MOTOWN MAGIC
2025-10-17 19:30 UTC | Morrison Center, 2201 West Cesar Chavez Lane, Boise, Idaho, 83725
Buckle your seat belt for an electrifying show with motown, soul, and rock ‘n’ roll classics from the 50s, 60s, and 70s! The award-winning Shades of Blue are one of the hottest and most successful groups to come out of Detroit. Inducted into the National Rhythm and Blues Hall of Fame in 2015, Shades of Blue first skyrocketed to the top of the charts with their overnight hit “Oh How Happy” in the spring of 1966. Today, the group’s newest lineup is still harmonizing like birds and doo-wops down to their timeless R&B and soul sound.
Dressed to the nines, these fantastic lead vocalists will take you on a journey through Motown’s best, including: The Temptations, The Jackson Five, Diana Ross & The Supremes, The Four Tops, Aretha Franklin, Smokey Robinson, and more!

Garbage, Starcrawler
2025-10-17 20:00 | Knitting Factory, 416 S 9th St, Boise, Idaho, 83702
Garbage

In the spring of 2013, the members of Garbage — Shirley Manson, Steve Marker, Duke Erikson and Butch Vig — gathered in Los Angeles to start work on their sixth studio album. Except the recording didn’t begin in a studio, per se. It began where so many bands first do: in a basement.
The basement was Vig’s, perhaps one of the least elaborate home studios a multi-platinum producer has ever had. “My home studio is just a room where I watch Packers games,” says Vig. “There’s no sound proofing. It’s just four walls of drywall. So it’s got a bit of a trashy vibe to it.”

It was a fitting launching pad for an album that, over the course of the next two and a half years, would see the band finding a way forward by looking backward, tapping into the spark of their youths to try an uninhibited back-to-basics approach. But Garbage — long known for their meticulously crafted blend of dark, industrial noise, sci-fi pop melodies, whirlwind guitar, and tricked-out rhythms — was going back-to-basics for the first time.

“When you’re a teenager, you’re in a basement somewhere with your band, and you don’t know what you’re doing,” says Marker. “There’s a lot of the teenagers that we were in this record.”

Some will hear echoes of Garbage’s 1995 debut album in Strange Little Birds — including Manson herself. “To me, this record, funnily enough, has the most to do with the first record than any of the previous records,” she says. “It’s getting back to that beginner’s headspace.” In part, she says, that’s a result of not having anyone to answer to. Strange Little Birds is Garbage’s second album off their own label, STUNVOLUME. It’s a return to the freedom they had when working on their very first songs at Smart Studios in Madison, Wisconsin, more than twenty years ago, before they’d ever signed a label deal. “It’s so liberating,” says Manson.

Manson calls Strange Little Birds Garbage’s most romantic album. “And what I mean by romance, really, is vulnerability. I used to feel so scared, and I think that was why I was so aggressive — but I’m much more willing to admit weaknesses than I was before.” For her, the retrospective feel of Strange Little Birds is more personal than musical. Each song, she says, addresses “different points in my life between me and a person I’ve loved. They’re hot spots in my life, when I was afraid, or vulnerable, or didn’t behave at my best.”

Lyrically and musically, says Manson, the album is “less fussed over” than any Garbage has made. “We fell in love with immediacy,” says Vig. “The vocals aren’t slick. They have a raw, emotional feel.”

“We felt less limited in what we could try,” says Erikson. “On ‘Blackout’ we were just winging it. We just started playing, following one another.”

“That song started with a jam in my home studio,” says Vig. “It’s got a great ‘80s bass riff. It sounds like Garbage, but we’ve done a new spin on it — some crazy riffs and bits in the bridge.”

From the confessional opener, “Sometimes,” to the pulsing static of the closer, “Amends,” Strange Little Birds is a sweeping, cinematic record of a unified mood: darkness. “There aren’t really any upbeat pop songs,” say Vig. “Even ‘Empty,’ which has a big, anthemic guitar sound, has pretty dark lyrics.”

“I love dark and dismal,” says Manson, who once made a hit single out of her admission that she was only happy when it rains. “I’m aching for some dark and dismal. Because I feel like the musical landscape of late has been incredibly happy and shiny and poppy. Everybody’s fronting all the time, dancing as fast as they can, smiling as hard as they can, working on their brand. Nobody ever says, ‘Actually, I’m lost and I don’t have a fucking clue what I’m doing with the rest of my life and I’m frightened.’ ”

In the end, though, there’s power in the darkness, as the rhythmic throb and guitar crash of “So We Can Stay Alive” shows. “That song is grappling with mortality,” says Manson. “The more that I see the clock ticking, the more it gives me fuel. It’s a song to all the things that keep you moving forward with passion, all the things that can be used as fuel. All these things you think aren’t good can be used as powerful material to enhance your life.”

Show Me Reptile & Exotics Show
2025-10-18 - 2025-10-19 | Expo Idaho, 5610 North Glenwood Stree, Garden City, Idaho, 83714
Reptiles, amphibians, and exotic mammals – oh my! Visit website for more information.

Boise Farmers Market
2025-10-18 09:00 - 13:00 | Boise Farmers Market, 1500 Shoreline Drive, Boise, Idaho, 83712
THE BOISE FARMERS MARKET SUPPORTS A REGENERATIVE, HEALTHY FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL SYSTEM BY OPERATING A VIBRANT MARKETPLACE FEATURING LOCALLY GROWN AND CRAFTED PRODUCTS.
At the Boise Farmers Market you will find fresh local seasonal vegetables and fruit, many types of locally raised protein, breads and pastries, honey, jams and sauces, fresh-roasted coffee, and a delicious selection of ready-to-eat foods. We always have the best of what is local and in season!
Please join us at the Boise Farmers Market, where you’ll find farmers you can trust and food you can trace.

Nampa Farmers Market
2025-10-18 09:00 - 13:00 | Lloyd Square Park, 1 14th Ave S, Nampa, ID, 83651
A Part of Downtown Nampa Since 1989
Every Saturday April through November
Rain or Shine
NEW SEASON. NEW HOURS.
9 AM to 1:30 PM in Lloyd Square Park
Voted Best Farmers Market In Idaho and Best in the Pacific!
Nampa Farmers Market Happenings
SOFT OPENING THIS WEEK!!!
We Gladly Accept EBT and Feature Double Up Food Bucks

Capital City Public Market
2025-10-18 09:30 - 13:30 | 11th & Myrtle, 422 S 11th Street, Boise
Celebrating 31 Years!
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The Capital City Public Market began in 1994 with a small group of local vendors in downtown Boise. Fast forward 31 years, and we’re proud to host over 150 rotating vendors, each offering products made in Idaho by Idahoans.
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Our 2025 season kicks off on Saturday, April 19th, 2025! Join us every Saturday from 9:30am – 1:30pm through December 20th, 2025. Starting October 25th, our hours will change to 10:00am – 2:00pm.
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Find us in downtown Boise at 422 S 11th Street, on the corner of 11th and Myrtle.
Shopping local supports Idahoans, their families, and our community!

ZACH WILLIAMS REVIVAL NIGHTS TOUR
2025-10-18 19:00 | Ford Idaho Center
Get ready to experience a revival! Zach Williams is hitting the road this fall with friends We The Kingdom, Ben Fuller, and Leanna Crawford for the Revival Nights Tour! This is more than just a concert — it’s a night of revival and renewal. Come as you are and experience the transforming power of music, worship, and community. Whether you’re seeking hope, healing, or simply a night of incredible music, Zach Williams’ Revival Nights Tour is sure to be an experience like no other. Get your tickets now!

Boise State University Presents LYSISTRATA
2025-10-18 19:30, 2025-10-19 14:00, 2025-10-23 19:30 | Morrison Center, 2201 West Cesar Chavez Lane, Boise, Idaho, 83725
Danny Peterson Theatre (inside the Morrison Center)
Adapted by Ella McLaughlin. Directed by Gordon Reinhart.
This fresh, fast-paced comedy, inspired by the Aristophanes play, follows Lysistrata, an Athenian who calls for the women of Greece to help end the Peloponnesian War. She proposes a radical plan: All Greek women must refuse to engage in lovemaking until the men see reason, lay down their arms, and come home to lie down with their wives in peace. The women agree to make the sacrifice and all hell breaks loose as men wander the country in an agony of unsatisfied lust. Will Lysistrata and her crew accomplish what the politicians could not?
Audio Description is available for the performances on October 23rd at 7:30 PM and October 26th at 2:00 PM.

LAYZ - BLACKOUT - NO SIGNAL 360-Stage Tour
2025-10-18 20:00 | Treefort Music Hall, 722 W. Broad Street, Boise, ID, 83702, United States
Leyla Ali, known professionally as LAYZ, has stormed onto the bass scene and quickly become a fan favorite. Establishing herself in the dubstep community for producing the heavy, new age sound and bringing it to the touring circuit with sets filled of energy and excitement. LAYZ has toured with Excision, Kayzo, Sullivan King, Wooli and more, in addition to festival plays at EDC Las Vegas, Lost Lands, EDC Orlando and Mexico, Bass Canyon, Rampage Belgium, Hard Summer & many others. Her music has been seen on labels such as Monstercat, Subsidia, Welcome Records, Disciple Round Table and Bassweight. She has grown an international fan base bringing her to new levels after every tour stop & song released.

Layto, RudyWade
2025-10-18 20:00 | Knitting Factory, 416 S 9th St, Boise, Idaho, 83702
Layto, RudyWade
Neurolux Lounge
111 North 11th Street – Boise, ID 83702
Sat October 18 8:00 pm (Doors: 7:00 pm)
21 and up
$23.07

Purity Ring - Place of My Own Tour
2025-10-18 20:00 | Knitting Factory, 416 S 9th St, Boise, Idaho, 83702
PURITY RING: PLACE OF MY OWN TOUR
Knitting Factory – Boise
416 S 9th St – Boise, Idaho 83702
Sat October 18 8:00 pm (Doors: 7:00 pm)
All Ages

Adam Calhoun
2025-10-19 19:00 | Revolution Concert House, 4983 N Glenwood St, Garden City, Idaho, 83714
Adam Calhoun

Oct 19, 2025
Doors: 7:00 PM / Show: 8:00 PM

Murder by Death - Farewell Tour
2025-10-20 19:00 | Treefort Music Hall, 722 W. Broad Street, Boise, ID, 83702, United States
As trailblazers of the early 2000s indie-Americana style, the Louisville, KY-based quintet finds a way of taking tried & true rock-and-roll and knocking it slightly off axis, into tottering revolutions of something eerie, emotional, immediate, lush, and uniquely theirs.
On the surface, Murder By Death is a Louisville, KY sextet with a wry, ominous name. But behind the geography and moniker is a band of meticulous and literary songwriters matched by a specific brand of brooding, anthem-riding balladry and orchestral indie rock.
Murder By Death’s path began in the early 2000s as most Midwestern college-town groups do, by playing to small crowds at ratty venues and frenzied house parties. While many of their formative-year scene-mates failed to make it much further than campustown’s borders, Murder By Death translated their anonymous beginnings into a 20+ year career founded on a bedrock of eight full-length albums, tireless D.I.Y. touring and performing ethics, and, most importantly, a dedicated, cult-like fanbase.

AJJ
AJJ frontman Sean Bonnette can summarize the band’s new album, Good Luck Everybody, in a single sentence: “Sonically, it’s our least punk record, and lyrically, it’s our most punk record.”
And indeed, Good Luck Everybody (January 17, 2020), the Arizona band’s seventh album, stands out in their already diverse catalog. While still rooted in the folk-punk sound AJJ has become known for, the album is unafraid to delve into new territories that test the limits of what the band is capable of.
“I think it explores some of the weirder sides of AJJ, the more experimental leanings that we’ve had in the past,” says bassist Ben Gallaty. Good Luck Everybody draws from a wealth of sonic inspirations, from Laurel Canyon folk-rock of the 60s and 70s to avant garde artists like Suicide, as well as some orchestral pop. There is even a piano ballad, the tragic “No Justice, No Peace, No Hope.”
Lyrically, Good Luck Everybody is a change of pace from the idiosyncratic songwriting style Bonnette has honed over more than 15 years fronting AJJ. It still features his wonderfully weird turns of phrase and oddball word pairings, but this time, his thematic lens is more directly focused on the inescapable atrocities of the world around him. Longtime fans will recognize the album’s social commentary as a return to their 2011 release, Knife Man, but this time it’s fueled by a more radical urgency.
“I usually try for a timeless effect in songwriting, so that you can hear a song and generally not think about the context under which it was written,” says Bonnette. “But for this one, I was trying to write, and all the bad political shit just kept invading my brain and preventing me from writing that way. So I decided to fully embrace it and exorcise that demon.”
Much like Woody Guthrie and Phil Ochs pulled their songs straight from newspaper headlines, Good Luck Everybody feels like a long scroll through social media feeds on a particularly volatile day.
The song “Mega Guillotine 2020,” for example, came directly from Twitter. It was influenced by Twitter funnyperson @leyawn’s popular tweet depicting a mockup of a French Revolution-style guillotine with one blade and enough headrests for 15 Congress members. Bonnette says the idea inspired him to press record and start playing, and when he did, the entire song came out of his brain fully formed. The final version also features backing vocals by Kimya Dawson.
“There’s something that comes along with scrolling through your phone on Twitter or Instagram and seeing a puppy, and then a joke from a comedian, and then a young black person being shot by police, and then another puppy, and then your friends announcing a tour, and then children in cages,” says Bonnette. “There’s something in that that fucks your brain up. I don’t know if it’s made me more of a passionate arguer or just made me confused and numb.”
On “Normalization Blues,” Bonnette laments what this never ending deluge of atrocities has done to our humanity: “I can feel my brain a’changin’, acclimating to the madness / I can feel my outrage shift into a dull, despondent sadness / I can feel a crust growing over my eyes like a falcon hood / I’ve got the normalization blues, this isn’t normal, this isn’t good.”
Later, on “Psychic Warfare,” Bonnette takes out some aggression on the man at the root of it all, albeit through his trademark polite aggression: “For all the pussies you grab and the children you lock up in prison, for all the rights you roll back and your constant stream of racism / For all the poison you drip in my ear, for all your ugly American fear, I wrote you this beautiful song called ‘Psychic Warfare.’”
After years of partnering with Asian Man Records and SideOneDummy Records, AJJ is releasing Good Luck Everybody on their own, via their new label AJJ unlimited LTD, with Specialist Subject Records handling the European release. Bonnette and Gallaty also produced the record themselves and, in addition to their usual cast of collaborators (Preston Bryant, Dylan Cook, Mark Glick, Owen Evans), it features guest appearances from Thor Harris, Jeff Rosenstock, and Laura Stevenson.
“One thing that makes me rather giddy is that without a label or a producer, our listeners will have no one to blame besides us for the way our sound has changed,” laughs Bonnette.
For all of its dark leanings and its pessimistic reflections on modern culture, AJJ hopes that fans will ultimately come out of the album in a hopeful place. By its final track, “A Big Day for Grimley,” it feels like AJJ is holding the listener’s hand, staring at the looming apocalypse ahead, and whispering a message into their ear: Good luck, everybody.
-Dan Ozzi

Between the Buried and Me & Hail The Sun
2025-10-20 20:00 | Knitting Factory, 416 S 9th St, Boise, Idaho, 83702
Between the Buried and Me & Hail The Sun
Knitting Factory – Boise
416 S 9th St – Boise, Idaho 83702
Mon October 20 8:00 pm (Doors: 7:00 pm)
All Ages

Liam St. John, Haley Johnsen
2025-10-20 20:00 | Neurolux, 111 N 11th St, Boise, ID
Liam St. John, Haley Johnsen
Neurolux Lounge
111 North 11th Street – Boise, ID 83702
Mon October 20 8:00 pm (Doors: 7:00 pm)
21 and up

Story Pirates
2025-10-21 18:00 | Revolution Concert House, 4983 N Glenwood St, Garden City, Idaho, 83714
The mission of the Story Pirates is to celebrate the words and ideas of young people and to create confident, literate students equipped with a variety of tools for written, verbal, and artistic self-expression.

Boise Thanksgiving Eve Bar Crawl
2025-10-21 18:00 | Pengilly’s Saloon, 513 W. Main Street, Boise, ID, 83702, United States
2025 Boise Thanksgiving Eve Bar Crawl
Get ready to celebrate the festive spirit at the Official Thanksgiving Eve Bar Crawl on November 26th, 2025, from 6 PM to 11 PM! Join us for a lively evening through the heart of the city, where we’ll spread Thanksgiving cheer in every way imaginable.
This isn’t your average bar crawl – it’s a celebration of gratitude and fun. From one iconic venue to the next, immerse yourself in a whirlwind of festive decorations, themed costumes, and boundless enthusiasm.
Our hand-picked stops feature specialty Thanksgiving-themed cocktails and lively entertainment to keep the celebration alive. But the party doesn’t end there – it’s a chance to embrace the festive spirit, spreading joy and camaraderie with every step.
Whether you’re a Thanksgiving enthusiast or just love a good party, everyone is welcome to join the festivities with us. Let’s make this Thanksgiving Eve Bar Crawl a monumental celebration of joy, unity, and unforgettable memories!
Secure your tickets now and join us on November 26th for an extraordinary Thanksgiving Eve Bar Crawl experience! #ThanksgivingEve #HolidayCheer
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Kublai Khan TX, Drain, Gideon, Guilt Trip
2025-10-21 19:00 | Knitting Factory, 416 S 9th St, Boise, Idaho, 83702
Kublai Khan TX, Drain, Gideon, Guilt Trip
Knitting Factory – Boise
416 S. 9th St. – Boise, ID 83702
Tue October 21 7:00 pm (Doors: 6:00 pm)
All Ages

Allen Stone and Ripe - 2025 Tour Ripe
2025-10-21 19:00 | Treefort Music Hall, 722 W. Broad Street, Boise, ID, 83702, United States
Allen Stone, a soul/R&B luminary, has enraptured global audiences with his electrifying
performances and soulful melodies, embodying the essence of classic soul legends. His
genre-defying style, blending funk, gospel, folk-rock, and soul, has garnered critical
acclaim and a devoted following. Stone’s journey to musical stardom commenced in
Chewelah, Washington, where his upbringing immersed him in gospel music as a
pastor’s son. Relocating to Seattle, he tirelessly toured the West Coast in his ’87 Buick,
swiftly gaining acclaim for his dynamic live shows, often playing up to 200 dates
annually alongside luminaries such as Stevie Wonder, Al Green, Dave Matthews Band,
Erykah Badu, and Gary Clark Jr. Notably, Stone recently hit the road with Chris Stapleton,
further solidifying his status as a tour de force in the music industry. Alongside his
prolific touring schedule, Stone has graced national television screens and mentored on
ABC’s American Idol, underscoring his esteemed position in the music realm. Stone
continues to garner critical acclaim with his latest body of work, Mystery, featuring the
title track in collaboration with PJ Morton. This release brings infectious rhythms and
emotional depth, solidifying Stone’s place as a powerful voice in modern soul music.
Back in the studio, you can expect more music in 2025 along with festival dates and
supporting Chris Stapleton.

Ripe
Ripe remembers sweating to hell in a basement underneath a Subway sandwich shop, building their very first songs in a concrete cube that smelled like fresh bread. They remember selling their first tickets by hand outside the coffee shop that their friends worked at, holding court like twenty-something impresarios trying to move like 50 tickets to a bar that was willing to let you keep the ticket sales if they kept the bar.
In a world where we constantly feel the loving pressure to “tell our story”, where so many of our friends that have found success as artists have done it alone, Ripe is using their bio to tell you that at the center of everything is collaboration and community, a friendship that has become a bond as strong as family, a constantly spinning object that cannot be properly captured by any single still photograph.
This moment, the two songs already out and the new songs coming, catches the band in a moment of intense joyous swelling energy. Working in dream studios, in a city they spent years trying to take a proper chance on, with a producer that had made albums we loved in our formative years, alongside the closest musical relations we’ve formed. This is our love letter to complicated nostalgia, to relentless empowering change, to realizing that making dreams come true (just like a crisis) only fully makes sense when it is shared.
Joy in the wild unknown let us tell you who we were. Bright blues had us ripped apart so we could start again. What comes next is the band swinging for the fences, all in at the table, risking everything for a shot at feeling connected to you. Thank you for being here.

Sir Woman
Kelsey Wilson has never been able to escape the pull of music. At the early age of 4, she began playing violin and quickly became fascinated with her family’s expansive record collection. Growing up homeschooled with a mother whose life had been embedded in the gospel church, Wilson found herself immersed in the genre and became enamored with R&B and gospel artists like Otis Redding, Billy Preston, Aretha Franklin and Nina Simone. It wasn’t until her teenage years that she was introduced to genres like country rap and pop. “None of it really hit after so many years of what I was listening to, so I just implanted gospel into my brain.”
While Wilson never thought she would be a professional musician, life had other plans. In the early 2010s, Wilson found momentum as the lead vocalist and violinist of the Austin-based Americana outfit Wild Child. “I was writing songs with someone who played the ukulele, so I realized that I could fit melodies and words over the chords he was playing and it was really easy.” Throughout their 14-year tenure, the group released five albums and has toured with
artists like Mt. Joy, Robert Ellis and Shakey Graves. Because it was “easy,” Wilson believed that she was supposed to be making folk music. After all, the band has found moderate success over the years, from movie and TV show placements to commercial jingles. But the music didn’t feel “authentic” to Wilson. “I wasn’t being my genuine self,” she says. Still, she didn’t know what kind of music she would make if she was in complete control. In 2018, the year before lockdown, she penned what would be the first Sir Woman record — several songs that didn’t quite fit in the Wild Child world. At the time, she didn’t intend to create a band or touring the record. “I just wanted to make an album that sounded like me entirely.”
The name of Wilson’s rollicking solo project fittingly came to her just as Wild Child was playing the last festival before their hiatus. While roaming around the festival grounds, a security guard yelled at her, calling her “sir” and “woman.” Something clicked: It was the song that she had been singing in a dream the night before, the character she longed to create. “It felt so appropriate and reminded me of Motown, just classic but powerful. It was everything that I didn’t
really get to express in Wild Child.”
As Sir Woman, Wilson took the Austin music scene by storm in 2022 with the release of her full-length self-titled debut. It led to her taking the stage at renowned clubs, earning Artist Of The Year at the 2023 Austin Music Awards, as well as features in Rolling Stone, Spin.com, Variety and the Cover of Austin Chronicle and many other publications. The buzz surrounding Wilson’s project has helped earn Sir Woman upwards of 30 million streams on Spotify.
Now, Wilson is funneling her long passion for soul, funk and R&B into a double album — If It All Works Out and If It Doesn’t. But making one — let alone two albums —isn’t something she ever intended to do. Throughout the making of both her records, Wilson experienced a great deal of loss. While recording If It All Works Out, her sister died. In between the making of her debut and the second LP, her father passed away. They were both chapters in her life that needed to be shared separately. “It basically came out to be an album for a good day and an album for a bad
one, because you need music for both experiences.”
Throughout the 11 tracks of If It All Works Out, Wilson clung to the ideas of love, positivity and romance. The album’s cinematic lead single, “Who You Gonna Love?” pays homage to a brassy Motown classic, while embracing Sir Woman’s overall ethos of lifting yourself up. “It was all the records from the 70s that I loved listening to growing up, I got to emulate and do my version.”
“Heaven” is Wilson’s long-awaited understanding of the sentiment behind Bonnie Raitt’s iconic ballad “I Can’t Make You Love Me.” “It’s this shameless plea for one more night with the person that you love, even though you know, they don’t want to be there anymore.” The album’s closer, “Making My Way” is a heartbreaking conclusion to the record that grapples with the gravity of loss Wilson experienced in such a short period of time. She began writing the first verse after her sister passed away (“I’m gonna see you again someday”) during lockdown when she was unable to have a funeral for her. For a while, she couldn’t move past that line. When it came time to wrap up the record, her father passed away. Immediately, the second verse came to her.
“It was like the universe was making me wait to finish the song because it was gonna be connected to another major loss. So it was the most cathartic recording experience I’ve ever had. A song has never meant more to me.”
While If It All Works Out has a hopeful lens, If It Doesn’t is the kind of album that can uplift you when you’re facing life’s challenges. The 10 tracks may seem uplifting on the surface, but they were crafted during one of the darkest times in Wilson’s life. As the lead single, the ‘90s R&B-tinged “Never Gonna Give Me Up,” is a cheeky, dance number that pays tribute to her music discovery in her teen years. “You never want to give me up / But you never want to give
me love,” she sings with a playful lilt. On “Believe It or Not,” Wilson meditates on being enamored with someone who doesn’t believe them. “It is unrequited love, but you love this person so much that you don’t care.” With “New Story,” Wilson explores the power of reinvention. “I got in a conversation with someone who believes that nobody ever really
changes, and as someone who just went through such a drastic change and came out the other side, a completely different human being. I was like, ‘This is absolutely untrue.’”
Leading up to each album’s release, Wilson has been sharing singles from both records. If It All Works Out was released on February 21st, while If It Doesn’t is set to drop on May 16th.

Broadway in Boise - Shucked
2025-10-21 19:00, 2025-10-22 19:00, 2025-10-23 19:00 | Morrison Center, 2201 West Cesar Chavez Lane, Boise, Idaho, 83725
SHUCKED is the Tony Award®–winning musical comedy The Wall Street Journal calls “flat out hilarious!” And nobody knows funny like economists. Featuring a book by Tony Award winner Robert Horn (Tootsie), a score by the Grammy® Award–winning songwriting team of Brandy Clark and Shane McAnally (Kacey Musgraves’ “Follow Your Arrow”), and directed by Tony Award winner Jack O’Brien (Hairspray), this corn-fed, corn-bred American musical is sure to satisfy your appetite for great musical theater. This October 2025, lend an ear to Broadway’s corniest hit about an unlikely hero, a lovable con man, and an a-maize-ing battle for the heart & soil of Cob County.
Run Time: 2:15, with one intermission.
Audio Description is available for the performance on October 25th at 1:00 PM.

Villains In The Village
2025-10-22 18:00 - 20:00 | The Village at Meridan, 3597 E Monarch Sky Ln #225,, Meridian, ID, 83646
Fun for the whole family! Dress up as your favorite Villain and see a live stage show featuring Corbin Maxey, meet some of your favorite Villains, enjoy pumpkin decorating and more!

Yung Gravy
2025-10-22 19:00 | Revolution Concert House, 4983 N Glenwood St, Garden City, Idaho, 83714
Yung Gravy
Oct 22, 2025
Doors: 7:00 PM / Show: 8:00 PM

37th Annual Trick-or-Treating Block Party in Downtown Nampa
2025-10-23 16:00 - 19:00 | Downtown Nampa, 1st Street South, Nampa, ID
🎃 Downtown Nampa Trick-or-Treat! 👻🍬 Join us for spooky fun as we welcome thousands of kids in costume to downtown Nampa! Enjoy trick-or-treating, live performances, a DJ, food trucks, bounce houses, a straw maze, free train rides and more! 🎶🎭🚂
📍 Downtown Nampa
📅 Oct. 23rd | 4-7p
Food truck application and vendor registration here: https://www.downtownnampa.com/events/
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Bring the whole family for a night of treats & thrills! 🎃🔥

Meridian Trunk or Treat
2025-10-23 18:00 - 21:00 | Meridian City Hall, 33 E. Broadway Ave., Meridian, ID, 83642
The Meridian Parks and Recreation Department’s mission is to enhance the community’s quality of life by providing innovatively designed parks, connected pathways, and diverse recreational opportunities for all citizens.

Join us..
for the 12th Annual Trunk or Treat — a fantastic community celebration you won’t want to miss! Come dressed in your best costume and explore over 90 decked-out trunks from local businesses and organizations, all handing out FREE candy and treats. It’s a safe, fun-filled evening for the whole family!
Date: Thursday, October 23
Time: 6:00 – 9:00 pm
Location: Meridian City Hall, 33 E Broadway Ave, Meridian, ID 83642
Attendance is free. A donation of $1 per child is encouraged to support the Meridian Food Bank Backpack Program. Look for their booth to drop dry goods into the donation barrels or click below to donate online.

Kip Moore - Solitary Tracks Fall Tour
2025-10-23 19:00 | Revolution Concert House, 4983 N Glenwood St, Garden City, Idaho, 83714
Niko Moon – American Palm Tour
Oct 23, 2025
Doors: 7:00 PM / Show: 8:00 PM

Troyboi
2025-10-23 20:00 | Treefort Music Hall, 722 W. Broad Street, Boise, ID, 83702, United States
T-R-O-Y-B-O-I. These letters are chanted by the masses at his shows, but the question is who is the artist incorporating stunning visuals, live instruments and talented dancers.
Troy Henry, the elusive producer got his start making his beats standing up in his London studio apartment kitchen with his MacBook and a midi keyboard.
Today, the TroyBoi Experience is indeed a musical journey of hard-hitting beats, lights, visuals, and the unexpected. While his musical style can be broadly classified as trap, it’s extraordinarily unique, versatile, and fuses various textures from multiple genres.
Beyond his career releases which include his debut album Left Is Right (2017) and series of V!BEZ EPs in 2018 and 2019, his productions have caught the ear of major music stars. His 2018 remix of Bille Eilish’s MyBoi-TroyBoi Remix” has garnered almost 79 million Spotify streams and in 2019, Rihanna featured two of his songs “Do You?” and “Malokara” at her Savage x Fenty show, seen globally via Amazon Prime during New York Fashion Week. In 2020 released, his highly anticipated VIBEZ Vol.4 featuring top hits like, “*Do You and “Bellz”
In early 2021, he released more hits like, “Mad Ting, Buss It, and “RedEye” with Justin Bieber which currently has over 75 million streams on Spotify. In 2022, Troy showed his true love and inspiration for Latin Music with an EP titled “INFLUENDO”. And in April 2023, the long-awaited EP “SAY LESS” will be released assembling some of trap music’s OGs.
