BY KAREN BOSSICK
It seemed as if it just started. But, already, the last Jazz in the Park concert of the 2025 summer season is set to roll out on Sunday.
The Bossa Nova Sextet featuring musicians from Ketchum and Boulder, Colo., is set to serve up the beat from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday, July 27, at Ketchum’s Rotary Park.
Latin hand percussion will reverberate against the backdrop of silky mandolin, guitar and piano tunes as the band plays Brazilian Samba classics and bossa nova, along with Afro-Cuban and American jazz.
The concert is free; attendees are invited to bring picnics and low back chairs.
Other free concerts this coming week:
Tonight, Saturday, July 26—Kevin Ware plays his popular repertoire of covers from 5:30-8:30 p.m. at Ketchum’s Limelight Hotel.
Sunday, July 27—Reckless Roosters plays from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Ketchum’s Limelight Hotel
Monday, July 28—Travis McDaniel plays from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Ketchum’s Limelight Hotel
Monday, July 28—The Sun Valley Music Festival kicks off its summer season with pianist Gabriela Martinez at 6:30 p.m. at the Sun Valley Pavilion
Tuesday, July 29—Ketch’em Alive features The Powell Brothers, a country-rock duo from Houston, Texas, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Ketchum’s Forest Service Park, First and Washington streets.
Tuesday, July 29--The Sun Valley Music Festival plays Haydn and Stamitz at 6:30 p.m. at the Sun Valley Pavilion
Wednesday, July 30—Sun Valley Resort features Shon Sanders and the four Penny Peep Show playing soulful jazz from 4 to 7 p.m. at River Run Plaza
Wednesday, July 30—Wicked Spud serves up its Wicked Wednesday concert in Hailey
Thursday, July 31—Ada Williams will perform from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at Hotel Ketchum’s Summer Pasture amidst all the cute little lambs
Thursday, July 31—Gabriela Martinez and Sun Valley Music Festival musicians play Brahms at 6:30 p.m. at the Sun Valley Pavilion
Friday, Aug. 1—Sun Valley Music Festival presents Beethoven 4 and Anna Clyne at 6:30 p.m. at the Sun Valley Pavilion
Friday, Aug. 1—Charlie Moonshine Schubert performs from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at Hotel Ketchum’s Summer Pasture.