Big concerts. Small price. Here’s who’s rocking this year’s Albertsons Boise Open
One of Boise’s most popular outdoor concert traditions will return in August.
And, as usual, it brings a $35 price point that makes fans smile.
The Albertsons Boise Open golf tournament will take over Hillcrest Country Club, 4610 Hillcrest Drive, on Aug. 13-16. Every year, the event offers top-notch golf during the day, followed by affordable concerts from major acts in the evening.
This summer, Nelly, Counting Crows and Hardy will perform immediately after Korn Ferry Tour action ends on the first three days — usually around 7:30 p.m. Concerts will happen alongside the 18th fairway at the golf course.
Admission is included in the price of daily tournament tickets and four-day passes. Daily tickets are $35 for Thursday, Friday and Saturday, and $10 for Sunday’s final round. Four-day passes for the entire tournament are available for $90. Visit AlbertsonsBoiseOpen.com to buy tickets, which become available starting at 9 a.m. Tuesday, March 24.
- Grammy-winning singer, rapper and actor Nelly will kick off the concerts on Thursday, Aug. 13. For more than a quarter of a century, “Nelly has been connecting generations with his exuberant anthems,” according to a press release, “fusing musical genres and engaging in multiple entertainment mediums including music, television and film.” Even the most casual music fan has heard Nelly’s 2002 hip-hop hit, “Hot in Herre.” When Nelly performed at the Western Idaho Fair five years ago, his concert drew a jaw-dropping 14,800 fans.
- Melodic rock band Counting Crows will headline on Friday, Aug. 14. Like Nelly, Counting Crows have a single that essentially is burned into the American pop-culture psyche: “Mr. Jones.” The band’s breakthrough smash — off its 1993 album “August and Everything After” — helped it become one of the biggest alternative-rock bands of the 1990s. Powered by other hits such as “Round Here” and “Rain King,” Counting Crows have sold more than 20 million albums.
- Finally, come Saturday night? Hardy will “rock the stage,” as the press release promises. Born Michael Wilson Hardy, singer-songwriter Hardy is part country, rock and hard rock. “A five-time ACM and two-time CMA Award winner,” the release continues, ”Hardy has also won three CMA Triple Play Awards” and “was named the 2022 BMI Country Songwriter of the Year ... .” He also “has written 16 No. 1 singles including his own three-times platinum chart topper “One Beer” featuring Lauren Alaina and Devin Dawson, the platinum Dierks Bentley and Breland collaboration “Beers on Me,” game-changing three-times platinum duet “Wait in the Truck” featuring Lainey Wilson and first-ever rock radio No. 1 ‘Jack.’ ”
Always a summer highlight in the Treasure Valley, the Boise Open is promoted and put on by Jeff Sanders Entertainment.
Now in its 37th year, the Albertsons Boise Open “will feature 156 Korn Ferry Tour players as they compete for position in the Korn Ferry Tour Finals and PGA TOUR cards for the 2025-2026 PGA Tour season,” according to the release.
Albertsons has sponsored the event since its inception, and Chevron joined in 2021 as the presenting sponsor. The Albertsons Boise Open has raised tens of millions of dollars for charities since its start.
“Thanks to our amazing title sponsor, Albertsons, presenting sponsor, Chevron, over 125 major sponsors and 850 loyal Boise volunteers, we look forward to breaking the $45 million mark for charities since our first Albertsons Boise Open in 1990,” Jeff Sanders, CEO of Jeff Sanders Entertainment, said in the release.
The face value of all tournament ticket sales goes to Treasure Valley charities.
“A portion of the money raised for charity will once again come from the Mondelez Tickets Support Charity Program where 100% of all event ticket sales support local charities,” according to the release. “Through the Mondelez Tickets Support Charity program, all ticket purchasers will once again select the local charity their ticket purchase will support.”