Sun Valley News

SAVOR SUN VALLEY – A CULINARY DESTINATIONSavor Sun Valley: A Culinary Destination highlights the Sun Valley Food & Wine Festival, the Sun Valley Wine Auction, the Sawtooth Botanical Garden's education and organic workshops, vacation packages and local products.
Outdoor Events & RecreationThe loudest show on earth is The Honda Ski Tour and Sun Valley is home to it twice a year! Basecamp and the Criterion Bike Race will take place over Labor Day weekend.
Wellness in the WildernessOngoing events and organizations are educating and unfolding the many levels of Wellness here in the Sawtooth wilderness including the Sun Valley Mountain Wellness Festival, The Sun Valley Spiritual Film Festival, The Sun Valley Sustainability Conference, The Garden of Infinite Compassion and many vacation packages from Yoga Rafting Trips on the Middle Fork to the Diamond D Ranch's Mind-Body-Spirit week.
Hemingway's Grandson John Hemingway Keynote Speaker at Third Annual Hemingway Festival in September, 2007(Sun Valley, Idaho) – American novelist Ernest Hemingway’s grandson, John Hemingway, will deliver the keynote address at the Third Annual Ernest Hemingway Festival that runs September 20-23 in Sun Valley, Idaho. The third generation Hemingway will speak on “Hemingway in Paris: The Crazy Years,” on Thursday, September 20, at 7 p.m., at Carol’s Dollar Mountain Lodge. “Hemingway in Paris” is the theme of this year’s festival commemorating the life of the revered writer and his legacy in Sun Valley where he lived and wrote on and off for more than two decades until his death in 1961.
TICKETS ON SALE FRIDAY, JULY 6 FOR LABOR DAY MUSIC FESTIVAL AND BIKE RACEJULY 5, 2007 - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE BRAVO CONTACT: Cassie Stoneberg cassie@bravobsp.com THE SKI TOUR CONTACT: Maureen Baker 208.725.4954 maureenbaker@theskitour.com COORS LIGHT BASECAMP MUSIC EXPERIENCE & ATKINSONS’ MARKET KETCHUM CRITERIUM Presented by The Ski Tour and Sawtooth Velo Cycling Club WHAT: Three Day Music Festival and U.S. Cycling Federation category 1, 2, and professional bike race WHERE: Ketchum, Idaho WHEN: Labor Day Weekend (Aug 31-Sept 2, 2007) TICKETS ON SALE FRIDAY, JULY 6 @ 10AM COORS LIGHT BASECAMP MUSIC EXPERIENCE – Tickets for the biggest multi-day music festival to ever come to Ketchum, Idaho will go on sale Friday, July 6th @ 10am through Ticketweb. The 3-day festival lineup features artists such as Chris Isaak, Kenny Loggins, Matisyahu, Michael Franti & Spearhead, Brandi Carlile, Rose Hill Drive, Joseph Israel, Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk, Wisdom and more to be announced. The main stage shows will take place in the BaseCamp Music Pavilion on the 100 East Avenue Block in Downtown Ketchum. All Access Music Passes are available for $115 each and admit the ticket holder to all three nights of live entertainment. Individual concert tickets are also available and range from $39.75 to $49.75 per date. To purchase, please visit any Ticketweb outlet including Newt & Harolds, The Record Exchange, The Boise Co-Op, A New Vintage Wine Shop or Atkinsons’ Markets, order by phone at 1-800-965-4827, 1-208-466- TIXX or purchase online at www.ticketweb.com or visit www.theskitour.com or www.bravobsp.com. ATKINSONS’ MARKET KETCHUM CRITERIUM – The Ski Tour and Sawtooth Velo Cycling Club are proud to announce the revival of the “Ketchum Crit” cycling race this Labor Day weekend. Sunday September 2, professional and semi-professional road cyclists from around the region will convene on downtown Ketchum to battle it out in a crowd thrilling criterium course right in the heart of town. The 0.6 mile circuit will start/finish on Sun Valley Rd between East and Walnut Avenues with a counterclockwise course that will snake to the South and West to the corner of Leadville and First St. before heading back North and East to the corner of Spruce and Sun Valley Rd. A purse of $10K is up for grabs making this a category A event sponsored by Atkinsons’ Market and sanctioned by USA Cycling through Sawtooth Velo. The race is set to begin at high noon and last just over an hour. The awards ceremony will take place that evening at the Coors Light BaseCamp Music Experience stage just prior to Brandi Carlile’s performance. More information on exact show/race times, festival location, All Access Music Passes, and individual ticket prices can be found online at www.bravobsp.com and www.theskitour.com
TICKETS ON SALE FRIDAY, JULY 6 FOR LABOR DAY MUSIC FESTIVAL AND BIKE RACECOORS LIGHT BASECAMP MUSIC EXPERIENCE & ATKINSONS’ MARKET KETCHUM CRITERIUM Presented by The Ski Tour and Sawtooth Velo Cycling Club WHAT: Three Day Music Festival and U.S. Cycling Federation category 1, 2, and professional bike race WHERE: Ketchum, Idaho WHEN: Labor Day Weekend (Aug 31-Sept 2, 2007) TICKETS ON SALE FRIDAY, JULY 6 @ 10AM
Fabulous Fall FestivalsHighlights for Fall Events including Ketchum's most popular event Wagon Days, the Sun Valley Spritual Film Festival, The Ernest Hemingway Festival, Trailing of the Sheep Festival and Sun Valley Swing-n-Dixie Jazz Jamboree now in its 18th year!
Trailing of the Sheep Festival Scheduled Oct. 12-14KTrailing of the Sheep Festival, Ketchum to Hailey, Idaho October 12 – 14, 2007 March 29, 2007 – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: The Trailing of the Sheep Executive Director, Linnea Collins 1-208-720-0585 or svtots@yahoo.com www.Trailingofthesheep.org October 12 – 14, 2007 marks the 11th annual Trailing of the Sheep Festival, to be held in Hailey and Ketchum, Idaho. This year’s Festival will highlight the contributions brought to us by the Peruvian sheepherders to the history of the west.