The Schedule

This schedule is continually being updated, so check back in often! All festival activities are FREE. There will be opportunities to enter the festival raffle on Saturday.

Interested in camping? Mountain Village Resort has spots to reserve - 50% of reservation proceeds will benefit the festival! Other questions can be answered on the FAQs page.

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THURSDAY 8/27

  • Inside the Kasino Club. Seating & Food available.

  • Outside the Kasino Club on their patio.

    Show up early to grab a table & get materials to participate!

  • Inside the Kasino Club

    Check them out here

*Tattoos & Salmon Fest Merch will be available on-site

FRIDAY 8/28

  • Join Sylvia Hamilton from the Sawtooth Fish Hatchery to dissect a fish! We’ll go over the main body parts of a salmon and learn how these amazing fish operate!  Leaving here as a baby, floating to the ocean, surviving for a year-or-two-or-five, and then swimming upstream almost 900 miles to return home!

    @ the Stanley Library

  • Join journalist and author Lynda Mapes for a slideshow and discussion about dam removal on the Lower Snake and what can be learned from the history and results from the dam removals in our region to date. The presentation will include a special focus on the Elwha, Condit, and Klamath removals, with a focus on key commonalities -- and differences. discoversawtooth.org/sawtooth-series

    at the Stanley Museum

  • Location: Redfish Lake Lodge’s outdoor stage & patio. Right on the water!

  • at Redfish Lodge, outside in large event tent.

    We are looking for storytellers! Do you have a personal, true story related to the theme of "swimming upstream?" Could you tell it in 10-12 minutes, especially with some coaching from the experts at Story Story Night? Then we want YOU! If you want to be an integral part of this year's SalmonFest, please contact Beth by July 15th with a brief overview of your story and some availability for a phone call.

  • at Mountain Village Resort

SATURDAY 8/29

  • Hosted by Lori Mitchell at Mountain Village Resort.

  • at Pettit Lake.

    Stop in on your way to Salmon Fest!

    Parking in day use parking & horse trail head ONLY (stay out of campground)

  • Meet at the Stanley Museum // Sawtooth Adventure Company will take you on a 15-min bus ride to Buckhorn Bridge to view salmon spawning areas.

    NO PARKING AT BUCKHORN BRIDGE. MUST RIDE BUS TO TOUR.

  • Hosted by Idaho Rivers United & Sawtooth Intrepetive Historical Association.

    What to expect? Artisan, outdoor & local craft vendors & more. Live Music, Beer, Food Trucks, Tattoos at Mountain Village Resort

  • At Mountain Village on the grass. Hosted by Save Our Wild Salmon

  • Andrew Sheppard band performing on the outdoor stage at Mountain Village Resort.

  • Performance @ Mountain Village Resort on the lawn in front of outdoor stage

  • McKenna Esteb Band performing on the outdoor stage at Mountain Village Resort.

  • Drink special & karaoke afterparty @ The Kasino Club

  • at Mountain Village Resort

  • Tattoos done by Tony Caprai. Proceeds go to IRU & SIHA

  • Proceeds go to IRU & SIHA

SUNDAY 8/30

  • Signup required. Register here. Maximum 50 volunteers

    Meetup location will be the Mountain Village Resort lawn