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SUMMARY:Western Idaho Fair
DESCRIPTION:Since 1897\, the Western Idaho Fair is a celebration of agriculture\, ranching\, and life in the state of Idaho. With events and attractions for all ages\, there is something for everyone\, so make sure you don’t miss out! \nFor information please visit the IdahoFair.com. \nHours\n\nMonday-Friday: 12pm-11pm\nSaturday & Sunday: 11am-11pm\nClosing Sunday (Aug 25): 11am-10pm\n\nThe Social Event of the Summer for Over 125 Years.\nFrom 1897 to the Present Day\nWestern Idaho Fair’s history dates back to 1897 when it got started as the Intermountain Fair. Although the foundation is the same for the Fair today as what was started all those years ago\, many events have changed over time. The Intermountain Fair sprung out of a need for the community to connect Boise and other larger cities that were 300 miles apart. With Boise’s strong agricultural roots\, the first Fair featured three major departments: livestock (sheep\, cattle\, horses and hogs)\, products of the soil and a domestic manufacturing/home department. These bigger categories were subdivided in later years into smaller departments that can still be found today. The Intermountain Fair highlighted Idaho’s natural resources as its prime motivation. Fair colors of purple\, white and yellow symbolized fruit\, silver and gold. \nA second economic benefit for the Fair was the increase in local businesses to Boise. People flocked to the Fair for the exhibition and social gathering\, spending money in the city. The income helped supplemented the war effort of 1943 through events such as a benefit rodeo supporting Gowen Field. Throughout the history of Western Idaho Fair\, the doors have remained open since 1897 to the present with some extreme cases when it closed its doors due to severe economies. With a limited supply of volunteers in 1914\, the fair board had not yet been created\, and there was no one to manage the event. In 1915\, the state legislature stepped in to help run the Fair. In 1922\, the economy strangled the life out of the event for the next four years. During the Great Depression the grounds would not open for the Fair in another three-year stretch. Following the economic strife\, in 1936 Ada County appointed a regular fair board to organize what they named “Western Idaho State Fair.” A perilous year in 1944 put the Fair on shaky ground after it was hindered by a new bill prohibiting all fairs from opening on Sundays and holidays. As a result\, the 1944 Fair opened for just four days. \nEven though the Western Idaho Fair has had its challenges (as most fairs realize during their tenure) one constant remains: children. Kids come to see and enjoy the Fair’s many entertainment offerings\, but also to enter livestock or crafts. Area youth show those who walk through the Fair gates what their hard work has done for them. With the creation of the Intermountain Fair\, 900 children walked in the opening “Queen of the Fair Parade.” In 1912\, 4-H (not called 4-H at the time) began at the Fair and in 1917 the U.S. Department of Education recognized FFA as an educational organization. Since then FFA and 4-H have exploded in growth and have changed in demography. In 1969\, about one-quarter of FFA members were girls. Today\, girls outnumber the boys. Currently youth from all cultures and backgrounds experience the American fair in many different ways. Western Idaho Fair is no different\, continuing to offer a multitude of youth activities every year. \n  \nThe Main Attraction in Town\nMain attractions for the Fair have changed a great deal from 1897. In the early beginnings of the Intermountain Fair\, only agricultural events were held along with horse racing and cowboy contests. The Fair partnered with Boise City Jockey Club and held daily racing events reported by the local paper\, Idaho Daily Statesman. Cowboy contests such as steer roping\, and bronco riding drew large crowds. Horse racing and cowboy contests remained until the formation of the Snake River Stampede. Highlighting the West theme came Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show. It was featured on August 18\, 1902 and was said to be so big that it was an international show. \nJust a few years into its arrival\, the Fair expanded into carnival rides and games. The Ferris wheel was a much-anticipated attraction for fairgoers everywhere\, as was the merry-go-round. The Ferris wheel at the Intermountain Fair was said to be the first ever west of the Mississippi. Another staple attraction was the Idaho Queen of the Fair contest. Judged by the public\, local female contestants were nominated from various counties with each vote costing 10 cents. A rambunctious few would nominate prominent businessmen for crowd laughs. The First Idaho Intermountain Fair opened with the queen’s parade\, a band playing the national anthem and the Queen of the Fair receiving gifts from the mayor. \nGrandstand acts were not the upbeat concerts of today. Instead the Fair hosted war reenactments and sometimes plane or “dog” fights. In 1898\, battles were replicated complete with soldiers and explosions\, while audience members looked on from the safety of their seats. Battles depicted wars with Germany and even Napoleon. On April 20\, 1911\, the Wright Brothers and Glen Curtiss sent their planes for an exhibition. Aviation was the highlight again when Charles A. Lindberg made an appearance on September 4\, 1927; Lindberg was famous for his solo flight from New York to Paris. Apart from the big acts\, smaller entertainment on the grounds was available. Music was always present with many bands sprinkled around the grounds for patrons to enjoy. The First Regiment Band of Utah performed in 1902. \nWestern Idaho Fair has come a long way with grounds entertainment showcasing national bands to dock dogs to a carnival section that has expanded to more than seven acres. Night shows at the grandstand feature big-name artists from country music to classic rock. Yet the foundation of the Fair is still agriculture\, where patrons can watch chickens hatch\, see a top livestock show or view the latest organic produce. \n  \nWhere It’s At\, Then and Now\nWestern Idaho Fair has not always been located where it is today on Glenwood Street. In fact\, the Fair has moved three times in its history. The first location was west of the city at the Idaho Agricultural Park\, known at present day as 21st Street between State and Idaho. The park was the site of the Fair in the fall of 1897 and a grandstand was built that looked over a scene of the majestic mountains. \nSoon the Fair outgrew its beginning location. In 1902\, the Idaho Intermountain Fair Association moved to the corner of Fairview and Orchard. Fairview and Orchard was more of a distance for fairgoers than in the center of town\, but with new innovations like horse drawn carriages\, trains and cars\, fairgoers came willingly. This new location held some changes for the Fair such as construction of a one-mile oval racetrack. The track grandstand seated 2\,000 spectators. A main exposition building built 150 feet long with 50 foot wings was fully equipped—including a saloon. \nThe last and final move was to Glenwood Street and Chinden Boulevard in 1967\, when the Fair assumed its current name of Western Idaho Fair. Fairgoers demanded different kinds of entertainment by this time\, and the grandstand acts changed along with the new location. A rodeo was not booked at the new location until 1988\, and was later phased out due to local competition by the nationally-recognized PRCA rodeos\, Snake River Stampede and Caldwell Night Rodeo. \n  \nHow the Fair Gets Funded\nSome wonder if the Western Idaho Fair is the official state fair of Idaho. Although the Western Idaho Fair is the direct descendent from the first Intermountain Fair held in 1897\, it is not the state fair of Idaho. In fact\, no fair in Idaho receives funding from the state\, similar to fairs operating in Montana\, New Hampshire\, Washington\, and other states. In 1914\, next door neighbor Canyon County assumed the title as “state fair” allowing Boise volunteers to run an interim fair. Although Canyon County had the state fair title\, Ada County bought Intermountain Fair’s grounds to create an “old time fair” that would focus on the fair work and products without the thrills like carnival rides. Canyon County’s fair would precede the Intermountain Fair by one week\, yet no resentments were held between the two counties. Canyon County would have a Boise day and the Intermountain Fair hosted a Canyon County day. Winners from Canyon County would take their winning goods to the Intermountain Fair for competition and vice versa. \nBetween 1887 and 1915\, many counties started to hold their own individual fairs but still coveted the “state fair” title that had once belonged to the “Boise” fair\, still without any state funding. In 1915\, under Ada County management\, officials called the Fair the Gem State Fair while Canyon County named its Fair “Idaho State Fair” that same year. For a brief window in time\, the state of Idaho stepped in to support the Gem State Fair\, officially naming the event the Idaho State Fair and retiring the Gem State name. But with the 1922 financial hardships—closing many area businesses as well as the Idaho State Fair—the state withdrew its support. Ada County assumed funding support for Western Idaho Fair at that time. \nSince the mid-1980s\, Western Idaho Fair has been independent of any taxpayer support. Entitled an “enterprise fund\,” it is entirely self-funded\, including salaries\, capital improvements\, and other costs. Ada County officially owns the property and buildings. In 2003 officials renamed the property “Expo Idaho” in order to attract more business to the facility during offseason (non-fair) months. \nMore than 250\,000 people attend Western Idaho Fair and another 750\,000 come through the facilities for trade shows\, auctions\, sporting events\, livestock activities and company gatherings. The current director\, Bob Batista\, is the longest-serving fair manager in its history.
URL:https://www.mikebrowngroup.com/event/western-idaho-fair-11/
LOCATION:Expo Idaho\, 5610 North Glenwood Stree\, Garden City\, Idaho\, 83714
CATEGORIES:All Ages,Family,Festivals & Events
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SUMMARY:Downtown Plays at Cherie Buckner-Webb Park
DESCRIPTION:JOIN IN ON THE FUN!\n\nPlay\, relax\, and challenge a friend – old or new – to a game with us!\n  \nDowntown Boise Association introduces Downtown Plays\, a new program that’s friendly to people of all ages. An electric cargo-bike travels throughout downtown – to parks and open spaces – filled with yard games and activities such as cornhole\, hula-hoops\, giant Jenga\, and recurring Story Time with Rediscovered Books at 11:30 am -12:00 pm. \nDowntown Plays will be held every first and third Tuesday starting June through August\, 10am- 1pm at Cherie Buckner Webb Park. Pop-up booths from Idaho Mountain Touring and GoGo SqueeZ will be joining the fun on select weeks! *Indicate pop-up at different event.
URL:https://www.mikebrowngroup.com/event/downtown-plays-at-cherie-buckner-webb-park-2/
LOCATION:Cherie Buckner-Webb Park\, 1100 W Bannock St\, Boise\, ID\, 83702
CATEGORIES:All Ages,Family
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240820T200000
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SUMMARY:Farm to Fork Farmers Market
DESCRIPTION:Caldwell is home to Idaho’s most diverse crop base\, and we are proud of our roots\, literally! For generations families have produced award-winning fruits\, vegetables\, grains and spices. Get the freshest produce to create excellent meals at home or find the perfect gift from local craftsmen or specialty food producers. The Farm to Fork Farmers’ Market is held in conjunction with the Tuesdays on the Creek Concert Series.
URL:https://www.mikebrowngroup.com/event/farm-to-fork-farmers-market-7/
LOCATION:Indian Creek Plaza\, 120 S Kimball Ave\, Caldwell\, Idaho\, 83605
CATEGORIES:Farmers Market,Festivals & Events
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SUMMARY:GNL Trivia @ Payette Brewing
DESCRIPTION:Game Night Trivia @ Payette EVERY TUESDAY! \nCome check out the most accessible\, varied\, and fun Trivia Nights designed for anyone who loves to play games! \nFREE to play & prizes for the WINNERS!
URL:https://www.mikebrowngroup.com/event/gnl-trivia-payette-brewing-3/
LOCATION:Payette Brewing Co\, 733 South Pioneer Street\, Boise\, ID\, 83702
CATEGORIES:Festivals & Events
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SUMMARY:Blues Tuesday: Blues to Lose
DESCRIPTION:Blues Tuesday is presented by the Boise Blues Society.
URL:https://www.mikebrowngroup.com/event/blues-tuesday-blues-to-lose/
LOCATION:The Riverside Hotel\, 2900 W Chinden Blvd\, Garden City\, ID\, 83714
CATEGORIES:Arts & Music
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SUMMARY:Tuesdays On the Creek
DESCRIPTION:Immerse yourself in the heart of Caldwell’s vibrant downtown scene every Tuesday with “Tuesdays on the Creek.” This free summer concert series\, running for 20 weeks\, offers live music from both local and touring artists\, alongside the bustling Farm to Fork Farmers’ Market. Delight in farm-fresh bites and local beverages as you sway to the tunes under the starlit sky. Join us for an evening of community\, music\, and culinary delights\, where every Tuesday becomes a celebration of artistry and agriculture.
URL:https://www.mikebrowngroup.com/event/tuesdays-on-the-creek-21/
LOCATION:Indian Creek Plaza\, 120 S Kimball Ave\, Caldwell\, Idaho\, 83605
CATEGORIES:Festivals & Events
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SUMMARY:LUTAN FYAH w/ Droop Lion
DESCRIPTION:Rootsy reggae singer with messages of unity\, love\, & justice deeply embedded in his music\, Lutan Fyah was born in the parish of St. Catherine\, Jamaica\, with music in his blood. With his grandfather running a sound system\, artists such as Lieutenant Stitchie\, Papa San\, Lady G.\, and the legendary Dennis Brown would often visit the family home. Fyah aspired to become a famous singer himself\, but he also took his soccer playing seriously and joined a professional team after finishing high school. He gave up sports in 1999 and began an internship at Buju Banton’s Gargamel label. He went on to record some tracks for Banton’s label along with some freelance work for other producers\, before singer Jah Mason came along in 2001 and offered Fyah the support slot on his worldwide tour. Three years later he made his full-length debut with Dem No Know Demself on the Minor7Flat5 label. Time and Place on the Lustre Kings label followed in 2005. A year later he released two albums\, Phantom War on Greensleeves and Healthy Lifestyle on VP Records. Fast forward to 2021 Lutan Fyah started his own record label Old Capital Music Group headquarters in the United States with a strategic partnership with Stand Out Living Original. Lutan Fyah & his team have been preparing for the release of his next album along side the Lutan Fyah Reggae documentary & other new EP’s & singles released under his own label with the exciting distribution partnership with Symphonic. Stay connected www.LutanFyahMusic.com
URL:https://www.mikebrowngroup.com/event/lutan-fyah-w-droop-lion/
LOCATION:Treefort Music Hall\, 722 W. Broad Street\, Boise\, ID\, 83702\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arts & Music
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SUMMARY:An evening with SATSANG
DESCRIPTION:“I just want to write and perform songs that touch the heart and help others”. Letting go of genre\, expectation\, and boxes\, Satsang has leaned into the power of songwriting to drive their forthcoming release\, Flowers From The Fray (the band’s 5th album in 6 years) due out Fall 2022.Recorded and self-produced with the help of bandmate and longtime collaborator Parker Brown\, this record finds the duo tucked away in a secluded cabin in Southwest Montana digging back into the foundation on which Satsang was founded on. “These songs were all so personal to me” says Drew McManus. “Whether it was really sifting through the stage of life I had found myself in which was a kind of dark night of the soul\, or leaning into the love of my wife. This record is truly me bearing my heart. I needed to seclude myself to find out where these songs wanted to go\, and having Parker’s musical guidance had a big hand in that.”This record\, coupled with the band’s last release All. Right. Now. is a maturing. A growing into the songwriter and musicians that the band was destined to be. A settled and firm foundation of influences and sound that brings every external aspect in and finds it internalized and distilled into “Flowers From the Fray”
URL:https://www.mikebrowngroup.com/event/an-evening-with-satsang/
LOCATION:Neurolux\, 111 N 11th St\, Boise\, ID
CATEGORIES:Arts & Music
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SUMMARY:Taphouse Pub & Eatery Trivia with Game Night Live
DESCRIPTION:Trivia at Taphouse Pub & Eatery every Tuesday from 7pm-9pm provided by Game Night Live. We do two different one hour rounds. 1st and 2nd place for each round both get Taphouse gift cards!
URL:https://www.mikebrowngroup.com/event/taphouse-pub-eatery-trivia-with-game-night-live-3/
LOCATION:ID
CATEGORIES:Festivals & Events
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SUMMARY:TerrorTuesdays - A Classic Horror Film & Popcorn
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a horror film on our 120” screen with Dolby® surround sound\, and enjoy free theater style popcorn during the show! We randomly select a horror genre movie each week\, and it varies from new releases to true older classics. Come early for Happy Hour drink specials starting at $3! Food is available all night too\, so no need to deal with getting dinner before you come in for the show! \nNo Cover Charge!\nWant to know what horror flicks are coming up?\nSimply follow us on Instagram or Facebook\, or join our newsletter (in footer below)\, because that’s where we announce the upcoming movie each week. We do a story by Monday evening to announce that week’s movie\, and we also send out our weekly newsletter each Monday to announce the events happening at our pub that week. \nCome Early For Pre-Movie Trivia!\nAt 8pm all entered groups will take part in a mini pre-movie trivia with all questions being based on the movie\, the cast\, or the topic. Everyone in the winning group gets a free drink of their choice! \n(Each group can consist of up to 5 people\, so groups of 6 or more will be split into multiple groups!)
URL:https://www.mikebrowngroup.com/event/terrortuesdays-a-classic-horror-film-popcorn-3/
LOCATION:Voodoo Cellar Boise\, 200 N Capitol Blvd\, Boise\, Idaho
CATEGORIES:Adult 21+,Festivals & Events
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SUMMARY:LETTUCE
DESCRIPTION:LETTUCE is (a) the prime ingredient in a salad\, (b) a slang for cash\, (c) a green herb that can be smoked\, (d) a genre-busting six-member musical collective formed in 1992 by four alumni of the prestigious Berklee College Of Music\, or (e) all of the above. If you answered “e\,” then you’re in on the sheer magic of a band that both feeds the rich history of funk music and combines it with strains of hip-hop\, rock\, psychedelia\, jazz\, soul\, jam\, go-go\, and the avant-garde. \nThe GRAMMY® Award-nominated six-piece is comprised of Adam Deitch [drums\, percussion]\, Adam “Shmeeans” Smirnoff [guitar]\, Erick “Jesus” Coomes [bass]\, Ryan Zoidis [alto\, baritone\, tenor sax\, Korg X-911]\, Eric “Benny” Bloom [trumpet\, horns]\, and Nigel Hall [vocals\, Hammond B-3\, Rhodes\, clavinet\, keyboards].  To date\, their discography includes Outta Here [2002]\, Rage! [2008]\, Fly [2012]\, Crush [2015]\, the EP Mt. Crushmore [2016]\, the live album Witches Stew [2017]\, Elevate [2019]\, Resonate [2020]\, Unify [2022]\, and now VIBE – a single 48 minute continuous session of pure\, free-flowing improvisation\, available digitally for the first time. \nWith VIBE\, Lettuce cement their status as boundary-pushing innovators over three decades into their lauded career\, blurring lines and smashing up jazz chords\, psychedelic passages\, big horns\, strains of soul and go-go\, hip-hop elements for an uplifting\, improvisational sound all their own. Ryan Zoidis explains\, “we got into a vibe and hit record. 48 minutes went by like a blink of an eye. This is our first purely improvised recording. Nothing planned\, nothing edited or overdubbed. This is a true spontaneous musical expression captured in its entirety.”
URL:https://www.mikebrowngroup.com/event/lettuce/
LOCATION:The Egyptian Theatre\, 700 W. Main St.\, Boise\, Idaho\, 83702
CATEGORIES:Arts & Music
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SUMMARY:Nate Smith
DESCRIPTION:According to an age-old cliché\, getting knocked down ain’t what matters – it’s how you get up\, which Nate Smith knows firsthand. With a personal journey scarred by disaster\, but defined by revival\, he could have stayed down multiple times through life\, and instead grew into something else entirely: A beacon of country-music hope. \nFeaturing a mix of gritty backwoods soul\, rock ‘n’ roll swagger and velvet-thunder vocals\, Smith is a Nashville artist with a unique connection to life’s inner tug of war. And with his first batch of major-label music\, he’s aiming to tip the scales once and for all. \nA California native\, former worship leader\, and lifelong music lover\, Smith approaches that mission with a background as eclectic as it gets. \nDetails\n\nGates open at 6:30pm\nShow starts 8pm
URL:https://www.mikebrowngroup.com/event/nate-smith/
LOCATION:Expo Idaho\, 5610 North Glenwood Stree\, Garden City\, Idaho\, 83714
CATEGORIES:Arts & Music
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SUMMARY:Idaho Cutting Horse Association Fall Cutting
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URL:https://www.mikebrowngroup.com/event/idaho-cutting-horse-association-fall-cutting-2/
LOCATION:Ford Idaho Center
CATEGORIES:Festivals & Events
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SUMMARY:NEIGHBORHOOD CONCERT SERIES at Kristin Armstrong Park
DESCRIPTION:Get ready for another summer packed with free summer concerts in the parks. We are entering the 4th year of the Neighborhood Concert Series\, where we have teamed with Lost Grove Brewing\, St. Luke’s Health Plan\, and the City of Boise Arts & History Department to bring live music to neighborhoods around Boise.
URL:https://www.mikebrowngroup.com/event/neighborhood-concert-series-at-kristin-armstrong-park/
LOCATION:Kristin Armstrong Municipal Park\, 500 S. Walnut St.\, Boise\, Idaho
CATEGORIES:Arts & Music
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SUMMARY:Andrew Kinsey
DESCRIPTION:Bringing Country music to Boise and beyond!
URL:https://www.mikebrowngroup.com/event/andrew-kinsey/
LOCATION:The Riverside Hotel\, 2900 W Chinden Blvd\, Garden City\, ID\, 83714
CATEGORIES:Arts & Music
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SUMMARY:THE CRANE WIVES w/ Steven Leaf
DESCRIPTION:Born of the 2010’s folk boom and now comfortably stationed in their rock and roll era\, TheCrane Wives epitomize the evolving sound of the indie genre. Having performed hundreds ofshows on stages across the country\, they gravitate toward high-energy melodies\, featuring thekinetic percussion of Dan Rickabus\, the silky\, driving bass lines of Ben Zito and playful guitarleads from front women Emilee Petersmark and Kate Pillsbury. Counterbalancing their livelystage presence\, their lyrics extol the shadow side of the human condition\, delving intomythology and themes of darkness and inner conflict. The band softens the blows of theiremotional candor with soulful three-part vocal harmonies\, like a 21st century Cerberus\, thehound of Hades reimagined as an emotional support animal. To date\, they have released fivefull length albums\, including their 2020 live album\, “Here I Am” \n\n\n\n \n\nSteven Leaf\nThere is a quiet confidence to the music of Steve Leaf. He has been writing songs for fifteen years now. Some songs about love\, some songs about love lost\, and others about everything else to cover all the bases. Steve hails from Michigan and cut his teeth in the singer/songwriter scene of Chicago which is to say he usually tries to sneak a Wilco cover into his set. Sometimes it pans out\, other times\, not a chance. He released his first record ‘We Are Ghosts’ in 2010 and has subsequently released several other albums since then including ‘Lightspeed’ in 2015 and ‘Go to the Pines’ in 2017. Steve finds inspiration in the songwriting of Josh Ritter\, Damien Rice\, and the less lyrically driven music of Ratatat and Nils Frahm. Always busy\, Steve is consistently recording new music. In 2015\, his fascination with instrumental music led to his creation of the guitar driven band ‘Public Access’\, a ten piece leviathan rock band\, a stark contrast to the reserved solo music Leaf creates. During a Leaf set\, you can expect focused lyrics and tight guitar melodies over swirling ambient guitar loops.
URL:https://www.mikebrowngroup.com/event/the-crane-wives-w-steven-leaf/
LOCATION:Treefort Music Hall\, 722 W. Broad Street\, Boise\, ID\, 83702\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arts & Music
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SUMMARY:Tyler Childers - Mule Pull '24 Tour
DESCRIPTION:Tyler Childers\nMule Pull ’24 Tour\nwith Special Guest Shakey Graves and Bella White\nAugust 21\, 2024\nFord Idaho Center Amphitheater
URL:https://www.mikebrowngroup.com/event/tyler-childers-mule-pull-24-tour/
LOCATION:Ford Idaho Center
CATEGORIES:Arts & Music
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SUMMARY:Together Pangea Celebrates 10 Years of Badillac
DESCRIPTION:Together Pangea Celebrates 10 Years of Badillac at an all ages show in Boise on Wednesday\, August 21st at the Shrine Social Club
URL:https://www.mikebrowngroup.com/event/together-pangea-celebrates-10-years-of-badillac/
LOCATION:Shrine Social Club\, 1118 West Idaho Street\, Boise\, Idaho
CATEGORIES:Arts & Music
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SUMMARY:Yung Gravy
DESCRIPTION:Only the best things get better with age — wine\, cheddar\, 401ks\, the list goes on. It turns out Yung Gravy gets better with age too. \nWhen you think about it\, the name Yung Gravy says a great deal. It’s perpetually youthful\, and it oozes “sauce.” As such\, Yung Gravy uses his own special recipe to bring originality and positivity to make his one-of-a-kind impact on the genre. Gravy flexes his passion for soul music and oldies in his production\, sampling a wide range of musical styles dating from the 1940’s to the present-day. Nostalgic and often-jubilant melodies paired with heavy trap drums form the usual canvas for his signature baritone voice — reminiscent of Barry White. Showcasing effortless flows and endlessly quotable lyrics\, Yung Gravy paints something truly unique while clearly having a good time doing so. In the span of six short years\, Gravy has transformed from Soundcloud stalwart to platinum powerhouse. \nGravy became the soundtrack\, and unofficial second mascot\, of the Tampa Bay Lightning\, and was given an honorary Stanley Cup Ring. Tallying 6 billion streams and selling 5 million units thus far\, he’s notched four entries on the Billboard 200\, two in the Top 30 of the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Chart\, and two on the Top 20 of the Top Album Sales Chart. \nDetails\n\nGates open at 6:30pm\nShow starts 8pm
URL:https://www.mikebrowngroup.com/event/yung-gravy/
LOCATION:Expo Idaho\, 5610 North Glenwood Stree\, Garden City\, Idaho\, 83714
CATEGORIES:Arts & Music
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SUMMARY:Mary Lambert\, Jenny Zigrino
DESCRIPTION:The Mary Lambert show scheduled for August 21\, at The Olympic has been moved 9th St. Parallel at Knitting Factory. All tickets will be honored. If you are unable to attend due to the venue change\, please reach out to Ticketweb for a refund by July 27th\, 2024. \n  \n\n\nMARY LAMBERT\n\n \n\nIn 2012\, Mary Lambert was working three restaurant jobs when her life changed. An aspiring singer-songwriter\, cellist\, spoken word artist\, and newly graduated with a Bachelors of Music Composition from Cornish College of the Arts\, she had begun to establish herself around Seattle\, performing slam poetry and fusing a talk-singing style into her intimate performances. She received a phone call from a friend who was working with Macklemore and Ryan Lewis on their debut album\, The Heist. Macklemore and Lewis were struggling to write a chorus for their new song\, a marriage-equality anthem\, called “Same Love”. Lambert had three hours to write the hook\, and the result was the transcendent chorus to Macklemore & Ryan Lewis’ triple-platinum hit “Same Love\,” which Lambert wrote from her vantage point of being both a Christian and a lesbian. \nWriting and singing the hook led to two Grammy nominations for “Song Of The Year” and “Album Of The Year”\, as well as the iconic performance alongside pop legend Madonna at the 2014 Grammys. Mary then signed with Capitol Records\, where she released her debut album “Heart on My Sleeve” produced by Eric Rosse (Sara Bareilles\, Tori Amos) and Benny Cassette (Kanye West). Her smash single\, “Secrets” launched to No. 1 on the Billboard Dance charts\, and was certified RIAA Gold in 2015. The New York Times called her debut album “refreshing and severely personal”. \nMary Lambert isn’t your typical pop artist. Inspired by confessional folk singers as well as spoken-word performers\, she is a brutally candid writer who deals directly in her art with her past traumas. Lambert was raised in an abusive home\, attempted suicide at 17\, turned to drugs and alcohol before being diagnosed with bipolar disorder\, and survived multiple sexual assaults throughout her childhood. With that list of horrors\, you wouldn’t expect Mary to be disarmingly joyful\, but she charms effortlessly\, and the effect on her audience is bewitching. She describes her performances as “safe spaces where crying is encouraged; My entire prerogative is about connection\, about being present\, and facilitating true catharsis. Also\, fart jokes.” \nMary Lambert’s latest EP\, Bold. is her first release since leaving Capitol Records\, and was fully funded through a Kickstarter campaign that raised $20\,000 in 8 hours\, and closed at $70\,000 in a few short weeks. The response was a true testament to the passionate communities she represents. Lambert produced 3 of the 7 tracks herself\, including a touching duet with her mom\, Mary Kay Lambert. “Bold. is a queer pop EP about being unabashedly yourself. I think that we are in an era where embracing and loving your real\, complex self is radical\, and this collection of songs epitomizes that belief.” Bold. will be available worldwide on May 5th. \n\n\nSOCIAL LINKS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJENNY ZIGRINO\n\n \n\nWith the sweetness of the Midwest and the iron balls of the East Coast\, Jenny Zigrino is a comedian that packs a punch of truly original humor. She’s charmed audiences across the country with her wit\, keen observations\, embarrassing anecdotes\, and brilliant honesty for a compelling performance you can’t ignore. \nShe made her late night debut on Conan O’Brien and was a recent guest on the hit shows @Midnight and Adam DeVine’s House Party Season 3 on Comedy Central. She’s been featured on TBS\, Oxygen\, TruTV\, MTV Fox\, and IFC. \nA rising star in Hollywood\, her first film appearance was a leading role in the film 50 Shades of Black with Marlon Wayans. She also stars in the film Bad Santa 2 with Billy Bob Thornton\, the sequel to the 2003 hit film Bad Santa. She exploded onto the Just For Laugh’s New Faces Showcase for 2016 and has been featured in many festivals across the country. She is an alumni of The New York Comedy Festival\, Women in Comedy Festival\, Bridgetown Comedy Festival\, Moontower Comedy Festival\, and many more. \nShe recently released an IFC Web series with her friend and comedian Jen Saunderson “The Filling is Mutual” available on IFC Digital. \nDebuting this summer is Jenny’s first comedy special\, which she just filmed in April 2017 for Comedy Central. \nIn conclusion\, she’s kind of a bad ass bitch.
URL:https://www.mikebrowngroup.com/event/mary-lambert-jenny-zigrino/
LOCATION:Knitting Factory\, 416 S 9th St\, Boise\, Idaho\, 83702
CATEGORIES:Arts & Music
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SUMMARY:Boise Open
DESCRIPTION:The Albertsons Boise Open is a professional golf tournament in Idaho on the Korn Ferry Tour\, played annually at Hillcrest Country Club in Boise. Held in mid-September for its first 23 years\, the new September playoff schedule of the Web.com Tour in 2013 moved the Boise event up to late July.
URL:https://www.mikebrowngroup.com/event/boise-open-2/
LOCATION:Hillcrest Country Club\, 4610 W Hillcrest Dr\, Boise\, ID\, 83705
CATEGORIES:Festivals & Events
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SUMMARY:See Them Cannons
DESCRIPTION:Ryan Wissinger Trio-  Ryan Wissinger graduated from the McNally Smith College of Music in 1997 with a degree in Music Performance.  He covers a tremendous range of songs.
URL:https://www.mikebrowngroup.com/event/see-them-cannons/
LOCATION:The Riverside Hotel\, 2900 W Chinden Blvd\, Garden City\, ID\, 83714
CATEGORIES:Arts & Music
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SUMMARY:Live Music at The Warehouse
DESCRIPTION:Thursdays just got a major upgrade at The Warehouse Food Hall with the return of live performances! Whether you’re into tunes\, flavors\, or just good times\, our live music Thursdays cater to all. Dive into a world of diverse food options\, sip on crafted drinks\, and let the music elevate your evening. \nWeekly on Thursdays from 5 to 8 p.m.\nFree for all ages
URL:https://www.mikebrowngroup.com/event/live-music-at-the-warehouse-3/
LOCATION:The Warehouse Food Hall\, 370 S 8th St\, Boise\, Idaho
CATEGORIES:Arts & Music
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SUMMARY:Thursday Thunder - Asphalt Buffet
DESCRIPTION:Celebrating summer with our Thursday Thunder Summer Concert Series!
URL:https://www.mikebrowngroup.com/event/thursday-thunder-asphalt-buffet/
LOCATION:Boise Spectrum\, 7709 W. Overland Road\, Boise\, Idaho
CATEGORIES:Arts & Music
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SUMMARY:Great Garden Escape Concert Series - McKenna Esteb
DESCRIPTION:The Garden is excited at the variety of genres being featured this year.  There is something for everyone!
URL:https://www.mikebrowngroup.com/event/great-garden-escape-concert-series-mckenna-esteb/
LOCATION:Idaho Botanical Garden\, 2355 N Old Penitentiary Rd\, Boise\, Idaho\, 83712
CATEGORIES:Arts & Music
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SUMMARY:Live Music @ Boise Brewing's Taproom Every Thursday!
DESCRIPTION:Local musicians play in Boise Brewing’s taproom every Thursday\, 6-9pm. Come enjoy some jams with great beer and seasonal favorites and be sure to check out the new restaurant!
URL:https://www.mikebrowngroup.com/event/live-music-boise-brewings-taproom-every-thursday-4/
LOCATION:Boise Brewing\, 521 W. Broad St\, Boise\, Idaho\, 83702
CATEGORIES:Arts & Music
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SUMMARY:Trials & Tribulations
DESCRIPTION:The band’s music genre is heavily influenced by such great West Coast musicians as T-Bone Walker\, William Clarke\, Rod Piazza\, Gary Smith\, George “Harmonica” Smith\, Pee Wee Crayton\, Lowell Fulson\, Junior Watson and many more. The music also features smooth vocals\, frequently crossing into urban blues territory.
URL:https://www.mikebrowngroup.com/event/trials-tribulations/
LOCATION:The Riverside Hotel\, 2900 W Chinden Blvd\, Garden City\, ID\, 83714
CATEGORIES:Arts & Music
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SUMMARY:ALVVAYS w/ The Beths
DESCRIPTION:Alvvays never intended to take five years to finish their third album\, the nervy joyride that is the compulsively lovable Blue Rev. In fact\, the band began writing and cutting its first bits soon after releasing 2017’s Antisocialites\, that stunning sophomore record that confirmed the Toronto quintet’s status atop a new generation of winning and whip-smart indie rock. \nGlobal lockdowns notwithstanding\, circumstances both ordinary and entirely unpredictable stunted those sessions. Alvvays toured more than expected\, a surefire interruption for a band that doesn’t write on the road. A watchful thief then broke into singer Molly Rankin’s apartment and swiped a recorder full of demos\, one day before a basement flood nearly ruined all the band’s gear. They subsequently lost a rhythm section and\, due to border closures\, couldn’t rehearse for months with their masterful new one\, drummer Sheridan Riley and bassist Abbey Blackwell. \nAt least the five-year wait was worthwhile: Blue Rev doesn’t simply reassert what’s always been great about Alvvays but instead reimagines it. They have\, in part and sum\, never been better. There are 14 songs on Blue Rev\, making it not only the longest Alvvays album but also the most harmonically rich and lyrically provocative. \nThere are newly aggressive moments here—the gleeful and snarling guitar solo at the heart of opener “Pharmacist\,” or the explosive cacophony near the middle of “Many Mirrors.” And there are some purely beautiful spans\, too—the church- organ fantasia of “Fourth Figure\,” or the blue-skies bridge of “Belinda Says.” But the power and magic of Blue Rev stems from Alvvays’ ability to bridge ostensible binaries\, to fuse elements that seem antithetical in single songs—cynicism and empathy\, anger and play\, clatter and melody\, the soft and the steely. The\nluminous poser kiss-off of “Velveteen\,” the lovelorn confusion of “Tile by Tile\,” the panicked but somehow reassuring rush of “After the Earthquake”. \nThe songs of Blue Rev thrive on immediacy and intricacy\, so good on first listen that the subsequent spins where you hear all the details are an inevitability. \nThis perfectly dovetailed sound stems from an unorthodox—and\, for Alvvays\, wholly surprising—recording process\, unlike anything they’ve ever done. Alvvays are fans of fastidious demos\, making maps of new tunes so complete they might as well have topographical contour lines. \nBut in October 2021\, when they arrived at a Los Angeles studio with fellow Canadian Shawn Everett\, he urged them to forget the careful planning they’d done and just play the stuff\, straight to tape. On the second day\, they ripped through Blue Rev front-to-back twice\, pausing only 15 seconds between songs and only 30 minutes between full album takes. And then\, as Everett has done on recent albums by The War on Drugs and Kacey Musgraves\, he spent an obsessive amount of time alongside Alvvays filling in the cracks\, roughing up the surfaces\, and mixing the results. This hybridized approach allowed the band to harness each song’s absolute core\, then grace it with texture and depth. Notice the way\, for instance\, that “Tom Verlaine” bursts into a jittery jangle; then marvel at the drums and drum machines ricocheting off one another\, the harmonies that crisscross\, and the stacks of guitar that rise between riff and hiss\, subtle but essential layers that reveal themselves in time. \nEvery element of Alvvays leveled up in the long interim between albums: Riley is a classic dynamo of a drummer\, with the power of a rock deity and the finesse of a jazz pedigree. Their roommate\, in-demand bassist Blackwell\, finds the center of a song and entrenches it. Keyboardist Kerri MacLellan joined Rankin and guitarist Alec O’Hanley to write more this time\, reinforcing the band’s collective quest to break patterns heard on their first two albums. \nThe results are beyond question: Blue Rev has more twists and surprises than Alvvays’ cumulative past\, and the band seems to revel in these taken chances. This record is fun and often funny\, from the hilarious reply-guy bash of “Very Online Guy” to the parodic grind of “Pomeranian Spinster.” Alvvays’ self-titled debut\, released when much of the band was still in its early 20s\, offered speculation about a distant future—marriage\, professionalism\, interplanetary citizenship. Antisocialites wrestled with the woes of the now\, especially the anxieties of inching toward adulthood. Named for the sugary alcoholic beverage Rankin and MacLellan used to drink as teens on rural Cape Breton\, Blue Rev looks both back at that country past and forward at an uncertain world\, reckoning with what we lose whenever we make a choice about what we want to become. \nThe spinster with her Pomeranians or Belinda with her babies? The kid fleeing Bristol by train or the loyalist stunned to see old friends return? “How do I gauge whether this is stasis or change?” Rankin sings during the first verse of the plangent and infectious “Easy on Your Own?” In that moment\, she pulls the ties tight between past\, present\, and future to ask hard questions about who we’re going to become\, and how. Sure\, it arrives a few years later than expected\, but the answer for Alvvays is actually simple: They’ve changed gradually\, growing on Blue Rev into one of their generation’s most complete and riveting rock bands. \n\n\n\n \n\nThe Beths\nOn The Beths’ new album Expert In A Dying Field\, Elizabeth Stokes’ songwriting positions her somewhere between being a novelist and a documentarian. The songs collected here are autobiographical\, but they’re also character sketches of relationships and more importantly\, their aftermaths. The question that hangs in the air: what do you do with how intimately versed you’ve become in a person\, once they’re gone from your life? \nThe third LP from the New Zealand quartet houses 12 jewels of tight\, guitar-heavy songs that worm their way into your head\, an incandescent collision of power-pop and skuzz. The album’s title track “Expert In A Dying Field” introduces the thesis for the record: “How does it feel to be an expert in a dying field? How do you know it’s over when you can’t let go?” Stokes asks. “Love is learned over time ‘til you’re an expert in a dying field.” \n‘Expert In A Dying Field’ is out now via Carpark Records and Ivy League Records.
URL:https://www.mikebrowngroup.com/event/alvvays-w-the-beths/
LOCATION:Treefort Music Hall\, 722 W. Broad Street\, Boise\, ID\, 83702\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arts & Music
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SUMMARY:HANNAH DASHER w/ Eli Howard
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, August 22\nTickets $20 adv / $25 door\nAdvance tickets available via Ticketweb\nDoors 7pm
URL:https://www.mikebrowngroup.com/event/hannah-dasher-w-eli-howard/
LOCATION:Neurolux\, 111 N 11th St\, Boise\, ID
CATEGORIES:Arts & Music
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SUMMARY:X - Smoke & Fiction Tour
DESCRIPTION:KNITTING FACTORY – BOISE\n416 S. 9TH ST. – BOISE\, ID 83702\nTHU\nAUGUST 22\n8:00 PM\n(DOORS: 7:00 PM)\nALL AGES
URL:https://www.mikebrowngroup.com/event/x-smoke-fiction-tour/
LOCATION:Knitting Factory\, 416 S 9th St\, Boise\, Idaho\, 83702
CATEGORIES:Arts & Music
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