Times: 6-9:30PM
Location:  Wicked Spud, Main St, Hailey
Admission:  Free

Free Back Alley Parties at the Wicked Spud begin Wednesday, June 4, and run through August 27. The weekly concerts start with the opening band playing for an hour before the headliner takes over.  The party ends about 9:30pm. Sales of beer, t-shirts and raffle ticket sales to to designated organizations each week.
July 2  Headwater & Straight Up benefitting Senior Connection and Blaine County Historical Museum
July 9  Heaters for the Wood River Hopice and Hunt-Hedrick-David Children's Fund
July 16  Fred Crabtree, Jim Paisley and Kim Stocking Band for Expedition Inspiration
July 23  Cheryl Mae Grace and Finn Riggins for Citizens for Smart Growth
July 30  Four Stroke Bus and 812 Band for Camp Rainbow Gold
Aug 6  Roger Seldon and Slow children Playing for Wood River Land Trust
Aug 13  Ketchujm World Beat BAnd and The Sonics for The Papoose Club
Aug 20  Hat Trick and Public Radio for The Blaine County Hunger Coalition
Aug 27  Cosmic Beans for Wood River Fire and Rescue
Sept 6  Spudapalooza with The Damphools, 812 Band, Finn Riggins for Wood River Valley Adaptive Program, Sun Valley Adapative Sports, Sawtooth Botanical Garden

Times: 9:30-11:30am
Location:  Silver Creek Preserve Visitor Center
Phone:  788-7910

Joine the Silver Creek staff on a tour of the preserve every Saturday morning throughout the summer. Learn about the unique ecology, hydrology and history of Silver Creek.  Meet at the Visitor Center.

Times: 2:30-6PM
http://www.wrfarmersmarket.org
Location:  4th Street
Phone:  208-309-2634
Admission:  Free

Contact is Lynea Newcomer:  lynea_newc@yahoo.com

Times: 3-6:00PM
Location:  Main Street, North of Sturtevants Outfitters
Phone:  208-720-7805
Admission:  Free

Contact: Kaz Thea  kazthea@mac.com

Times: 7pm
Location:  Call for information
Phone:  726-1706
Admission:  Free

Lost River Outfitters in Ketchum offers weekly free casting clinics on Wednesday nights by appointment beginning Wednesday, June 18.  Please call 726-1706 to sign up or stop by Lost River Outfitters, 171 N Main St, Ketchum. 
Please sign up by Tuesday afternoon!

Times: 9-5pm M-F, 11-5 Saturdays during July, August
http://www.sunvalleycenter.org
Location:  Sun Valley Center Gallery, 5th & Washington
Phone:  208-726-9491
Admission:  Free

Birdwatch is an exhibition of historical and current images of birds.
The exhibition begins with a selection of prints by 19th centruy artist John James Audubon. Painting in the mid-20th century, artist Morris Graves inbued his Asian-inspired drawings and paintings of birds with deep metatphorical significance.  Contemporary artist Jacqueline Bishop's miniature paintings of birds often represent species endangered in the Amazon and the Gulf Coat.  Kathryn Spence's pigeons and kestrels, made with trash, twine and bits of cast off fabric, convey the precariousness of birds' place in the environment. Both Misako Inaoka and Justin Gibbens create hybrid animals-part bird, part mammal or reptile. Rigo 23's embroidered reproductions of "lost bird" notices he collects in the streets of San Francisco capture the ambiguities in our relationship to birds-we admire them for their ability to fly, yet we sometimes seek to keep them caged.

Times: 6-8PM
http://www.visitsunvalley.com
Location:  Corner of Warm Springs & Saddle Roads, Ketchum
Phone:  726-3423
Admission:  Free

Free Jazz in the Park weekly concert series on Sunday evenings in Rotary Park, corner of Warm Springs & Saddle Roads, beginning June 22 through 
July 27.  Picnics welcome. Event presented by Sun Valley /Ketchum Chamber & Visitors Bureau.
June 29:  Jeff Rew & Friends
July 6:  Russ Caldwell
July 13:  Onomatopoeia Jazz Fusion
July 20:  Paul Tillotson on Piano
July 27:  Alan Pennay with Cheryl Morrell

Times: 2PM
Location:  Sun Valley Center for The Arts Gallery
Phone:  726-9491
Admission:  Free
Docents will guide visitors through the exhibition with tours lasting approximately 30-45 minutes every Tuesday at 2PM. Call 726-9491 for more information.

Times: 6pm Dinner, 7:30pm Revue
http://www.sunvalley.com
Location:  Sun Valley Opera House & Lawn
Phone:  208-622-2167

New this Summer at Sun Valley! The Wah-Hoo Revue and BBQ Dinner will be every Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday nights, June 25 through September 5.
A scrumptious chuck-wagon style outdoor dinner of barbeque ribs or chicken (hot dogs for the kids), old fashioned baked beans, corn on the cob, three kinds of salad, Dutch oven cobbler, lemonade, iced tea/other beverages will be served at 6pm.
After dinner, head to the historic Sun Valley Opera House to enjoy The Wah-Hoo Revue (orginial script and music arrangements by Derek Furch), a professional, fun-filled, family evening of entertainment with the high-spirited Wild West Players. They present an engergetic foot-stompin' musical review.  The lively brand of singing, dancing and comedy will have you laughing in the aisles and clapping for more
Prices:
Dinner and Show  Adults: $35, Kids (12 & under): $25, Seniors: $30
Show Only:  Adults:  $18, Kids (12 & under): $14, Seniors: $14

Times: 6-8pm
Location:  4th & East Avenue
Admission:  Free

Enjoy the long, beautiful summer evenings.  Live music at Ketchum Town Plaza on  Thursday evenings, 6-8pm. Tables, seating available around Town Plaza area.

 

Times: 6PM
http://www.galenalodge.com
Location:  GALENA
Phone:  726-4010
Admission:  $35 adult

Weekly Wagon Ride BBQ Dinners will be each Thursday evening starting June 26 through August 28 in conjunction with Galena Stage Stop Corrals.  Guests will enjoy a 40-minute horse drawn wagon ride and then a traditional western BBQ prepared by Galena Lodge.  Menu includes BBQ chicken, hamburgers, hot dogs, corn on the cob, baked beans , cornbread, and berry cobbler with whipped crea
Contact Galena Lodge for more information.

Times: 9am-3:15pm
http://www.sunvalley.com
Location:  River Run Plaza
Phone:  622-6136
Admission:  $15 adults, $7 kids; $20, $10 all day

Take a high-speed quad ride to the top of Baldy for panoramic views of the Pioneer, Boulder, Smokey and Sawtooth mountain ranges. Summer lift rides on Bald Mountain begin Saturday, June 28 at River Run Plaza. (Due to a U.S. Forest Service mandate protecting elk calving season, mountain bikes will be allowed on the lifts Tuesday, July 1, 2008.)
Hours of operation will be from 9am to the last round-trip at 3:15pm or one way at 3:30pm. One adult ride will be $15; all day $20.  Children ages 3 through 12 ride one time for $7 and all day for $10.
All mountain bikers must sign a waiver and wear helmets. Those under 18 must have parent or guardian's signature.  Pete Lane's at the base of Bald Mountain rents bikes.

 

Times: Noon-5pm W-F
http://www.sunvalleycenter.org
Location:  The Center, Hailey
Phone:  726-9491
Admission:  Free

Boise-based artist Kristen Furlong has produced a body of work that explores the relationship between birds and our cultural understanding of the natural world.  Her work examines the impact of institutions like zoos and natural history museums, as well as our consumerist society.
Opening Celebration on Thursday, July 3 from 5:30-7pm at The Center in Hailey. Artist Kirsten Furlong will be present to discuss her work.  Join in for drinks and appetizers.

Times: 9am-5pm Daily
Location:  nexStage Theatre, 120 S Main Street
Phone:  208-720-5547
Admission:  Free

Contact:  Bill Summers, 208-720-5547

Times: 9am-6pm daily
Location:  Roberta McKercher Park & Hailey Armory
Phone:  208-788-9292
Admission:  Free

100+ Antique dealers with a huge variety of items from the ordinary to the extraordinary. Contact:  Haileyantiques@aol.com

Times: 9-7pm Fri, Sat, Sun
Location:  730 North Main Street, Hailey
Phone:  208-532-4439 or 312-4900

8th year for Hailey's Main Street Antique Show, located on Main Street in Hailey, just north of McDonalds. Contact: Dana Jo Cameron of Blue Cow Antiques & Appraisals.   Call for information or Email: camcam@pmt.org

Times: 10am-8pm Fri, 10am-6pm Sat, 10am-4pm Sun
Location:  Forest Service Park, 1st & Washington, Ketchum
Phone:  303-570-9763
Admission:  Free

Antique and art dealers gather at Forest Sevice Park for annual 4th of July week-end show.

Times: 8pm Sat, 7pm Sun
http://www.companyoffools.org
Location:  The Liberty Theatre, Hailey
Phone:  208-578-9122
Admission:  $15-$25

Company of Fools presents "Collected Stories" by Donald Marguiles during The 2008 Summer Fools Festival which features three shows in rotating repertory.
A respected short story writer and teacher in her mid-fifties, Ruth Steiner, has carved out a comfortable life for herself in a Greenwich Village apartment she has occupied for decades. Lisa Morrison, is a callow yet talented 26 year old graduate student and aspiring writer, a child of suburban privilege. Lisa Morrison arrives at Ruth's apartment for her first tutorial as a gawky, gushing hero worshiper. When Ruth quips, "I had someone darker in mind," she doesn't realize the foreshadowing in her own life story, but the audience should be put on alert.

Times: 8pm
http://www.sunvalleyopera.com
Location:  Presbyterian Church of the Bigwood
Phone:  208-726-0991

Sun Valley Opera presents their 2008 Summer Concert, "Idol Extravaganza", with four of America's top rising stars in the classical crossover (opera/pop) arena, vying for your vote!
Tickets available from Chapter One Bookstore, online, or concert line 208-726-0991.

 

Times: 1-3pm
http://www.companyoffools.org
Location:  The Liberty Theatre, Hailey
Phone:  788-6520
Admission:  $50 Call for information for all three classes

Act II Institute Class: Connecting You to Your Voice. R:L. Rowsey is the teacher for this class.  Runs July 7, 14, 21 & 28 on Mondays from 1-3pm.  This class explores various exercies to help unlock our vocie and find freedon of vocal expression.
For further information or to register please contact Denise Simone at 788-6520 or denise@companyoffools.org .
 Art II Institute classes in acting, voice and creativity are for adults age 62 and over.  Participants will also have an opportunity to attend all three plays performed in Company of Fools' Summer Fools Festival, as well as meet and interact with the actors, designers and directors.  Taught by the Company's core artists, company members and guest artists, ACT II INSTITUTE will provide an experience of the highest quality.  No prior theatre experience is necessary.

http://www.galenalodge.com
Location:  Galena, 24 mi N on Hwy 75
Phone:  208-726-4010

July 7-11  3rd session of Galena Youth Adventure Camp for ages 8-12.  Kids will rock climb, white water raft, swim, mountain bike, hike and more!
Advance registration required
Application available online at www.galenalodge.com

Times: Check for information
Location:  Check for information
Phone:  726-1706
Admission:  $150 for class

Class Monday, July 7 and Wednesday, July  9.
Weekly Kids' Fishing School,  beginning June 16 and running through August 23, is being offered by Lost River Outfitters in Ketchum. Class, for ages 7-13, is Monday and Wednesday for 2 hours each day.  All equipment is included in the $150 price. Great young instructors eager to introduce kids to the sport of fly fishing.
Please call 726-1706, email info@lostriveroutfitters or stop by Lost River Outfitters, 171 N Main, Ketchum to sign up.
Please sign up by the Friday before the class.

Times: 5:30pm
http://www.galenalodge.com
Phone:  726-4010
Admission:  Free

This Monday evening weekly event, July 7 through August 25, offers a free Mountain Bike clinic (45 minutes) followed by a short group ride  (30-45 minutes) to encourage road riders to ride the road or Harriman trail up to Galena.  Galena Lodge will offer optional dinner for $12 after the ride.
Call Galena Lodge for more details, 726-4010.

Times: 12:00PM
Location:  Ketchum City Hall

This meeting with the CVB's new design firm will be open to the public. The SV/K Chamber & Visitors Bureau is inviting members of the public to take part in a Community Branding Session with their new advertising agency, Drake Cooper on Monday, July 7.  Community Branding involves the overall brand message to effectively promote the Sun Valley/Ketchum area.  Drake Cooper will be presenting identified target market segments and initial consumer reserach, as well as creative concepts during the July 7th meeting.

Times: 7pm Local Bands, 7:30pm Headline Band
Location:  Forest Service Park, 1st & Washington
Admission:  Free

Headline Band:  Prezident Brown....reggae from Washington DC
This free concert series every Tuesday June 24 through August 19 happens in Forest Service Park at 1st & Washington Avenue in Ketchum.  Local bands open at 7:00pm, Headline Bands play from 7:30 until 9:00pm.  Picnics are welcome, drinks are sold at the park.
Ketch'em Alive weekly music is made possible by the City of Ketchum and the Sun Valley/Ketchum Chamber and Visitors Bureau.

Times: 2-4PM
http://www.bouldermtnclay.com
Location:  Studio, 10th St. Light Industrial #B-6
Phone:  726-4484
Admission:  $30

SLAB TEAPOTS - Come get a taste of clay!  Handbuilding projects.  No previous experience necessary.

Times: 7PM
http://www.companyoffools.org
Location:  The Liberty Theatre, 110 N. Main, Hailey
Phone:  208-578-9122
Admission:  $15-$25

Company of Fools presents "Violet" by Brian Crawley & Jeanine Tesori during The 2008 Summer Fools Festival which features three shows in rotating repertory.
One of the most acclaimed off-Broadway shows of the '90s, "Violet" astounded critics and audiences with its powerful story, its energetic, toe-tapping Gospel, Rock, Country and Rhythm and Blues score.

Times: 1-3pm
http://www.companyoffools.org
Location:  The Liberty Theatre, Hailey
Phone:  788-6520
Admission:  $100

Act II InstituteClass: Tapping Your Creative Self.  Teachers are Denise Simone and guest artists for this class.  Runs July10, 15, 22, 24, 29 & August 1 on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 1-3pm.  This class explores "the how" of tapping into our own creativity.
For further information or to register please contact Denise Simone at 788-6520 or denise@companyoffools.org .
 Art II Institute classes in acting, voice and creativity are for adults age 62 and over.  Participants will also have an opportunity to attend all three plays performed in Company of Fools' Summer Fools Festival, as well as meet and interact with the actors, designers and directors.  Taught by the Company's core artists, company members and guest artists, ACT II INSTITUTE will provide an experience of the highest quality.  No prior theatre experience is necessary.

Times: 10am-4pm
Phone:  208-726-9491
Admission:  $70 members, $120 nonmembers

 Spend the day observing the animals and plants that have started to return to the burn zone after last summer's fire with science teacher Brian Sturges and wildlife artist Debbie Edgers Sturges.  The class, Rebirth: After the Castle Rock Fire, is being offered in conjunction with visual arts exhibitions at the Center galleries in Ketchum and Hailey.
Stops will be made along the trail to draw images. Participants will come away with a bird and plant list as well as several sketches.  Moderate hiking with frequent stops along the way..
Registration Deadline:  June 24

Times: 12-1pm
http://www.woodriverymca.org
Location:  YMCA Community Room
Phone:  727-9622
Admission:  Free

Topic for the July Y Talk is "Event Planning Tips and Tools." Planning large annual events and fundraisers can be an enormous project for any non-profit.  This talk will help you plan the perfect event or revitalize and existing event.  Emily Clemens, Annual YMCA Classic inten event coordinator will lead the discussion. on:
     *Utilizing resources for your event
     *Auction ideas
     * Raising money
     * Choosing a theme
     * Budgeting
     * Choosing vendors, venues, audio/visual, and entertainment
Please bring your own lunch. Monthly talks, the second Tuesday of every month from 12pm-1pm are free.  Talks will be held in the Community Room.

Times: 6-7:30PM
Location:  YMCA
Phone:  208-720-3350
Admission:  $25

"Discover Your Natural Role in Creating Community" presented by Johb Furey.  Come and learn how your style of thinking defines the role you play in creating community--in every aspect of your life. Reserve a seat by email:  community rising@mindtime.com or call: 208-720-3350.  Payment information & confirmation will be sent to you via email.

Times: 7pm Thurs, 8pm Fri
http://www.companyoffools.org
Location:  The Liberty Theatre, 110 N. Main, Hailey
Phone:  208-578-9122
Admission:  $15-$25

Company of Fools presents "Collected Stories" by Donald Marguiles during The 2008 Summer Fools Festival which features three shows in rotating repertory.
A respected short story writer and teacher in her mid-fifties, Ruth Steiner, has carved out a comfortable life for herself in a Greenwich Village apartment she has occupied for decades. Lisa Morrison, is a callow yet talented 26 year old graduate student and aspiring writer, a child of suburban privilege. Lisa Morrison arrives at Ruth's apartment for her first tutorial as a gawky, gushing hero worshiper. When Ruth quips, "I had someone darker in mind," she doesn't realize the foreshadowing in her own life story, but the audience should be put on alert.

Times: 5:30PM
Location:  Sagebrush Arena
Phone:  208-578-9111

The Annual Cowboy Ball benefits the Sagebrush Equine Training Center and the therapeutic riding program.

Times: 6PM
http://www.thecommunitylibrary.org
Location:  4TH & Spruce Ave, Ketchum
Phone:  726-3493
Admission:  Free

Diana Walker, former White House portrait photographer, with  do a book reading and signing of her book, The Bigger Picture, Thirty Years of Portraits.

Times: 10am-6pm
http://www.ketchumartsfestival.com
Location:  Sun Valley Festival Meadows, Sun Valley Road
Phone:  208-725-4090
Admission:  Free

Festival includes about 100  artists' booths featuring a variety of arts and crafts from well-known local artists, several non-profit booths representing Wood River Valley organizations and lots of food and beverage at the Sun Valley Festival Meadows.  Check out the web site:  www.KetchumArtsFestival.com.

 

Location:  Camp

Summer Performing Arts Conservatory Camp will be held at Camp Perkins from August 11-16.  Please call 208-726-5349x13 for details.

Location:  Camp Perkins
Phone:  208-726-5349x13

Summer Performing Arts Conservatory Camp will be held at Camp Perkins from August 11-16.  Please call 208-726-5349x13 for details.

Times: 10:30AM-12:00PM
http://www.thecommunitylibrary.com
Location:  The Community Library, 415 Spruce, Ketchum
Phone:  726-3493 x105

Volunteer Friends of the Library Day will be July 11 at The Community Library from 10:30am until noon.  Bring a friend, enjoy refreshments, and find out how you can help your Library!
Please RSVP 726-3493x105.

Times: 10AM-4PM
Location:  Historic ghost towns of Custer & Bonanza
Admission:  Free admission, free parking, free shuttle bus

Plan to attend the best summer day-trip for the whole family, Custer Day, on Saturday, July 12. You can try some gold panning, see the blacksmithing, hear tales of early mining days, taste some hand-cranked homemade ice cream, watch some poker playing by pioneer miners in gold rush days, check out quilt-making & sewing on a treadle machine as well as weaver & spinners, see a melodrama, enjoy delicious dutch over food, gather for a shootout and more!  Tour the historic towns of Custer and Bonanza and the historic Yankee Fork Gold Dredge.  There is free admission, free parking and a free shuttle bus.
To reach Custer, go east from Stanley on Hwy 75, turn N at Sunbeam and follow Forest Service Road 013 for 12 miles to Custer.
This day is sponsored by Idaho Department of Parks  & Recreation, Salmon-Challis National Forest, and Land of the Yankee Fork Historical Association.

Times: 10am-2pm
http://www.sbgarden.org
Location:  Hwy 75 & Gimlet: Sawtooth Botanical Garden
Phone:  208-726-9358
Admission:  $25 members, $35 nonmembers

For 2008 the date for the annual Garden Tour is July 12.  This  premier summer event offers a self-guided tour of private gardens in one location of the Wood River Valley.  A lunch at the Sawtooth Botancial Garden follows the tour. Please call 208-726-9358 for more details. Garden tour area will be announced at a later date.

Times: 3:30pm Hunt begins, 6pm Dinner
Location:  Atkinson Park, 900 3rd Avenue, Ketchum
Phone:  208-333-0008 ext 26 for Kristin

The Scavenger Hunt begins at 3:30pm followed by the dinner/auction at 6pm at Atkinson Park. The Lee Pesky Learning Center contact is Kristin Matthews, 208-333-0008 ext. 26.  Benefit to support the programs and services of Lee Pesky Center, a non-profit  educational organization dedicated to helping individuals and teachers work with learning disabilities. 

Times: 8PM
http://www.companyoffools.com
Location:  The Liberty Theatre, 110 N. Main, Hailey
Phone:  208-578-9122
Admission:  $15-$25

Company of Fools presents "Noises Off" byMichael Frayn during the 2008 Summer Fools Festival which features three shows in rotating repertory.
Noises Off, proclaimed the funniest farce ever written is a glorious opportunity to watch seven slamming doors, one breaking window, 10 trips up and down stairs and 17 false entrances, while listening to 73 flubbed lines, 46 miscues, one dramatic highlight, 22 double entendres, six regular entendres and a million laughs all while trying to find a missing plate of sardines.

Times: Dusk
http://www.sunvalley.com
Location:  Sun Valley Ice Rink
Phone:  208-622-2135
Admission:  Varies

The featured performer will be Jeffrey Buttle, 2008 World Champion and three times Canadian Champion. Several seating arrangements are available including the Sun Valley Lodge Terrace Buffet, Sun Room Terrace and bleachers.  For tickets call the Sun Valley Recreation Office at 208-622-2135, 888-622-2108 or purchase tickets online.