CDAIDE Care Affair What’s the only thing better than local chefs, raffles, appetizers, dinner, silent auctions and live music? Supporting local hospitality workers, obviously. Thank goodness you don’t have to choose. CDAide’s annual Care Affair at the Coeur d’Alene Resort has all the trimmings of a beautiful gala, plus the satisfaction of supporting those who spend their whole lives serving others. CDAide exists to be a safety net for food industry workers who too often have nowhere else to turn when crisis strikes. Proceeds from ticket sales and silent auctions — which include items like local wine, rounds of golf, landscaping services, coffee, hair cuts, moving help, dinner at Anthony’s and a cruise — help provide the long-lasting relationships and resources that keep important people in our lives safe and out of homelessness.
Coeur d'Alene Blues Festival There are many signs that spring is upon us: the sun emerging from hibernation, flowers blossoming, birds chirping, allergies flaring and — for a certain sect of music lovers — the arrival of the Coeur d’Alene Blues Festival. The Coeur d’Alene Resort’s annual bash brings a host of talent together for a weekend of varied musical experiences. While Saturday night’s “Five Band Festival” — featuring soulful powerhouse headliner Sugaray Rayford and locals like Justyn Priest — may be the straightforward main event, there is also a blues cruise on the lake, a bourbon and blues shindig, a Sunday blues brunch, and free lounge performances. The artists may be singing the blues, but Blues Fest attendees certainly won’t be.
The Showcase A three-day celebrity golf tournament benefitting Community Cancer Fund, a nonprofit providing resources and funds to cancer patients and their families.
Coeur d'Alene Blues Festival 2023 In terms of providing various entry points to a music fest, the Coeur d’Alene Blues Festival does a pretty bang-up job. While the core of the festival at the Coeur d’Alene Resort is Saturday’s eight-hour, two-stage showcase featuring acts like Maria Muldaur, Johnny Rawls, Blood Brothers and Hoodoo Udu, there are other options to get that bluesy rockin’ fix. There’s a Friday night blues cruise on the lake featuring Justyn Priest and Natasha’s Force of Nature, free early performances at the resort’s lounges, a rooftop blues party with Voodoo Church and Whack-A-Mole, and even a Sunday gospel blues brunch at Dockside. It’s a veritable musical buffet waiting for you to sample your favorite flavors.