An outfit called the Idaho New Years Commission has announced plans to lower a 16-foot-long glowing potato from the US Bank Building in downtown Boise to commemorate New Year’s Eve and Idaho’s sesquicentennial. The event will include live music in the Grove and along 8^th Street, magic shows, street performers and local food vendors; a portion of the proceeds will benefit the Boise Rock School. Headliners will include Hollow Wood, Audio Moonshine, Matt Hopper and the Roman Candles, Carolina Morning and more; the event has an array of sponsors including KTVB and Mix 106.

The party will begin at 8 p.m. on New Year’s Eve, and 8^th Street from Idaho to Main and Main Street from 9^th to Capitol Boulevard will be closed to traffic; there’s more info here. Among the luminaries behind this event are founder Dylan Cline, David Bowar of ESI, Michael Nelson of Rocky Mountain Audio/Visual, musician Steve Fulton and more.