Festival at Sandpoint: Violent Femmes

While we can be a bit too nostalgia-focused as a music consuming culture, there are times when fans want to hear all the songs from beloved albums when going to a concert. Folk punk favs Violent Femmes are fully leaning into that on their current tour. When the band best known for its ultra catchy cult single “Blister in the Sun” (one of the best opening tracks on a debut album ever) stops at Festival at Sandpoint, it’ll play its first two albums in their entirety. The always stripped-down trio will start with 1984’s Hallowed Ground before backtracking and ripping through its 1983 self-titled debut album. Even if you’re not high as a kite, you just might (want to) stop to check Femmes out.

Violent Femmes • Fri, July 26 at 8 pm • $60-$95 • All Ages • War Memorial Field • 801 Ontario St., Sandpoint • festivalatsandpoint.com