KZAX 94.9 FM presents the first annual Radio Forever Festival on Saturday, August 9, 2025. From 4pm to 11pm, the free event at Make.Shift Art Space will feature large art installations, vendors, and free musical performances celebrating all things community radio.
KZAX 94.9 FM is thrilled to bring renowned multimedia art collective Negativland to the Pacific Northwest for a live broadcast, one-time performance at Radio Forever. Described in Washington Post as “musical collage pioneers... genre-defying, densely layered, strangely accessible,” the band is known for transforming sound and images into layered audiovisual collage.
Negativland coined the term “culture jamming” to describe their method of remixing found media. Since the early 1980s, they have used this approach to “pose both serious and silly questions about the nature of sound, media, control, ownership, propaganda, power, and perception in the United States of America,” according to Negativland’s website. In collaboration with KZAX 94.9 FM, Pickford Film Center will be screening “Stand By For Failure: A Documentary About Negativland” directed by Ryan Worsley on Aug 7th, followed by a Q&A with the band.
On the Radio Forever stage, Negativland will be supported by djs from KZAX, Bellingham-based garage punk band Cat Valley, and Seattle’s “Undisputed Autistic King of Hustle,” rapper and filmmaker Fantasy A. Inside Make.Shift, Radio Forever Festival attendees can explore a gallery exhibit featuring interactive installations by local artists and vintage radio technology on loan from the Whatcom Museum and SPARK Museum of Electrical Invention. The alley will be activated with large-scale, radio-themed outdoor installations by Seattle’s KitBash Studio.
Radio Forever Festival is funded by the City of Bellingham and presented by KZAX 94.9 FM. KZAX 94.9 FM serves the Bellingham community and beyond by broadcasting content from local volunteer programmers and independent music from the Pacific Northwest. KZAX 94.9 FM is a program of Make.Shift Art Space, a 501(c)3 non profit. You can learn more about KZAX 94.9 FM at kzaxradio.org and Make.Shift at makeshiftartspace.org.
Make.Shift Art Space
306 Flora
Bellingham WA
98225
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