Events Roundup: Autumn in the country
Weekly list of curated events has fall flair
Country music, pumpkins and cowboy poetry — this week’s collection of activities has a fall flavor to it. You can find more — including a number of autumn- and Halloween-themed events — in the calendar at inland360.com.
Among a long list of entertainment options associated with the University of Idaho’s annual homecoming celebration is a Friday evening concert by pop-country artist Brett Young, with appearances by fellow musicians Jake Scott and Griffin Palmer.
Young, who was the Academy of Country Music’s 2018 new male artist of the year, has had a strong list of No. 1 hits, including “In Case You Didn’t Know,” “Mercy,” “Sleep Without You,” “Like I Loved You,” “Here Tonight,” “Catch” and “Lady.”
Tickets for the show, at 6 p.m. in the ICCU Arena, 900 Stadium Drive, Moscow, range from $60-$140 and are available at uitickets.evenue.net.
A full schedule of homecoming events, including Saturday’s parade and football game against the University of Montana, is at uidaho.edu/homecoming.
Spring Valley Family Tree Farm’s eighth annual Pumpkin Hunt is this weekend and next at the farm, 1039 Spring Valley Road, Troy.
The event, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays and noon to 4 p.m. Sundays, includes hayrides, a straw bale maze, giant slingshot, fresh-squeezed apple cider, pumpkin bars and pumpkin doughnuts.
Pumpkin hunt participants who find one of several golden gourds will win a prize. Attendees also can check out the gift shop, with items made by local artists and crafters.
More information is at springvalleyfamilytreefarm.com.
Fans of country Western music and cowboy poetry can take in An Afternoon with the Cowboys from 1:30-3:30 p.m. Sunday at Artisans at the Dahmen Barn.
Doors open at 1 p.m. for the event, $10, at the barn, 419 N. Park Way, Uniontown, where the Panhandle Cowboys, Farmer Dave Fulf, of Moscow, and JB Barber, of Twin Falls, Idaho, will perform.
Cowboy poet Lynn Kopelke, of Enumclaw, Wash., and songwriter-musician Sam Mattise, of Boise, also will be on hand.
Pie and ice cream will be available for purchase.
More information is at artisanbarn.org.
— Inland 360
