Capital City Public Market Opening Day is a food festival in Boise.
The opening Saturday of Capital City Public Market each April marks the start of the Treasure Valley growing season, with a full line-up of produce, hot food vendors, artisans, and live music returning to the Grove Plaza.
Editorially verified June 24, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
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The Emmett Cherry Festival celebrates the Gem County cherry harvest each June with cherry-themed food vendors, pie competitions, farm stand sales, and community events in the orchard town of Emmett, 35 miles north of Boise.
San Inazio honours St Ignatius of Loyola, patron saint of the Basques, with a full weekend on the Basque Block in late July or early August: live music, traditional dancing, handball, and Basque food and wine from Block restaurants.
Foodfort is the food and drink programming strand of Treefort Music Fest each March, with chef demonstrations at venues including KIN, street eats at Zoo Boise, a Showdown competition, and local restaurant pop-ups throughout downtown Boise.
Jaialdi is the largest Basque festival in the United States, held once every five years in Boise, drawing over 30,000 Basque-heritage visitors worldwide for dancing, handball, sheep-wagon exhibitions, and traditional Basque food at Expo Idaho and the Basque Block.
