What to do in Boise this weekend

27 events from Saturday, October 17 to Sunday, October 18, 2026. Free: 2. Busiest venues: Boise Art Museum, Shrine Social Club, Idaho State Museum.

Saturday, October 17, 2026

Visual arts
until Apr 11

Four Masterworks from the National Gallery of Art

Thomas Eakins · Berthe Morisot · Mark Rothko

Boise Art Museum · Julia Davis Park
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Aug 2

Four Score & Seven Years Before

Idaho State Museum · Julia Davis Park
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Oct 3

United We Celebrate: The Traditions That Bring America Together

Idaho State Museum · Julia Davis Park
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Feb 28

Common Threads: 100 Years of Quilts

Boise Art Museum · Julia Davis Park
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Jan 24

Passage: Hong Chun Zhang

Hong Chun Zhang

Boise Art Museum · Julia Davis Park
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Oct 28

2026 Annual Student Juried Exhibition

Boise State Center for the Visual Arts · Boise State campus
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Oct 28

Language of the Hand

Boise State Center for the Visual Arts · Boise State campus
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Feb 28

James Lavadour: Land of Origin

James Lavadour

Boise Art Museum · Julia Davis Park
- Visual arts
Theatre
until Oct 24

English

Boise Contemporary Theater · Downtown
- Theatre
$15–$60 Tickets
Theatre
until Oct 24

The 39 Steps

Boise Little Theater · North End
- Theatre
Tickets
Visual arts
1 PM

Workshop: FOUND FAMILIES

Surel's Place · Garden City
- Visual arts
$35–$45
Other
6 PM

Behind the Scenes Tours 2026

Old Idaho Penitentiary · East Boise
$15 Tickets
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Music
6 PM

Derya Yıldırım & Grup Şimşek

Derya Yıldırım & Grup Şimşek · Thee Marloes

Shrine Social Club · Downtown
- Music
Music
6 PM

LIVE MUSIC: Wesley George

Wesley George

Boise Brewing · Downtown
- Music
Music
7 PM

Tōth

Tōth · William Alexander

Shrine Social Club · Downtown
- Music
Music
8 PM

Charles Wesley Godwin @ Revolution Concert House & Event Center

Charles Wesley Godwin · Danno Simpson

Revolution Concert House & Event Center · Garden City
- Music
- House
Tickets
Dance
8 PM

Follie As Folk-lore

Honey Bee Rose

The Balcony Club · Downtown
- Dance
- Cabaret
$10–$15 Tickets
Nights out
10 PM

October Kink Night

The Balcony Club · Downtown
- Nights out
Music
Time not announced

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Knitting Factory Concert House · Downtown
- Music
- Post-punk
Tickets
Music
Time not announced

Charles Wesley Godwin, Danno Simpson

Revolution Concert House & Event Center · Garden City
- Music
Music
Time not announced

John Moreland with Georgia Maq

John Moreland · Georgia Maq

Neurolux Lounge · Downtown
- Music
$25–$30 Tickets
Nights out
Time not announced

The Vampire Ball: Prom Night

Old Idaho Penitentiary · East Boise
- Nights out
$35 Tickets

Sunday, October 18, 2026

Music
7 PM

REZN

REZN · lowheaven

Shrine Social Club · Downtown
- Music
Music
7 PM

Sons of Paradise @ The Olympic

Sons of Paradise · Dozey Dubs · Mellodose · Dale and the Zdubs

The Olympic · Downtown
- Music
Tickets
Music
Time not announced

Analog Dog with Rudy and Los Syringas

Analog Dog · Rudy · Los Syringas

Neurolux Lounge · Downtown
- Music
$12–$15 Tickets
Music
Time not announced

MIMOSAS AND MUSIC BINGO

Knitting Factory Concert House · Downtown
- Music
Tickets
Music
Time not announced

Sons of Paradise

The Olympic · Downtown
- Music

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