What’s Happening Around Boise

By J. Gelband, 8-23-07

Friday, Aug. 24
REO Speedwagon – Seriously, I can’t fight this feeling anymore: I have been bouncing off the walls about this concert all summer, ever since I first heard that my favorite power ballad rockers were going Back on the Road Again to promote their new album, “Find Your Own Way Home.” The best part? The show is at the Western Idaho Fair, and it is free with admission to the fair. When the concert is all over and you Speedwagon boys Take it on the Run and head out of Boise, you can be sure that you’ll have made my summer and that I’m Gonna Keep on Loving You until you come back to town. Show starts at 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, Aug. 25
Tour de Fat – Don’t get a BUI during the community bike ride and festival at Julia Davis Park that is sponsored by New Belgium Brewery. With concerts, zany sideshow acts, people in wild costumes, all kinds of activities, and tons of beer, the Tour is actually a program on environmental sustainability and a benefit for the Treasure Valley Cycling Alliance and the Southwest Idaho Mountain Biking Association. The big ride starts at 11 a.m. but festivities last until 6 p.m.

Wednesday, Aug. 29
Alive After Five – The Gourds are coming, the Gourds are coming! As if AA5 was not a fun enough event with the city’s best people watching, flirting and fountain swimming, this week’s free entertainment is the best kinda-hillbilly, kinda-smartass quintet from Texas that ever played a free show in downtown Boise. Yeah, and it’s FREE from 5 to 8 p.m.

Thursday, Aug. 30
Great Garden Escape Concert Series – Bring a picnic, bring a blanket, bring a box of wine and head out to the Idaho Botanical Garden before the summer is over for the Thursday night concert series, this time featuring music by once-local jazz singer John Nemeth. There are also vendors on site amid the blooms with food and drink for sale if the tuna sandwich you brought doesn’t look so hot when you get there. It costs $9 to get in but Botanical Garden members are only $7.

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