Sandpoint Local Artists Showcase is July 3

SANDPOINT — Matchwood Brewing Company and Evans Brothers on July 3 will host the second Sandpoint Local Artists Showcase in the Granary Arts District.

The event will start at 2 p.m. and will feature local bands and soloists. Bridges Home, with Tammy and Dave Gunter, will be featured, as well as the Festival at Sandpoint Music Scholarship winner Max Reed on violin.

The theme of the event is "Artists Supporting Artists." Proceeds from the event, including silent auction and raffle tickets for a quilt, as well as a percentage of Matchwood and Evans Brothers proceeds, will benefit Music Bridges Borders, a local nonprofit music and cultural enrichment program that brings foreign students to Sandpoint and Spokane. These students mentor, teach and play music with local youth while sharing their skills through performances. The international students later join their peers at Spokane Youth Symphony's Sensational Summer Music Camp at Whitworth University, where they share a new dynamic with the Spokane organization's program.