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CONCERT FOR CAUSEBeloved radio station 94.9 The River brings famous musicians and bands to the Knitting Factory for a night of good cheer to benefit the Women and Children’s Alliance. riverinteractive.com

FAMOUS IDAHO POTATO BOWL Bundle up for this bowl at Albertsons Stadium, which pits a Mountain West team against a Mid-American Conference team in “the nation’s longest running out-door cold-weather bowl.” famousidahopotatobowl.com

HIP HOLIDAY MARKETFlying M Coffeegarage’s market isn’t your average holiday bazaar. Choose from cool, unique, locally made items like jewelry, bath and body products, handbags, clothing and kids’ items. Nampa, flyingmcoffee.com

HOLIDAY POPS CONCERTBoise Philharmonic invites the Master Chorale to help bring the yuletide cheer with its popular holiday pops concerts at Nampa’s Swayne Auditorium and Boise’s Morrison Center. boisephilharmonic.org

IDAHO POTATO DROPWatch a potato the size of King Kong drop down the side of Idaho’s tallest building during this New Year’s Eve spectacular, which makes national headlines and brings thousands of revelers into downtown Boise. idahopotatodrop.com

MULTICULTURAL HOLIDAY BAZAARBoise International Market is a multicultural market-place of small businesses where you’ll find holiday gifts from around the globe. boiseinternationalmarket.com

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NUTCRACKERSeeing Ballet Idaho’s festive Nutcracker at the Morrison Center is as much of a holiday tradition for some as trim-ming the Christmas tree. balletidaho.org

WINTER GARDEN AGLOWThough it opens Thanksgiving Day, Idaho Botanical Garden’s Winter Garden aGlow is a quintessentially winter tradition, with more than 300,000 lights creating a twinkling wonderland. idahobotanicalgarden.org

XTREME XTRAVAGANZARenowned musician Curtis Stigers gives back to the community each year, hosting his three-night music and variety show at the Egyptian Theatre to benefit the Inter-faith Sanctuary homeless shelter. curtisstigers.com

BANFF MOUNTAIN FILM FESTIVALCanadians are known for being nice, but the athletes fea-tured in the Canada-based Banff Film Festival are far from soft. For three days at the Egyptian Theatre, watch shorts and movies of people climbing, skiing, rowing, swimming and biking in some of the most remote, treacherous and stunning locations on the globe. banffcentre.ca

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MCCALL WINTER CARNIVAL What was inspired half a century ago by the Payette Lake Winter Games has grown into a cultural jugger-naut. Enormous snow sculptures, a parade, a bike race, art auctions, a comedy show and live music—but espe-cially the gigantic snow sculptures—bring thousands of people to the resort town each year for a week of winter fun. McCall, mccallchamber.org/winter-carnival

FLYING M VALENTINE FOR AIDSThe HIV/AIDS pandemic helped define the 1980s and early ’90s, as public health officials struggled to classify, contain and treat the conditions. Flying M Cof-feehouse has long supported local HIV/AIDS awareness and advocacy programs and, in 1993, began holding its annual Valentine for AIDS. The silent art auction features work from around 250 local artists and pro-ceeds benefit the Safety Net for AIDS Program, which helps people living with HIV/AIDS with housing, utility bills, grocery and insurance costs. Since it was founded, Valentine for AIDS has raised more than $280,000. facebook.com/valentineforaids

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