Festival at Sandpoint: Know before you go
By Reader Staff The Festival at Sandpoint summer concert series returns for its 42nd year. While much remains the same since the first notes rang from the stage in 1983, there are a lot...
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Festival at Sandpoint — Week 1
A rundown of the first five Festival shows of the year By Reader Staff Since 1983, the Festival at Sandpoint has filled the air with music this time of year. Here’s a rundown of...
Folk singer, artist Karli Fairbanks to play album release party at IPA
By Ben OlsonReader Staff Karli Fairbanks has led many lives over the years. The Spokanite began her career steeped in folk songs that cut deep and hard, playing at venues like The Empyrean that...
Step Back in Time at the Pioneer Picnic: A Century-Old Tradition Returns to Lakeview Park
By Reader Staff Back in the 1920s, community picnics were the highlight of summer in Bonner County. On Sunday afternoons, after a long week of work, neighbors would catch up and play games, and...
Dover celebrates the monarch butterfly with special festival July 19
By Reader Staff Beyond its role as a pollinator and sustaining the ecosystem, the monarch butterfly is also the Idaho state insect. Joining bats, birds and other small creatures, butterflies and fellow pollinators are...
Summer Music Series welcomes Portland guitar-pop band
Sunbathe joined by special guest Bart Budwig By Ben OlsonReader Staff Summer in Sandpoint is a magical time made even better by the abundance of free, outdoor live music. The annual Sandpoint Summer Music...
Festival Memories
Ben, Zach and Soncirey reminisce about the Festival at Sandpoint ‘The best bar in town’By Zach Hagadone I wrote about a few of my Festival at Sandpoint memories in 2020 — in the onset...
Kimekomi comes alive
By Reader Staff Celebrate Pend Oreille Arts Council artist of the year Jenni Barry at a free opening reception Friday, July 11, at the POAC Gallery (313 N. Second Ave.). Barry will unveil and...
Sideboob and Thrown-Out Bones headline Sandpoint Pride
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff The main stage of the fifth annual Sandpoint Pride Celebration at the Granary (513 Oak St.) will host two electrifying bands to close out the day’s festivities on Saturday,...
Havin’ a gay old time
By Reader Staff Break out the rainbow flags and glitter for the fifth-annual Sandpoint Pride, hosted Friday, July 11 through Sunday, July 13, by Sandpoint Alliance for Equality. The celebration includes workshops, performances, games...
