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 …
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 …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Back for its sixth year, the Jack Frost Fest marks the coming transition between cool fall days and winter in Sandpoint. Founded by Mattox Farm …
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.…
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 …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
This July, SummerFest will be celebrating its 25th year (including the prior iteration known colloquially as “Jerry Fest”). Recently, the organizers announced the 2019 lineup …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
Just when Sandpoint SummerFest organizers thought they were out, the community pulled them back in.
After festivities wrapped up last year, they believed the sun …
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 Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Intern
Tucked in the forests of North Idaho, a few things can be expected—plenty of wild animals, logging roads, an abandoned shack here and there, maybe …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Picture this: you’re enjoying a leisurely drive down a beautiful country lane. Rounding the corner, a pristine lake comes into view. You notice some …
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