Fun Things To Do In Boise May 16-22

Food festivals, museum party, reading celebration, movie nights & so much more

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Thanks to our Sponsor Summery Market! Save the date for Summery Market on June 14-15. 

BIKE TO WORK DAY ON FRIDAY, MAY 17

• City Hall Plaza​ has live music, bagels, coffee, bike tune-ups, and more from 7-9am.
• Free coffee and pastries from 7-9am at Dawson Taylor 
• ​Valley Regional Transit​ is hosting a lil party at Cherie Buckner Webb Park from 7-9am.

WEEKEND PARTIES

• Sat May 18: ​Taste of Caldwell Wine Festival​ at Indian Creek Plaza 
• Sat May 18: ​Asparagus Festival​ at Owyhee Produce.
• Sat May 18: ​Southern Idaho Food Truck Feastival​ at Boise Hawks Memorial Stadium
• Sat May 18: ​BUGS Birthday Bash​ AT 2995 N Five Mile Road 
• Sat May 18: ​Summer Reading & Learning Celebration​ at JUMP
• Sat May 18: ​Payette Pup Pawwty​ at Payette Brewing
• Sat-Sun May 18-19: ​MOCFest​ (LEGO festival) at ABU Games 
• Sun May 19: ​International Museum Day​ with local at Idaho Botanical Garden

MARKETS THIS WEEKEND

• Sat May 18: ​Boise Farmers Market​ 9am-1pm
• Sat May 18: ​Capital City Public Market​ 9:30am-1:30pm on the Grove Plaza
• Sat May 18: ​Meridian Main Street Market​ 9am-2pm at City Hall Plaza
• Sat May 18: ​Nampa Farmers Market​ 9am-1:30pm in Lloyd Square Park 
• Sat May 18: ​Eagle Saturday Market​ 9am-2pm at Eagle City Hall 
• Sat May 18: ​Sagebrush Collaborative pop up market​ 11am-3pm at 905 W Warren St in Boise.
• Sat May 18: ​208 Night Market​ 7-11pm at the Hispanic Cultural Center of Idaho (315 Stampede Dr, Nampa) 
• Sun May 19: ​36th Street Sunday Market​ at Sockeye Alehouse
• Tue May 21: ​Caldwell's Farm to Fork Farmers Market​ 5-8pm at Indian Creek Plaza 

STOP MAKING SENSE

• Sat May 18: ​40th Anniversary Screening of Stop Making Sense​ is showing at Treefort Music Hall at 8pm, presented by Idaho Film Society. Newly restored in 4K to coincide with its 40th anniversary, the 1984 film was directed by renowned filmmaker Jonathan Demme and is considered by critics as the greatest concert film of all time. It stars core Talking Heads band members David Byrne, Tina Weymouth, Chris Frantz, and Jerry Harrison along with Bernie Worrell, Alex Weir, Steve Scales, Lynn Mabry and Edna Holt. The live performance was shot over the course of three nights at Hollywood’s Pantages Theater in December of 1983 and features Talking Heads’ most memorable songs. Tix are only $12 - get em ​here.

RANDOM FUN STUFF 

Fri May 17: ​Lectures by Lushes: A Drunken Lecture Series​ at The Balcony

Sat May 18: ​Book & Booze Night​ at Lost Grove Brewing

Sun May 19: Go ​panning for gold​ at the Idaho Museum of Mining and Geology

Wed May 22: ​Radio Boise Bingo and Karaoke​ at Shrine Social Club

Heads up: ​Idaho Shakespeare Fest​ starts next week! Win tickets on our Instagram starting Monday!