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Sample a flood of suds with your buds at the Idaho Brewers Festival.
FRIDAY-SUNDAY JULY 8-10 Get crunk at Trunk It Up, a benefit for Anneliessa Balk.
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FRIDAY JULY 8 benefit TRUNK IT UP BENEFIT Since 2005, the Visual Arts Collective has helped make art accessible in Boise, hosting live music, art exhibitions and performance art. VAC co-founders Anneliessa Balk and Sam Stimpert have given a lot to the community, and now the community is returning the favor. Balk has been in and out of the hospital and the bills are piling up, so VAC is hosting Trunk It Up, a veritable festival of talent to raise money for Balk. Bands like Owlright, Talk Math to Me, Junior Rocket Scientist, Atomic Mama, Sleepy Seeds, Field Guide, Dark Swallows, Brett Netson, Discoma, Le Fleur, Finn Riggins, Tim Andreae and more have signed on to play the benefit show on Friday, July 8. Alongside the music, there will also be an elephant art silent auction and Robert Smith look-a-like contest. According to its website, “VAC is dedicated to providing Boise and the Treasure Valley opportunities to explore various disciplines, to engage in interactive art, to participate in special events and to encourage artists and the community to continue in the discovery of artistic expression.” It has done that and more—it’s helped nurture and grow the local artistic community. Tickets to the show are only $5 for a full afternoon and evening of music, so come show your love for art, VAC and Balk. Additional donations will be accepted and appreciated. 4 p.m., $5. Visual Arts Collective, 3638 Osage St., Garden City, 208-424-8297, visualartscollective.com.
FRIDAY JULY 8 runway TANZANITE FASHION SHOW The Eighth Street strip between Idaho and Bannock streets is a place to
see and be seen. Between shops, restaurants and bars, this small section of downtown is an unofficial catwalk, which is why Tanzanite Salon and Spa chose it as the venue for its first local fashion show. Local businesses have teamed up to shut down Eighth Street for the sake of fashion, and proceeds
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will benefit the Women’s and Children’s Alliance. Twenty-five models will strut down the street, including Boise’s Chelsey Hersley, a runner-up on America’s Next Top Model, Cycle 15. Each model will showcase clothing, accessories, shoes and styling from Boise retailers to promote the city’s fashion scene.
To sample all of the specialty and custom-crafted brews from the potato state, you’d have to do some serious pub-crawling. Fortunately, you can save time and gas—and a potential DUI—at the Crescent Brewery’s inaugural Idaho Brewers Festival at Lakeview Park in Nampa. Brewers from all over Idaho will conveniently congregate to showcase their products, and beer lovers and their families are invited to take in some sun, fun, music and, of course, beer. This three-day beer-tastic event will feature suds from 16 Idaho brewing companies, including Grand Teton Brewing Co., Laughing Dog Brewing, Sun Valley Brewing and Snake River Brewery. The venue boasts a grassy outdoor amphitheater where live music acts like Decade Blues Band, The Quartertons and Voice of Reason are scheduled to perform throughout the weekend. Plus, local food vendors will be dishing out barbeque and corn on the cob to ensure that no one goes hungry. Brick 29 Bistro, co-sponsor of the event, will park the B29 Streatery food truck to serve up its hearty fare—like pulled pork grilled cheese, BLTs and hand-cut fries. A day pass can be purchased for $20, which includes a tasting cup and 16 beer samples. Regular admission is $5 at the gate, and kids younger than 12 get in free. A portion of the proceeds will go to benefit Camp River Run. Friday, July 8, 5-9 p.m.; Saturday, July 9, 11 a.m.-9 p.m.; Sunday, July 10, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; $5 gate admission, $20 single-day tasting package, FREE younger than 12. Lakeview Park, corner of Garrity Boulevard and 16th Avenue North, Nampa, idahobrewfest.com.
Music by Boise Rock School students will start at 6 p.m., with a cocktail hour at the restaurants lining Eighth Street’s sidewalk. DJ Nathan Hudson will follow, spinning the beats for the catwalk. From 6 to 7 p.m., you can also try your luck at a raffle by dropping tickets for various prizes at the featured local businesses. The event is free and open to the public, but VIP tickets with major perks are available at Tanzanite Salon. For $50, you get prime seating by the runway and a swag bag from Sojourn Hair
Products. 6-9 p.m., FREE, $50 VIP tickets. Eighth Street between Idaho and Bannock streets, 208-344-1700, tanzanitesalon.com.
FRIDAYSATURDAY JULY 8-9 music PINTO BENNETT AND THE FAMOUS MOTEL
COWBOYS REUNION Post-Fourth blues got you down? Let country musician Pinto Bennett perk you up at his annual reunion with The Famous Motel Cowboys. Bennett has lived a long, interesting life, and after having four heart attacks and a stroke, this ex-Navy honky-tonk brawler decided to settle down in the Owyhee Desert. Lately, he’s been inspired by a spirit of a different kind—moving from boozy ballads like “I Hold the Bottle, You Hold the Wheel,” to straight-up gospel tunes WWW. B O I S E WE E KLY. C O M