Ballet Idaho
Ballet Idaho, a professional ballet company, presents a diverse mix of classical and contemporary work that draws national recognition and local acclaim.

Ballet Idaho Academy, the official schools of Ballet Idaho, offers dance instruction and performance opportunities.

Ballet Idaho Educational Outreach programs bring classical and contemporary dances into daily life, helping instill a love for art in our children and friends.

Boise Burn Football
The Boise Burn is an arena football team based in Boise, Idaho. The Burn began play in the AF2 league in March 2007. Burn home games are played at the Qwest Arena in downtown Boise. The team name was chosen to pay tribute to local firefighters.

BoonDocks Fun Center
Boondocks Fun Center offers something for everyone. Outdoor attractions include two elaborate 18-hole miniature golf courses, a bumper boat pond, a 7-stall batting cage, and two go-kart racetracks.

Indoor attractions include a video and redemption arcade and prize center, a laser tag arena, a soft play area for children, and a Back Porch Grill Restaurant that serves pizzas, hamburgers, sandwiches, salads and deserts.

In January 2008, the owners of the 17-acre Roaring Springs Water Park (also listed here) purchased Boondocks Fun Center, so now you are able to buy one ticket to go to both places on the same day, which is very convenient as they both sit side-by-side on Overland Road.

Idaho Shakespeare Festival
As you enter this outdoor amphitheater and habitat reserve, you'll be embarking upon a theatrical experience like no other! In addition to all the magic, drama and passion of professional theater, and a 760 seat, state-of-the-art facility that was built to feature the human voice, the Festival Amphitheater & Reserve is nestled in a unique habitat that is home to an astonishing variety of plant and animal species. As you wind your way into the theater proper, you'll enjoy native plants, the songs of water birds and glimpses of deer, heron, ducks, geese and an occasional fox. You can take your own picnic dinner and wine or purchase it on site. This summer repertory theater performs June through September.

Idaho Steelheads
The Idaho Steelheads are a minor league ice hockey team in Boise, Idaho. They were originally part of the West Coast Hockey League, but survived the jump from the WCHL to the East Coast Hockey League in 2003 after the ECHL absorbed the league. Since the 2005-06 season, the Steelheads have been affiliates of the NHL Dallas Stars and the AHL Iowa Stars. Home games are played at the 5,000-seat Qwest Arena in downtown Boise.
They have always been highly regarded as a top-notch, professional sports team, and have continued to bolster their major league reputation.

Knock "EM" Dead Theatre
Knock 'em Dead Dinner Theater is a unique combination of fine arts and excellent cuisine all in one location. That's just part of the experience when you enter Knock 'em Dead Dinner Theatre. Knock 'em Dead (KED) is proud to offer a unique theater experience with musical shows ranging from classics to recent Broadway fare to comedy to avant-garde drama with an aim to bringing to Boise some of the not-so-familiar shows that have proven so popular on the American and European stages. Weekend shows include a catered dinner.

Doors open at 6:15 p.m. on Thurs, Fri & Sat. Seating begins at 6:30 pm. Seating for those not eating dinner on Fri & Sat begins at 7:30 pm. A $1.50 ticketing convenience fee will be added to all ticket prices.

Opera Idaho
The primary mission of Opera Idaho is to fund and produce grand opera of the highest possible professional standard, in Boise and throughout the State of Idaho, and to foster wider acceptance, appreciation and enjoyment of opera and related art forms in young people and adults of all social and economic backgrounds, through diverse educational and outreach programs.

Opera Idaho's mission for its professional resident company is to promote opera in general by providing training and performance opportunities for the many talented singers in the Boise area. Comprised of vocational and professional singers, the Resident Company attempts to challenge even the highest level of singing artist while remaining accessible to both younger and less-experienced performers.

Roaring Springs
This is the largest water park (17 acres) in the Northwest, and is located a few miles west of Boise off interstate 84. The water park provides relief from the relentless heat of a typical Idaho summer day. Bright yellow slides twist and turn high above the park. Children scream in delight as they fly down the serpentine water slides.

Roaring Springs features more than 20 attractions, including the Viper's Vortex bowl slide, which is a four-story two passenger flume ride that ends with a swirl around the inside of a giant bowl. Mammoth Canyon is a four-person family raft ride that spins and feels like a bobsled on water. There is also a wave pool, float river, tube rides, two kiddie play areas, and concessions. Group rates are available with reservation.

In January 2008, the owners of Roaring Springs Water Park purchased the 8-acre Boondocks Fun Center (also listed here), which is the largest arcade and recreation center in the valley. That means you are able to buy one ticket to go to both on the same day, which is very convenient as they both sit side-by-side on Overland Road.

Splat Paintball
Paintball is one of the fastest growing sports in the country, and for good reason. It is fun, exciting, safe and great exercise. Paintball is a great stress reliever, especially when you are blasting away at best friends, boss, co-workers, and/or your kids.

Starlight Mountain Theatre
Starlight Mountain Theatre is an outdoor summer musical repertory dinner theatre (June - September) that offers professional Broadway musicals in a mountain setting on the bank of the Middle Fork of the Payette River in Crouch. The theatre seats 300 patrons in stadium-style seating where the designed elevation creates a perfect view from every seat. Since mountain air can be cool in the evening, patrons are reminded to bring jackets and blankets just in case. During the summer, Starlight Mountain Theatre offers a full dinner Thursdays through Saturdays with 24-hour-in- advance reservations, plus concessions at the amphitheater.

The park sits on 17 beautiful acres of meadow with access to the river and to the Starlight Mountain Theatre. There is space for RVs with full hook-ups, as well as campsites on 17 acres. Two sites are right on the river and the other three sit about 100 yards from the river. Each site has a fire ring and picnic table. Although there are only five designated sites, there is plenty of room to accommodate large groups. The sites have access to port-a-potties, but have no additional amenities. Gas, groceries, restaurants, and shopping are available in the immediate area.

A delicious meal (price included in the ticket fee) is served Thursday through Saturday evenings at 6:30 pm with 24 hours advance reservation required (reservations must be made by 5:00 pm the day before). A different theme dinner is served for each show. Vegetarian meal is available on request. See their web site for the menu.

Starlight Mountain Theatre also performs during the rest of the year, but at three different locations: the Star, on Century Way in Boise, Capital High Auditorium near the corner of Goddard Rd. and Milwaukee Rd. in Boise, and at the Nampa Civic Center Brandt Auditorium. Check their web site's winter schedule dates and times.

Thunder Mountain Line
This train ride offers amazing scenery as it winds around a narrow canyon along the beautiful Payette River. Depending on your route, the train ride will venture through sagebrush covered hill sides, pristine national forest, mountain meadows and range lands.

As you roll out of the station, you will travel along the same mountain trails as the settlers did in the early part of the last century. The railroad was completed in 1914 to serve the mining and timber industry. You can enjoy fresh mountain air and scenery on open air cars while you relive a piece of Idaho railroad history...

The Thunder Mountain Ride offers four different routes throughout the year: the Horseshoe Bend Route, the Carbarton Route, the Cascade Route, and the Mountour Route.

These different routes feature wonderful events throughout the year. Dinner train rides offer an evening of wonderful food and local musicians as you experience the nostalgia of a train ride. Mystery dinners engage guests in hilarious role-solving story lines presented my Starlight Mountain Theatre.

www.thundermountainline.com
Horseshoe Bend Depot
120 Mill Road
Horseshoe Bend, Idaho 83629
(208) 793-4425
(208) 866-6894
(877) 432-7245

Horseshoe Bend Route: Adult $24.50, Senior $23.00 and Child (3-12) $15.00
Begins in historic Horseshoe Bend and travels along the scenic Payette River. The route is on the Old Wagon Road to the settlement of Banks. Train rides are 2.5 hours roundtrip.

Carbarton Flyer Route: Adult $24.50, Senior $23.00 and Child (3-12) $15.00
Begins in the mountain community of Cascade and travels along remote stretches of the pristine Payette River, under and through the shortest rock tunnel in the nation. Train rides are 2.5 hours roundtrip.

Cascade Limited Route: Adult $63.00, Senior $58.00 and Child (3-12) $48.00
A one way five-hour train ride from historic Horseshoe Bend to the mountain community of Cascade. Your journey will begin the sagebrush hills and wind its way up steep grades as the train passes through the Boise National Forest. The train will pass through multiple tunnels as you enjoy watching rafters navigate the rapid filled Payette River. A one hour bus trip will bring you back to Horseshoe Bend. Boxed lunch is provided on your trip.