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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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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 […]

Volunteers’ Meetin’

Every Wednesday is our weekly volunteer meeting, where we discuss the goings on and future of the AltLib!

Making Waves: Synthesizer Workshop and Open Jam

We're hosting the first meeting of S.U.B. (Synthesist Union of Bellingham)! This is intended as a monthly workshop and group jam for folks with synthesizers and electronic instruments to plug in and play together, to encourage and grow the electronic music scene in Bellingham! Come show us what you got! Synthesizers / Circuit Bending / […]

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 […]

Volunteers’ Meetin’

Every Wednesday is our weekly volunteer meeting, where we discuss the goings on and future of the AltLib!

Unist’ot’en Info Session – Updates from Indigenous Frontlines

Come to the Alternative Library to gather in solidarity and hear the latest information from the Wet'suwet'en people, who are currently defending their land amid continual trespasses from the Canadian government and gas companies trying to remove them from their land and force them to accept a gas pipeline that would run through their unceded […]

Volunteers’ Meetin’

Every Wednesday is our weekly volunteer meeting, where we discuss the goings on and future of the AltLib!

Sounds of Siberia ::: TRADITIONAL MUSIC OF SAKHA AND TUVA

The Alternative Library is very excited to welcome back some of our Siberian friends for another incredible concert of traditional folk music of Sakha and Tuva! This show will be produced at the Firehouse Arts and Events Center and tickets are limited! Doors at 7:30pm; Music at 8:00pm General Admission - $18 Advance tickets are […]

Sounds of Siberia: Throat Singing and Jaw Harp Workshop

Following up from the previous evening's concert, Sounds of Siberia ::: Traditional MUSIC of SAKHA and TUVA, come join both Yuliyana and Nachyn at the Alternative Library for a two-part workshop that will cover basic techniques for both throat singing and playing the khomus (traditional jaw harp) ~ Participation in this class will be extremely […]

Making Waves – Synthesizer Workshop and Open Jam (SUB)

S.U.B. (Synthesist Union of Bellingham) returns! This is intended as a monthly workshop and group jam for folks with synthesizers and electronic instruments to plug in and play together, to encourage and grow the electronic music scene in Bellingham! Come show us what you got! Synthesizers / Circuit Bending / Pedal Building / ETC! We'll […]