 p.m., 7 Second Window
• The Vault: 7 p.m., Earl on Earth
• Wild Buffalo: 9 p.m., Baby Cakes, Cory Vincent and the Electric Band, Morgan McHugh (pop/R&B covers)

Saturday, Aug. 24

• The Beach at Birch Bay: 12:30 p.m., Arcade Cowboys, 4 p.m., SpaceBand
• Birdsview Brewing: 6 p.m., Cascade Cody
• Brown Lantern: 9 p.m., Cozmic Sauce (R&B/funk)
• COF& (1209 Cornwall): 9 p.m., Buena Vibra (salsa, with introductory dance lessons at 8 p.m.)
• Conway Muse: 6:30 p.m., Brandon Tigner, 8 p.m., Joel Astley
• Greene’s Corner: 6 p.m., Delta Promenade (acoustic blues)
• Guemes Island General Store: 6 p.m., Andy Coe Band & Jacob Navarro
• Heart of Anacortes: 6 p.m., The Hip
• Honey Moon: 8 p.m., John Swanke, Sarah Pasillas, Drew Martin
• Hotel Bellwether: 6 p.m., Walt Burkett
• Jansen Art Center: 3 and 7 p.m., Jansen Jazz Orchestra
• Kulshan Trackside: 7 p.m., Yogoman Burning Band, DJ Yogoman
• Make.Shift: 8 p.m., Telekinesis, BennyCamps, Triacs (rock)
• Odd Fellows at the Orion: 8 p.m., House Kat
• Office Tavern: 9 a.m., Forest Ray
• Ramble Tamble: 7 p.m., Simon Llewelyn Evans, Charlie Partin (singer-songwriter)
• Rockfish: 7:30 p.m., Tea Seas Trio (funk/jazz)
• The Shakedown: 9 p.m., Paydirt, Tuesday’s Refuge, Sweetwood
• Skagit Casino: 8 p.m., Mr. Pink
• Skagit Cellars: 6 p.m., India Glover (singer-songwriter)
• Skylark’s: 5 p.m., The Three Radicals (classic rock)
• Station 49: 2 p.m., Urban Cowboy, 7 p.m., Lacey Rashea & The Young Guns (country)
• Stones Throw: 6 p.m.,, Quickdraw String Band (folk)
• Thirsty Badger: 8 p.m., S.O.L.
• Time and Materials: 3 p.m., Fourth Corner Punk Fest ft. Warp Detour, Boxcutter, Para Amore, College Radio, Drayton, All Hype
• Uisce: 2 to 10 p.m., The Devilies, Lindsay Street, The Moving Hats, more (Irish folk)
• Wild Buffalo: 8 p.m., The Hip Abduction, Satsang, Coyote Island

Sunday, Aug. 25

• The Beach at Birch Bay: 3 p.m., Midlife Crisis
• Bellingham Cider Company: 6 p.m., Yankee Drivers (bluegrass)
• Gilkey Square (La Conner): 1 p.m., Cascadia Groove
• Hotel Bellwether: 4:30 p.m., Janette West Trio 
• Fairhaven Village Green: 12:30 to 5 p.m., Swing Connection, Skagit Swings, ATown Band (big band extravaganza)
• Kulshan Sunnyland: 5 p.m., Cardova
• Kulshan Trackside: 3 p.m., Aperatonic Trio (jazz/avant-garde)
• Old Edison: 5:30 p.m., The Penny Stinkers (classic rock)
• ‘Ono Kitchen and Bar: 3 p.m., Tenderpile’s Smile Aisle (jazz)
• Ramble Tamble: 7 p.m., Open Mic

Monday, Aug. 26

• Boundary Bay Brewery: 5 p.m., Delta Promenade (acoustic blues)
• Kulshan Sunnyland: 6 p.m., Anissa (jazz/blues/pop)
• Lincoln Theatre: 7:30 p.m., John Primer and the Real Deal Blues Band
• Ramble Tamble: 7 p.m., Wild Geese of the West (Grateful Dead tribute)

Tuesday, Aug. 27

• The Admiralty Lounge: 7 p.m., Morgan McHugh
• Aslan Depot: 8 p.m., Jazz Night
• Barkley Village Green: 6 p.m., Bilongo (Latin jazz)
• Boundary Bay 3 p.m., Out of The Ashes
• Menace Brewing: 7 p.m.,  Invitational Blues Jam
• ‘Ono Kitchen and Bar: 7 p.m., Open Mic ft. Elsa and Hank

Wednesday, Aug. 28

• Beach at Birch Bay: 6 p.m., Open Mic
• Bellingham Bay, aboard the Schooner Zodiac: 6 p.m., Inside Strait
• Honey Moon: 8 p.m., Open Mic
• Rockfish: 6 p.m., Trish Hatley
• Stones Throw: 6 p.m., The Problem (jazz)

Thursday, Aug. 29

• Bar Cicotti: 6 p.m., Aperatonic Trio (jazz)
• Barkley Farmers Market: noon, JP Falcon Grady
• Boundary Bay:  8 p.m., Sons of Rainier, Bad Penny Pleasuremakers
• Brown Lantern: 8:30 p.m., Open Mic
• Conway Muse: 6 p.m., Open Mic
• Farmstrong: 6 p.m., Nathaniel Talbot
• Honey Moon: 8 p.m., Bluegrass Jam
• Hotel Bellwether: 6 p.m., Cascadia Groove
• Kulshan Trackside: 6 p.m., Cardova (funk/R&B)
• Mount Baker Theatre: 7:30 p.m., Tommy Castro and the Painkillers (blues/rock)
• Ramble Tamble: 8 p.m., Analog Brass
• Riverwalk Plaza (Mount Vernon): 6 p.m., Billy Appleton Band
• Thirsty Badger: 7 p.m., Open Mic
• That’s What I Like: 6 p.m, JP Falcon and Friends (folk/rock)

Friday, Aug. 30

• Aslan Depot: 8 p.m. Cozmic Sauce (R&B/funk)
• The Beach at Birch Bay: 6 p.m., Wicked Timing (acoustic covers)
• Bistro at Shuksan: 5 p.m., Tenderpile’s Smile Aisle (jazz)
• Boundary Bay: 6 p.m., Legendary Chucklenuts, The Vibes
• Burlington Visitor Center Ampitheater: 6 p.m., Mama Dirty Skirt (classic rock)
• Greene’s Corner: 6 p.m., The Problem (jazz)
• Honey Moon: 8 p.m., Kelly Hunt Trio
• Hotel Bellwether: 6 p.m., TBA
• Lincoln Theatre: 7:30 p.m., Brian Gore, Itamar Erez (instrumental guitar and piano)
• Make.Shift: 8 p.m., Dark Meditation, Melancholia, With Abandon
• Old Edison: 7:30 p.m., Lonesome Town Painters (bluegrass)
• Rockfish: 7:30 p.m., Howard Levy 4 
• Skylark’s: 5 p.m., Badd Dogg Blues Society
• Stones Throw: 6 p.m., Andre Carrao
• Thirsty Badger: 8 p.m., Ron Hardt & Jimmy Wright
• Vault: 7 p.m., Trio Sueno
• Wild Buffalo: 9 p.m., Surfer Girl, guests (pop/reggae)

Saturday, Aug. 31

• The Beach at Birch Bay: 3 p.m. Groove Tones
• Beach Store Cafe: 6:30 p.m., Tenderpile’s Smile Aisle (jazz)
• Birdsview Brewing: 6 p.m., Wayne Hayton
• Boundary: 6 p.m., Adrian Xavier & Ska Island
• Brown Lantern: 9 p.m., Invisible Cowboys
• Cordata Park: 5:30 p.m., The D’vas
• Guemes Island General Store: 5:30 p.m., Object Heavy, Ebb, Slack & Flood
• Heart of Anacortes: 6 p.m., The Atlantics
• Honey Moon: 8 p.m., Ken Scholes
• Hotel Bellwether: 6 p.m., Walt Burkett
• Make.Shift: 8 p.m., Agonista, Nightfeeder, MEM//BRANE
• Old Edison: 8 p.m., Full Spectrum (classic rock)
• Odd Fellows at the Orion: 8 p.m., Julian MacDonough
• Rockfish: 7:30 p.m. The Colonel (flamenco/classical)
• The Shakedown: 8 p.m., Salt Pine, North Country Highway, Mercy Mercy (alt-country)
• Skylark’s: 2 p.m., Ryan Sandholm (acoustic rock covers), 5 p.m., CraigO’s Planet Groove
• Stones Throw: 3 p.m., StoneStock ft. The Sleepy Alligators, The Band of Havilah??
• Thirsty Badger: 8 p.m., Cascade Cody (country)
• Wild Buffalo: 9 p.m., True Loves, guests (funk/R&B)

Sunday, Sept. 1

• The Beach at Birch Bay: 3 p.m., TBA
• Bellingham Cider Company: 6 p.m., The Diamond Lane 5tet
• Gilkey Square (La Conner): 1 p.m., Pacific Twang (country)
• Hotel Bellwether: 4:30 p.m., Alicia Dauber (jazz)
• Kulshan Sunnyland: 5 p.m., TBA
• Kulshan Trackside: 3 p.m., Dadweed (folk)
• Old Edison: 5:30 p.m., The Atlantics
• ‘Ono Kitchen and Bar: 3 p.m., Tenderpile’s Smile Aisle (jazz)
• Paws for A Beer: 2 p.m., Michael Dayvid

Jesse Stanton's music column, The Beat Goes On, appears weekly. Reach him at jsbhammusic@gmail.com; @JSBhamMusic. Check with individual venues to make sure events are still taking place as scheduled. Live music events in Whatcom County: http://www.cascadiadaily.com/category/living/arts-and-entertainment/music/music-calendar