Free Concerts!
Snowmass Summer of Free Music Series
Summer 2010
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Lauded in the Los Angeles Times as one of the best free music series in North America, Snowmass' Thursday night free concerts draw crowds by the thousands to Fanny Hill to hear some of the best rock, R&B, soul, and Latin music in the mountains—for free! Bring along a blanket or low lawn chair and a picnic dinner for the ultimate al fresco experience (b.y.o. alcohol is prohibited, beer and wine are for sale on site). Dogs are welcome in a designated area.
Snowmass Village will provide alcohol ranging from inexpensive to import beers and glasses of wine to bottles of fine varietals for purchase on-site, while a children's Family Fun Zone will include a house of bounce, face painting, clowns, juggling, and more. Snowmass Village spent nearly half a million dollars to bring in new sod seating and new staging that includes one of the most sophisticated outdoor sound systems in the mountains.
Come for the concerts and stay for a long weekend. Snowmass Village offers something for everyone, with a different festival, athletic competition or special event nearly every weekend of the summer. Free activities, great lodging specials, convenient access, pleasant mountain temperatures and no crowds on Snowmass' 40 miles of trails make Snowmass the ideal weekend getaway.
All concerts start at 6:15 p.m.
JULY 1: Firefall, Colorado's soft-rock group was formed in Boulder in 1975 by Rick Roberts, who had been a member of the country-rock band the Flying Burrito Brothers, and Jock Bartley, a member of the Colorado band Zephyr and who still leads the band. Firefall's hits include “You Are the Woman” and “Just Remember I Love You.” The show will be followed by a fireworks display.
JULY 8: BeauSoleil, led by fiddler-singer Michael Doucet, has earned more than 10 Grammy nominations, and won twice, including in 2009 for “Live at the 2008 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival.”
JULY 15: Papa Grows Funk, a New Orleans funk quintet.
JULY 22: Pure Prairie League, a country-rock band which traces its roots back to the '70s, led by original singer Craig Fuller, has had hits with “Amie” and “Let Me Love You Tonight.”
JULY 29: Carrie Rodriguez, a Texas singer-fiddler, has played Aspen's Wheeler Opera House as part of the Acoustic Brotherhood tour with Los Lonely Boys and Alejandro Escovedo, and released the recent album “Love and Circumstance.”
AUGUST 5: Tab Benoit, a native of Baton Rouge, and an activist in environmental issues regarding the Louisiana wetlands, was named Contemporary Blues Male Artist of the Year two years running by the National Blues Foundation.
AUGUST 12: The Holmes Brothers, a New York City gospel-oriented trio that mixes blues and soul into its sound. The group's new album “Feed My Soul,” released last month, was produced by their frequent collaborator, Joan Osborne.
AUGUST 19: These United States, a rock band which recently appeared at Belly Up Aspen, opening for Stockholm Syndrome.
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