SANDPOINT - The Festival at Sandpoint is celebrating its 30th annual summer concert series with a sparkling lineup that features Kenny Loggins, Barenaked Ladies and Counting Crows.

Add in top headliners Alison Krauss and Union Station, Ladysmith Black Mambazo plus Johnny Clegg and rising stars, LeRoy Bell & His Only Friends, Kacey Musgraves, Sugarcane Collins and Stephen Ashbrook, the summer concert series will shine brighter than ever this summer.

The Festival at Sandpoint will be held Aug. 2-12 at Memorial Field on the shores of Lake Pend Oreille.

• Thursday, Aug. 2 - Opening Night celebrates 30 years of the "Best Fest in the West" with fireworks, a brew tasting and an all-star South Africa double bill concert starring Ladysmith Black Mambazo and Johnny Clegg.

Tickets are $30. Brew tasting tickets are available for $10 - which includes a commemorative pilsner glass and 6 premium microbrew tastes. Brew tasting starts when gates open at 6 p.m. The concert starts at 7:30 p.m.

• Friday, Aug. 3 - The Festival welcomes bluegrass-country royalty to Sandpoint: American singer, songwriter and fiddler Alison Krauss and Union Station, featuring Jerry Douglas.

All tickets are $59.95. Doors open at 6 p.m., concert starts at 7:30 p.m.

• Saturday, Aug. 4 - The Festival presents "Super Saturday" starring Canadian alternative rock band Barenaked Ladies. BNL are best known for their hit singles "One Week," "The Old Apartment," "Pinch Me," "If I Had $1,000,000" and "Brian Wilson," as well as the theme song for the hit TV show "Big Bang Theory."

All tickets are $49.95. Gates will open at 4:30 p.m. and the music starts at 6 p.m.

• Sunday, Aug. 5 - It's musical fun for the young and young at heart, as the Festival presents its family concert, "Pinocchio" featuring the Spokane Youth Orchestra and Sandpoint's Studio 1 dancers.

All tickets are only $6 and activities begin when the gates open at 4:30 p.m.

• Thursday, Aug. 9 - Spend an evening with Pink Martini, a "little orchestra" from Portland, Ore.

All tickets are $34.95. Gates open at 6 p.m., concert starts at 7:30 p.m.

• Friday, Aug. 10 - Counting Crows come to The Festival at Sandpoint with its highly anticipated North American indie rock showcase summer tour The Outlaw Roadshow starring Counting Crows with their special guests: We are Augustines, Kasey Anderson and The Honkies, and Field Report.

Counting Crows is an enduring musical phenomenon, an American rock band from Berkeley, Calif., formed in 1991 by lead singer and pianist Adam Duritz and producer/guitarist David Bryson. The band also includes Charlie Gillingham (accordion, keyboards), Dan Vickrey (lead guitar), Dave Immergluck (guitar, banjo, mandolin), Jim Bogios (drums) and Millard Powers (bass).

Counting Crows gained popularity following the release of debut album, "August and Everything After" (1993), which featured the hit single "Mr. Jones" Duritz sang the song in fun, enjoying the fantasy of making it big. However, he did not realize that just months later, it would become an unexpected hit song drawing massive radio play and launching the band into stardom.

"August and Everything After" became the fastest-selling album since Nirvana's "Nevermind." Since then they have sold more than 20 million albums worldwide and received a 2004 Academy Award nomination for their song "Accidentally in Love," from the hit film "Shrek 2." Counting Crows recently debuted the album "Underwater Sunshine (Or What We Did On Our Summer Vacation)" to the delight of fans and critics, featuring infectious interpretations of some of the band's favorite songs.

All tickets are $59.95. Doors open at 6 p.m. and the concert starts at 7 p.m.

• Saturday, Aug. 11 - Is another Super Saturday spectacular starring Grammy Award-winning, multi-platinum, pop rock icon Kenny Loggins.

All tickets are $44.95. Gates will open at 4:30 p.m. and the music starts at 6 p.m. with local talent Doug Bond.

• Sunday, Aug. 12 - The Festival season culminates on Sunday, Aug. 12, with the Grand Finale concert, "French Accents" featuring the Spokane Symphony Orchestra conducted by maestro Gary Sheldon. The concert also features three special guest soloists: cellist Jonah Kim, violinist Camille Miller and flutist Rhonda Bradetich, who is originally from Sandpoint.

Concert starts at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $34.95 for adults, $9.95 for youth 0-18 years.

Phone orders may be placed by calling the Festival Office locally (208) 265-4554 or toll free (888) 265-4554. Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Discover cards, personal checks and cash are accepted. Tickets are also sold at all TicketsWest locations, or by calling (800) 325-SEAT. Tickets are also available for purchase online at www.FestivalAtSandpoint.com.