Festivals/Special Events September 2-4 Mill Creek Valley Historical Society’s “Yard Sale to Save the Mill City House” – Mill City House (DU) September 3-4 Estes Park Alpaca Market – Estes Park Fairgrounds (EP) September 5 Summit Closes for the Season – Mount Evans (IS) September 8 Annual Toast to the Ghost – Eagle Plume’s (AP) … Continue reading
ARTS CALENDAR Classical Music September 2-5 American Roots Music – Rocky Ridge Music Academy (EP) September 4 American Roots Music Program Faculty Concert w/Stephen Wade – Rocky Ridge Music Academy (EP) September 5 American Roots Student Concert – Rocky Ridge Music Academy (EP) September 24 Jeffco Brass Ensemble Concert – Georgetown Heritage Center (GT) … Continue reading
MUSIC CALENDAR September 1 Banshee Tree – Jamestown Mercantile (JT) Open Mic & Potluck – Spirit Hound Distillers (LY) Goatz – Oskar Blues Grill & Brew (LY) Great Blue – Rock Inn Mountain Tavern (EP) September 2 Fid & Friends – Alpine Restaurant & Bar (GT) DJ-EJ – Ameristar Casino (BH) Beauty of My Land … Continue reading
Colorado’s Coral Creek opens a new chapter, releasing and touring in support of a breakthrough album produced by Tim Carbone of Railroad Earth. The self-titled album marks the beginning of a new era for the Colorado-based Americana-country-rock-jamgrass act, as the first release with keyboard player Bill McKay and fiddle player Luke Bulla. McKay, best known … Continue reading
Colorado-based funk rock band The Motet releases its new studio album, Totem, July 8. Produced by Lettuce and Soulive guitarist Eric Krasno, Totem was written collectively by all seven members of the band. Each song is steeped in The Motet’s signature style that slaps you in the face with sounds that are fresh and unique. … Continue reading
Pete Kartsounes and Michael Kirkpatrick come together as The Good Time Travelers. The duo released its debut album in March. This collection of music is mainly co-written folk, bluegrass and blues infused songs from the two award-winning singer-songwriters. It was created with “engineer wizard” Aaron Youngberg at Swing Fingers Studio in the foothills outside Fort … Continue reading
By Jeffrey V. Smith GEORGETOWN Amanda and Ryan Cooper have cooked up a masterpiece in Georgetown. The couple have transformed a vacant wine-tasting room into Coopers on the Creek, an upscale, yet approachable, chef-inspired mountain restaurant and bar. They take great pleasure in serving 100-percent scratch-made entrees and small plates from high-quality, simple and real … Continue reading
By Jeffrey V. Smith CENTRAL CITY The Hot Rod Hill Climb, a “living, breathing experience of authentic 1950s hot rods,” moves from its historic home in Georgetown down the road—and up the hill—to Central City this September. The free event, now in its fourth year, will fill the town’s historic Main Street and surrounding roads, … Continue reading
Chorus and orchestra rehearsals begin this month for the December 2nd and 3rd Winter Concert by the Oratorio Society of Estes Park. If you enjoy singing choral masterworks, you can join the Oratorio chorus, which rehearses Sunday afternoons from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. beginning Sept. 18th at Shepherd of the Mountains Lutheran Church, 2000 … Continue reading
Weekend service from Denver to Winter Park January through March; Tickets go on sale August 30 on Amtrak.com WINTER PARK Weekend passenger train service from Denver Union Station to the slopes of Winter Park is back, with Amtrak, Winter Park Resort and Union Pacific Railroad having reached agreement to operate Winter Park Express trains from … Continue reading
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