SUMMER · ON THE BAY
Boulevard Park
Free summer concerts on the grass, right on Bellingham Bay.
Boulevard Park is Bellingham’s living room on the water — a stretch of bayfront green connected to Fairhaven by a lit boardwalk built right out over the waves. And on summer evenings it becomes the best free concert venue in town.
Summer concerts
Through the warm months the park hosts free outdoor concerts — blankets on the grass, kids on the waterfront walkway, sailboats out front, and the sun dropping behind the islands behind the stage. It is the kind of low-key, all-ages scene that defines summer here.
The park itself
Even without a show, Boulevard is a destination: the over-water boardwalk, a popular cafe in the old woodworks building, the South Bay Trail running through it, and some of the best sunset-watching in the city. It links downtown to Fairhaven on foot or by bike.
When and where
Boulevard Park sits on the bay between downtown and Fairhaven, a few minutes from either. The summer concert series runs on warm evenings — check the local listings, bring a blanket, and get there early for a spot on the grass.
Thinking about life here?
Events like this are the texture of a year in Bellingham. See everything within ninety minutes of town on the interactive Fun Guide — and if you are starting to picture this as your own backyard, let us talk. I am Genaro Shaffer, a broker who actually lives this stuff.