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Sh'BANG! A Festival of Ideas 💦🏕️🎪 2025

Fri Aug 29, 2025 12:00 PM - Sun Aug 31, 2025 11:45 PM Lookout Arts Quarry, 98229

Sh'BANG! A Festival of Ideas 💦🏕️🎪 2025

Fri Aug 29, 2025 12:00 PM - Sun Aug 31, 2025 11:45 PM Lookout Arts Quarry, 98229

UPDATE: Full Weekend Passes are sold out. There will be Day Passes released on Saturday, August 23rd at 12pm PDT. If these options sell out, you may check out TIXEL for resale possibilities.

An outrageously unique mainstay of the PNW festival scene 💛 The wildly all-inclusive eclectic live music, arts, and circus festival, Sh’BANG! is 3 DAYS of good times at the Lookout Arts Quarry south of Bellingham, Washington—labor day weekend. Sh'BANG delivers ALL AGES (and adult specific) entertainment and delights. Soak it up: fresh quarry swimming and regenerative forest bathing! Sound healing and mysterious feeling! More info and delicious details at: https://www.shbangfest.com and on our Instagram. You're invited to RSVP on facebook here.

Some Things to Expect

A derby car with costumed riders

Loads of live music across genres every day featuring international talents! The miraculous and nearly impossible off-road Downhill Soapbox Derby that started it all, All-star Circus performances with national award-winning stunners, Elves, Pirates, Burlesque of all shapes, Puppets, Water, Costume-clad Shenanigans, Goblins, Witches, High flying Hilarious Aerial Piñata Show, Fire, Love, Community, Life, Dirt, Death, Etcetera.

SCHEDULE: http://bit.ly/shpro25

LINEUP view: https://bit.ly/shlineup25

Bring your whole self, your hidden self, your intimate self, your masked self, your naked self. Marvel together at the marvels we make. And leave your dogs at home. No dogs, except dawgs. Viva Pebbles, forever.

Get Your Tickets

Don't wait! We will sell out. Full Weekend passes include camping (but not parking). For VERIFIED ticket exchange after we've sold out, use our TIXEL site to purchase or exchange legitimate tickets, or you may exchange them with friends or in our facebook group, A Group of Ideas!

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PASSES

  • Early Bird Discount: $190 (SOLD OUT)
  • Advance Discount: $210 (SOLD OUT)
  • General Admission: $240 (SOLD OUT)
  • Youth 5-15 years old: $100 (SOLD OUT)
  • Children under 5: Free!
  • Day Passes: Limited, launch on August 23 at 12pm PDT
  • Volunteer opportunities: Find applications on our website, you can get a free weekend pass for joining the teams that make the gears turn!

Significant discounts available for Seniors (60+) and First Nations peoples. Email us at info@shbangfest.com to request your appropriate discount code. ❤️

PARKING

Parking passes will go on sale August 15th at noon. Don't rush, make travel plans first! ADA Parking access will be guaranteed, no stress All vehicles parked onsite at the Lookout Arts Quarry require a PARKING PASS.

Please CARPOOL. Passenger cars arriving with 4+ people park for FREE with the Clown Car Discount (oversize vehicles get $30 back). Save money: ride share, ride bikes, motorcycles, or unicycles (2 wheels or less park for FREE). We will process a refund for an already purchased parking pass if you earn the Clown Car Discount when you arrive. You are invited to join this community facebook group to find and arrange rides and get your questions answered.

  • Parking, Regular: $50
  • Parking, Regular (Pipeline Discount): $40
  • Parking, Oversize (18ft+): $90
  • Carpool: Split costs or earn FREE parking with Clown Car Discount (4+ people in vehicle)
  • Bike, Motorcycle, Scooter Ride: Priceless! 🚲🚲🚲🚲

BRAND NEW SHUTTLE SERVICE 🚌

This may be the most exciting new thing this year! The festival grounds are better with fewer cars, and this year we've finally created an option to ride a shuttle from town. We are offering one-way and unlimited tickets. Here is what you need to know to take advantage of this fabulous alternative transportation:

Bellingham pick-up location: Civic Stadium 1445 Puget St, Bellingham, WA 98229. You may leave your vehicle here for the whole weekend, or come and go with day passes.

Shuttle hours:

  • Friday: 11:30am-7:30pm (final shuttle will leave from Sh’Bang at 7:30pm)
  • Saturday: 8:30am-11:30am & 8:30pm-1:30am (final shuttle leaves Sh’Bang at 1:30am)
  • Sunday: 8:30am-11:30am & 8:30pm-1:30am (final shuttle leaves Sh’Bang at 1:30am)

Tickets:

You have two options to choose from: a one-way ticket to or from the festival or a "To and Fro" pass that allows one person to use the shuttle as many times as they would like.

  • One-Way: $11.11 - One way trip for one person, either direction
  • To and Fro: $20.00 - Unlimited rides for one person in any direction

FOOD! The REAL MEAL DEAL 🍽️ 

The Sh'BANG kitchen is cooking! We nourish you with 7 full meals, mindfully sourced meat & garden produce! May be split with friends. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner served. Consider yourself well taken care of from dinner time Friday through dinner on Sunday. Includes vegan and gluten-free meals always available. Meal deals include 2 breakfast, 2 lunch, and 3 dinner tickets.

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Dogs

We love our canine friends, just like you! But ya gotta leave 'em at home or in the loving care of someone who will give them the love they deserve. No dogs at Sh'BANG. Bark!

Miscellaneous

Sh'BANG is always rain or shine! The weather of our world is part of the experience, and no one will ever forget the most epic lightning storm ever witnessed at Sh'BANG 2019 ⚡️ No refunds, but tickets are fully transferable, use our TIXEL site for official ticket reselling! More tasty details always at www.shbangfest.com

Location

Lookout Arts Quarry, 98229