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Lifestyle Lookout: Holiday shopping, a local play and live music this weekend in Whatcom County

Lifestyle Lookout: Holiday shopping, a local play and live music this weekend in Whatcom County

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WHATCOM COUNTY, WA (MyBellinghamNow.com) – Look sharp, Whatcom County. From theatre to holiday shopping to psychobilly, we a little bit of everything for you in this week’s Lifestyle Lookout.

Bellingham Theatre Works presents BIGFOOT, a play written by Meghan Endres Brown about a disgraced physicist who’s forced to pick up her conspiracy theorist sister after their mother passes away. The sister refuses to leave the woods before she sees Bigfoot, setting off events that force the sisters to deal with underlying family issues.

BIGFOOT is a dark comedy about sibling resentment that pits reason against pseudoscience in the post-COVID world.

BIGFOOT runs this weekend, Nov. 14-16, and next weekend, Nov. 21-23 at Options Theatre in Bellingham (2015 Franklin St.) For tickets, go to bellinghamtheatreworks.org.

If it’s shopping and crafts you are looking for this weekend, we have you covered.

Head to the Holiday Season Kickoff at Garden Spot in Bellingham on Saturday for smores, prizes, birder feeder making, a scavenger hunt, live music and fun for the whole family. There will be local vendors on site for all your holiday shopping needs.

The Holiday Season Kickoff runs from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. For all the details, go to garden-spot.com.

There are two options for holiday shopping in Lynden this weekend.

First up, Lynden High School is hosting the 19th annual Arts and Crafts Fair on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Local vendors will have all kinds of goods on sale at the Lynden High School Gym. Admission is $1.

Down the street at the Northwest Washington Fairgrounds, the Red Barn Holiday Market runs Friday from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. This market features home décor, crafts, boutique and vintage clothing, kids and baby items and more.

For more details and to buy tickets to the Red Barn Holiday Market, go to redbarnmarketevent.com.

Our featured live show this week is a wild one at Bar211 in downtown Bellingham.

Nekromantix is coming to town on Sunday night, Nov. 16 and will perform their brand of psychobilly along with hardcore punk legends D.O.A. and The Rumours.

Hailing from Denmark, Nekromantix blend punk rock and rockabilly with themes of monsters and horror. This show will be truly unforgettable.

For tickets, go to bar211.com.

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