On Saturday, November 13th, from 6-10 pm we’ll be hosting a fundraiser in our Beer Garden for the Alpine Safety Awareness Program !
All ages are welcome at this event and the cover is $10 per person or $30 per family. Your cover price includes live music by BentGrass, Ahi tacos and a “not so silent” auction for outdoor/ski/snowboard gear. 50% of the auction proceeds will benefit the Turk Family whose 12 year old daughter has diagnosed with an agressive form of leukemia this summer.
The Alpine Safety Awareness Program (ASAP) is a community-based effort that uses local resources to teach alpine safety skills to children and adults throughout the Pacific Northwest. They aim to save lives and reduce injuries by proactively increasing alpine safety awareness.
The Alpine Safety Awareness Program was founded in Bellingham, Washington in 1999 by a local ski patroller after several preventable deaths occurred in the backcountry of the North Cascades mountains. The curriculum is based on the Canadian Avalanche Association and their Snow Smart program with the goal of saving lives by preventing future avoidable accidents from happening. Since 1999, they have reached more than 30,000 students and adults through their programs and they continue working to make safety a habit among all winter outdoor enthusiasts!
This fundraising event will be held outdoors in our Beer Garden so dress warmly!
At Boundary Bay Brewery we believe in food experiences. We believe that it’s about the whole package…not just what’s on your plate. So, we’ve made it our mission to make your Boundary Bay experience a multi-faceted affair bringing together good food, great beer and community events. One of the ways we’ve found to support our community is to bring local artists and musicians into our brewery to expose the public to their work and to provide a space for them to showcase what they do.
This month, we are quite lucky to currently be showing the FIRST gallery show Evan Whitehead has ever done. Yes, looking at his work, we too find that hard to believe! But, it’s true…this great Northwest artist has been hiding his love away! But the secret’s out now…and Evan’s work is fully on display right here in the Bistro at Boundary Bay Brewery.
Freelance artist, Evan Whitehead, is native to Bellingham and grew up in the foothills of the North Cascade Range. Evan has long called Bellingham his home and Mt. Baker his backyard and feels fortunate to have grown up in this place of natural beauty and inspiration. Being a natural explorer, hiker and avid snowboarder, Evan decided to focus his art on the natural presence of Mt. Baker’s beauty and individualism. He has managed to portray the mountain in many stages of beauty and in all kinds of light – all rendered in acrylic on a variety of surfaces including wood, canvas and rocks.
Come check out Evan Whitehead’s work and revel in the beauty of this incredible place we live in! If you love the outdoors, if you snowboard, if you love local art…heck, if you just love beer and need something to look at while you drink…come down here and check out this awesome art!! Cheers.
And if you like what you see, contact Evan at evanwhitehead@yahoo.com (36)303-1794.
Ski to Sea Weekend is, arguably, the kick off to summer here in Bellingham and the fun this year will be taking place May 22nd-24th!
The annual Ski to Sea Race from Mt. Baker to Bellingham Bay can be traced back to the Mt. Baker Marathon held from 1911 to 1913. The idea for the marathon was developed by the Mt. Baker Club, a group of conservation minded citizens that were attempting to have the North Cascades area designated as part of the National Park System. The foot race to the top of Mt. Baker was a publicity stunt aimed at focusing the government’s attentions on the region. In 1973, the Mt. Baker Marathon was recreated and called the Ski to Sea Race. The Race, now a relay, was designed to showcase the recreational opportunities in Whatcom County. The Race has evolved into the “Grand Daddy” of all races, attracting participants from all over the world. In 2005, the Ski to Sea Race was featured nationally on the “Fox Sports Northwest” network, reaching 3.2 million households.
Interestingly, this race has also become a long weekend packed with celebrations all over town for racers and non-racers alike. The actual race is on Sunday, May 24th, but like the training the racers undergo, those of us on the celebrating side of things like to get a good warm up in too. And that’s where Boundary Bay Brewery comes in to help!
We’re kicking off the fesivities on Wednesday, May 20th when we officially open our Beer Garden season with the very first Yogoman’s Wild Rumpus of 2009! DJ Jordan Rain has been gracing our garden for years now on Wednesday nights in the summer. He spins reggae while adults and children alike enjoy the beer garden, the BBQ, and hula hooping in the sunshine. The event is all ages until 10 pm and kids get in free ($3 cover for everybody else)!
Then, on Thursday, we’ll have our Happy Hour BBQ down in the Beer Garden from 4-6 pm where you can grab pints for $1 less than usual and score brats, burgers, and/or bocca burgers (all with fries!) for $4. What a steal! Plus, every Thursday during our Happy Hour, we tap a different type of Cask Ale for your drinking pleasure and we have Robert Blake on hand to bring music to the Beer Garden and make your Happy Hour even happier.
Friday night is when all the fun around town this weekend gets kicked into high gear! On Friday, Jordan Rain returns to the Boundary Bay Brewery, but this time he’s leaving the records at home and bringing his band instead. At 9 pm, Yogoman’s Burning Band will take the stage in our Beer Garden and get everyone dancing with their fun, slightly kooky and super lively music replete with horns, percussion, and lots of guitar. This is, seriously, not a performance that you want to miss! (check out the video below for a sneek peak.)
Acorn Project, another favorite Bellingham band, keeps the party going strong on Saturday night down in the Boundary Bay Beer Garden (9pm/$8 cover). As a six-piece ensemble featuring saxophone, guitar, slide, keyboards, bass, drums, and percussion, Acorn Project produces an irresistibly unique sound and seemed to have perfected funk-infused progressive rock. Formed in 2004, this Bellingham, WA based sextet is rapidly building a devoted fan-base around the country. Bring your dancin’ shoes for this show!
Sunday morning, May 24th, is the day of the actual race and, while we’ll have a women’s team competing in Ski to Sea, we’re also fitting in just a little more celebrating before the festivities end. Ryder Cunningham will be playing down in our Beer Garden from 6-8 pm and then the Atlantics will play at 8 pm to wrap up our long weekend. We’re certainly excited about Ski to Sea weekend…and we’re sure you are too. Come celebrate Memorial Day weekend with us here at Boundary Bay Brewery!
Check out Yogoman’s Burning Band Dragon Bus video!
