About Templin’s Marina
Templin’s Marina is the waterfront marina beside Red Lion Hotel Templin’s on the River at 414 East First Avenue in Post Falls. It is not a conventional enclosed concert hall; it is a resort marina, beach, boardwalk, restaurant, bar, seasonal outdoor entertainment area, and conference campus. Bob and Mary Templin opened Templin’s Resort and Marina on April 1, 1986, after Bob chose to reinvest in a then small, slow economy community. Contemporary accounts credit the project with stimulating commercial and industrial growth and making the riverfront a regional gathering place. Its enduring signature is direct access to the Spokane River.
The original complex used a low rise resort plan with river facing rooms, broad lawns, beach access, patio dining, conference space, and marina views instead of theatrical architecture. Templin sold the 167 room hotel to a predecessor of Red Lion in 1998, while remaining connected to the property. A recorded renovation followed in 2000. Red Lion sold the real estate for 9.25 million dollars in May 2018, retaining the brand. In May 2024, a StanCraft led investor group acquired Templin’s and introduced Marina 33 operations. Announced 2024 and 2025 upgrades covered rooms, landscaping, lighting, fuel service, food outlets, and docks.
Published figures vary because sources count slips and event configurations differently. The hotel currently advertises 176 covered slips, while Idaho Department of Lands exhibits described 198 slips in 2024. Seasonal slips range from 20 to 32 feet, with covers, power, water, security gates, cameras, premium fuel, pumpout service, restrooms, and a sundry store. The hotel lists 11,000 square feet of flexible meeting space and event seating up to 750. Published room charts include a 10,120 square foot conference center, 3,020 square foot Redhead room, 1,510 square foot Wigeon, and 1,300 square foot Merganser. Final capacities depend on setup and egress.
Events and Programming
Programming from 2020 through 2025 was primarily seasonal, local, and community oriented rather than a continuous ticketed concert calendar. Public archives do not preserve every performance, so no responsible account can claim a complete artist list. The recurring anchor was Thursday waterfront live music and a huckleberry barbecue buffet, generally scheduled from June through Labor Day. Regional blues and rock favorite Sammy Eubanks became closely associated with these riverfront nights. In 2020 and 2021, pandemic era outdoor recreation sharply increased on this reach of the river, although surviving listings for individual shows are sparse and operating conditions changed frequently then.
Verified nonconcert programming included weddings, reunions, business meetings, association gatherings, government sessions, banquets, beach ceremonies, and watersports. A notable public event was Sip Idaho North on May 20, 2023, an adults only spirits festival with Bradley Ott performing live; admission was 75 dollars general and 100 dollars VIP. The hotel hosted an Idaho geospatial council meeting on May 16, 2024, illustrating its continuing conference role. In summer 2024, Marina 33 introduced repaired infrastructure, public daytime fuel, local food vendors, and renewed waterfront activity. Most ordinary music nights remained casual, weather dependent, and aimed at locals, hotel guests, families, and boaters.
The 2025 season produced the clearest recent public record. Marina 33 held a three day Memorial Day grand opening with live music, a new full bar, boardwalk gathering, public dock access, and food from the Outcasts truck. Summer listings documented Sammy Eubanks performances, Thursday live music, an August 16, Rock the Dock battle of the bands weekend, an August 23, Eubanks show, a September 6, cornhole tournament with Fire From Ashes, a September 12, end of summer bash with Kelly Hughes, and Sammy’s Last Dance on September 18. Charges varied: many music nights were free, while special contests set entry.
Tickets and Booking
Because Templin’s Marina functions more like a waterfront hospitality complex than a formal theater, most recurring music has not required reserved tickets. No permanent marina box office, season ticket program, or standard presale system is publicly described. Visitors generally arrive, choose available lawn, patio, beach, bar, or boardwalk space, and purchase food or drinks separately. Special festivals, tastings, tournaments, and private functions use event specific registration, age rules, deposits, or package pricing. The 2023 spirits festival illustrates tiered pricing, while the 2025 cornhole event charged 20 dollars per player. For popular evenings, arrive early and confirm weather, schedule, and admission.
Seating and Layout
There is no permanent numbered concert seating at the marina. Outdoor performances typically face flexible standing, dancing, picnic, patio, boardwalk, or lawn areas, with sightlines shaped by docked boats, umbrellas, landscaping, service lines, and changing stage placement. The most atmospheric positions are near the river, where sunsets, boat arrivals, and water reflections become part of the show. Guests prioritizing sound should stand nearer the performance area and away from the bar queue or active docks. Guests wanting conversation should choose peripheral patio space. Bring only seating specifically permitted for that event, because aisles, dock approaches, and emergency routes must remain clear.
Indoor event layouts are configurable rather than fixed. Published planner data lists theater, classroom, banquet, reception, boardroom, hollow square, and U shape arrangements. The Conference Center has been listed for roughly 870 theater guests, 600 banquet guests, or 960 reception guests, but the hotel’s own current statement is more conservative, advertising seating up to 750 across 11,000 square feet. Smaller rooms generally have nine foot ceilings; examples include 890 square foot rooms for about 70 theater guests and the 575 square foot Canvasback for about 50. Confirm current fire capacity, partitions, dance floor, staging, accessibility clearances, and audiovisual footprint before booking.
Getting There and Parking
The address is 414 East First Avenue, Post Falls, Idaho 83854, on the north bank of the Spokane River near downtown and Interstate 90. Drivers commonly approach from Spokane Street or Seltice Way, then continue toward First Avenue. The hotel advertises complimentary onsite self parking, accessible spaces, bicycle parking, and electric vehicle charging, although summer events create competition among hotel guests, diners, tenants, boaters, and concertgoers. No standard concert parking fee is publicly posted. Arrive early, follow temporary signs, preserve loading zones, and avoid private residential property. Rideshare pickup is simplest at the main hotel entrance. Cyclists can use nearby trails.
Citylink North’s fare free B Route serves Post Falls, including Black Bay Park and Third and Post stops, with hourly service. Current county information lists weekday service from 6:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. and Saturday service from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.; there is no Sunday service and six major holidays are excluded. A stop near North Henry Street and East Third Avenue is only a short walk from the hotel, but evening concerts often end after buses stop. Spokane International Airport is about 31 to 35 miles away by road. Rental cars, taxis, reserved shuttles, and rideshares are practical.
Inside the Venue
Entry procedures vary by event. Free outdoor music may have an open resort style arrival, while alcohol festivals, private banquets, or ticketed competitions can require identification, registration, wristbands, or controlled access. The campus includes the Dam Bar and Restaurant, seasonal Marina 33 food and beverage service, a beach, hotel lobby, conference rooms, guest restrooms, and marina facilities. In 2025, waterfront operations added a full boardwalk bar and permanent food truck vendor. No standard coat check or permanent concert merchandise counter is published. Expect families, boaters, dancers, wedding groups, and conference attendees rather than arena formality. Restroom access varies by zone.
Published technical information is limited. The hotel confirms audiovisual equipment, event coordinators, catering, wireless internet, projectors, screens, microphones, podiums, whiteboards, video conferencing, and staging capability through planner listings. It does not publish an installed concert loudspeaker brand, mixing console, monitor package, lighting fixture inventory, rigging loads, stage dimensions, shore power schedule, or backline. Promoters and bands should therefore treat sound, lighting, weather protection, cable ramps, generator policy, noise limits, and load in access as advance items. Cellular service is generally urban, and hotel wireless internet is offered, but visitor reviews report occasional connectivity problems, so production teams should bring redundancy.
Nearby Amenities
For the easiest pre show plan, dine onsite and avoid moving the car. The Dam Bar and Restaurant serves American and regional food with river views; Marina 33 adds seasonal casual fare and drinks beside the boardwalk. Nearby local options include Post Falls Brewing Company, Westwood Brewing, Nadine’s Mexican Kitchen, and downtown cafes and pubs, generally reached by a short drive or moderate walk. Staying onsite is simplest after music; other lodging concentrates near Interstate 90. Q’emiln Park, Falls Park, Treaty Rock Park, and the Centennial Trail suit daytime plans. For late nights, use a designated driver or rideshare home.
What Makes This Venue Special
What makes Templin’s special is the overlap of hospitality, river culture, and civic history. Bob Templin was known locally as Mister Hospitality, and his 1986 investment arrived when Post Falls had only about six or seven thousand residents. The resort gave the city a conference destination, restaurant, marina, beach, and recognizable waterfront identity. Historical reporting says it helped catalyze a decade of commercial and industrial development. The property also preserved local storytelling through connections to Treaty Rock and Frederick Post. Today, summer music and boat traffic continue that tradition of gathering beside moving water rather than inside a sealed auditorium.
Its community impact is not universally viewed as positive. Supporters describe the marina as filling a local need because Post Falls lacks a municipal marina, while providing public river access, jobs, visitor spending, vendor opportunities, meetings, weddings, and recreation. Opponents of the approved Marina 33 expansion have raised concerns about wakes, shoreline erosion, turbidity, navigation, larger boats, noise, lighting, and privatization of navigable water. Idaho approved expanded moorage, fuel reconfiguration, and a new ship store in February 2025, subject to leases and safety planning, but residents pursued an appeal. This debate is now part of Templin’s modern cultural significance locally.
Visitor Tips and Information
Hotel accessibility listings describe a stair free entrance, wheelchair accessible routes, eight accessible parking spaces, a 36 inch elevator door, accessible public restroom, registration desk, restaurant, lounge, business center, visual hallway alarms, Braille or raised signage, closed captioned televisions, and shower grab bars in some rooms. The conference campus is described as wheelchair accessible. However, dock slopes, floating surfaces, beach terrain, temporary crowd layouts, and changing river levels can create different conditions from the hotel interior. Visitors needing step free marina access, accessible event seating, hearing support, or restroom proximity should confirm the exact event setup before arrival each time.
Marina rules prohibit wake creation, swimming within 100 feet of docks because of electrical risk, dumping waste, and gas, charcoal, or wood grills on docks or docked boats. Walkways must remain clear. Pets must be controlled and comply with leash laws. Marina noise must stay minimal; loud partying is barred after 10:00 p.m. Monday through Thursday and after 11:00 p.m. Friday through Sunday. Children under 12 must always have adult accompaniment on docks, while those under 18 may not be alone there after 5:00 p.m. Nonowners generally cannot enter secured docks without the vessel owner. Event rules may be stricter.
Recent verified reviews from 2024 and 2025 consistently praise the riverfront setting, sunsets, parking, friendly staff, comfortable beds, restaurant, and relaxed beach atmosphere. Recurring complaints mention dated rooms, uneven maintenance, limited housekeeping, weak Wi Fi, occasional amenity closures, and views partly blocked by trees or marina structures. Treat the location as the star and confirm the specific room or service you value. For events, bring layers, sunscreen, secure shoes, and hearing protection. Check weather, parking, age rules, restaurant hours, chair policies, and docking before leaving. Avoid assuming every area shares access, charges, or operating hours across the campus that day.
Frequently Asked Questions
How are Templin’s Marina, Marina 33, and the Red Lion hotel related?
Templin’s Marina is the historic marina attached to the resort campus. Marina 33 is the operating brand introduced after the 2024 ownership change. Red Lion Hotel Templin’s on the River is the adjacent hotel and conference property. Visitors use the same East First Avenue destination, but hotel, restaurant, marina, dock, event, rental, and moorage policies may be administered separately onsite.
What capacity applies to concerts and private events at Templin’s?
For outdoor music, no reliable fixed audience capacity is publicly posted because stage position and usable lawn, boardwalk, patio, and beach areas change. For indoor functions, the hotel advertises 11,000 square feet and seating up to 750. Older planner charts show larger reception figures, but planners should use the hotel’s written current capacity after layout, accessibility, staging, and egress review.
Are summer concerts free, and when should visitors arrive for space?
Many recurring Thursday music nights have been free, with spending centered on food and drinks. Special festivals, contests, and private functions may charge admission. For a popular summer evening, arrive 45 to 60 minutes before the advertised performance, especially if you want river facing space, nearby parking, or dinner. Earlier arrival is wise on holiday weekends or grand opening events.
Can visitors buy reserved seats or VIP tables for Marina 33 music nights?
Ordinary waterfront shows generally use open, unnumbered space rather than reserved seats. A promoter could create ticketed tables, sponsor areas, or hospitality zones for a specific program, but those are exceptions and should appear in that event’s official details. Do not assume a hotel room, restaurant reservation, boat slip, or bar purchase includes a preferred concert viewing position or chair.
Where should rideshares drop off and collect passengers after waterfront events?
The clearest general rideshare point is the main hotel entrance, where lighting, staff presence, and a recognizable address simplify pickup. During crowded marina events, temporary traffic control may redirect vehicles, so follow onsite signs and staff. Arrange a precise meeting place before the show ends, because the beach, boardwalk, bar, parking lot, and hotel doors are distinct locations after dark.
Is public transportation useful for evening shows at Templin’s Marina?
Citylink North’s fare free B Route reaches central Post Falls and stops near the property, making it useful for daytime arrivals. Its current schedule ends well before many summer music nights finish, and Sunday service is unavailable. Treat the bus as an arrival option only after checking the current timetable; arrange a rideshare, taxi, designated driver, or hotel stay afterward.
Can guests arrive by boat for dinner or live music?
Boat access is part of the attraction, and the 2025 grand opening welcomed boats to public dock space. However, seasonal demand, construction, private slip security, vessel size, fuel operations, and special events can change availability. Confirm day use docking before departure, obey the no wake zone, keep approaches clear, and never assume public docking permits overnight moorage or unattended access.
What happens if rain, wind, smoke, or cold weather affects an outdoor event?
Outdoor events are exposed to changing river weather, heat, smoke, wind, and cold after sunset. Public information does not state one universal weather policy. Organizers may delay, move, shorten, or cancel programming according to conditions and production safety. Check the schedule the same day, bring layers, and protect yourself from sun. For private events, negotiate written weather contingencies and backup space.
Are children allowed at Marina 33 concerts and on the docks?
Many Marina 33 programs are presented as family friendly or all ages, but alcohol focused festivals can require guests to be 21 or older. Dock safety rules are separate: children under 12 must always be accompanied by an adult, and minors under 18 cannot remain alone on docks after 5:00 p.m. Parents should bring child hearing protection and close supervision.
May visitors bring dogs to the hotel, marina, beach, or music area?
The hotel currently states that one dog may stay without an added pet fee, while cats are not permitted. Marina rules allow controlled pets that do not disturb boaters and require compliance with leash laws. Special events may prohibit dogs because of crowds, food service, heat, or alcohol controls. Confirm event rules before bringing pets; service animals follow separate requirements.
What food and drink choices are available during the summer season?
Summer visitors can usually choose casual waterfront food, ice cream style treats, beer, wine, mixed drinks, and full bar service, with the Outcasts operating as the permanent food truck vendor during the 2025 reopening. The Dam Bar and Restaurant provides indoor meals and river views. Hours and menus are seasonal, so confirm availability before relying on late dinner service onsite.
Does Templin’s Marina publish professional sound, lighting, or stage specifications?
No detailed professional production rider is publicly available. Published materials mention general audiovisual capability, microphones, projectors, screens, video conferencing, wireless internet, podiums, whiteboards, and staging. They do not identify concert speaker models, console inputs, monitor mixes, lighting fixtures, rigging points, electrical service, or stage measurements. Artists should request a current equipment inventory and arrange supplemental production when necessary well beforehand.
What accessibility issues should wheelchair users consider near the waterfront?
The hotel interior lists substantial accessibility features, including accessible parking, stair free entry, elevator, public restroom, restaurant, lounge, desk, signage, alarms, and room adaptations. The waterfront is more variable: floating docks, gangway slopes, grass, sand, cables, temporary seating, crowds, and water levels matter. Ask specifically about the route from parking to viewing, restroom, food, and emergency exits beforehand for assurance.
Is swimming allowed beside the marina docks or during concerts?
No. Marina rules prohibit swimming within 100 feet of the docks because electricity and water create a severe shock hazard. Use only a designated beach or swimming area that staff confirms is open and separate from marina operations. Never enter the water from a concert viewing area, secured dock, fuel station, or boat slip, even during hot weather or festivities.
What should private event planners verify before signing a contract with the venue?
Verify the exact room or outdoor footprint, maximum occupancy, rental hours, setup time, weather backup, catering minimums, alcohol service, insurance, security, parking, accessibility, restrooms, noise curfew, power, internet, stage, sound, lighting, cleanup, taxes, service charges, cancellation terms, guest rooms, vendor access, dock use, and signage. Obtain a scaled floor plan and written equipment list; published directory figures can be outdated.
