A touring band confronts racism in Sandpoint
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Members of the San Francisco-based band Afrolicious were looking for something to eat before their Aug. 3 show at The Hive. After setting up at …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Members of the San Francisco-based band Afrolicious were looking for something to eat before their Aug. 3 show at The Hive. After setting up at …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
For the last several years, local music venue The Hive opened only a few days a year for a handful of shows from touring bands.…
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Sometimes you can’t keep a good thing down.
When Sandpoint Summerfest organizers announced that 2017 would be the last year for the popular annual music …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Who can forget the Hive’s Halloween Bash last year when Sir Mix-A-Lot packed the house to capacity? Who knew so many people in Sandpoint liked …
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