JESSE’S PICKS

Red Fang

8:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 9, Wild Buffalo, 208 W. Holly St.

Red Fang are a hard rock band out of Portland known for their mix of gnarly riffs with a slight dash of humor, especially in their music videos. They’ve made Bellingham a regular stop over their almost 20 years of touring. I’m a little surprised tickets were (as of my deadline) still available for their show at the Wild Buffalo on Tuesday, July 9. All you headbangers might want to snap those up. 

Bellingham Festival of Music

4 p.m. Wednesday, July 10, Boundary Bay Brewery, 1107 Railroad Ave.

As I mentioned in my column a few weeks ago, the Bellingham Festival of Music has made an effort to incorporate some free performances in hopes of bringing their performers to the people. On Wednesday, July 10, you can head to the Boundary Bay beer garden for a free brass quintet performance featuring some of the top musicians from the festival orchestra. 

The Enthusiasts

July 12–13, locations vary

The cheerful, melodic folk-rock of Skagit County’s The Enthusiasts is pretty much tailor-made for festive summer gatherings. On Friday, July 12, they’ve got a free show as part of Burlington’s summer concert series at the Visitor Center Amphitheater. Then on Saturday, July 13, they’re playing the Guemes Island General Store.

Daikaiju

9 p.m. Sunday, July 14, The Underground, 211 E. Chestnut St.

Daikaiju are a mysterious band of mask-wearing weirdos who play sci-fi-inspired instrumental surf rock at ridiculous tempos and energy levels. They’re notorious for all sorts of unpredictable hijinks, both on and off the stage. They tour relentlessly and are making their way back to Bellingham for a show at the Underground on Sunday, July 14.

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LIVE MUSIC LISTINGS

Friday, July 5

• The Admiralty Lounge: 7 p.m., Pete Irving & Mickey Stylin
• Aslan Depot: 8 p.m., BJ Block Trio (jazz/funk)
• B-Town Bar and Grill: 8 p.m., Chill Deville (classic rock)
• Beach at Birch Bay: 6 p.m., Cowboy Up
• Bellewood Farms: 6 p.m., Queen’s Bluegrass
• Bistro at Shuksan: 5 p.m., Thomas Harris Quartet (jazz)
• Boundary Bay Brewery Bay 6 p.m., Cozmic Sauce (funk/R&B)
• Downtown Bellingham Busking Program: 6 p.m., Spider Cult, Alishia Joubert, LipStitch
• Eagle Haven: 7 p.m., Olson Brothers Band
• Greene’s Corner: 6 p.m., North Country Highway
• Honey Moon: 8 p.m., Simon Llewelyn Evans
• Nacho Problems: 8 p.m., Proud Failures, Kids on Fire, Shame Banger (punk)
• The Shakedown: 9 p.m., Inpathos, What’s Wrong, Moonmother (metal)
• Skagit Cellars: 6 p.m., Lisa Moffatt (country/folk)
• Skylark’s: 5 p.m., Little Big Band
• Station 49: 6 p.m., Three Radicals
• Stones Throw: 6 p.m., Bluegrass First Friday
• Tokyo Monster: 5:30 p.m., Cheryl Hodge (jazz/blues)
• The Vault: 7 p.m., Miles Harris and Company
• Wild Buffalo: 8:30 p.m., Clinton Fearon & The Boogie Brown Band (reggae)

Saturday, July 6

• B-Town Bar and Grill: 8 p.m., The Problem (jazz)
• Beach at Birch Bay: 3 p.m., Blind Fate
• Birdsview Brewing: 6 p.m., Queen’s Bluegrass
• Farmstrong Brewing: 4:30 p.m., Sweetwood, 6:30 p.m., Eden
• Guemes Island General Store: 6:30 p.m., Clinton Fearon & The Boogie Brown Band (reggae)
• Heart of Anacortes: 6 p.m., Pension King and the Dependents
• Honey Moon: 8 p.m., Melanie Daniels
• Kulshan Trackside: 7 p.m., Serafima & The Shakedowns, Shadow Basket
• Make.Shift: 8 p.m., Slowfall, Glass Egg, Hooves and Beak
• Office Tavern: 9 a.m., Wes Jones
• Ramble Tamble: 8 p.m., Bellflower, The Rayes, Rylan Fischer
• Rockfish: 7:30 p.m., The Silver Tongued Devils
• Samson Estates Winery: noon, Dad Company (Bad Company tribute)
• The Shakedown: 9 p.m., Checker Bloom, Sour Fuzz, Morgan McHugh (rock)
• Skylark’s: 1 p.m., CraigO’s Planet Groove, 5 p.m., The Naughty Blokes
• Station 49: 5 p.m., The Shannanagins (classic rock)
• Stones Throw: 6 p.m., Gruv (jazz/funk/blues)
• Tokyo Monster: 5:30 p.m., Cheryl Hodge (jazz/blues) 
• Wild Buffalo: 9 p.m., 40 Oz. To Freedom (Sublime tribute)
• WWU PAC: 7:30 p.m., Bellingham Festival of Music Orchestra ft. Stewart Goodyear (works by Montgomery, Gershwin, Dvorak)

Sunday, July 7

• Beach at Birch Bay: 3 p.m., Chris Eger Band
• Bellingham Cider Company: 6 p.m., Lindsay Street (Celtic)
• Gilkey Square (La Conner): 1 p.m., Herding Kats (jazz)
• Hotel Bellwether: 4:30 p.m., Dry Martini (jazz)
• Kulshan Trackside: 3 p.m., The Other Thing (jazz)
• Old Edison: 5:30 p.m., The Davanos
• Ono Kitchen: 3 p.m., Tenderpile’s Smile Aisle (jazz)
• Ramble Tamble: 7 p.m., Open Mic
• Tokyo Monster: 4 p.m., Singers’ Sunday

Monday, July 8

• Boundary Bay Brewery: 5 p.m., Dr. Jimmy and the Swingtime Serenaders (big band)
• Ramble Tamble: 7 p.m., Wild Geese of the West (Grateful Dead tribute)
• Tuesday, July 9
• The Admiralty Lounge: 7 p.m., Ludlings (indie/folk/rock)
• Aslan Depot: 8 p.m., Jazz Night
• Barkley Village: 6 p.m., Baby Cakes (R&B/pop covers)
• Boundary Bay Brewery: 3 p.m., Out of The Ashes
• Menace: 7 p.m.,  Invitational Blues Jam
• Ono Kitchen: 7 p.m., Open Mic ft. Veronica West
• Tokyo Monster: 5:30 p.m., Marvin Johnson
• Wild Buffalo: 8:30 p.m., Red Fang, Spoon Benders (metal)
• WWU PAC: 7:30 p.m., Calidore String Quartet (works by Beethoven, Montgomery, Purcell, Ravel)

Wednesday, July 10

• Beach at Birch Bay: 6 p.m.
• Boundary Bay Brewery Bay: 4 p.m., Brass Quintet presented by Bellingham Festival of Music, 8 p.m., After Sounds ft. DJ Spel Chek, The Rhetorician, JDone (hip-hop)
• Downtown Sounds: 6 p.m., Cytrus
• Honey Moon: 8 p.m., Open Mic
• Rockfish: 6 p.m., Eric Stoneman
• Seafarer’s Memorial Park (Anacortes): 6 p.m., Naughty Blokes
• Stones Throw: 6 p.m., Lisa Temcov (classic country)
• Tokyo Monster: 5:30 p.m., Marvin Johnson

Thursday, July 11

• Bar Cicotti: 6 p.m., Mark Hunter & Blake Angelos
• Barkley Farmers’ Market: noon, The Sweet Goodbyes
• Boundary Bay Brewery: 5 p.m., Robert Sarazin Blake & The Happy Hour Band, 8 p.m., Stephen Ray Leslie, The Librarians
• Brown Lantern: 8:30 p.m., Open Mic
• Conway Muse: 6 p.m., Open Mic
• Elizabeth Park: 6 p.m., Flattery (Celtic)
• Farmstrong Brewing: 6 p.m., Jeremy Abbott
• Greene’s Corner: 6 p.m., Yankee Drivers (bluegrass)
• Honey Moon: 8 p.m., Christopher Czendo
• Hotel Bellwether: 6 p.m., Chris Eger Band (blues/rock)
• Kulshan Trackside: 6 p.m., Hopnotic (jazz/funk)
• Riverwalk Plaza (Mount Vernon): 6 p.m., Mama Dirty Skirt
• Seafarer’s Memorial Park (Anacortes): 6 p.m., Chris Eger Band and the Powerhouse Horns
• The Shakedown: 9 p.m., Serafima & The Shakedowns, The Dreaded Laramie, Pink Squeeze
• Thirsty Badger: 7 p.m., Open Mic
• That’s What I Like! Island Grill: 6 p.m., JP Falcon and Friends (folk/rock)
• Tokyo Monster: 5:30 p.m., Diane Leigh

Friday, July 12

• Aslan Depot: 10 p.m., Energy Pyramid
• B-Town Bar and Grill: 8 p.m., Saltwater Cowboys
• Beach at Birch Bay: 6 p.m., Billy Applegate Band
• Bellewood Farms: 6 p.m., Michael Dayvid
• Bellingham Unitarian Fellowship: 7:30 p.m., George Mann, Linda Allen (folk)
• Bistro at Shuksan: 5 p.m., Thomas Harris Quartet (jazz)
• The Blue Room: 9 p.m., Cory Vincent & The Electric Band, The Preacher & The Freight Train
• Boundary Bay Brewery: 6 p.m., Cardova
• Burlington Visitor Center Amphitheater: 6 p.m., The Enthusiasts
• El Capitan’s: 8 p.m., J. Marko
• Fireside: 7 p.m., Young Kidz
• Greene’s Corner: 6 p.m., Tenderpile’s Smile Aisle
• Guemes Island General Store: 6:30 p.m., Caleb Klauder & Reeb Willms (classic country)
• Honey Moon: 8 p.m., Ladies Loe (folk)
• Lake Padden Golf Course: 5:30 p.m., JP Falcon Grady
• Make.Shift: 8 p.m., Nurhachi, Cats Like Us, Nobody’s Peach
• Northwest Tune-Up Main Stage: 6 p.m., The Lil Smokies, 7 p.m., Petty or Not, 8 p.m., Indigo De Souza, 9:25 p.m., Yonder Mountain String Band
• Seafarer’s Memorial Park (Anacortes): 6 p.m., Chris Eger Band and the Powerhouse Horns
• The Shakedown: 9 p.m., Full Color Dream, Dr. Rocket, Late Lunch (rock)
• Skagit Casino: 8 p.m., Radio 80’s
• Skagit Cellars: 6 p.m., The House Wrens (Celtic)
• Skylark’s: 5 p.m., Badd Dogg Blues Society
• Station 49: 7 p.m., Bobby Joe Bell
• Stones Throw: 6 p.m.,, JP Falcon Grady
• Tokyo Monster: 5:30 p.m., Cheryl Hodge (jazz/blues)
• The Vault: 7 p.m., Louis Ledford and Nora McLaughlin
• WWU PAC: 7:30 p.m., Bellingham Festival of Music Orchestra ft. Natasha Paremski (works by Guarnieri, Villa-Lobos, Rachmaninoff)

Saturday, July 13

• B-Town Bar and Grill: 8 p.m., Free Harmony
• Beach at Birch Bay: 3 p.m., North Sound Soul
• Beach Store Cafe: 6 p.m., Swing 48
• The Blue Room: 9 p.m., Red Roulette, Drayton, Frog Rocket, Malaise (rock)
• Birdsview Brewing: 6 p.m., Christopher Nunn
• Centennial Riverwalk Park (Ferndale): noon- 8 p.m., Jam On The River
• Conway Muse: 8 p.m., Duffy Bishop Band
• Eagle Haven: 7 p.m., Petty Thief (Tom Petty tribute)
• Greene’s Corner: 6 p.m., Mighty Bayou Opossums (music of New Orleans)
• Guemes Island General Store: 6:30 p.m., The Enthusiasts, Savanna Woods
• Heart of Anacortes: 6 p.m., Billy Appleton Band
• Honey Moon: 8 p.m., Pete Ruble, Little Obsidian & Kai-ote Jack
• Hotel Bellwether: 6 p.m., 
• Katt’s Westside Stories: 5 p.m., MHYMiR, Get Off The Stage, INKVY, UR GRLS
• Make.Shift: 1 p.m., Gender Affirming Fair ft. Clyde Peterson, Very Serious, Sleepy Genes
• Northwest Tune-Up Main Stage: 6 p.m., Protoje meets Tippy I, 7 p.m., Magic Sword, 8 p.m., Emancipator, 9:25 p.m., Lupe Fiasco
• Northwest Tune-Up Tune Town: 3 p.m., Serafima & The Shakedowns, 4 p.m., Grizzly Troubadour, 5 p.m., Analog Brass
• Office Tavern: 9 a.m., Cascade Cody
• Paws For A Beer: 6 p.m., Nobody’s Peach, Annalise Nordgren
• Rockfish: 7:30 p.m., The Naughty Blokes
• Samson Estates Winery: 3:30 p.m., SpaceBand
• The Shakedown: 9 p.m., Thoughts for the Builders, Armature, Rhinderpest (metal/prog)
• Skagit Casino: 8 p.m., Sin City Band
• Skylark’s: 5 p.m., JP Falcon Grady
• Station 49: 7 p.m., Bobby Joe Bell
• Stones Throw: 6 p.m., Delta Promenade (acoustic blues)
• Tokyo Monster: 5:30 p.m., Cheryl Hodge (jazz/blues) 
• Whatcom Museum Rotunda: 3:30 p.m., free chamber music concert presented by Bellingham Festival of Music
• Wild Buffalo: 9 p.m., Talib Kweli (hip-hop)

Sunday, July 14

• Beach at Birch Bay: 3 p.m., Neon Shadows
• Bellingham Cruise Terminal: 4 p.m., Chamber Music Showcase presented by Bellingham Festival of Music
• The Blue Room: 9 p.m., The Groovy Nobody, Dying Suns
• Gilkey Square (La Conner): 1 p.m., The Fabulous Murphtones
• Hotel Bellwether: 4:30 p.m., Connor Helms Trio (jazz)
• Lincoln Theatre: 7:30 p.m., Dave Alvin & Jimmy Dale Gilmore (roots rock/Americana)
• Northwest Tune-Up Main Stage: 5 p.m., The Moondoggies, 6 p.m., Saxsquatch, 7 p.m., Dengue Fever, 8:25 p.m., RJD2
• Northwest Tune-Up Tune Town: 2 p.m., Sweater Weather String Band, 3 p.m., Checker Bloom, 4 p.m., Andy Bunn Trio
• Old Edison: 5:30 p.m., Randy Weeks & The Silent Treatment
• Ono Kitchen: 3 p.m., Tenderpile’s Smile Aisle (jazz)
• Ramble Tamble: 7 p.m., Open Mic
• Riverfront Park (Sedro-Woolley): 6 p.m., Friends For the Ghost
• Tokyo Monster: 4 p.m., Singers’ Sunday
• Underground: 9 p.m., Daikaiju, The Phone Books (rock)

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