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Deadline was May 1st
Calling musicians, performers! You’ve got tunes, we’ve got audiences with ears. Do you sing like a siren, drum like thunder? Are you a provocative burlesque clown staging a surprise puppet show in the forest? Live Music, Circus and Variety, Roving Characters, and DJs, right this way!
OPEN!
For all your installation ideas, art cars, projects and games! Did you make a 42 foot puppet of a dust mite that breaths fire and glows only when approached by humans with open eyes? A stop motion film about the life of a river stone and robots that play drums? An art car covered in children’s toys (sound familiar)?
Deadline was May 1st
Teach! Skillshare! Can you guide a gaggle of baby clowns to find their deepest playful selves? Lead a throng of movement artists to create a flashmob choreography intervention? Yoga and laugh practice and sword fighting mimes, let’s see your ideas!
OPEN!
Jump on board the ship, all you builder/maker/helper types, as we set sail on the seas of creation! Apply to join our team, and animate this cacophonous dream. You’re the best! (Also, you basically get a free weekend pass to the whole festival for completing your shifts! A small application fee notwithstanding 😘)
You make earrings from found pine cones, and the richest brownies this side of the Mississippi. You sling clothing made from cattails and died with mushroom inks. Bring your crafts and goods, food and noms!
Calling all speed demon greasemonkey maker folks! Let’s bomb a thing with wheels (and brakes, yes) down a curvy hill!
REGISTER for the latest and greatest Daredevil Downhill Soapbox Derby of DOOM! (Just kidding about the “doom” part, insurance person…)
Sh’BANG: A Festival of Ideas
The most wildly all-inclusive eclectic arts festival, Sh'Bang! is Labor Day Weekend (August 29 - 31, 2025). 3 days of unforgettable and immersive creative experience, at the Lookout Arts Quarry near Bellingham, Washington. Sh'Bang delivers enchanting entertainment and delights for ALL AGES, adults included. Soak it up: fresh lake swimming and regenerative forest bathing! Musical healing and mysterious feeling! More info and delicious details on our Instagram. You're invited to RSVP on facebook here.
