Sound and fury
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Despite the sound and fury surrounding the Festival at Sandpoint’s policy banning weapons at the publicly-owned War Memorial Field, city officials said they still haven’t …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Despite the sound and fury surrounding the Festival at Sandpoint’s policy banning weapons at the publicly-owned War Memorial Field, city officials said they still haven’t …
By Zach Hagadone and Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
The Festival at Sandpoint had barely opened its 2019 season when open carry and concealed firearms advocates took aim at the event’s …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Longtime Festival at Sandpoint Executive Director Diana “Dyno” Wahl has been removed from her position by the Festival board of directors following an Aug. 11 …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Getting there
Walking or biking to War Memorial Field is ideal. Driving to the venue, while possible, will probably still mean walking quite a ways …
By Lyndsie Kiebert and Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Evans Brothers Coffee
A mainstay first stop on Festival Street — the Festival at Sandpoint’s food vendor row — is Evans Brothers …
By George Alexander Wood Jr.
Reader Contributor
It is long past midnight, and I am doggone exhausted. My sweaty volunteer shirt, civilian clothes and Production Crew polo hit the floor …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
The Festival at Sandpoint is nothing short of a two-week shindig. With shindigs come the necessary planning: How will you get there? What will you …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
The Festival at Sandpoint shared its 2019 poster July 11, unveiling a piece that highlights the merger of nature and culture that happens at Memorial …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
I’m always eager to discover new music, so when the Festival at Sandpoint recently announced several acts I wasn’t so familiar with, I got to …
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