Downtown Sounds
June 7 - 6pm | Belle Nuit: A Beautiful Night of Song
Teton Geo Center & Museum, 60 South Main Street
Join soprano Jennifer Youngs from Dallas Opera and mezzo-soprano Lauren McNeese from the Metropolitan Opera for a beautiful night of song!
Jennifer and Lauren, founders of the Teton Valley Chamber Music Festival, will be performing their favorite opera duets, arias, and art songs from composers Johannes Brahms, Robert Schumann, Amy Beach, Jacques Offenbach, and Gioachino Rossini, and more.
July 3 - 6pm | Cordovas
Driggs Plaza, 60 South Main Street
Downtown Driggs Association is excited for our 2nd year partnering with Teton County Idaho Fairgrounds for a jammin' July 3rd Independence Day kickoff with the Cordovas!
With two songs currently charting top 25 on country radio stations, Cordovas are an award-winning American rock band from Nashville, Tennessee. Their latest full-length album, The Rose of Aces, is a work of wild poetry and wide-eyed abandon, set to a glorious collision of folk and country and good ole' rock and roll.
July 21 - 6pm | The Shift
Driggs Plaza, 60 South Main Street
The Shift is an all-star lineup of seasoned jazz and R&B musicians from the Rocky Mountain Region with the talent and finesse to effortlessly shift from one genera of music to another. Whether it’s the intensity and earthiness of Marvin Gaye, Wilson Picket, and Al Green or, the melodic lushness of George Gershwin, Erroll Garner, and Duke Ellington, The Shift delivers! And, when it’s time to “shift” the party into high gear and fill the dance floor, The Shift is ready with classic rock and blues that will get audiences of all ages up and moving.
July 26 - 6pm | Black Rock Winds
Driggs Plaza, 60 South Main Street
Formed in 2008, the Blackrock Winds features musicians who play in the Idaho Falls Symphony, the Idaho State Civic Symphony, and other Eastern Idaho regional ensembles. They are a lively 5-piece classical wind quintet with flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and French horn.
August 16 - 6pm | The Wild Potatoes
Driggs Plaza, 60 South Main Street
The Wild Potatoes offer high-powered, thoughtfully arranged Celtic tunes and songs for listening and dancing. With Kevin Young, Jeff Forbes, Dave Gianotto, David Combs, and Kristi Austin.
August 30 - 6pm | Dirty Cello
Driggs Plaza, 60 South Main Street
From Iceland to Italy, and all over the U.S., San Francisco based band Dirty Cello brings the world a high energy and unique spin on blues, rock, and Americana. Led by vivacious cross-over cellist, Rebecca Roudman, Dirty Cello is cello like you’ve never heard before. From down home blues and rock with a wailing cello, to virtuosic stompin’ Americana, Dirty Cello is a band that gets your heart thumping and your toes tapping!
September 5 - 6pm | Nicolas Meier Trio
Driggs Plaza, 60 South Main Street
The Driggs Summer arts finale is a concert by the internationally acclaimed Nicolas Meier Trio at Driggs Plaza. UK-based guitarist Nicolas Meier, a young star on the rise, has won numerous awards and studied at some of the world's top music conservatories. Meier's music is inspired by a love of Turkish, Eastern & Middle Eastern music, Flamenco, Tango, and more -- all mixed with jazz. Other members of the trio are bassist David Bundy, a Teton Valley local, and Thomas Blomster, Music Director of the Colorado Chamber Orchestra and Opera.