The official winter welcome
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff In the five years since its inception, Jack Frost Fest has grown from a modest, ticketed concert event to a free, all-day celebration of music, community and, above all,...
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Summer Music Series ends season with a local lineup
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Mattox Farm Productions is wrapping up the 2022 season of the Sandpoint Summer Music Series with an ultra-local show starting at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 8, with Harold’s...
‘One heck of a party’
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff Mattox Farm Productions is now officially managing Sandpoint’s Heartwood Center, and is launching into this new era the best way founder Robb Talbott knows how: with a high-energy bluegrass...
Let there be (free) music
By Ben Olson Reader Staff They say there’s no free lunch, but free music? Sure, why not. Mattox Farm Productions is excited to announce the return of the Sandpoint Summer Music Series, during which...
Home sweet Heartwood
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff When Robb Talbott and his wife, Tasha, launched Mattox Farm Productions in Sandpoint five years ago, the mission was simple: host live music from quality artists at feel-good, family-friendly...
The rock ’n’ roll of uncertainty
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff A single conversation with Portland musician Scott Pemberton makes one thing clear: The line between living everyday life and being a song-writing creative is blurred. “It’s what I do,”...
Sandpoint SummerFest cancels 2020 season
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Organizers for the annual music concert Sandpoint SummerFest confirmed July 8 that the event has been canceled for 2020 due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. “It comes with an...
Live music for the long winter
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Fans of Sadie Sicilia are in for a treat as the vivacious singer-songwriter performs in two bands Friday, Dec. 27 at the Heartwood Center: Queen Suite and The Wagoner...
A shindig for the season
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff When Robb Talbott and his wife, Tasha, lived in West Virginia, they frequented an annual event at a ski touring center meant to celebrate the changing of the seasons...
SummerFest No. 25 on tap next weekend
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Next weekend marks a quarter-century of rocking out in the woods for SummerFest. The Eureka Institute’s annual music festival — known colloquially for years as “Jerry Fest” — is...
