Rick Springfield to play Festival at Sandpoint
Coeur d'Alene Press | UPDATED 30 minutes AGO
Rick Springfield will perform at the Festival at Sandpoint’s this summer.
Photo courtesy of Jay Gilbert
Rick Springfield will perform Aug. 8 during the Festival at Sandpoint’s 2026 Summer Series.
Tickets are on sale starting at $78.82 at festivalatsandpoint.com, including taxes and fees.
Springfield has worn many hats as an entertainer and performer over four decades. The creator of some of the finest power pop of the ’80s, Springfield is a Grammy-winning singer, songwriter and musician who has sold 25 million albums and scored 17 U.S. Top 40 hits, including “Jessie’s Girl,” “Don’t Talk to Strangers,” “An Affair of the Heart,” “I’ve Done Everything for You,” “Love Somebody,” and “Human Touch.” He’s an accomplished actor who starred opposite Meryl Streep in the feature film “Ricki and the Flash,” gave a chameleonic performance as the creepy Dr. Irving Pitlor in HBO’s prestige drama “True Detective,” earned great reviews for his portrayal of Lucifer on the CW hit “Supernatural” and most recently played the insane pastor Charles on FX’s worldwide hit series “American Horror Story.”
Springfield is also an author. He penned a candid 2010 memoir "Late, Late at Night," which Rolling Stone named one of the 25 greatest rock memoirs of all time, and his 2014 comedic novel "Magnificent Vibration," both of which earned rave reviews and spots on the New York Times Best Sellers’ list.
In 2014, Springfield was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, around the corner from the first apartment where he lived when he first arrived in the U.S. from Australia in 1971. Springfield’s Sirius-XM radio show, "Working Class DJ," is a huge hit and airs weekly on 80s on 8. Hiis first album of all new original material in five years, "Automatic" is now on sale.
Gates to the show open at 6 p.m., music at 7:30 p.m.
This will be a standard show. The general admission area in front of the stage will be for dancing and standing.
The Festival at Sandpoint is a non-profit organization that hosts an annual Summer Concert Series in Sandpoint, Idaho. The 2026 Summer Concert Series will take place July 30 through August 9 at War Memorial Field, an intimate venue on the shores of Lake Pend Oreille. Every ticket purchase supports the Festival’s mission to be a community catalyst for arts, culture, and education.