Since 2021, I've been booking music for Greene's Corner, and a summer jazz series for Bar Cicotti. Here's an article on the summer jazz series for Bar Cicotti: Wednesday Summer Jazz Series.

I often book music for weddings, and private gatherings of any sort, so just let me know what you're seeking and let's see if I can help!  In the videos section, you'll find a variety of some of the local artists I work with. 

I love booking fine good music. I know who is who in the greater Bellingham area for truly great jazz, blues, Celtic, and Americana/folk music well as some from the greater Seattle and Vancouver, BC regions. 

I charge a base rate of $50 for finding the music you want for your event.   

Singing 'Ain't Misbehavin' with Hot Damn Scandal in the Boundary Bay Brewery Beer Garden, summer 2016.

I've been booking and performing with Gallowglass Irish Band since 2014. I'm also currently working with a couple of fine and fun acoutstic blues artists: 

Steve Itterly,  and Delta Promenade, performing rural blues songs of the 20's through the 40's. 

 

I created Irish & Folk Mondays in November 2015 and it ran until March 2020 when everything came to a screeching halt. These concerts always featured excellent acoustic traditional-folk music by artists local, regional, national and internationally touring as well. You can find video content of some of those shows in the video section here. 

 

I play mandolin, Irish bouzouki (octave mandolin), harmonicas, acoustic guitar, sing, and at times still get on the piano.  

I love to arrange music, collaborate,  and write songs and have one album of my own songs out thus far.  The new Gallowglass album, ‘Dear Ruin’, features  my own interpretations and arrangements of five Irish songs.

I have worked with the owners of and performed at Boundary Bay Brewery for 20 years now and the owners of The Honeymoon since soon after they opened in 2005.  

I booked the music for Lovitt Restaurant for almost two years before they had to tragically close. The audience for their food and the music was growing and growing, but sadly the rent was too high in the huge beautiful space they created there in Fairhaven. See letter from Lovitt's owners below. 

I've had the pleasure and honor of playing countless weddings in the area with several popular bands that I've co-created here: The Monday Night Project, The Naked Hearts, Gallowglass Irish Band, and Rosin & Reed.  

 

Click to Cascadia Weekly Article on Colleen Raney at Irish & Folk Mondays at The Honeymoon

“To whom it may concern: Jan Peters was the music booker for lovitt restaurant for a year and a half. We would have had him longer but we unfortunately lost a fight with our landlord and we were forced to close. Jan was in charge of choosing and booking acts for dinner shows and later evening concerts. He maintained our social media pertaining to the shows and was in charge of overall promotion- from flyers and posters to personal contact with customers. Jan Peters did a fantastic job and we were lucky to have found him. He took our direction well and garnered us much needed business and new and repeated customer traffic. Jan maintains good relationships with local musicians and often knows when good acts are traveling through that might be interested in an extra gig. Jan Peters is an asset if you are looking to showcase interesting and tasteful local talent. Sincerely, Kristen Six Owner, lovitt restaurant llc” 

— Kristen Six, February 7, 2019

Bio:

I began performing as a full time music in the Davis, California area in the late '80's.  I worked with The Bill Scholer Blues Band, Joe Craven, Rob Ickes, Rita Hosking, and many others.

Now in Bellingham, Washington since '98,  I have created and performed with three regionally known and loved bands, The Monday Night Project, The Naked Hearts, and Gallowglass Irish Band.  I also work with Petunia & The Vipers, The Tango Cowboys, Robert Sarazen Blake, Pete Irving (Hot Damn Scandal), and many others. 

Having fallen deeply in love with Irish music during the last six years, my current and most often performing group is Gallowglass. We perform a standout body of material of Irish tunes and songs, other related music, and some of our own compositions. I worked for two years with Puirt na Gael, a stunningly remarkable Scottish band.  And most recently I've been performing with Peadar MacMahon and toured to Peadar's native Ireland in July 2016 to showcase the recent and highly acclaimed release 'The Legacy of Percy French'. 

I love Really Good Blues & Jazz, and play blues every chance I get - working on a blues project currently. 

I created and run a weekly event in Bellingham called Irish & Folk Mondays,  now in it's sixth year.  It features a weekly community Irish session followed by a different feature performance each Monday. The weekly show has brought out the very best local and regional groups who are playing traditional and trad-based folk music, as well as some national notables such as Dale Russ, Darcy Noonan, Preston Howard, Lindsay Straw, Grey Larsen and Cindy Kallet to name a few.