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While we are in transition and searching for a stable home base, we will continue to produce events with some of our neighborhood partners.

The AltLib Popup Series will present roving events to continue supporting expansive art projects and dig deep for uncommon cultural exchanges. If you’re interested in setting up a show with us, please read our booking page and send us an e-mail.

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Sleezus / Nordra / Tambalaya / BF Knowhere

An enigma nested within a paradox ad infinitum Doors at 7:30pm; Performances at 8:00pm $6-12 sliding scale Nordra - Dystopian soundtracks to make you feel. Nordra is a founder of Zen Mother and has performed with artists including: Xiu Xiu, Bing and Ruth, SUMAC, Mamiffer, Nate Young, Sissy Spacek, Deafheaven, Imarhan, Mirrors for Psychic Warfare, […]

Brivele and Other Jewish Anti-Fascists

Jewish Voice for Peace Presents an Evening with BRIVELE ! בריוועלע and Other Jewish Anti-Fascists, living and dead! Doors at 7:30pm; Performances at 8:00pm $6-$16 sliding scale at the door~ BRIVELE is a Seattle-based anti-fascist klezmer folk-punk trio who braid together oral history, Yiddish language, contemporary and old-country musical genres, American Vaudeville, and visual arts. […]

An Evening w/ Lou Barlow

Message from Lou: "In 2019, I continue my small space 7:30 showtime tour. I did this throughout 2018 and it was really good. The general set-length seems to be about 2 1/2 hours which is what it takes to play the requests I get and the corners of my catalogue (Sebadoh, Folk Implosion, Dinosaur Jr, […]

JJ Gregg / WMD

Doors at 7:30pm; Music at 8:00pm $8-16 supports the artists and the AltLib JJ Gregg is known for his lyrical and meditative style of sitar playing. For the past eighteen years, JJ has studied and performed South Asian Classical music on the sitar under the guidance of his guru, Ustad Usman Khan. JJ Gregg has […]

Future Jazz: Naomi Moon Siegel

The Alternative Library's Future Jazz series, explores work from modern experimental composers and improvisers in the field of jazz~ Doors at 7:30pm; Music at 8:00pm $10 supports the artists and the AltLib Naomi Moon Siegel returns to Bellingham, touring her latest record, Live at Earshot, recorded at the Earshot Jazz Festival on October 17, 2017 […]

Supermissive / Mobilites / Bird & Shooter

$6-10 supports the artists and the AltLib Mobilities is a four-piece experimental rock / progressive indie rock band based in Portland, OR. On tour this summer to bring their upcoming EP, "Something’s Right”, to the American West. Drawing influence from bands like The Mars Volta, Incubus, White Denim, Wand, Queens of the Stone Age, Portugal. […]

Glass Egg / Ends / World Record Winner

Alternative Library 519 E Maple St, Bellingham, WA

Ambient and experimental pop at the AltLib Doors at 7:30pm; Music at 8:00pm $6-10 supports the artists and the AltLib World Record Winner - On this tour World Record Winner will perform as a duo, with Emmet Martin controlling cassettes, tape loops, and ambience, while also singing songs on guitar. They will be joined by […]

$6 – $10

Glitchlette / Izumi Goto / Razzleberry

Alternative Library 519 E Maple St, Bellingham, WA

Y'all better dance to this. IZUMI GOTO Singing loud with all my might, hoping words will turn out right! Strumming fast and keeping time, hoping that this sounds just fine! With local support from: GLITCHLETTE A sonic onslaught of emotional catharsis, Glitchlette is an electro-pop experience to dance and cry to. RAZZLEBERRY not your average […]

$6 – $10

Return of the AltLib ::: Lettuce Inn / Vervex / Feu du Camp

Alternative Library 519 E Maple St, Bellingham, WA

The Alternative Library returns in a new incarnation ~ Our new space is still under construction, and we're excited to host a spontaneous performance with local friends and artists on tour from Germany! Doors at 7:00pm $6-10 supports the artists and the AltLib Lettuce Inn is the improvisational ambient expression forged out of collaboration between […]

The Shivas /

Surf-infused psych-rock with Portland group, The Shivas! $6-10 supports the artists and the AltLib Doors at 7:30pm; Music at 8:00pm For The Shivas, the show has always been the thing. That thing being a bombastic, explosive and thoroughly communal live rock and roll experience where barriers between the performers and their audience seem to dissolve […]