Lisa and the Country Gents will return to Idyllwild for the third consecutive year. For the 20th Annual Idyllwild Summer Concert Series, producer Ken Dahleen promised popular and favorite groups. Lisa Morgan and her musicians easily qualified. Chairs brought to sit and listen to other performers are often an unnecessary effort when Lisa sings and…

Gates open at 10 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 11, for Idyllwild Arts’ 25th-annual Jazz in the Pines festival. This year’s event honors Marshall Hawkins, festival co-founder and director of Idyllwild Arts’ jazz program. Many alumni-turned-professional jazz musicians are returning to honor Hawkins, their mentor. As always, crafts, jewelry and artwork are for sale in the festival…

The Idyllwild Mountain Quilters is holding its 16th-annual quilt show at Buckhorn Camp Oct. 12 and 13 from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Admission is $8, but children under 16 years old and husbands are free. The theme for this year is “Deer Idy.” The two quilts created and donated to the Friends of the Idyllwild Library…