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Paul Riggi views lights intended for the Community Christmas Tree. Above, a climber in the top of Idyllwild’s Christmas Tree pulls the tree lights into place. Photos by Marshall Smith

With two wine bars, both upper and lower decks were filled. Multiple wines and tapas were served throughout the event Saturday.
Annual lilac festival and Victorian Tea will not continue Idyllwild became a lilac tourism destination during the years that the late lilac hybridizer Reva Ballreich dedicated her energy and her family’s property to planting, hybridizing, cultivating and eventually displaying more than 887 lilac varietals. Each spring, Ballreich opened her garden to the public — her…
Ken Dahleen, founder and producer of the Idyllwild Summer Concert Series, announced the performers for the 2019 — the 20th-annual — ISCS. The first headliner, and these are all headline acts, will be The Diamonds, nationally famous and treasured. Do not come alone to this event, be sure to bring your “Little Darlin’.” Dahleen has…
The first of 2023’s Thursday night free Idyllwild Summer Concerts is set for July 6 at the Butterfield Amphitheater. It will feature series veteran Frank DiSalvo and his classic country band the Sundowners. The Sundowners feature “the good old boys: Willie, Waylon, Cash, Buck, Merle, George Jones … no new country!” Like all the headliners,…
A $20,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) will support the Idyllwild Arts Native American Arts Program and Festival …
Middle Ridge Winery Tasting Gallery, is once again introducing a new art exhibit in its 4,000-square-foot gallery. Appropriately called “The Idyllwild Collection: Best of Times,” the exhibit aims to warm the heart and raise the spirit. With more than 200 works of art from 33 Southern California talented artists, the exhibit invites viewers to explore…