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Wildflower Walks
Various Locations2024 is SBG’s 20th year Wildflower Walks! Join us walking slowly on nearby moderate to easy trails as we appreciate the blooming native plants of our area. Walks will be led by botanists, naturalists, birders, and wildflower enthusiasts. Meet at Sawtooth Botanical Garden (11 Gimlet Road, 4 miles south of Ketchum), and follow each other or carpool to the trailhead. Children under 14 are welcome with an adult. No dogs please! Bring clothing for possible weather, hiking shoes (no flip fops or dress shoes), sun protection, plenty of water, reusable water bottle and a lunch. A camera, field guide, binoculars and notebook may help with identifying and remembering plants. Click here for an optional packing list! *Locations and dates are subject to change due to the weather and whats blooming. May 23- Back side of Dollar Mountain, Ketchum May 30 - Camas Prairie, Fairfield June 6 - Nadya’s Trail, Hailey June 13 - Greenhorn Gulch, Ketchum June 20 - Boulder View, North of SNRA June 27 - Fox Creek Trail, Ketchum July 4 - There will not be a wildflowe walk on this day. July 11 - Taylor Canyon, Ketchum July 18 - Murdock Trail, SNRA north of Ketchum 9:00-9:15am ...
Sun Valley Culinary Institute Tours
Sun Valley Culinary InstituteThe Sun Valley Culinary Institute is pleased to offer tours open to the general public. Come see why we have become one of the most important and entertaining sites to visit in the Wood River Valley. As a full time location for both student culinary classes year round and personalized classes for the general public, SVCI is proud to open our doors and welcome visitors with coffee and donuts. Come see for yourself…free tours are offered every Thursday at 10AM
EVENING EXHIBITION TOUR
Sun Valley Museum of ArtEnjoy refreshments as you tour Interwoven with SVMoA’s curator. Intertwined: Weaving in Community examines traditional weaving as a platform for social practice and activism. The exhibition features artwork by Portland-based artist Sara Siestreem (Hanis Coos), Los Angeles-based artist Tanya Aguiñiga, and AMBOS (Art Made Between Opposite Sides), a collective Aguiñiga founded in 2016. The exhibition also includes a community-based artwork emerging from workshops AMBOS is conducting in the Wood River Valley in April. Visitors to the Museum are invited to contribute to the artwork as it grows over the course of the exhibition.
Free
Scout summer tasting series “Terroir Thursdays”
Scout Wine & CheeseEvery Thursday, starting the second week of June we "Scout Wine & Cheese" will be doing a tasting from 5pm-7pm touching upon the qualities and range of wine from the perspective on where and how grapes are grown. Pitting two varietals from 4 separate unique "terroirs" against each other and showing off their differences and similarities, no reservation required.
$15 – $35
Limelight Lounge – Live Music Series
Limelight LoungeThroughout the year, The Limelight Lounge is the place to be in Ketchum for live local music. It’s the perfect way to unwind after a day on the mountain. Order a beer and a few apps (or go all out with dinner from our menu), and enjoy some of the best local talent in an intimate setting. Live music schedule: June: Sat June 1- Mark Mueller Sun June 2- Gravy Train Mon June 3- Richard Blaire Thurs June 6- Kevin Ware Fri June 7- Alexa Sluder Sat June 8- Travis McDaniel Sun June 9- Moonshine Schubert Mon June 10- Bryan Hildreth Thurs June 13- Kevin Ware Fri June 14- Aaron Golay Sat June 15- Travis McDaniel Sun June 16- Doublewide Mon June 17- Wesley Schlagenhauf Thurs June 20- Kevin Ware Fri June 21- Soulbots Sat June 22- Soulbots Sun June 23- Free Peoples Mon June 24- John & Jenny Pisano Thurs June 27- Darci Carlson Fri June 28- Ellie Mae Sat June 29- Mark Mueller Sun June 30- Pesky Grapeseeds. July: Mon 1st- Spencer Dahl Thurs 4th- Kevin Ware Fri 5th- Adam Wiliams Sat 6th- Mark Mueller Sun 7th- Jordan Shaw Mon 8th- Jay Miller Thurs 11th- Kevin Ware Fri 12th- ...
Limelight Lounge – Live Music Series
Limelight LoungeThroughout the year, The Limelight Lounge is the place to be in Ketchum for live local music. It’s the perfect way to unwind after a day on the mountain. Order a beer and a few apps (or go all out with dinner from our menu), and enjoy some of the best local talent in an intimate setting. Live music schedule: June: Sat June 1- Mark Mueller Sun June 2- Gravy Train Mon June 3- Richard Blaire Thurs June 6- Kevin Ware Fri June 7- Alexa Sluder Sat June 8- Travis McDaniel Sun June 9- Moonshine Schubert Mon June 10- Bryan Hildreth Thurs June 13- Kevin Ware Fri June 14- Aaron Golay Sat June 15- Travis McDaniel Sun June 16- Doublewide Mon June 17- Wesley Schlagenhauf Thurs June 20- Kevin Ware Fri June 21- Soulbots Sat June 22- Soulbots Sun June 23- Free Peoples Mon June 24- John & Jenny Pisano Thurs June 27- Darci Carlson Fri June 28- Ellie Mae Sat June 29- Mark Mueller Sun June 30- Pesky Grapeseeds. July: Mon 1st- Spencer Dahl Thurs 4th- Kevin Ware Fri 5th- Adam Wiliams Sat 6th- Mark Mueller Sun 7th- Jordan Shaw Mon 8th- Jay Miller Thurs 11th- Kevin Ware Fri 12th- ...
Safari Soiree
Mountain HumaneYou are invited to the Dental Legacy Foundation's Safari Soiree, an unforgettable evening aimed at raising vital funds in support of Tanzania’s St. Gaspar Hospital’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Enjoy a 3 course meal catered by local chefs and a live and silent auction with amazing prizes. The evening promises to be a beautiful and exciting opportunity to come together in a generous spirit, with the shared goal of providing lifesaving, critical care to some of Tanzania’s smallest and most vulnerable patients and their families.
B-Side Players- Whiskey’s on Main
Whiskey's on MainB-Side Players Friday, June 14th, 2024 9:00pm 21+ $15 at the Door The B-Side Players are a 9-piece band part of a new movement in popular music. A band that honors the international cross-pollination that has always made music the universal language. They use any beat that catches their ear, regardless of geography or genre, to create a compelling, horn driven, polyrhythmic groove. They continue exploring the multifaceted grooves of Latin America and the Caribbean, incorporating the sounds of Cuba, Jamaica, Mexico and Brazil with the funk, rock, jazz and hip-hop rhythms of their homeland, dropping bits of Cumbia, Salsa, gritty street Samba, Son Montuno, Jarocho and Boogalo into the mix. The B*Side Players have been laying down their own inimitable latin global funk since they came together in 1994. Their incendiary live shows have defined them as local favorites with 10 San Diego Music awards. Meanwhile their albums showcase a band with restless musical intelligence, effortlessly blending genres to fashion their own forward looking, latin flavored soul music. As an eight piece band the players are known for igniting crowds with their fierce rhythms and uplifting message of unity and consciousness. Meanwhile always keeping their focus on the political ...
$15
Boxcar Bend Work Party
Boxcar Bend PreserveLet's get this party started! Boxcar Bend needs some love and we’re teaming up with Trout Unlimited for the first work party of the summer. Now all we need is YOU! We invite you, your friends and family to help us spruce up Boxcar Bend Preserve, off Highway 75, north of the East Fork light. Tasks include pulling weeds, spreading wood chips on the trail, and picking up trash. Garbage bags will be provided, but please bring gloves and a water bottle. No experience is necessary, and no sign-up is required. Light snacks will be available for participants. Come make a difference and enjoy a morning outdoors! (And maybe jump in the river afterwards…)
Hailey Farmers Market
Roberta McKercher ParkSaturdays from 9am – 1 pm at Roberta McKercher Park. No market on October 5th due to Trailing of the Sheep Festival Enjoy some live music and ready to eat foods. Customers are encouraged to bring their own bags and market baskets. BATHROOM FACILITIES ARE VERY LIMITED. June 8th through October 19th, 2024
Wood River Writers’ Critique Group
The Community LibraryWork with a community of writers on the third Saturday of each month through critiques and craft discussions. Connect to other writers from the Wood River Valley and beyond! Read and critique pages from each participant and learn new aspects of the writing craft. All writing abilities and ages welcome! Join us in the library’s Idaho Room, or online via Zoom. Visit www.comlib.org for the Zoom link. Have no more than 500 words ready for critique. Instructions for the critiques will be provided on the day of. The Wood River Writers’ Groups are led by AJ Super, a local author with a trilogy of science fiction books published by a small traditional press. She is also a Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers’ Association (SFWA) member.
Free
The Trailhead Bicycles’ Summer Kick-Off Party
Quigley Trails ParkJoin us for our third annual Summer Kick-Off Party! We will be hanging out at the BCRD Quigley Bike Park from 4-7pm on Saturday, June 15th! Food will be available to purchase through La Parilla, Woodfired Pizza, and Shaved Ice Sun Valley! We will be providing free beer and drinks! Hop on the "bike bus" departing from the shop at 3:45pm to ride over together! There will be bike-themed games & prizes for: strider races, pump track challenge, keg pull, & bike limbo as well as kid-friendly crafts all afternoon!
Free