Feel Good EVERY Monday

Do you, like most of us, suffer from the Monday blues?  Wanna know our fail safe cure for shaking those blahs?  We grab a bar stool and a big pint right here at Boundary Bay Brewery every Monday night to spend time with our old friends Barnum Jack.

Barnum Jack at the St. Patrick's Day Parade, 2010

“Barnum Jack?” you might say…thinking the name sounds vaugely familiar.  You might be hip to the Bellingham music scene and know that Barnum Jack is a Bellingham musical duo bringing us good old American tunes.  Or maybe you saw them on the back of one of our floats in the St. Patrick’s Day Parade! Either way, you should definitely join us in our tap room every Monday Night around 9pm when Barnum Jack takes the stage!

Matt Novak and Allegra Ziffle make up Barnum Jack, but their musical friendship dates all the way back to 2003 when they founded another Bellingham favorite band: Quickdraw String Band.  They play progressive old-time family style tunes and “traditional-tinged contemporaries.”  You can count on them for a wide repertoire of music grounded in the American old-time music tradition…plus some original songs they’ve created as well!  Between the two of them, Matt and Allegra have released four full-length albums and

So come down to the taproom every Monday Night for a beer and some great live music by Barnum Jack. This event is free, but is limited to 21+ only as it takes place in our Tap Room.  See ya next Monday! Cheers.

Come have a brew and enjoy some tunes Monday Nights @ 8:30pm starting October 18.

Monday Nights at Boundary Bay Brewery

Barnum Jack

Every Monday this summer Boundary Bay Brewery is hosting live music in the Beer garden (8:30pm $2).  We’re kicking off this weekly event on June 1st with Barnum Jack!

Barnum Jack is an acoustic music duo currently based in Portland, Oregon and Bellingham, Washington. They play old-time family-style, fiddle tunes, and traditional-tinged contemporaries and originals. Barnum Jack was born out of a musical friendship dating back about seven years between Matt Novak and Allegra Ziffle, when they met in Bellingham and started playing music together. In March 2003 they formed Quickdraw String Band and started performing together on a regular basis. Now, as of March 2009, they two are Barnum Jack.

Barnum Jack pays homage to old-time tradition but bring it to a  contemporary American experience with their innovative twists. Their repertoire consists of wide-ranging covers, traditional songs and tunes, as well as their own originals. Between the two of them, Matt and Allegra have released four full-length albums and have been included on two compilation albums, both by major record labels Righteous Babe Records and Shut Eye Records.

Barnum Jack will be playing in the Boundary Bay Brewery beer garden every other Monday in June, so come down on the 1st, the 15th, or the 29th to catch some old time, fun time music!