VanSlykes unique combination of accessible, highly listenable tunes with no holds barred lyrics and a refusal to be bound by conventional genres have garnered her a following who are at once enamored and empowered by her bold songwriting and gutsy performances. Succeeding on her own terms, her songs emotionally resonate with fans across the spectrum…
Celebrate the live Grateful Dead experience with Easy Jim at the Crested Butte Arts Festival on Saturday, August 5th at 3pm. More information can be found at www.crestedbutteartsfestival.com.
Join the Trailhead Children’s Museum for our BIG SUMMER BASH! An outdoor, family friendly music festival, featuring Colorado’s own Black Canyon Boys and the Mojo Birds. The Blue Canyon Boys are a high-energy, family friendly, bluegrass trio out of Montrose, CO. The Mojo Birds are an eclectic band of songwriters based in Durango, CO, whose…
Join Dance Aspen for an evening of cutting-edge contemporary dance. For the program, Dance Aspen welcomes nationally acclaimed and award-winning choreographer Matthew Neenan who will curate a brand new work for the company artists. Dance Aspen is also honored to be the first American company to premiere two works by internationally esteemed creator Cayetano Soto…
The acoustic jazz ensemble, Rhythm Future Quartet has a straightforward agenda: to keep the spirit of Gypsy jazz alive and expanding in today’s musical universe. The virtuosic foursome, named for a Django Reinhardt tune, offers up a newly minted sound, influenced by the classic Hot Club of France, yet wholly contemporary. Founded by violinist Jason…
Musicians from around the country are coming to Crested Butte for this splendid performance of Totally Mozart! Many of our guest musicians have performed in the past with the Crested Butte Music Festival, and all are noteworthy musicians in their home states, performing with ensembles including the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, The Florida Orchestra, the…
The Marriage of Figaro, Mozart’s delightfully chaotic opera, is a whirlwind comedy of mistaken identities. The story takes place in a single crazy day – the wedding day of the Count’s servants, Figaro and Susanna. From the first notes of the famous overture through to their boss’s lesson in marital fidelity, the women are portrayed…
Hardin Lang is vice president for programs and policy at Refugees International. A veteran of six United Nations peacekeeping and humanitarian field missions, Hardin has worked in Afghanistan, the Balkans, Central America, Gaza and the West Bank, Iraq, Haiti, Jordan, Lebanon, Myanmar, Tunisia, Turkey, and West Africa. During his UN tenure, Hardin helped launch the…
Birds of Play is an Americawna Roots quartet based in the San Juan Mountains of Southwestern Colorado. Their distinct sound is rooted in and inspired by their connection to the land in which they reside. The band features multi- instrumentalists and songwriters Alex Paul on Guitar, Upright Bass, Mandolin and Vocals; Eric Shedd on Upright…
Mo Lowda and the Humble will be live at Crested Butte Public House on Thursday August 17th, 2023!! Mo Lowda & the Humble are a self-produced indie rock band hailing from Philadelphia. The band just finished up their fourth LP, to be self-titled and released March 3, 2023 with five singles leading up. Since releasing…