‘Breaking News’: TV stars will be in Boise for Trefort. Join them for happy hour

Everyone’s favorite TV criminals will be in Boise this weekend for Treefort.

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“Breaking Bad” duo Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul are hosting a happy hour on Saturday afternoon, and you might spot them elsewhere downtown.

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Paul, an Idaho native who portrayed Jesse Pinkman in the Golden Globe Award-winning and Emmy-winning drama “Breaking Bad” from 2008 to 2013, tweeted Thursday morning that he and co-star Cranston would be in the City of Trees for the music festival.

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“Idaho! BC and I are coming into town and will be serving up some Dos Hombres cocktails this weekend all over downtown Boise,” Paul wrote in the tweet. “Saturday we will be hosting a happy hour … . Can’t wait to raise a glass with all of you in my favorite state. #ItsMezcal.”

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Paul and Cranston, who plays the crystal meth-cooking high school science teacher Walter White, are owners of Dos Hombres mezcal. Paul was born in Emmett and graduated from Centennial High School in Boise. He has a house in McCall and just last year put his house in Boise up for sale.

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The pair will be stationed at the Bus Station music venue on Saturday and will begin serving cocktails at 4:30 p.m.

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The station is a new venue for Treefort this year and is located at 339 N. 12th St. in downtown Boise. The site also will host Artfort. A festival pass wristband is required for entry, or it’s $20 at the door if capacity permits.