JESSE’S PICKS

Flagship Romance

7–9 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 1, FireHouse Arts and Events Center, 1314 Harris Ave.

Flagship Romance are a married couple/musical duo all the way from Louisville, Kentucky who tour constantly behind their sweetly positive alternative folk originals. They’ve honed their harmonies to an absurd level of tightness. They’ll make their way to the FireHouse PAC on Tuesday, Oct. 1.

Ragefest

7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 4, The Blue Room, 202 E. Holly St., Units 301 and 401

I wrote back at the beginning of the year about how WWU’s new fashion magazine, The Rage, was planning on hosting regular musical events. The latest iteration of Ragefest is Friday, Oct. 4 at the Blue Room and features a packed lineup of high-energy young rockers with Drayton, King Youngblood and Instant Crush, plus fashion vendors and more. You’re going to want to dress to impress for this one. 

Skerik

8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 5, Odd Fellows Temple Room, 311 E. Holly St.

Seattle-based saxophonist Skerik is a familiar face to lovers of the more adventurous side of jazz, as well as from his collaborations with a bunch of the big names on the Seattle rock scene. (I’m still a big fan of the albums he did with Tuatara back in the ’90s and early 2000s, featuring Peter Buck, Barrett Martin and Justin Harwood, though I don’t expect this show to sound anything like that.) He comes up here a lot with different projects, and he’ll be at the Odd Fellows Temple Room at the Orion with a quartet on Saturday, Oct. 5.

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LIVE MUSIC LISTINGS

Friday, Sept. 27

• Bar Two Eleven: 9 p.m., Whiplash Rodeo
• The Beach at Birch Bay: 6 p.m., Lost at Last
• Blue Room: 8 p.m., Magenta Wave, Balcony Bridge, Deadspin (rock)
• Boundary Bay Brewery: 6 p.m., Cozmic Sauce (funk/R&B)
• Conway Muse: 8 p.m., Biff Got Killed, Checker Bloom (rock)
• Corner Taphouse: 7 p.m.,  Shady Groove 
• Greene’s Corner: 6 p.m., Doug Allen & Son
• Guemes Island General Store: 6:30 p.m., Nathaniel Talbot Electric Trio
• Honey Moon: 8 p.m., Toadmortons
• Hotel Bellwether: 6 p.m., Bill MacDonough
• Odd Fellows at the Orion: 8 p.m., Steve Itterly/Jan Peters/Kevin Buster/Andy Simmons (blues/jazz/ragtime)
• Skagit Cellars: 6 p.m., Jaden Oscar
• Skagit County Fairgrounds: 4 p.m. to 10 p.m., Bigfoot Fest ft. Dangerous Curves, Lion of Judah Band, more
• Skylark’s: 5 p.m., The Problem  (jazz)
• Stones Throw: 6 p.m., White Ducks
• The Vault: 7 p.m., Adrian Clarke

Saturday, Sept. 28

• Bar Two Eleven: 9 p.m., SpaceBand (hip-hop/R&B covers)
• The Beach at Birch Bay: 3 p.m., Sunset Superman
• Birdsview Brewing: 6 p.m., Nicola Linde
• Brown Lantern: 9 p.m., Ebb, Slack & Flood
• Conway Muse: 8 p.m., Full Color Dream, Have Late Lunch, Only Tree (rock)
• Gateway1890: 6:30 p.m., Ron Hardt
• Honey Moon: 8 p.m., The Problem
• Hotel Bellwether: 6 p.m., Walt Burkett
• Larrabee Lager: 6 p.m., Tenderpile’s Smile Aisle (jazz)
• Mount Baker Theatre: 7:30 p.m., Ben Folds
• Odd Fellows at the Orion: 8 p.m., Hunter Mapp Schuster
• Old Edison: 8 p.m., Friends for the Ghost
• Rockfish: 7:30 p.m., North Country Highway
• Schweinhaus: 8 p.m., Marla Hooch
• The Shakedown: 9 p.m., Dancing Plague, Devours, Vance Latta (dark electronic)
• Skagit County Fairgrounds: 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., Bigfoot Fest ft. Checker Bloom, Dank Zavala, Tenderpile’s Smile Aisle, more
• Skylark’s: 8 p.m., Sottile, OConnor, & Loeffler
• Station 49: 5 p.m., Jack Benson Band
• Stones Throw: 6 p.m., Alger Rhythms
• Waterfront Skatepark: 7 p.m., Dryland, Boxcutter, Energy Pyramid
• Wild Buffalo: 9 p.m., Neon Steve, Given Peace, Pathos, TigrEssence (electronic)

Sunday, Sept. 29

• Brodniak Hall: 2 p.m., Kvartet Portun, Klapa FD, Bonaka, more (traditional Croatian music to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Ancortes’ sister city program with Vela Luka, Croatia)
• Conway Muse: 5:30 p.m., Savanna & Ireland Woods
• Hotel Bellwether: 5 p.m., Ben Meyer
• Kulshan: 5 p.m., Cardova (R&B/funk)
• Mount Baker Theatre: 3 p.m., Bellingham Symphony Orchestra, guest soloist Bella Hristova (works by Tchaikovsky, Montgomery, Stravinsky)
• Old Edison: 5:30 p.m., The Jerkels
• ‘Ono Kitchen and Bar: 3 p.m., Tenderpile’s Smile Aisle (jazz)
• Ramble Tamble: 7 p.m., Open Mic
• Skagit County Fairgrounds: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Bigfoot Fest ft. Chris Eger Band, Michael Dayvid
• Station 49: 3 p.m., Emery Road  (classic rock)

Monday, Sept. 30

• FireHouse Arts and Events Center: 3:30 p.m., Simon Llewelyn Evans
• Ramble Tamble: 7 p.m., Wild Geese of the West (Grateful Dead tribute)

Tuesday, Oct. 1

• The Admiralty Lounge: 7 p.m., David Donohue
• Aslan Depot: 8 p.m., Jazz Night
• Blue Room: 8 p.m., Carter Vail
• FireHouse Arts and Events Center: 7 p.m., Flagship Romance (folk)
• Menace: 7 p.m.,  Invitational Blues Jam
• ‘Ono Kitchen and Bar: 7 p.m., Open Mic ft.
• Zeeks Pizza: 6 p.m., Open Mic

Wednesday, Oct. 2

• Boundary Bay Brewery: 6 p.m., Aaron Guest (piano)
• Honey Moon: 8 p.m., Open Mic
• Rockfish: 6 p.m., Trish Hatley

Thursday, Oct. 3

• Brown Lantern: 8:30 p.m., Open Mic
• El Capitan’s: 8:30 p.m., Open Mic
• Honey Moon: 8 p.m., Stellar Sounds
• Schweinhaus: 7 p.m., Open Mic
• The Shakedown: 9 p.m., Joshua Hyslop, Lydia Luce (singer-songwriter)
• Thirsty Badger: 7 p.m., Open Mic
• That’s What I Like! Island Grill: 6 p.m., JP Falcon and Friends (folk/rock)
• Zeeks Pizza: 7 p.m., The Problem (jazz)

Friday, Oct. 4

• Admiralty Lounge: 7 p.m., Bob Paltrow
• Aslan Depot: 8 p.m., BJ Block Trio (funk/jazz)
• Blue Room: 8 p.m., Rage Fest ft. Drayton, King Youngblood, Instant Crush (rock)
• Boundary Bay Brewery: 6 p.m., County Rose (country)
• El Capitan’s: 8 p.m., Open Mic
• Honey Moon: 8 p.m., Jeffrey Slough
• Skagit Casino: 8 p.m., Raucous
• Skylark’s: 8 p.m., Phil Paige
• Stones Throw: 6 p.m., Bluegrass First Friday
• The Vault: 7 p.m., Luke Francis

Saturday, Oct. 5

• Bar Two Eleven: 9 p.m., BlindFate (classic rock)
• Birdsview Brewing: 6 p.m., Queen’s Bluegrass
• Blue Room: noon, Psych Fest ft. Groovy Nobody, Cuttlefish, Screen Frogs, Energy Pyramid, many more
• Conway Muse: 8 p.m., Nick Vigarino (blues)
• Eagle Haven Winery: 7 p.m., 3 Trick Pony
• Gateway1890: 6:30 p.m., Wicked Timing (acoustic covers)
• Honey Moon: 8 p.m., Yell Echo
• Larrabee Lager: 6 p.m., Monk Slippers
• Make.Shift:  6 p.m., Open Mic
• Odd Fellows at the Orion: 8 p.m. Skerik Quartet
• Rockfish: 7:30 p.m., The Unknowns
• The Shakedown: 9 p.m., Von Wildenhaus, Painted Pills, The Phonebooks
• Skagit Casino: 8 p.m., Raucous
• Skagit Cellars: 6 p.m., Ryan Higgins (blues)
• Skylark’s: 8 p.m., FireCreek

Sunday, Oct. 6

• Kulshan: 5 p.m., Brant Satala
• Old Edison: 5:30 p.m., The Bow Diddlers
• ‘Ono Kitchen and Bar: 3 p.m., Tenderpile’s Smile Aisle (jazz)
• Ramble Tamble: 7 p.m., Open Mic

Jesse Stanton's music column, The Beat Goes On, appears weekly. Reach him at jsbhammusic@gmail.com; @JSBhamMusic. Check with individual venues to make sure events are still taking place as scheduled. Live music events in Whatcom County: http://www.cascadiadaily.com/category/living/arts-and-entertainment/music/music-calendar