Festival at Sandpoint recap
By Ben Olson Reader Staff With a flash of fireworks and a crescendo from the Festival at Sandpoint Orchestra, the popular summer concert series wrapped its 41st season on Aug. 4. The Reader tracked...
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Spunj worthy
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 6 p.m. on Thursday,...
Week 2 of the Festival at Sandpoint
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff The Festival at Sandpoint’s 41st annual summer concert series is coming to an end with a week of highly anticipated shows for fans of all ages, including a family...
The right kind of moves
By Kaleb Keaton Reader Contributor For those of you who have been playing the Reader’s Festival Bingo, I did you a few favors this past Saturday night. Wearing the band’s T-shirt? Hit. A hippie...
The National Parks merges music and the outdoors
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Some bands sound perfect in a dark, sweaty dive bar. Others are complemented by solitude and a pair of headphones. When it comes to The National Parks, they always...
Sandpoint SummerFest celebrates 30th years
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff It’s been 30 years since the first annual event once known as Jerryfest, which over the past three decades has morphed into SummerFest — an all-out seasonal party full of...
An international harmony
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff Thousands of cities across 120 countries will join together on Make Music Day, Friday, June 21, celebrating humanity’s shared love of music with free concerts and lessons. This will...
Festival concludes 2024 lineup with Drew Holcomb and The Neighbors, The National Parks
By Reader Staff The Festival at Sandpoint has made its final lineup announcement for the 2024 Summer Series, adding Drew Holcomb and The Neighbors with The National Parks on Sunday, July 28. Longtime staples...
‘The best song is still to come’
By Soncirey Mitchell Staff Local genre-bending duo The Sevens are set to perform at Idaho Pour Authority on Saturday, March 30, in a show that will bring the sunshine back to rainy Sandpoint. Singer...
‘Jazz adjacent’
By Ben Olson Reader Staff When Sandpoint-raised Sam Tru opened for Gladys Knight at the Festival at Sandpoint in 2021, it was the realization of a dream she’s had for as long as she...
