Let’s rock, Boise! 3 new outdoor concerts added to record-setting Idaho Center schedule

The Ford Idaho Center Amphitheater just keeps expanding its summer calendar for Boise music fans.

Three more concerts have been announced at Nampa’s outdoor venue — the 20th, 21st and 22nd shows this coming season from promoter Live Nation. That’s a record number for the amphitheater, according to Creston Thornton, president of Live Nation’s mountain region.

▪ Singer-rapper Michael Franti and his backing band, Spearhead, will perform Thursday, Aug. 1, with opening acts Citizen Cope and Bombargo. Tickets become available to the general public at 10 a.m. Friday through fordidahocenter.com for $39.50 (first 100 sold), $45 (second 100) and $49.50 (normal general admission). Presales start Wednesday.

Franti is a familiar face in the Treasure Valley, where he has performed many times. He headlined last August at the amphitheater.

▪ Country-laced Americana band Flatland Cavalry and bluegrass group Trampled By Turtles will co-headline Saturday, Aug. 10. Tickets become available at 10 a.m. Friday for $29.50 to $49.50. Presales start Thursday.

Flatland Cavalry visited Knitting Factory Concert House in Boise last year, while Trampled By Turtles gigged at ExtraMile Arena earlier this month — as an opener for Turnpike Troubadours and Cody Jinks.

▪ Nu-metal band Korn will crank the volume Saturday, Oct. 12, with skull-crushing openers Gojira and Spiritbox. Tickets become available at 10 a.m. Friday for $39.50 (lawn) to $129.50 (front general-admission pit). Presales begin Wednesday.

Korn makes Nampa a semi-regular stop. Its last visit to the Ford Idaho Center Amphitheater was in 2022.

Fans should watch for more concert announcements in the coming weeks. Ford Idaho Center General Manager Andrew Luther said he expects more than 30 outdoor shows this year. That would crush past years’ numbers at the Ford Idaho Center Amphitheater. Live Nation put on 17 concerts there in 2022 and 18 in 2023, Thornton said.

“The Boise market has grown to a point that it seems to be on most artists’ hit list to play here now,” Thornton told the Statesman recently.

This story was originally published March 26, 2024 at 8:00 AM.

Michael Deeds

Idaho Statesman

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Michael Deeds is a long-serving entertainment reporter and opinion columnist at the Idaho Statesman, where he chronicles the Boise good life: restaurants, concerts, culture, cool stuff. He started as a summer intern after graduating from the University of Nebraska with a news-editorial journalism degree. Deeds’ prior Statesman roles have included sportswriter, music critic and features editor. His other writing has ranged from freelancing album reviews for The Washington Post to bragging about Boise in that inflight magazine you left on the plane.