The Bellingham Festival of Music is one of America's premier virtuoso orchestra festivals. Each summer the Festival returns to Bellingham, Washington to perform a repertoire of the finest symphonic music. Members  of the orchestra all hold artistically prestigious positions elsewhere, and many of them are principal players in major North American symphony orchestras. The Festival also features world famous guest artists and young rising stars.

Artistic Director, Michael Palmer

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Gala 20th Anniversary Season

JULY 5 - 21, 2013

Tickets on sale now!

Guest artists include Garrick Ohlsson, Joshua Roman, Pepe Romero, and many more.

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Festival of Music again brings world-class musicians to Whatcom County
Each summer a community comes together with rare generosity to celebrate music. From July 5 through July 21, 2013, some of the finest musicians from all ...
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A Summer Night of Love in
Old Vienna

Exploring The Lives, Music and Times Of Franz Schubert and Johannes Brahms
The Choral Arts Symposium Chamber Choir performs Friday, July 19, 2013.
The event is a collaboration among WWU College of Performing Arts, Festival Artistic Director Michael Palmer, and famed San Francisco Symphony choral director Vance George.

Festival Receives Third NEA Grant in Four Years

Watch the Festival Orchestra on YouTube
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7, 4th movement (Allegro con brio) performed by the Bellingham Festival Orchestra under the direction of Michael Palmer.

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Contributions to the Festival of Music Outreach Fund are encouraged and may be made directly to the Whatcom Community Foundation.

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NEA LogoThis festival is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts