Upcoming events
We share lots of events here we think our queer community might enjoy. The BQC produces our own events including the Erotic Ball, Hearts Desire Dance, and holiday alternative events. We also attend a variety of events around town by showing up as a group to enjoy them together. We also just promote events to bring awareness to our community about things happening Downtown, especially in our arts venues.
Join our private FB group to learn more about events and engage with others. We also use Instragram and our public Facebook page to share some events. When you see “BQC” at the beginning of an event, then a BQC community member will be attending.
We update this calendar often so check frequently. If you would like to ask questions, meet up with a BQC host at an event, or suggest an event be added to our calendar that is aligned with our community email us at: info@bellinghamqueercollective.org
MBT An Evening with Lyle Lovett and his Acoustic group
A singer, composer and actor, Lyle Lovett has broadened the definition of American music in a career that spans 14 albums.
BQC Yoga for Resistance and Resilience - Free Series!
Come join us for the first gathering of the new FREE monthly series for members of Bellingham Queer Collective! The group will meet in the historic Hardware building downtown at 215 W holly street.
BQC Book Club: Lavender House
Join us for our monthly book club. This month’s book is Lavender House, a Queer mystery/thriller by Ac Rosen.
BQC Let’s Play Games
Weekly game nights in February!
Bring a game or play one from our collection. Come alone or come with some friends!
BQC Sound Bath with Kristi Moseley
Our BQC members are invited to another complimentary Sound Bath mediation session by Kristi Moseley!
BQC Fiber Arts and Crafts Group
Join us at the Q Center for our monthly Fiber Arts and Crafts Affinity Group! Meetings are held every 4th Tuesday from 5:00pm to 7:00pm. Bring any craft you would like to work on and enjoy the company and conversation!
BQC Rainbow Elders Coffee Talk
Come to the Bellingham Senior Activity Center on the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays for a social hour with the queer elder community. 50+
Generations of Pride Dinner
Generations of Pride is an intergenerational community building event for LGBTQ+ people 18+.
No man’s land film festival
Join the Outdoor Center on February 28th for the 5th annual showing of No Man’s Land Film Festival (NMLFF), the premier all-woman + genderqueer adventure film festival!
MBT The Bellinghistory Show with the Good Time Girls
Experience a two-part edu-tainment extravaganza featuring Bellingham’s beloved historical tour guides, the Good Time Girls!
MBT Gaby Moreno
Gaby Moreno is a Grammy-winning and Emmy-nominated singer-songwriter and producer.
PFLAG Support Meeting
PFLAG Bellingham/Whatcom County hosts a community support meeting on the first Tuesday of every month. We currently meet in-person and online, from 5:30pm to 7:00pm.
MBT Bitch & Skip the Needle
In celebration of Women’s History Month, queer icon Bitch is co-headlining a West Coast tour with the Bay Area’s Skip The Needle.
BQC Enchanted Spring Dance
All queer fairies, elves, sorcerers, and furry friends welcome!
Saturday, March 8, 7:00 PM Hotel Leo
Queer Picnic on the Farm
Our BQC community is invited to spend time together on a beautiful property and enjoy animal snuggles!
BQC Yoga for Resistance and Resilience - Free Series!
Come join us for the first gathering of the new FREE monthly series for members of Bellingham Queer Collective! The group will meet in the historic Hardware building downtown at 215 W holly street.
MBT Seattle Men's Chorus Salutes Dolly!
Seattle Men’s Chorus honors this iconic singer, songwriter, and enduring LGBTQ+ ally with a brand new show, built entirely on music Dolly Parton created and performed
MBT: Edna Vazquez
Edna Vazquez is a fearless singer, songwriter, composer, and guitarist whose powerful voice and musical talent transcend the boundaries of language to engage and uplift her audience.
MBT: The Music of Abba
The members of The Music of ABBA are no strangers to the incomparable sound and look of Sweden’s greatest music export with meticulous attention to costumes, makeup, musical arrangements, movements and the singing, nothing is left to chance.
MBT: The Wailin’ Jennys
Beloved international folk band, The Wailin’ Jennys, started as a happy accident when a group of solo singers and songwriters got together for a one-time-only performance at a tiny guitar shop.
MBT: The Addams Family
A comical feast that embraces the wackiness in every family, The Addams Family is the magnificently macabre hit musical featuring everyone’s favorite creepy, kooky characters.
MBT: Mary Gauthier
What out lesbian moves to Nashville at 40 years old to start a troubadour career? Who goes from playing open mics to playing the Newport Folk Festival in one year’s time?
MBT: Booker T. Jones
Booker T. Jones is a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award recipient, and arguably the most famous Hammond B3 player in history.
BQC Knit and Craft at NW Yarns
Join the BQC Knit and Craft Night at NORTHWEST YARNS! Bring any craft you would like to work on during this time or come find your new favorite project at the shop!
BQC Rainbow Elders Discussion Group
Join us for coffee and a different discussion every month.
BQC FLINTA* Night - Affinity Group
3rd Tuesdays are FLINTA* Nights!
5:00-8:00 pm
This German acronym includes all the folx we were including in this Affinity Group.
You can Google FLINTA* to learn more about the term. It is being used to help create a space free of Cis Males or patriarchal structures so women, all women and NB people can connect comfortably.
No purchases required.
BQC Let’s Play Games
Weekly game nights in February!
Bring a game or play one from our collection. Come alone or come with some friends!
Village Books: Queer Poets Society
Meets 3rd Sunday of every month from 10:30am-Noon in the Writer's Corner on the Mezzanine
Questions? Email queerpoetsbham@gmail.com.
BQC Queer Women’s Group
BQC Queer Women’s group is a BQC Affinity Group hosted by Laura Rainey and Lyn Faith.
BQC Trans Masc Nonbinary Meetup
This BQC Affinity group meets on the 2nd Fridays , 4:00-8:00 pm at a local restaurant. Hosted by Hank Ohana. Join us!
Fruit Bowlentines Speed Dating age 35+
anyone queer between the ages of: 24-34
valentines collage night!
Rainbow Elders Coffee Talk
Come to the Bellingham Senior Activity Center on the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays for a social hour with the queer elder community. 50+
Fruit Bowlentines Speed Dating ages 24 - 34
anyone queer between the ages of: 24-34
valentines collage night!
Late Bloomers Affinity Group
Do you identify as coming out late in life? Coming out recently? Please join us for friendship and support.
Bad Posture Club: A welcome home show
Please join us for an intimate and acoustic listening event featuring songs and stories collected in their seven years since leaving Bellingham
BQC Let’s Play Games
Weekly game nights in February!
Bring a game or play one from our collection. Come alone or come with some friends!
Voxel Gallery Exhibition
Featuring works that delve into body composition, sensuality, eroticism, and the nude form, the show invites artists to express the human figure in its raw beauty.
Queer Writes!
No matter what you're working on or where you are in the process, we offer space and community to support creativity.
BQC Rainbow Elders Lunch
Come to the Bellingham Senior Activity Center on the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays for a social hour with the queer elder community. 50+
MBT Dear evan Hansen
Declared “one of the most remarkable shows in musical theater history” by the Washington Post, DEAR EVAN HANSEN is the first musical to take a groundbreaking look — from the point of view of both the parents and young people — at our complex, interconnected, and social media-filled lives.
BQC Movie: The Room Next Door
Join us at the movies this weekend!
Join us in the lobby 30 min. before showtime.
BQC Let’s Play Games
Weekly game nights in February!
Bring a game or play one from our collection. Come alone or come with some friends!
Generations of Pride Dinner
This month, we are hosting a special intergenerational drag show at the Mount Baker Theatre!
BQC Fiber Arts and Crafts Group
Join us at the Q Center for our monthly Fiber Arts and Crafts Affinity Group! Meetings are held every 4th Tuesday from 5:00pm to 7:00pm. Bring any craft you would like to work on and enjoy the company and conversation!
A Year of Queer Books: My Grandmother’s Hands
Join us for a discussion about the book, My Grandmother’s Hands by Resmaa Menakem. Cheryl will lead the talk this month.
(from the Amazon site)
"My Grandmother's Hands will change the direction of the movement for racial justice."— Robin DiAngelo, New York Times bestselling author of White Fragility
In this groundbreaking book, therapist Resmaa Menakem examines the damage caused by racism in America from the perspective of trauma and body-centered psychology.
The body is where our instincts reside and where we fight, flee, or freeze, and it endures the trauma inflicted by the ills that plague society. Menakem argues this destruction will continue until Americans learn to heal the generational anguish of white supremacy, which is deeply embedded in all our bodies. Our collective agony doesn't just affect African Americans. White Americans suffer their own secondary trauma as well. So do blue Americans—our police.
My Grandmother's Hands is a call to action for all of us to recognize that racism is not only about the head, but about the body, and introduces an alternative view of what we can do to grow beyond our entrenched racialized divide.
Paves the way for a new, body-centered understanding of white supremacy—how it is literally in our blood and our nervous system.
Offers a step-by-step healing process based on the latest neuroscience and somatic healing methods, in addition to incisive social commentary.
BQC Yoga for Resistance and Resilience - Free Series!
Come join us for the first gathering of the new FREE monthly series for members of Bellingham Queer Collective! The group will meet in the historic Hardware building downtown at 215 W holly street.
BQC Rainbow Elders Coffee Talk
Come to the Bellingham Senior Activity Center on the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays for a social hour with the queer elder community. 50+
MBT: Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo
The queerest ballet ever!? Let’s find some joy together in the new year!No BQC block for this show so get your tickets ASAP!https://www.mountbakertheatre.com/.../les-ballets.../
BQC FLINTA* Night - Affinity Group
3rd Tuesdays are FLINTA* Nights!
5:00-8:00 pm
This German acronym includes all the folx we were including in this Affinity Group.
You can Google FLINTA* to learn more about the term. It is being used to help create a space free of Cis Males or patriarchal structures so women, all women and NB people can connect comfortably.
No purchases required.
Village Books: Queer Poets Society
Meets 3rd Sunday of every month from 10:30am-Noon in the Writer's Corner on the Mezzanine
Questions? Email queerpoetsbham@gmail.com.
B.A.D. Pajama Ball
Join us for the First Annual Bellingham Aerial and Dance (B.A.D.) Pajama Ball! A night of aerial & floor performances. There will be a fantastic line up of community instructors and students performing. All proceeds will go to the Bellingham Queer Collective for our End of Year Fundraiser!
Learn more @Bellingham Aerial and Dance
Tickets available soon!
2138 Grant Street (Enter behind the building with Plantage in front)
BQC Queer Women’s Group
BQC Queer Women’s group is a BQC Affinity Group hosted by Laura Rainey and Lyn Faith.
Sound Bath by Kristi Mosely
BQC is hosting another drop in Thursday 1/16 from 6:00-8:00 pm. Bring a craft, play a game, color, or just hang out with community.