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Sun Valley Food & Wine Celebration

Various Locations

The Sun Valley Culinary Institute is excited to announce the return of the Sun Valley Food & Wine Celebration! The 2025 event will showcase an exceptional lineup of James Beard award-winning and Food Network celebrity chefs, sommeliers, and rising stars. Join us in beautiful Sun Valley for an unforgettable culinary experience. Now a robust six-day schedule of culinary experiences! SVCI is a 501c3 nonprofit dedicated to Transforming Lives Through Culinary Education. Click here for tickets, event details and more information: www.one.bidpal.net/svfw/welcome

Après Ski Grand Tasting at Limelight Ketchum

Limelight Hotel

Join Sun Valley Culinary Institute for an expanded Après Ski Grand Tasting at the Limelight Hotel Ketchum will include tasting creations by Celebration chefs highlighted at the Limelight Ketchum Hotel. This event also showcases the Wood River Valley’s celebrated restaurants, chefs, food purveyors, producers, and vendors, including Sun Valley Mustard, and local bison. Wine tastings from Whispering Angel, Blackbird Vineyards, AXR Napa Valley, J. Dirt Wines will accompany the gourmet-inspired food tastings. In addition, signature cocktails by Cazadores tequila spokesperson and mixologist Manny Hinojosa and Party Animal Vodka will be available. Attending this spotlight Celebration event is a must for any food and wine lover and culinary enthusiast Ages 21 and Over Only!

$150

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5850 Fest: The Official Festival of the 2025 Stifel Sun Valley Finals

Ketchum

Saddle up for the ultimate 7-day party in Ketchum, Idaho. Kick up your boots with athletes, spectators, locals, and partygoers from around the world at the Official Festival of the Stifel Sun Valley Finals. Enjoy food, drinks, merch, entertainment and live music from March 20-27, 2025. Headliners include Barenaked Ladies, Sugar Ray, Tracy Byrd, Brandi Cyrus, and Dana Carvey. Ski-haw! Passes VIP Passes are available and can be purchased here. The events are open to the public and are free. Get involved! Join us in making the 5850 Fest an unforgettable experience. Whether you’re interested in volunteering, sponsoring, or becoming a vendor, your participation is crucial to the success of our vibrant festival. Together, we can make 5850 Fest the highlight of the year! Sponsor Partner with us to bring this event to life with activations, entertainment, and more! Opportunities are endless with sponsorship packages available with 5850 fest. Together, we will turn this town into an unforgettable experience. I WANT TO SPONSOR! Vendor Call Ketchum your home for a week. We want to bring your craftsmanship to our community and provide unforgettable culinary, apparel, merch, and more! I WANT TO BE A VENDOR! Volunteer As a volunteer at 5850 ...

Fifth Annual Earth Fest

Hailey Town Center West

Join us for our 5th annual Earth Day Festival, celebrating the wonders of our earth and enjoy some hands-on practice and tips for its stewardship. Everything kicks off with the 5K Fun Run at 10:00 am (registration begins at 9 am at the starting line) along with our full roster of Earth Fest essentials; the community Trunk & Thrift Sale, Fix-It Clinic, Circularity Tip Tables, live music, food trucks, games and a bingo raffle.

Free

Sun Valley Brewfest

TBD

PURCHASE TICKETS HERE BEFORE JUNE 1st for $30.00 After June 1, Tickets will be $40 online and at the door.  The Sun Valley/Ketchum Rotary Club has been dedicated to creating community in the Wood River Valley for over 50 years. Over those years, we have raised over $1 million for international and local charities/programs, such as Blaine County Search and Rescue, the Community Holiday Baskets Project, the Wood River Rotary Scholarship Fund, and The Hunger Coalition, to name just a few. The 2024 SV Rotary Brewfest is our 10th anniversary and will be held at the Ketchum Town Square on Saturday, June 22, 2024 from 12pm to 5pm. We anticipate over 1,200+ beer lovers from all over the Intermountain West, as the Brewfest is becoming a marquee event in our resort town! We have grown attendance from 500 participants in our first year to more than 1800 participants in 2019. The festival will offer guests the opportunity to sample and learn about more than 200 beverages from more than 35 craft breweries, cideries and RTD’s. In addition to featuring the best of the West’s craft breweries, guests will experience local cuisine, games and a live DJ! Please visit our website ...

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Sun Valley Wine Auction

Various Locations

A celebration of wine, a benefit for the arts. The 44th Annual Sun Valley Wine Auction will be held June 25 - 27, 2025. Founded in 1981, the Sun Valley Wine Auction began as an intimate fundraising event for an emerging arts organization that eventually became the Sun Valley Museum of Art. Consistently ranking in Wine Spectator’s annual Top 10 Charity Wine Auctions, the festival brings together both small and large and always distinguished vintners, celebrity chefs, and wine lovers for a celebration of wine, food, friendship all in support of the arts. Proceeds from the Auction provide significant funding for the Museum’s exhibitions and educational programs. The Wine Auction fuels SVMoA’s free year-round arts integration programs so that they can reach 4,000 student participants in the Wood River Valley. It also supports the Museum’s annual Scholarship Program, which, since its inception, has awarded more than $1,000,000 to continued arts education. Go to sunvalleywineauction.org for more information and to purchase tickets. About Sun Valley Museum of Art Nonprofit Sun Valley Museum of Art (SVMoA) has nurtured curiosity, sparked conversation, and engaged the Blaine County community since 1971. Accredited by the American Alliance of Museums, SVMoA impacts the public with its mission to enrich the community ...

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Ketchum Arts Festival

Festival Meadow

The Festival dates for 2025 are July 11, 12 and 13th. Hours for the Festival are 10:00 am - 6:00 pm Fri and Sat and 10:00 am - 4:00 pm Sunday. Ketchum Arts Festival is an annual celebration of Idaho art in the shadow of Sun Valley's Baldy Mountain. Take a breather from your busy summer schedule and spend some time sampling great food and beer, and perusing the creative output of more than 100 Idaho artists. The kiddos will enjoy free activities in a special area while the folks can shop. Even Fido can visit with her friends (from the safety of a leash). Festival Meadow is easily accessed from the Bitterroot stop of the free Mountain Rides Blue Route bus or with a short stroll from Ketchum or Sun Valley on the bike path. More information can be found at www.ketchumartsfestival.com or Facebook/KetchumArtsFestival. Free admission. More info: www.ketchumartsfestival.com

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Sun Valley Tour de Force

Various Locations

The 8th Annual Sun Valley Tour de Force will be held on n July 17 - 19, 2025. This will be a weekend of epic proportions for car lovers of all ages. The signature event of the weekend is the ‘NO SPEED LIMIT’ high speed runs at Phantom Hill. Located in the heart of the Sawtooth National Recreation Area, 3.2 miles of state highway becomes a no-speed limit zone. For one day only, drivers are allowed to put their machines to the ultimate test. To date, the fastest speed on record is a Bugatti Chiron achieving 253.01mph. Drivers come from all over the country and beyond, it’s truly an experience of a lifetime. Eight events take place over the course of three days. Additional weekend events include scenic drives, a curated Car Show, hosted sponsor events and a live auction fundraiser; Cars & Comedy. The weekend raises funds for The Hunger Coalition, a 501(c)(3). Events: The SVTdF Car Show - Friday 5pm - 8pm at Festival Meadow: The SVTdF high-speed drivers, car collectors and sponsors will showcase some of the rarest cars in the world and it's FREE to attend. There will be RAD cars you won't want to miss! Like the ...

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Sun Valley Writers’ Conference

Sun Valley Pavilion

Save the Dates! July 19 - 21, 2025 Thirty years ago, the founders of the Sun Valley Writers’ Conference sat around a kitchen table and dreamt up what would become today’s premier literary conference. Over the last three decades, more than 500 poets, playwrights, historians, novelists, and musicians have graced the stage at SVWC, including novelists Alice McDermott and Hernan Diaz, poets Naomi Shihab Nye and Rita Dove, and longtime friend of the Conference, Frank McCourt. “Thirty years is a long time,” writes SVWC Associate Director Anne Taylor Fleming, “but it feels as if we have kept our soul intact.” Stay tuned for ticket sales, single event tickets, free community speakers, free livestreaming, free Pavilion lawn talks, a special 30th Anniversary celebration, and more! If you haven’t already, join our email list for important updates at svwc.com/subscribe

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Sun Valley Music Festival

Sun Valley Pavilion

Thank you for a memorable 2024 Summer Season! Save the dates for 2025: July 27 - August 21 Attending the Concerts All concerts begin at 6:30 PM, last about 1 hour, and are located at the Sun Valley Pavilion (300 Dollar Rd., Sun Valley). Admission is Free. Tickets are not required. Donors of $3,000 or more may reserve seats, but Pavilion and lawn seating are always available to the public on a first-come, first serve basis. Free Pavilion seats are available to the public, beginning one hour before the concert. Line up for these (in the shade, by the bar, with chairs to ease the wait) on the East Terrace. If the line looks long, don’t give up! Unclaimed, reserved seats are released by 6:15 PM. If seating in the lawn low-back chairs are a great idea. Concerts Details can be found at www.svmusicfestival.org/summer-season/ Pre-Concert Chats Located on the lawn next to the Paver Bar, these 30-minute chats offer insightful, entertaining introductions to the concerts 45 minutes before most performances at the Pavilion. About Sun Valley Music Festival The Sun Valley Music Festival’s mission is to enrich, inspire, and instill in our community a lifelong love of classical music through extraordinary, ...

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Sun Valley Arts & Crafts Festival

Atkinsons Park

2025 dates are August 8th  to 10th. Join us in beautiful Atkinson Park just off Main Street in Ketchum as we welcome 132 professional artists and craftspeople from 27 different states to the Wood River Valley. This Festival is a juried, outdoor, fine arts show that includes world-class artwork in categories such as painting, sculpture, ceramics, photography, woodwork, metalwork, jewelry and more. The rigorous jury process used to select artists ensures the residents and visitors to the Festival will see truly exceptional work in all different categories. This Festival also has food trucks, a picnic area, live music, and a kids’ activity area. It is completely free and open to the public. Well-mannered dogs, on a leash, may walk the festival but MAY NOT GO IN ANY ARTIST BOOTH. Any damage to artwork is the financial responsibility of the dog owner. There is no smoking or vaping allowed at the Festival. Thank you for your cooperation. For more information visit www.sunvalleyartsandcraftsfestival.com

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Rebecca’s Private Idaho

Various Locations

REBECCA'S PRIVATE IDAHO IS A FOUR-DAY, ALL-INCLUSIVE GRAVEL EXPERIENCE. Considered one of the five most elite gravel races in the world, Rebecca’s Private Idaho (RPI) enters its 12th year offering professional and amateur cyclists an Idaho adventure in three of the state’s most coveted mountain ranges. From August 29 to September 1, you can ride through the Boulders on the Harriman Trail, Dollarhide Summit in the Smokys and the Pioneers over Trail Creek Summit or enjoy a cycling event with a give back for the Be Good™ Foundation. RPI 2024 Schedule August 29-September 1 Whether you are a pro rider or a newbie, there’s something for everyone’s appetite and skill. The only requirement for all courses is a sense of adventure. Thursday Queen’s Stage Race, Stage 1 - 9 a.m. Harriman Trail 35 miles | 3,505’ A mix of technical single and double-track trails Friday Queen’s Stage Race, Stage 2 - 8:30 a.m. Dollarhide Summit Time Trial 50 miles | 3, 057’ Features a short, 4.5-mile hill climb timed segment within a bigger 50-mile ride Be Good™ Foundation Party and Fundraisers - 6-8:30 p.m. Limelight Hotel Ketchum To learn more about the Be Good™ Foundation, visit thebegoodfoundation.org. Saturday Welcome Party & ...

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