Street Music plays next week

For the 24th year, Street Music will take place June 8 through 12, from noon to 1 p.m. in downtown Coeur d’Alene and downtown Spokane.  

Musicians are invited to perform and collect donations that go to support the Second Harvest Food Bank, which has received over $396,000 from the past 23 years of Street Music.

Musicians of all levels and ages are invited. Simply show up at 11:30 a.m. outside The Art Spirit Gallery, 415 E. Sherman Ave., get a donation bucket and pick a spot in which to share your music.  At 1 p.m., return the bucket to the Art Spirit Gallery. 

In the past, performances have included Coeurimba, Terry Jones’ brass quintet, contemporary, jazz, old-time classics, bluegrass, Irish and country music. 

Street Music reminds us: "It's about generosity, not virtuosity."

The Second Harvest Food Bank provided the following information about their role in our communities: 

• Every $1 donated to Second Harvest provides food for three meals for neighbors in need.

• One out of eight people in Kootenai County, and across North Idaho, are food insecure. This includes one in six children, who face chronic food shortages at home.

• Generous donors and volunteers make it possible for Second Harvest to provide food for 7,000 meals a day in Kootenai County through 10 partner food pantries and Second Harvest’s own Mobile Market.

• Food for more than 10,000 meals a day is provided across the five North Idaho counties (Benewah, Boundary, Bonner, Kootenai and Shoshone).

• Second Harvest’s Mobile Market helps reach families in need where they live. For some people, their work hours conflict with the hours of the food bank in their neighborhood. The Mobile Market helps fill the gap by serving people facing hunger at convenient locations like church parking lots, schools, community centers and other venues.