Snowmass Village Free Summer Concerts
Snowmass Village Mall
Event Description
Snowmass is the place to be for FREE music. Snowmass Village and JAS have joined together since 1994 to give us a summer full of free concerts that everyone is sure to enjoy! Throughout the summer there is a wide variety of musical genres presented, everything from reggae to classical jazz. Plus triple your pleasure with Massive Music & Movies. On three additional weekends there will be three consecutive evenings packed full of live music and great movies!
More information on Massive Music & Movies
Location & Time
The concerts are held at the end of the Snowmass Village Mall on Snowmass Mountain. Bring a blanket or lawn chair to sit in. Food is allowed in the fenced in area This year alcoholic beverages people are not allowed to be carried into the fenced in area but beverages will be available for purchase in the fenced in area. Dogs and their owners have a designated area on the hillside above Woodrun V.Music starts at 6 p.m. and ends at 8:30 p.m.
Schedule of Performers
Schedule as of April 24, 2008..| Snowmass Free Summer Concert Series | |
| Date: | Performer |
| Thursday, June 26th | Drew Emmitt Band |
| Thursday, July 3rd | Freddy Jones Band |
| Thursday, July 10th | Gaelic Storm |
| Thursday, July 17th | Dan Hicks & The Hot Licks |
| Thursday, July 24th | Ruthie Foster |
| Thursday, July 31st | Bonerama |
| Thrusday, August 7th | Great American Taxi |
| Thursday, August 14th | Robben Ford |
| Thursday, August 21st | TBA |
Musician Bios
- Drew Emmitt Band
- Drew Emmitt, the dynamic lead singer and mandolin player with the popular jamband Leftover Salmon, delivers his signature bluegrass/rock/jamband style on an array of instruments. One of the nation’s top mandolin players, he excels in unique energy driven mandolin licks and his influences include a pantheon of musical heroes including Lowell George, Steve Morse, Duane Allman, John Cowan, Bill Monroe, Sam Bush, Hot Rize and New Grass Revival. (www.drewemmitt.com)
- Freddy Jones Band
- Roots-rock specialists in the tradition of groups like the Eagles, The Band and The Allman Brothers, the Freddy Jones Band blends influences from blues, rock and folk music. After five major label releases, sharing the stage with greats like Widespread Panic, Phish, Sheryl Crow, Dave Matthews Band, and Matchbox 20 and a five year hiatus, the band reunited in 2005 to continue to entertain crowds across the nation. (www.thefreddyjonesband.com)
- Gaelic Storm
- Since their inception nearly ten years ago, this five-piece Irish band
creates compelling original music that combines fresh arrangements,
traditional Irish melody, acoustic instrumentation and unique blends of
world rhythms. Playing over 125 dates a year and topping the charts with
all five of their albums, Gaelic Storm routinely breaks attendance records,
pushing their popularity beyond the world music genre and into the
mainstream music consciousness.
(http://gaelicstorm.musiccitynetworks.com)
- Dan Hicks & The Hot Licks
- Singer-songwriter Dan Hicks is truly an American original. Since the early 1960s, Hicks has deftly blended elements of Swing, Jazz, Folk and Country music to create the appealing sound he sometimes calls “Folk Jazz.” With lyrics ranging from seriously sublime to the ridiculous, his music has earned Hicks the attention and affection of a new generation of music lovers.(www.danhicks.com)
- Ruthie Foster
- This prodigiously gifted singer and songwriter from Texas mixes contemporary folk with old-school gospel and blues, showcasing a powerhouse voice that’s drawn comparisons to Ella Fitzgerald and Aretha Franklin. Her latest album, The Phenomenal Ruthie Foster, reached number four on the Blues chart in Billboard magazine with music rich in honest spirituality and emotion. (www.ruthiefoster.com )
- Bonerama
- An untraditional brass band evoking funk, classic rock and free
improvisation, this New Orleans original has been hailed by Rolling
Stone magazine, acclaimed by Offbeat Magazine, recognized as the
“Best Rock Band” by the Big Easy Awards 2007, and regularly sets the
New Orleans club scene afire.
(www.bonerama.net)
- Great American Taxi
- Great American Taxi is the brain child of Leftover Salmon’s Vince Herman, who brought together this prodigiously talented group of Boulder musicians in 2005. The band, which performs 21st century Americana and already has over 200 shows behind them, delivers a performance charged with rich vocal harmonies and textures, a unique rock-folk-reggae-funk-country sound and clever lyrics. (www.greatamericantaxi.net)
- Robben Ford
- Named one of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of the 20th Century" by Musician magazine, Robben Ford is particularly known for his blues playing as well as his ability to be comfortable in a variety of musical contexts. A four-time Grammy Award nominee, he has played with artists as diverse as Joni Mitchell, Jimmy Witherspoon, Miles Davis, George Harrison, Phil Lesh, Bonnie Raitt, Claus Ogerman, Michael McDonald, among others. (www.robbenford.com)
