Football, Idaho Cider Festival, fun fall things, and Halloween activities are all happening this weekend!

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THINGS TO DO IN BOISE THIS WEEKEND

Hermit Music Fest​

​Socktoberfest Celebration!​ 

​Oktoberfest​ at Heritage Social

Dogtoberfest​ 

​Idaho Cider Fest​ 

​Meridian Oktoberfest​ 

​Autumn Festival​

Harvest Fest​ at Indian Creek Winery 

Boise Vegan Market​

​First Thursday​ 

Mean Girls​ (2004) is playing at the Idaho Film Society 

​Vintage Road Trippin​ 

Boise State Game Day​ + ​Homecoming

​Witches on the Water​ 

YMCA ​Halloween Monster Mile & Freaky 5K​ 

Idaho Renaissance Faire​ 

18th Annual Heritage Homes tour​

Happy October! ‘Tis the time to go get a pumpkin, wind your way through a corn maze, and get the snot scared out of you at a haunted house. Today’s episode is a list of places in the Treasure Valley where you can do those things. 

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Thank you to Duck Club Entertainment for sponsoring this episode! Get your tickets for The Shrining, a two-day Halloween Weekender at Shrine Social Club on October 25-26.

PUMPKIN PATCHES & CORN MAZES 

​Lowe Family Farmstead 

​The Berry Ranch 

​Jordan' Garden Center & Pumpkin Patch 

Shindig Farms 

​Cherry Hill Farms 

Pumpkin Palooza 

HAUNTED HOUSES  

​Haunted World

Requiem 

​​Haunted Hallways Maze

Haunted Mansions of Albion 

The fall events are here! Go check out an Oktoberfest, watch a movie, experience World Village Fest and more.

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Thank you to the Idaho State Historical Society for sponsoring this episode! Get your tickets for Locktober events before they vanish! 

Also if you need a paddleboard to participate in Witches on the Water next weekend, use my code FROMBOISE to get 12% off a Hydrus Paddleboard! 

FALL THINGS 

​Oktoberfest at Barbarian Brewing​ 

​Nampa Oktoberfest​ 

​Oktoberfest Lot Party

Oktoberhaus​ 

Anderson Apple Ranch

​Fall Garden School​ 

MOVIE NIGHT

​Manhattan Short Film Festival​ 

​Teton Gravity Research: Beyond the Fantasy​

​Poltergeist (1982)​ 

​The Exorcist (1973)​ 

​The Virgin Suicides​ 

​The Craft (1996)​ 

MORE FUN THINGS TO DO

Weiner dog meetup​ 

​Fall Library Sale​ 

​Clowns, Jesters, and Fools​ 

​Space Jam

​World Village Fest​

The Idaho Renaissance Faire​ 

If you didn’t know, last year Boise had its first ever Idaho Cider Festival. And it was such a great success that it's coming back for a second annual event. Today’s story is all about the festival, Boise’s cider scene, and Idaho’s first (and only) pommelier.

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Idaho Cider Fest 2024

So much going on this weekend! Tons of festivals, comedy shows, fun food events, movie marathons, and lots more.

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WEEKEND FESTIVALS 

Das Alpenhaus Delikatessen’s Oktoberfest​

​Eagle Jazz Festival​

​Payette Brewing’s Oktoberfest Celebration​

​Boise Scottish Heritage Festival​ 

Potato Days​

Wepa’s 3rd Anniversary Party

​¡Fiesta! Celebrating Idaho’s Hispanic Heritage

​St Luke’s FitOne​

​Flywheel Fest​

​Kuna’s Art Attack Festival​

Japan Day​ 

Open Streets Boise

FOOD & DRINK THINGS 

​Negroni Week​ at The Modern Bar

​Kichii Sushi & Spirits - new sushi bar in BoDo opening on Friday

​Pranom Traveling Thai​ is popping up at Barbarian Brewing in Garden City

​Prestige Pours: Tour of Spain​ class at House of Wine

THINGS TO DO 

Nampa Third Thursday’s Street Festival​

​Park(ing) Day

​Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl​ and ​Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest​ is showing at The Egyptian Theatre

​Middle-Earth Marathon​ at Idaho Film Society

​Bug Day​ at the Idaho Botanical Garden

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A while back I did a story about the Matriarchs of Boise’s parks, which highlighted a few of Boise’s parks that are named after women. Today I’m back with part two, sharing three more Boise women and the parks that have been named after them. 

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Thank you to Visit Southwest Idaho for sponsoring this episode! 

Matriarchs of Boise parks: part I 

​Esther Simplot Park​

​Terry Day Park​

​Laura Moore Cunningham Arboretum​

Boise Parks & Rec events/tours

List of Boise parks

Lots of festivals this weekend, Friday the 13th tattoos & scary movies, food news & more fun things to do

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Thank you to ExtraMile Arena for sponsoring this episode! Rainbow Kitten Surprise is coming to ExtraMile Arena on November 19, 2024 - get your tickets here.

Thank you to Treefort Music Fest for sponsoring this episode! The Treefort 2025 Locals Only Sale is happening tomorrow, Friday, September 13. Head down to the Record Exchange to snag a 5-day festival pass for the lowest price you can. Details here. 

FESTIVALS & FUN STUFF

Meridian Art Week

Indian Creek Festival​ 

13 Stories Film Showcase V

Boise Pride Festival​ 

Hyde Park Street Fair​

Latino Conservation Week

Fiestas Patrias Meridian

FRIDAY THE 13TH 

Idaho Film Society​ is showing Friday the 13th at 7pm.

Veer Wine Project​ is showing Silence of the Lambs at 7pm

Friday the 13th Tattoo Specials:

Resurrected Tattoo​ 

Skin Deceptions Tattoo Studio​ 

Not Your Average Tattoo Shop​ 

McNabb’s Tattoo​ 

Tattoo Bob’s

Snake River Tattoo

Temptation Tattoo​ 

Crow’s Nest Tattoo​

FOOD NEWS 

Salsa Festival​ 

​Food Truck Fiesta​

Big City Coffee​ on Grove Street closed and ​Caffeina Kitchen Co​ opened in its spot but kept a lot of the Big City staples on the menu.

​Big Bun is opening a second location​ on Glenwood Street in Garden City. Big Bun is my fave burger in Boise and they have a really good vegan menu too!

MORE THINGS TO DO 

​The Entrepreneur Experience​ 

​The Common Well​ is hosting Meet Me at The Well

​Reach for the Stars Space Day​

The 30th Annual Koi Show (Read more about Boise's koi community ​here​.)

Grandparents Day​ at Lowe Family Farm 

​Fur-ious Fitness with F45​ at Clubhound

There’s a new annual event kicking off next week called Open Streets Boise. The event will transform a section of a Boise neighborhood into a temporarily car-free community space.

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Thank you to St Luke’s FitOne for sponsoring this episode! It’s not too late to sign up for Idaho’s most family-friendly race, FitOne, happening on September 21. Register here.

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Bonus episode to share some important news! I’m having a baby in November and this podcast is going to go on a short pause while I’m doing baby stuff. Also I’m hiring for three positions: a content specialist, a sponsorship sales person, and a social media manager.

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Art in the Park, Taste of Caldwell, Warbird Roundup, vintage motorcycle show, flea markets, film events and so much more 

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Art in the Park

​Taste of Caldwell Harvest Festival

​Caldwell Hops & Crops Festival

​Warbird Roundup 

Party at the Pen 

​Indonesian Culture and Heritage Day

​Boise Flea 

Nampa Flea Market

​Speed Dating Group Games edition

North End Organic Nursery is hosting a Spring Garden Planning class, Fall Gardening class,and a How to Grow Great Garlic class 

Landscape Design Class at FarWest Landscape Center 

On Saturday The Egyptian Theatre is showing Babe: Pig in the City at 11am, Nacho Libre at 2pm, Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World at 5pm, and 12 Monkeys (1995) at 9pm. All show tix are $10.

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