Festival announces 2020 concert dates
By Reader Staff
In an Oct. 30 post on Facebook, the Festival at Sandpoint announced its 2020 concert dates, providing some indication that business would continue as usual — or …
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County music festival committee to form ‘backup plan’ in case of Festival closure
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Bonner County commissioners passed a resolution Oct. 15 to form the Music Festival Feasibility Study Committee — a group meant to conduct a study to …
Festival Board addresses season of challenges
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
It’s safe to say 2019 has been the most challenging in the Festival at Sandpoint’s history. A beloved local institution for 37 years, it has …
Sound and fury
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Despite the sound and fury surrounding the Festival at Sandpoint’s policy banning weapons at the publicly-owned War Memorial Field, city officials said they still haven’t …
County votes to proceed with suit vs. city over Festival gun-ban
By Zach Hagadone and Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
The Festival at Sandpoint had barely opened its 2019 season when open carry and concealed firearms advocates took aim at the event’s …
Festival board to hire new executive director following DUI arrest
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Longtime Festival at Sandpoint Executive Director Diana “Dyno” Wahl has been removed from her position by the Festival board of directors following an Aug. 11 …
Festival at Sandpoint: Week 2
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Getting there
Walking or biking to War Memorial Field is ideal. Driving to the venue, while possible, will probably still mean walking quite a ways …
A walk down Festival Street
By Lyndsie Kiebert and Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Evans Brothers Coffee
A mainstay first stop on Festival Street — the Festival at Sandpoint’s food vendor row — is Evans Brothers …
Notes from a first-year Festival volunteer
By George Alexander Wood Jr.
Reader Contributor
It is long past midnight, and I am doggone exhausted. My sweaty volunteer shirt, civilian clothes and Production Crew polo hit the floor …
Festival at Sandpoint: Week 1
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
The Festival at Sandpoint is nothing short of a two-week shindig. With shindigs come the necessary planning: How will you get there? What will you …
Coming up this week! Don’t miss Live Music, the Summer Sampler, the Art Party, Monarch Grind, the Sandpoint Renaissance Faire, and more! See the full list of events in the 