New Bellingham ‘signature events’ feature bicycling, Northwest music
Bellingham officials are funding a summer bicycle event called the Northwest Tune-Up and also Strait to Sound, a fall festival featuring musicians from British Columbia and the Northwest.
Both events were selected from nine applicants for city startup grants totaling $130,000, according to a press release from Bellingham spokeswoman Amy Cloud.
Officials call them “signature events” that will tap the popularity of SeaFeast, the 5-year-old maritime heritage and food festival on the Bellingham waterfront.
Northwest Tune-Up is scheduled from June 5-7, with races on Galbraith Mountain and near downtown Bellingham, including enduro, cyclocross, pump track, group trail rides, skills clinics and demonstrations from top bicycle makers.
Strait to Sound is Oct. 2-3 with performances near downtown Bellingham and “artist-education sessions,” Cloud wrote.
Websites nwtuneup.com and straittosound.com were created for tickets and information.
This story was originally published February 28, 2020 at 5:00 AM.
