Sandpoint Summer Series concludes with local blues jam
By Reader Staff
The fifth-annual Sandpoint Summer Music Series will wrap up Thursday, Sept. 12 with a local’s night at Sandpoint’s Farmin Park featuring John Firshi and the Monday Night …
By Reader Staff
The fifth-annual Sandpoint Summer Music Series will wrap up Thursday, Sept. 12 with a local’s night at Sandpoint’s Farmin Park featuring John Firshi and the Monday Night …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
For Eugene, Ore. band Spunj, playing live is what it’s all about.
The quartet will perform at the free outdoor Sandpoint Summer Music Series at …
By Reader Staff
Anyone who has dined out in Sandpoint knows we are lucky to have so many talented local chefs for such a small town. Hosted by the Greater …
By Soncirey Mitchell
Reader Staff
Downtown Sandpoint hosts two fall festivals on Saturday, Oct. 14: Apple Fest and Harvest Fest. From Farmin Park to City Beach, Shopping District members have …
By Kathy Hubbard
Reader Contributor
People who were children when the Arts and Crafts Fair started at City Beach are now bringing their grandchildren to the bigger and better fair …
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
Robb Talbott of Sandpoint’s Mattox Farm Productions doesn’t just say he has a mission to “bring quality Americana music to North Idaho in a family-friendly …
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
What’s for dinner? Mexican? Sushi? Korean barbeque? American comfort?
In Sandpoint, the available variety seems to shift and expand with each passing year as the …
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
The hills are alive with the sound of music — the hills being the rolling grass-covered knolls of Sandpoint’s Farmin Park, and the music being …
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
When Celeste “CC” Spina posted a video of herself drumming in Craigslist’s “Musician’s Wanted” section over a decade ago, it is safe to say that …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
There’s one thing both visitors and Sandpoint locals can always agree on: our restaurants are top notch. There is no better — or cheaper — …
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