This week, we’ve gleaned some music fests from the Inland 360 calendar.
Downtown Riggins comes alive for
Hot Summer Nights this weekend, with a 7 p.m. talent show Friday and 5 p.m. concert Saturday, all under the theme “River Rats & Ranch Hands.”
Sign-up for the talent show, $5, should be done by noon Friday by emailing
marketing@rigginsidaho.com.
Summer Groove Party Band and Vintage Youth play Saturday’s concert; tickets are $10 at the gate.
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Saturday’s
Palouse Music Festival, from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Hayton-Greene Park, in downtown Palouse, features six local acts, crafts vendors and a beer and wine garden by Palouse Brewing Company.
Artists include Jens Hegg, playing folk and blues; The Chelseas, playing acoustic folk; and Tone Sober, playing rock.
Tickets, $5-$10, are at
bit.ly/palousemusic. Attendees are asked to bring a chair or blanket. Coolers will be allowed, but no glass or alcohol is permitted at the event, which is organized by the Palouse Arts Council and Palouse Chamber of Commerce.
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The
Return to Riverside Music Festival aims to revive the flavor of the original Riverside, a venue that burned in the 1970s but saw such greats as Johnny Cash, Faron Young and Jim Reeves play during its run from the 1930s to ’60s.
The Hankers, Blue Highway, The Froghollow Band and Blaine Andrew Ross & The Contraband Cowboys are among the list of bands slated to play.
Gates open at 11:30 a.m. Saturday for the concert presented by the Potlatch Historical Society, at Lions Club Park, Ponderosa Drive and Cedar Street.
Tickets, $35, are at
returntoriverside.org/tickets.
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The Jason Perry Band, Solid Ghost and Holy José and the Cactus Herders are set to play the eighth annual
Moscow Alehouse Brewfest from noon to 6 p.m. Saturday at 226 W. Sixth St., in Moscow.
Festivities include beers, ciders, food and a raffle with a New Belgium Brewing bike grand prize. Profits from the event go to The Northwest Cancer Foundation of Hope, a charity providing financial help to cancer patients in Latah and Whitman counties.
Admission, $30, includes a glass, four 5-ounce pours and a raffle ticket. Extra beer tickets are $2.50 or five for $10. Attendees must be 21 or older. Leashed dogs are welcome.