Western Washington University Performing Arts Center

516 High St.
Bellingham, WA 98225
United States

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Whatcom Weird (local experimental showcase)

Thursday, April 30, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Featuring Falling Up Stairs, Rubix Shoes, Mindmeld, Twin Sibling, Ego Eimi, illogicians.

$5-$8

Music for electric guitar, piano & electronics

Friday, May 1, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Featuring Cristina Valdes (Seattle), Giacomo Fiore (San Francisco), Rocco DiPietro (Columbus) w/WWU musicians.

$5-$8

Percussion, free improv, chamber music & electronics

Saturday, May 2, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Featuring Eve Beglarian (NYC) w/WWU musicians, Beauty School (Bay area), Steve & Melanie Sehman (B’ham) and Simon Hutchinson (Missoula).

$5-$8

Prepared guitar, unusual instruments & more

Sunday, May 3, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Featuring Bill Horist (Seattle), Simon Hutchinson (Missoula), Eve Beglarian (NYC) w/WWU musicians, Equus Saxophone Quartet (B’ham), Susan Haines (B’ham) /J.C. Combs (Seattle), Lesley Sommer (B’ham) w/WWU musicians and John Friesen (B’ham).

$5-$8

Bellingham Festival of Music: Handel, Mozart, Tchaikovsky

Friday, July 3, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Handel – Overture to Royal Fireworks Music
Mozart – Symphony No. 36 in C major “Linz”
Tchaikovsky – Concerto in D major for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 35

$12-$45

Bellingham Festival of Music: Taylor, Sibelius, R. Strauss

Tuesday, July 7, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Benjamin Dean Taylor – Worlds Without End
R. Strauss – Four Last Songs
Sibelius – Symphony No. 1 in E minor, Op. 39

$12-$45

Bellingham Festival of Music: Ravel, Vanhal, Bartók, Dvořák

Saturday, July 11, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Ravel – Le Tombeau de Couperin
Vanhal – Double Bass Concerto in E-flat major
Bartok – Romanian Folk Dances
Dvořák – Serenade for Winds in D minor

$12-$45

Bellingham Festival of Music: Calidore String Quartet

Sunday, July 12, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Haydn – Quartet in G major, Op. 54, No. 1
Shaw – Entr’acte
Mendelssohn – Quartet in F minor, Op. 80

$25-$35

Bellingham Festival of Music: Bach, Finzi, Brahms

Wednesday, July 15, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
J.S. Bach – Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major, BWV 1049
Finzi – Five Bagatelles for Clarinet and Strings, Op. 23a
Brahms – Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15

$12-$45

Bellingham Festival of Music: Haydn's 'The Creation'

Sunday, July 19, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Haydn – The Creation (Die Schöpfung)

$12-$45

Marrowstone Faculty Chamber Music: Mozart, Duruflé & more

Thursday, July 30, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Mozart – Quartet for Oboe and Strings
Duruflé – Prélude, Récitatif et Variations, Op. 3
Nielsen – Serenata in Vano
Muczynski – Voyage for Brass Trio, Op. 27
Prechtl – At the Round Earth’s Imagined Corners
Mozart – Clarinet Quintet in A major, K. 581

$10-$15

Marrowstone Chamber Orchestra: Bach, Stravinsky, Herbert, Poulenc

Saturday, August 1, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
J.S. Bach – Brandenburg Concerto No. 5
Stravinsky – Concerto in E-flat “Dumbarton Oaks” Herbert – Cello Concerto (Walter Gray, cello)
Poulenc – Suite Française

$15-$26

Marrowstone Faculty Chamber Music: Saglietti, Martinu & more

Thursday, August 6, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Saglietti – Suite for Trombone and Strings
M. Haydn – Divertimento in C
B. Martinů – Les Rondes
Brahms – Four Songs, Op. 17
R. Schumann – Piano Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 44

$10-$15

Marrowstone Chamber Orchestra: Bruch, Rimsky-Korsakov & more

Saturday, August 8, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Stravinsky – Pulcinella Suite
Vaughan Williams – Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis
Bruch – Romance in F major, Op. 85
Rimsky-Korsakov – Trombone Concerto
Darius Milhaud – La Création du Monde

$15-$26

Bellingham Festival of Music: Haydn, Schumann, Beethoven

Thursday, July 1, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Haydn – Overture to L'Infedeltà delusa, Hob. 28:5 Schumann – Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129 Beethoven – Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93

$12-$45

Bellingham Festival of Music: Verdi, Mozart, Mendelssohn

Monday, July 5, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Verdi – Prelude to La Traviata Mozart – Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major, K. 218 Mendelssohn – Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 56, "Scottish" Symphony

$12-$45

Bellingham Festival of Music: Calidore String Quartet

Wednesday, July 7, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Mendelssohn – String Quartet No. 1 in D major, Op. 44 Prokofiev – String Quartet No. 2 in F major, Op. 92 Tchaikovsky – String Quartet No. 1 in D major, Op. 11

$25-$45

Bellingham Festival of Music: Rossini, Juan Ramírez, Schumann

Friday, July 9, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Rossini – Overture to William Tell Juan Ramírez – Suite Latina (2002) World Premiere Schumann – Symphony No. 1 in B-flat major, Op. 38 "Spring"

$12-$45

Bellingham Festival of Music: Mussorgsky, Mendelssohn, Mahler

Tuesday, July 13, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Mussorgsky – Dawn on the River Moskva (prelude to Khovanshchina) Mendelssohn – Piano Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25 Mahler – Symphony No. 4 in G major

$12-$45

Bellingham Festival of Music: Mozart Requiem and Piano Concerto No. 24

Saturday, July 17, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Mozart – Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K. 491 Mozart – Requiem Mass in D minor, K. 626

$12-$45