This 2019 Easter in Boise we have compiled a few family friend and a few 'not-so-family-friendly' events around the Treasure Valley. Want to add more to our list? Email iloveboise@totallyboise.com
Easter Bunny Pictures
Boise Towne Square
Monday – Thursday: 11 am – 8 pm
Friday & Saturday: 10 am – 9 pm
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Easter Egg Hunt!
Cabelas
Saturday: 2:00 pm
Registration begins at 1:30 pm with the hunt beginning promptly at 2 pm. The goal is to gather 5 eggs, one from each department, (one of each color), and return them to the Registration table for a prize!
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Watershed Weekend - Easter Eve
Boise WaterShed Environmental Education Center
Saturday: 10 am – 1 pm
Spend Easter Eve at the Boise WaterShed with spring activities sure to delight all ages. Meet and pet live animals, like piglets, goats, chickens, and bunnies, that 4-H youth have raised. Plus plant a vegetable for your garden, create spring crafts and play in the simulated Boise River water feature! At 11:00 join us for an Easter Egg hunt for ages 1 - 12. A water renewal facility tour will be held at 11:30 am weather permitting, closed – toes shoes required, ages 4+, no strollers, please.
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Easter High Tea
Capitol Cellars
Saturday: 11:00 am
Celebrate Easter with Easter High Tea on Saturday, April 20th. Featuring five small bites served with Rishi organic tea! Two seatings are available: 12:00 & 12:30 pm
Reservations are required by calling (208) 344-9463 Hats are welcome!
Hop in to Build-A-Bear for a FREE Easter Egg Scavenger Hunt!
Build-A-Bear Workshop
Now – Sunday
When it comes to springtime fun for the whole family, Build-A-Bear Workshop is pulling out all the hops! Put some spring in your step and head to Build-A-Bear to experience the fun of making your own furry friend. The Workshop is full of egg-cellent ways to fill Easter baskets with love and special memories. Weekends in March and April also feature a FREE in-store Easter egg token scavenger hunt. Plus, kids can take a pic with the bunny mascot PawletteTM on Saturdays at 3:00 p.m. and Sundays at 1:00 p.m.! So, hop to it and join the Easter fun at Build-A-Bear Workshop! While supplies last. Outfits and accessories sold separately.
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Horse Back Easter Egg Hunt
Western Riding Club
Saturday: 9:00 am
WRC, 6630 W Riding Club Ln, Boise, Idaho 83709, Boise, United StatesIt's the annual Horse Back Easter Egg Hunt! We will have eggs and prizes for both people on horseback and off!! Lots of age groups followed by a pot luck in the clubhouse! Come on out and have fun with us!!
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Organic Easter Egg Hunt
North End Organic Nursery
Saturday: 10:00 am
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Easter Egg Hunt Sale!
Molly's Healthy Pet Food Market
Saturday: starting 9:00 am
Bring your pups by for our Easter Egg Hunt Sale! We will have eggs hidden throughout the store with discounts in them. Save anywhere from 5%-50% and $5-$50 off your entire purchase!!!
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Easter Egg Swim
Nampa Recreation Center
Saturday: 1 pm - 2 pm
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Families enjoy a new way of hunting Easter Eggs. They'll have sinkable and floating eggs, kayaks will be out for use, and the diving well will be open for play time. Children will be required to pass a swim test before using the kayaks or diving well. Ages 5 and under: 1 pm Ages 6-8: 1:30 pm Ages 9-12: 2 pm Non-member pay Day Pass rate.
Easterfest 2019
Guerber Park
Saturday: 10 am - 3 pm
Hosted by Foothills Christian Church
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Classic Easter Brunch
Riverside Hotel
Sunday: 9:00 am
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Downtown Boise Easter Egg Hunt
Boise Art Glass
Friday: 1:00 pm
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Easter Eve
Boise Watershed
Saturday: 10 am - 1 pm
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Easter Egg Hunt at Urban Air Meridian
Meridian Urban Air Presents Easter Egg Hunt!
Thursday: from 5:00 pm
$19.99/per participant (Socks Required @ $2.50 each)
Plus ONE Lucky Egg Will Have a FREE BIRTHDAY PARTY!
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Bunny Party
The Balcony Club
Come join us at The Balcony club for our second annual bunny party! There will be drink specials, pop ups, give aways at the door for the first 250 people, and no cover charge for those in costume. Stay in Friday night and come out Saturday for the best bunny party in Boise!
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Bunny Ball - An Easter Prefunk
Fatty's Bar
Friday: 9pm - 2am
Break out those pastel sweaters, its an Easter party at Fatty's Bar! We'll have an adult Easter egg hunt which means... more prizes and less hunting!
The bartenders and Vijay from Wild 101 Idaho's Party Station will be handing out plastic eggs full of giveaways! Some have candy, some have bar tabs or drink tickets, and some have CASH! We'll also be giving out free bunny ears for the ladies! You've never been to an Easter party like this!
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Religious
All Saints Episcopal Church
704 S. Latah St., Boise
208-344-2537
- April 18: Maundy Thursday, 7 p.m.
- April 19: Good Friday, noon and 7 p.m.
- April 20: Easter Vigil, 7 p.m.
- April 21: Easter Sunday services, 8 and 10 a.m.
Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church
2981 E. Boise Ave., Boise
208-336-3616
- April 18: Maundy Thursday, 7 p.m.
- April 19: Good Friday, 7 p.m.
- April 20: Easter egg hunt, 10 a.m. to noon
- April 21: Easter Sunday service, 9:30 a.m.
Calvary Chapel
911 Everett St., Caldwell
208-453-9653
calvarycaldwell.com
- April 20-21: Community Resurrection Celebration Easter Weekend, 7 p.m. Saturday and 9:30 and 11:30 a.m. Sunday. Features “This is Love” drama, bounce house, face painting, candy, as well as a free barbecue after first and second services on Sunday.
Cathedral of the Rockies
717 N. 11th St., Boise (Downtown campus)
208-343-7511
4464 S. Maple Grove Road, Boise (amity campus)
208-362-2168
cathedraloftherockies.org
- April 20: Easter worship, 6 p.m., Downtown campus
- April 21: Easter Sunday services, 6:30 a.m. (Camel’s Back Park), 9 a.m. (Downtown), 9:15 a.m. (amity), 10 a.m. (Downtown), 10:30 a.m. (amity), 11 and 11:30 a.m. (both Downtown)
Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist
707 N. 8th St., Boise
208-342-3511
boisecathedral.org
- April 18: Holy Thursday, 5 p.m.(confessions) and 7 p.m. (Mass of the Lord’s Supper)
- April 19: Good Friday, 8:30, 11 a.m., 12:15, 3 and 7 p.m.
- April 20: Holy Saturday, 9 a.m. (morning prayer) and 8:30 p.m. (Easter vigil)
- April 21: Easter Sunday services, 8, 10, 11:45 a.m., 1:30 and 5 p.m.
Eagle Christian Church
4601 S. Surprise Way, Boise
208-344-5191
ecceaster.com
- April 19: Good Friday, 7 p.m.
- April 21: Easter Sunday, 10:15 a.m. (egg hunt), 10:45 a.m. (worship service)
Eagle Christian Church
100 S. Short Road, Eagle
208-286-0879
ecceaster.com
- April 19: Good Friday, 7 p.m.
- April 20: worship services, 4:30 and 6:15 p.m.; Eggstravaganza with an egg hunt, 5:30 to 6:15 p.m.
- April 21: Easter Sunday services, 7:30, 9, 10:30 a.m., 5 p.m.
Episcopal Church of the Holy Nativity
828 W. Cherry Lane, Meridian
208-888-4342
episcopalholynativity.org
- April 18: Maundy Thursday, 6 p.m. (seder meal), 7:30 p.m. (service)
- April 19: Stations of the Cross, 6 p.m., Good Friday service, 7:30 p.m.
- April 20: Easter vigil, 7:30 p.m.
- April 21: Easter Eucharist and egg hunt, 9:30 a.m.
First Congregational United Church of Christ
2201 Woodlawn Ave, Boise
boisefirstucc.org
- April 18: Maundy Thursday, 7 p.m.
- April 19: Good Friday, 7 p.m.
- April 21: Easter Sunday service, 10 a.m.
First Presbyterian Church
950 W. State St., Boise
208-345-3441
- April 18: Maundy Thursday, 7 p.m. (joint service with Southminster at Southminster Presbyterian Church, 6500 W. Overland Road)
- April 19: Good Friday, 7 p.m. (joint service with Southminster)
- April 21: Easter Sunday services, 7 and 10:45 a.m.
Grace Anglican Church
Meets at St. Mark’s Catholic School, 7503 W. Northview St., Boise
208-377-1437
- April 18: Maundy Thursday, 7 p.m.
- April 19: Good Friday, noon to 3 p.m.
- April 21: Easter Sunday service, 10:30 a.m.
Hillview United Methodist Church
8525 W. Ustick Road, Boise
208-375-0392
- April 18: Holy Thursday, 7 p.m.
- April 19: Good Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- April 21: Easter Sunday services, 6:45 (outdoor sunrise), 8:30 and 10:30 a.m., egg hunt at 9:30 a.m.
Hyde Park Mennonite Fellowship
1520 N. 12th St., Boise
208-336-9872
hydeparkmf.com
- April 18: Maundy Thursday, 7 p.m.
- April 21: Easter sunrise service at 7 a.m. (meet at Camel’s Back Park), Easter brunch at 9 a.m., egg hunt at 10 a.m., worship service at 10:30 a.m.
Immanuel Lutheran Church
707 W. Fort St., Boise
208-344-3011
- April 18: Maundy Thursday, 6:30 p.m. (Immanuel Sanctuary) RSVP by April 14: 208-344-3011.
- April 19: Good Friday, noon and 7 p.m. (Redeemer Lutheran Church, 2920 Cassia St., Boise)
- April 21: Easter Sunday services, 8:30 a.m. (Augustana Chapel) and 10:45 a.m. (Immanuel Sanctuary), egg hunt in between services
Lizard Butte Sunrise Association
Lizard Butte, located off Idaho 95 on Symms Road just north of Marsing. Follow parking guides (parking gates open at 5:30 a.m.).
208-454-9001
lizardbuttesunrise@yahoo.com
- April 21: Easter sunrise service, 7 a.m.
Meridian Friends Church
1021 W Pine Ave
208-888-2721
www.meridianfriends.org
- April 20: Easter Eggstravaganza 10:00 - 11:30 AM. Ages 5 - 5th grade
- April 21: Two services at 9:30 & 11:00 AM
Parkview Christian Church
201 W. Ustick Road, Meridian
208-343-5461
- April 18: Maundy Thursday, 7 p.m.
- April 21: Easter Sunday, 9:30 a.m. (Sunday school), 10:15 a.m. (Easter coffee), 11 a.m. (service), 12:15 p.m. (egg hunt)
Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church
3100 S. Five Mile Road, Boise
208-362-1112
- April 18: Maundy Thursday, 7 p.m.
- April 19: Good Friday, 7 p.m.
- April 21: Easter Sunday services, 7, 9 and 11:15 a.m.
St. Mary’s Episcopal Church
219 E. 1st St., Emmett
208-365-2309
stmarys.episcopalidaho.org
- April 18: Maundy Thursday, 7 p.m.
- April 19: Good Friday, 7 p.m.
- April 21: Easter Sunday services, 8 and 10 a.m.
St. Michael’s Episcopal Cathedral
518 N. 8th St., Boise
208-342-5601
- April 18: Maundy Thursday, 7 p.m.
- April 19: Good Friday at 12:15 p.m., Stations of the Cross at 7 p.m.
- April 20: egg hunt at 10 a.m., Great Easter Vigil at 7 p.m.
- April 21: Easter Sunday services, 8, 9:15 and 11 a.m.
St. Seraphim of Sarov Orthodox Church
872 N. 29th St., Boise
stseraphimboise.org
- April 21-24: Bridegroom Matins, 6 p.m.
- April 25: Liturgy of the Last Supper, 8 a.m.; Crucifixion Matins, 6 p.m.
- April 26: Royal Hours, 10 a.m.; Taking Down from the Cross, 3 p.m.; Burial Service, 6 p.m.
- April 27: Liturgy of the Harrowing of Hell, 10 a.m.; Nocturn, Paschal Matins, and Liturgy, 11:30 p.m.
- April 28: Agape Vespers, 2 p.m.
- Orthodox Holy Week services, April 21-28 (one week later than Western Easter).
Valley Shepherd Church of the Nazarene
150 W. Maestra St., Meridian
208-888-2141
valleyshepherd.org
- April 14-20: Stations of the Cross, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday and 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday-Saturday
- April 19: Good Friday, 7 p.m.
- April 20: Easter egg hunt, 10 a.m. to noon
- April 21: Easter Sunday service, 10:45 a.m., pancake breakfast from 9 to 10:15 a.m.
Whitney Friends Church
3102 Palouse St., Boise
208-576-2561
whitneyfriendschurch.com
- April 21: Easter/Resurrection Sunday service, 9:30 a.m., followed by brunch
Wright Congregational United Church of Christ
4821 W. Franklin St., Boise
208-343-0292
- April 18: Maundy Thursday, 7 p.m. (in conjunction with and at Red Rock Disciples of Christ Church)
- April 19: Good Friday, 7 p.m. (in conjunction with Red Rock Disciples of Christ Church)
- April 21: Easter Sunday service, 11 a.m.