Make.Shift

Surprise! Make.Shift is collaborating with The Off Beat in Portland! If you're down south, you should go support The Off Beat and everything they do! And, you'll see some really cool acts. Juno Driver, IX of Swords, Sceneric, Saoirse Dream, and Surgery Season all take the stage to knock your socks off. Tickets are online right now!

Friends of Noise has been making a space for all ages audiences since it's inception and before even obtaining their own venue space, building arts community for those who rely on it most (in fact, our current event manager went to a bunch of their shows before working at Make.Shift when living in the Portland area - it might be a part of the origin of beginning to do event production or something who knows). We are very lucky to be working with them and sending Sceneric to their first Portland show as a part of that. Thank you Friends of Noise! You rock!
This show is NOT LOCATED IN BELLINGHAM.
make.shift art space presents at The Off Beat. juno driver (hardcore punk). IX of swords (experimental loud music). sceneric (bellingham emo). saoirse dream (hyper pop-punk). surgery season (trans body horror hypo pop). friday. august 28th. 8440 n interstate ave portland oregon. presale $10 - $15 day of show (first 10 tickets free!). doors at 6:30pm. show at 7. ALL AGES. ALL ACCESS.
illustrations by .movs and poster by .booking.mp3

Alongside our Star Trek art show for NAMI opening tomorrow, we have a very special art show running downstairs through August 30th titled "(un)ordinary - with original collage work by Valentine Kirby and mixed media by Adrian Converse. Woah! A two-for-one deal that is free to view! You should come check it all out. You won't have regrets about seeing art, but you'll certainly have regrets about missing out.

DO YOU HATE MEDICAL DEBT - YOURS AND/OR CONCEPTUALLY? HELP US RELIEVE SOME!
Spider Cult has been working with Undue Medical Debt to break the chains of medical debt, and now their coming to Make.Shift with Devil's Advocate and With Regards! Dawn your cloaks and join the ritual.
Perform with us this back rite: the Breaking of the Chains. Officiated by: Spider Cult. Featuring Ritualists: Devil's Advocate and With Regards. Prepare for live music, theatrical spectacle, and charitable impact. Saturday, August 15th. Doors: 8:00, Show: 8:30. Tickets: $12 presale (make.shift website). $15 at Door (cash only). 306 Flora St Bellingham, WA

August Calender drop attempt 2.0 - Night 2 of Bellingham Punk and Metal Fest is hot on deck! Rounding out the month with a mini Make.Shift tour to see our Friends of Noise down at The Off Beat PDX. 8/14 is this months $5 show night with student ID!

Make.Shift Art Space presents our First Annual Substrate Gallery Gala! Our goal is to annually raise funds to repair, improve and update our music and art studios while uplifting and celebrating our arts community!

This year's substrate: Clipboards! Make.Shift will provide artists with clipboards with a professionally primed surface for free! Artists will receive a Make.Shift gift bag filled with show passes, merch and more! Artists will also be added to our digital artist registry and supporter wall in the building.

Artwork is due in person by Wednesday, September 2nd. The Opening reception and gala are Friday, September 4th, 5pm-9pm.
○ 5pm official show opening
○ 7pm community forum Q&A in the venue.
○ More TBA!

100% of sales support Make.Shift Facilities projects that currently include
reconstruction of 2 practice spaces, lighting and electrical upgrades and the construction of a permanent DJ booth in the venue!
In the spring of 2026 our building took on unprecedented flooding causing multiple practice spaces unusable. While we have received a ton of support from the building owners to repair the outer structure we are solely responsible for repair and maintenance within the building. Like many community institutions we have been financially impacted by the drastic funding cuts to the arts leading us to ask our community to help build the Make.Shift they want to see now and
in the future.

For over sixteen years the lower levels of 306 flora street have seen the footsteps of thousands of musicians, artists and spectators. Yellowed lights of years past flicker upon worn cement floors, torn walls lead the way to a den of active art and music studios. With remembrance of the community built Make.Shift Art Space and their families, we say now is the time to breathe renewed life into the interior of Make.Shift so that the community that we serve can seed their
independent artistic goals into full grown sustainable careers.

August 2026 calendar drop, the dog days are here! Kicking off the month with bellinghampunkandmetal and wrapping it up with a road trip down to Portland Oregon to visit our Friends of Noise at The Off Beat PDX ! What’s summer without $5 shows and a bit of touring? 😎

CAT VALLEY IS A WHOLE 5TH GRADER YEARS OLD!

The lovely Cat Valley has graciously planned a fundraiser for Make.Shift including Lemon Boy, Creature Party, and Trash Sound Conglomerate in conjunction with their 10 year anniversary. We love Cat Valley and you should too! Come feed the spark and fall in love (again) with the band and their friends in this celebration! Lightly Star Trek themed . . . do what you will with that information.
LIVE LONG AND PROSPER FEST. A fundraiser for Make.Shift Art Space. Cat Valley (10 years wow!). Lemon Boy. Creature Party. Trash Sound Conglomerate. August 8th. All Ages. $5 with student ID, $10 without. 6:30pm. 306 Flora Street Ally. No Booze. No Drugs. No Jerks.

In ONE WEEK FROM TODAY. Electronic music extravaganza. Be there or be bored!!!!
Heal Yourself, Jackal. The new electronic album from Gripping Beasts. Release Show July 31 2026. 7:30 PM Doors. Presale $12 Digital, Day of $15 Cash Only. with support from 4prilXD, MHMYMiR, and Arable Lands. Make.Shift. 306 Flora Street. No Drugs. No Booze. No Jerks.

Make.Shift will be closed tomorrow, Saturday July 25th, for various reasons! Our Executive Director is out playing Timber Fest with Ya tseen this weekend (so sick and cool) and our venue team is slinging vintage and helping at a different event (pretty sick and cool too).
Real talk: this is how Make.Shift staff stays part of the community outside of being staff members at a community org. It's important to all of us to continue to make our art, start our small business, and uplift other DIY spaces. We appreciate your understanding for the inconvenience if you had planned to stop by tomorrow!
We'll be open next week for regular gallery hours as well as the Gripping Beasts release show on July 31st, and Bellingham Punk and Metal Fest on August 1st and 2nd. We are also open till 6pm today, July 24th! Come by today and get to the gig next weekend!

Hey you! Are you an artist? Do you have artist friends? Do you have a cause and an organization aiding that cause that you're passionate about? Do you want to have a gallery show at Make.Shift for a whole dang month? GALLERY PROPOSAL SUBMISSIONS ARE OPEN FOR 2027! Get your submissions in by October 7th! We want to see your art and your curations!
Link to submit in the bio and on our website!