2025 Trails to Taps Relay
08/05/2025 - 10/12/2025 - 9:00 am - 4:00 pm at Lake Padden Park
4882 Samish Way
The 2025 Trails to Taps Relay is set for Sunday, October 12th in Bellingham!
Get your team of 8 runners together and be ready to explore over 30 miles of trails, roads, and parks. Each transition spot is one of eight local breweries and cideries throughout Bellingham. Then, it all ends with an afterparty and a pint glass for participants!
Each leg length is between 3 miles and 6 miles. Costumes are encouraged. There will be a costume contest with the winner receiving merch from the local breweries and cideries.
REGISTRATION:
Early Bird Registration is $240 per team…beginning August 5th
After Early Bird Registration will be $280 per team.
This is a 21+ event. Proceeds benefit Lydia Place.
Eat Local Month Sandwich Showdown
09/01/2025 - 09/30/2025 - All Day at
September is Eat Local Month with Sustainable Connections! All throughout the month, you can celebrate the fresh, local ingredients used in our food through the Sandwich Showdown.
Participating restaurants have created sandwiches using local ingredients. Try them and vote for your favorite to be crowned the winner!
CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION!
Check out these participating businesses:
Antler Baking Company
Aslan Brewing Company
Avenue Bread
Bantam Kitchen & Bar
Bar Cicotti
Beach Store Cafe
Calico Cupboard Cafe and Bakery
Camber
Community Food Co-op
Colophon Cafe
Graze and Gather
Hela Provisions
Holly’s Meat Pies
Keenan’s at the Pier
Locus
Mallard Ice Cream
Shirlee Bird Cafe
Storia Cucina
Tam Tam Pizza
The Vault Wine Bar and Bistro
Union Block Bistro
Whatcomics Submissions OPEN
09/01/2025 - 10/31/2025 - 12:00 am at
The Whatcom County Library System is looking for teen artists!
Submit your work to be considered for publication in Whatcomics 2025, their teen art book. The rules are simple: live in Whatcom County, be a 6th-12th grader, and submit your original artwork on or before October 31, 2025. We encourage all artistic styles including drawing, painting, collage, comics and doodles. Because of copyright issues, no fan art, art made copying someone else’s design, or art based on other artists’ work is allowed.
It’s easy to submit: upload your artwork on our website at wcls.org/whatcomics or drop off your work at any public library. Accepted artists receive a copy of the book to keep. Works will be on display at the Lynden Public Library in January 2026.
Bellingham Theatre Guild Auditions
09/21/2025 - 09/22/2025 - 7:00 pm - 10:30 pm at Bellingham Theatre Guild
1600 H Street
The Bellingham Theatre Guild is holding open auditions for their upcoming production of “Sister Act,” based on the Touchstone Motion Picture, “Sister Act.”
Auditions will be held September 21st and 22nd from 7:00pm-9:30pm. Callbacks will be September 23rd. Performances are scheduled from November 28th-December 14th.
AUDITIONS INFORMATION
Cast
Women: 9
Age range: 18 and up
Men: 7
Age range: 18 and up
Ensemble: 8 (any gender)
Age range: 18 and up
They strongly encourage Black, Hispanic/Latin, and other performers of color to audition. Prepare a short audition of about 32 measures from any song from pop, musical theatre, disco, soul or gospel genres. Be prepared to move.
GangBall
09/22/2025 - 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm at Bloedel Donovan Community Building
2114 Electric Ave
GangBall is an adaptive game that involves two teams, the object is to pass the “GangBall” to your teammates and take it to your endzone to score points. Open to all abilities, all bodies welcome and sports chairs are provided!
Bellingham Parks & Rec is hosting a GangBall gathering every Monday through December 8 at the Bloedel Donovan Community Building.
Open to people 10 and older. Admission is FREE, but you must sign a liability waiver before playing.
For more information, CLICK HERE!
Western Wednesday
09/24/2025 - 06/03/2026 - All Day at
Every Wednesday is WESTERN WEDNESDAY in downtown Bellingham.
WWU students, staff, and faculty can bring their ID to score deals and discounts all day long at over 60 businesses throughout downtown Bellingham. You’ll find deals from coffee to cocktails and everything in between.
CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION AND PARTICIPATING BUSINESSS!
Western Wednesday: First Night Out
09/24/2025 - 5:30 pm - 9:00 pm at Depot Market Square
1100 Railroad Ave
Western Washington University students are welcomed back for the First Night Out of the year in downtown Bellingham on Wednesday, September 24th from 5:30pm-9:00pm!
Be a part of the annual tradition of walking from Red Square to Depot Market Square for a block party with music, presented by The Blue Room, and a TON of activities until 7:30pm.
Then, from 7:30pm-9:00pm, over 30 businesses throughout downtown Bellingham will celebrate your return with exclusive discounts, freebies, and special events!
CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION AND PARTICIPATING BUSINESSES!
BTG Presents “The Play That Goes Wrong”
09/25/2025 - 09/27/2025 - 7:30 pm - 10:00 pm at Bellingham Theatre Guild
1600 H Street
The Bellingham Theatre Guild presents “The Play That Goes Wrong” at the Bellingham Theatre Guild with several show dates from September 12-28.
From the Bellingham Theatre Guild’s website:
“Welcome to opening night of the Cornley Drama Society’s newest production, The Murder at Haversham Manor, where things are quickly going from bad to utterly disastrous. The 1920s whodunit has everything you never wanted in a show—an unconscious leading lady, a corpse that can’t play dead, and actors who trip over everything (including their lines). Nevertheless, the accident-prone thespians battle against all odds to make it through to their final curtain call, with hilarious consequences!”
NOTE: This production includes gunshots, smoke and flashing lights. No actors were harmed in the performance of this production.
CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS AND INFORMATION!
Show Dates/Times:
Fri, Sep 12th, 2025, at 7:30pm
Sat, Sep 13th, 2025, at 7:30pm
Sun, Sep 14th, 2025, at 2:00pm
Thu, Sep 18th, 2025, at 7:30pm
Fri, Sep 19th, 2025, at 7:30pm
Sat, Sep 20th, 2025, at 7:30pm
Sun, Sep 21st, 2025, at 2:00pm
Thu, Sep 25th, 2025, at 7:30pm
Fri, Sep 26th, 2025, at 7:30pm
Sat, Sep 27th, 2025, at 7:30pm
Sun, Sep 28th, 2025, at 2:00pm
Wild Whatcom: Wild Things
09/26/2025 - 9:30 am - 11:00 am at Whatcom Falls Park
1401 Electric Avenue
Wild Things is an educational morning at a Bellingham Park, designed for kids 0-6 years old and their adults. Wild Things takes place Fridays & Saturdays from 9:30am-11:00am.
From the Wild Whatcom website:
In September, we discover colors in leaves that have been hiding until just now, mysterious mushrooms popping up in unexpected places, perhaps even memories from your childhood triggered by the scents of autumn in the air. There is so much happening both under our feet and at the surface this time of year.
Program is FREE, but there is a suggested donation of $10 per person, $20 per family.
Ferndale Preschool Storytime
09/26/2025 - 10:30 am - 11:00 am at Ferndale Public Library
2125 Main St.
This 30-minute program is designed for preschoolers, ages 3-5, to hear stories, learn rhymes, and sing along with songs that are just right for them at the Ferndale Public Library!
This storytime session is EVERY FRIDAY from 10:30am-11:00am in the Ferndale Meeting Room!
