JESSE’S PICKS

Baby Cakes Mardi Gras Celebration

9 p.m. Tuesday, March 4

Wild Buffalo, 208 W. Holly St.

There’s a lot going on for Mardi Gras, and The Atlantics at the FireHouse Arts and Events Center and Sleepy Alligators at Boundary Bay Brewery would also be perfectly good choices. But the show at the Wild Buffalo that night is also serving as a wake of sorts for the last night of service at Bayou on Bay, and it features funky good time music from Baby Cakes to boot. If you really want to laissez les bon temps rouler, I think this is the place.   

Countercurrents

7 p.m. Wednesday, March 5

The Blue Room, 202 E. Holly St., Unit 301

Countercurrent are a folk music duo from Olympia who alternate between playing original and traditional songs in concert settings and contradances (traditional New England-style folk dancing, done in long lines with moves that resemble both square dancing and English country dancing). They’re favorites on the folk festival circuit and have played up here a lot. They’ve got a new album coming out, and their show at the Blue Room on Wednesday, March 5 will combine their two modes — starting with a concert and following that up with a contradance. 

Bitch and Skip the Needle

7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 6

Mount Baker Theatre, 104 N. Commercial St.

The musician known simply as Bitch started out in the ‘90s as part of the absurdist queer folk/punk/performance art duo Bitch and Animal. Since then she’s done a couple of solo albums and continued touring extensively. She’s coming to the side room at the Mount Baker Theatre on Thursday, March 6 with opener Skip the Needle. 

76 Charger

7 p.m. Saturday, March 8

Ramble Tamble, 1313 N. State St.

76 Charger are locals who go way back to the sweaty, outrageous, cheap-beer-soaked garage rock scene that Bellingham was so known for back in the ‘90s and early 2000s. I haven’t seen their name mentioned for a while but they’re back in action at Ramble Tamble on Saturday, March 8 with support from Stereo Donkey and Pawn Mongo. Expect this one to get raucous. 

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OTHER EVENTS

Friday, Feb. 28

• Aslan Depot: 8 p.m., Cozmic Sauce (funk/R&B)
• Blue Room: 8 p.m., The Skellys, Cuttlefish
• Boundary Bay Brewery: 8 p.m., Robert Sarazin Blake, Cumulus (album release party!)
• Corner Taphouse: 7 p.m., JP Falcon Grady
• Greene’s Corner: 6 p.m., The Problem (jazz)
• Honey Moon: 8 p.m., Andy Bunn Trio
• Lincoln Theatre: 7:30 p.m., John McEuen and the Circle Band
• Littlefield Celtic Center: 7 p.m., Open The Door For Three
• Make.Shift: 8 p.m., Razed by The River, Tombstone Shadow, Birdhouse
• Odd Fellows at the Orion: 8 p.m., Oracle Orchestra (live film scores)
• Ramble Tamble: 8 p.m., Jay Irwin & The GP Sunsets, Vibrochambient
• The Shakedown: 9 p.m., Glixen, She’s Green, After (indie rock)
• Stones Throw: 6 p.m., Silent Cowboy (folk/country/rock)
• Sugar & Co.: 7 p.m., Max Bond
• The Vault: 7 p.m., Double Trouble
• Wild Buffalo: 9 p.m., Baynk, Bad Tuner

Saturday, March 1

• Blue Room: 8 p.m., North Sound Soul, Left on Tenth (soul/R&B)
• Fairhaven Rug Gallery: 7 p.m., Stereo Donkey  (surf rock)
• Honey Moon: 8 p.m., Evergreens
• Jansen Art Center: 3 and 7 p.m., Jansen Jazz Orchestra
• Make.Shift: 8 p.m., Frog Rocket, Jennifer What, Malaise
• Mount Baker Theatre: 7 p.m., Gaby Moreno (sold out)
• Odd Fellows at the Orion: 8 p.m. jazz
• Old Edison: 8 p.m., County Rose (country)
• Paws for A Beer: 2 p.m., Mighty Bayou Opossums (music of New Orleans, this is the endpoint of the Mardi Gras Dog Walk that starts at Boulevard Park at 1 p.m.,)
• Ramble Tamble: 8 p.m., Low Hums, guests
• Rockfish: 7:30 p.m., The Problem
• The Shakedown: 9 p.m., Cat Valley, Tinsley, Cat Positive (rock)
• Skagit Cellars: 6 p.m., Eric Kosarot (folk/Americana)
• Skylark’s: 8 p.m., J.P. Falcon Grady
• Stones Throw: 6 p.m., The Song Wranglers

Sunday, March 2

• Boundary Bay Brewery: 6 p.m., Jazz Jam hosted by Scot Ranney
• Old Edison: 5:30 p.m., The Bow Diddlers
• The Shakedown: 8 p.m., Madeline Hawthorne, Dogwood, Hannah Wyatt (country/folk)

Monday, March 3

• Bella Ciao: 7 p.m., Open Mic
• Corner Taphouse: 6 p.m, Open Mic
• FireHouse Arts and Events Center: 3:30 p.m., Diane Leigh Trio

Tuesday, March 4

• The Admiralty Lounge: 7 p.m., Pete Ruble (singer-songwriter)
• Aslan Depot: 8 p.m., Jazz Night
• Bayou on Bay: noon, Pace Trumpet and friends (vintage jazz)
• Blue Room: 8 p.m.,  Diego Romero (blues/rock)
• Boundary Bay Brewery: 5 p.m., Sleepy Alligators (Grateful Dead tribute), Brasscadia (brass band)
• FireHouse Arts and Events Center: 7 p.m., The Atlantics (classic rock and roll)
• Menace: 7 p.m.,  Invitational Blues Jam
• Ono Kitchen: 7 p.m., Women’s Showcase Open Mic
• Wild Buffalo: 9 p.m., Baby Cakes (funk/soul)
• Zeeks Pizza: 6 p.m., open mic

Wednesday, March 5

• Blue Room: 7 p.m., Countercurrent (folk music duo will play a concert then a contradance)
• Honey Moon: 8 p.m., Open Mic
• Rockfish: 6 p.m., Whistle Lake Jazz Quartet
• Stones Throw: 6 p.m., Saltwater Cowboys

Thursday, March 6

• Brown Lantern: 8:30 p.m., Open Mic
• Farmstrong: 6 p.m., Delta Promenade (acoustic blues)
• Honey Moon: 8 p.m., Stellar Sounds (experimental/improv)
• Mount Baker Theatre: 7:30 p.m., Bitch, Skip the Needle
• The Shakedown: 9 p.m., Pyrocene, Second Place Theory, Worldwide Levitation (psych rock/experimental)
• Thirsty Badger: 7 p.m., Open Mic
• That’s What I Like! Island Grill: 6 p.m, JP Falcon and Friends (folk/rock)

Friday, March 7

• Admiralty Lounge: 7 p.m., Steve Itterly/Jan Peters/Pace Rubadeau (vintage jazz/blues/ragtime)
• Aslan Depot: 8 p.m., BJ Block Trio (jazz/funk)
• Conway Muse: 8 p.m., Sunflecks, Devin Champlin, John Swanke
• Corner Taphouse: 7 p.m., Sub Dou’d Excite
• FireHouse Arts and Events Center: 7 p.m., Swing Connection (big band jazz)
• Honey Moon: 8 p.m., The Problem (jazz)
• Hotel Bellwether: 6 p.m., Bill MacDonough
• Mount Baker Theatre: 7:30 p.m., Sugar: A Cabaret
• Ramble Tamble: 8 p.m.,  Hopnotic (funk/jazz)
• Stones Throw: 6 p.m., High Mountain String Band
• The Vault: 7 p.m., JP Falcon
• Wild Buffalo: 8:30 p.m., ATYYA, Slayde, Lotus Drops, Blunthound (electronic)

Saturday, March 8

• Bar Two Eleven: 9 p.m., Neon Shadows (80s pop/rock covers)
• Blue Room: 8 p.m., Guava Tree, Midpak, Deadspin
• Honey Moon: 8 p.m., Cedar Groove
• Hotel Bellwether: 6 p.m., Ben Meyer
• Jansen Art Center: 7 p.m.., Deborah Dewey (classical piano)
• Larrabee Lager Co.: 5:30 p.m., The Unknowns
• Mount Baker Theatre: 7:30 p.m., Colin James (blues)
• Odd Fellows at the Orion: 8 p.m. (jazz)
• Old Edison: 8 p.m., The Naughty Blokes (rock)
• Ramble Tamble: 8 p.m., 76 Charger, Stereo Donkey, Pawn Mongo (rock)
• Rockfish: 7:30 p.m., The Colonel
• The Shakedown: 9 p.m., J. Chang & The Lover Boys, Stonesetter, Written In Sand
• Skylark’s: 8 p.m., Gladstone Lite Acoustic
• Wild Buffalo: 9 p.m., Yak Attack, Cytrus (jam/funk)

Sunday, March 9

• The Shakedown: 8 p.m., Biblioteka, Torch, Mom Sport (rock)
• Boundary Bay Brewery: 6 p.m., Jazz Jam hosted by Scot Ranney
• Old Edison: 5:30 p.m., The Walrus

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