| Event Name | Organization | Dates | City | | Voo Doo Hawks w/ SOL~FED~JOEPresented by Stargazers Theatre & Event Center at Stargazers Theatre & Event Center June 16, 2012 One of the most exciting Rock & Roll shows that's come along in years. Combine superb musicianship with an amazing stage production and you have The VooDoo Hawks. Led by guitarist/vocalist Rikki Dee Hall, the band also features the soulful slide guitar of Bones Malone. Along with the powerhouse rhythm section of bassist Chris Demott & drummer Rosendo Rodriguez, these fine musicians form an incredible musical unit that has been road-tested to a fine-tuned machine. If you like the... | Stargazers Theatre & Event Center | 06/16/12 | Colorado Springs |
| Acacia Park Summer Concert Series | Downtown Business Improvement District | 06/16/12 | Colorado Springs |
| Monument Valley Park Music & Craft Festival | FamilyNation, Inc. | 06/16/12-
06/17/12 | Colorado Springs |
Haunted WindchimesPresented by Colorado College Summer Music Festival at Colorado College - Armstrong Quad June 17, 2012 The Summer Music Festival orchestra and Haunted Windchimes will rock the Armstrong Quad! The Haunted Windchimes sound draws from traditional folk and American roots music. The songs have a vintage quality, as if they might have been written yesterday or 75 years ago. Grounded in honeyed harmonies and spirited pickin,’ it lies in a nowhere land between distinct styles: It’s not quite bluegrass or blues or country. The Summer Music Festival orchestra will add a classical yet... | Colorado College Summer Music Festival | 06/17/12 | Colorado Springs |
Thin Air Jazz ConcertPresented by Stargazers Theatre & Event Center at Stargazers Theatre & Event Center June 17, 2012 Thin Air Jazz plays a mixture of original compositions and arrangements made popular by the great big bands that came before it. Audiences are treated to music from the Basie Band, Woody Herman's Band, Buddy Rich's Band and Maynard Ferguson's bebop band of the ‘50s and ‘60s.
Thin Air Jazz is a 12-piece big band led by composer/arranger/valvetrombonist Phil Allen, who is joined by some of the finest musicians in southern Colorado. Butch Eversole, Brad Eastin, Dennis Hoshijo,... | Stargazers Theatre & Event Center | 06/17/12 | Colorado Springs |
| Festival Artists Concert "Classical meets Jazz" | Colorado College Summer Music Festival | 06/19/12 | Colorado Springs |
| Festival Student Children's Concert | Colorado College Summer Music Festival | 06/19/12 | Colorado Springs |
| Music at Midday | Colorado College Summer Music Festival | 06/11/12-
06/22/12 | Colorado Springs |
Aspen Valley Ranch House Concert Series: Big Valley String BandPresented by Pikes Peak Community Foundation at Aspen Valley Ranch June 22, 2012 Celebrate incredible local music in a down-home venue with amazing acoustics at Aspen Valley Ranch's Raven Nest House Concert Series. We continue the 2012 series with local bluegrass band Big Valley String Band. The good times start at 6:00 P.M. with a potluck (complimentary Bristol beer and other beverages provided), and music starts at 7:00 P.M. Seating is limited; reservations requested. | Pikes Peak Community Foundation | 06/22/12 | Woodland Park |
| Festival Artists Concert | Colorado College Summer Music Festival | 06/23/12 | Colorado Springs |
| Student Concerto Readings | Colorado College Summer Music Festival | 06/16/12-
06/23/12 | Colorado Springs |
Live from Las Vegas! YESTERDAY Rocks Colorado SpringsPresented by Stargazers Theatre & Event Center at Stargazers Theatre & Event Center June 23, 2012 Performing all eras of Beatles music in their original key, wearing drainpipe trousers and playing authentic instruments, Yesterday--The Beatles Tribute recreates note for note the music of the Fab Four. The production spotlights The Beatles’ career from the early days of the Cavern Club through Sgt. Pepper and beyond.
Yesterday’s critically acclaimed production, “The British Are Coming!”, became the longest running show in Atlantic City history—playing... | Stargazers Theatre & Event Center | 06/23/12 | Colorado Springs |
Acacia Park Summer Concert SeriesPresented by Downtown Business Improvement District at Acacia Park June 23, 2012 This installment of the Acacia Park Summer Concert Series features three local musicians and favorites. Don't miss Grant Sabin (blues), El Toro (rock), and The Flumps (indie/folk/rock) | Downtown Business Improvement District | 06/23/12 | Colorado Springs |
| Festival Orchestra Concert | Colorado College Summer Music Festival | 06/24/12 | Colorado Springs |
Blackberry SmokePresented by Stargazers Theatre & Event Center at Stargazers Theatre & Event Center June 24, 2012 You can call Blackberry Smoke’s music southern rock and you wouldn’t be wrong. Or you could call it country and you wouldn’t be wrong, either. But you would be selling both the band and its legion of fans short by trying to fit them solely into one genre. With influences that run the gamut from country to bluegrass to metal to gospel and yes, southern rock, Blackberry Smoke is more than the sum of its diverse parts.
“None of us have ever said,... | Stargazers Theatre & Event Center | 06/24/12 | Colorado Springs |
Pikes Peak Blues Community’s Revival Jam FUNdraiser and Membership DrivePresented by Stargazers Theatre & Event Center at Stargazers Theatre & Event Center June 27, 2012 You’re invited to help keep the local blues community alive by becoming a member of the Pikes Peak Blues Community (PPBC). All the money raised at this shindig will go towards the PPBC’s mission to enhance the vitality of Blues and American Roots Music by supporting live performance and education. The PPBC is an all-volunteer 501(c) 3 non-profit organization.
http://www.pikespeakblues.org | Stargazers Theatre & Event Center | 06/27/12 | Colorado Springs |
Galerie Vivant: New Art by Rodney Wood, with a twist!Presented by The Modbo at Millibo Art Theatre June 1-June 29, 2012 The Modbo and S.P.Q.R. galleries, in conjunction with the Millibo Art Theater in their first ever collaboration, are proud to announce “Galerie Vivant,” a new solo exhibition by internationally known artist Rodney Wood. This exhibition will debut over twenty new paintings by the acclaimed artist. In addition to the opening reception, to be held from 5:30 pm until midnight on Friday, June 8th at The Modbo and S.P.Q.R., there will be two wildly unique performances presented on... | The Modbo | 06/01/12-
06/29/12 | Colorado Springs |
World Music Series: NovalimaPresented by KRCC 91.5 FM at Colorado College - Armstrong Quad July 2, 2012 Novalima’s pioneering blend of soulful Afro-Peruvian rhythms and melodies with the cutting edge grooves of dub reggae, chilled out electronica and funky Latin beats creates an irresistible mesh-up of old-school traditions and modern trends. Based in Lima, Peru, Novalima’s sound appeals to fans of rootsy world music and progressive dance music in equal measure. Event also sponsored by the Pikes Peak Library District, the Colorado College Summer Programs Office, the Colorado... | KRCC 91.5 FM | 07/02/12 | Colorado Springs |
An Evening of Song with Denise YoungPresented by Colorado College Summer Music Festival at Colorado College - Packard Hall July 8, 2012 Denise Young is a gifted artist whose soprano vocals bring opera, jazz, & gospel blending to her performances. Passionate about the African American experience in song, she has performed with symphonies and professional chorales, as a principal and a guest artist, featuring Gershwin, Ellington and Spirituals. She annually performs the artist series at St. Joseph’s Cathedral in San Jose, California, her home for the past 16 years. This concert also features talent from the Southern... | Colorado College Summer Music Festival | 07/08/12 | Colorado Springs |
| Air National Guard Band of the Gulf Coast Concert | Manitou Springs Chamber of Commerce | 07/10/12 | Manitou Springs |
Free For All Summer Symphony: A Celebration of Charles Ansbacher and Bee VradenburgPresented by Colorado College Summer Music Festival at Colorado College - Armstrong Quad July 12, 2012 The Colorado Springs Philharmonic presents a night of music under starlit Colorado skies. Enjoy food and live performances starting at 5pm at the Colorado College Armstrong Quad. Philharmonic concert begins at 7pm, conducted by music director Josep Caballé-Domenech. Presented in partnership with Bee Vradenburg Foundation and Charles Ansbacher Foundation. July 13 is the rain back-up date. | Colorado College Summer Music Festival | 07/12/12 | Colorado Springs |
Masakazu Ito in ConcertPresented by Colorado College Summer Music Festival at Colorado College - Packard Hall July 15, 2012 Ito one of today’s top guitarists on the international concert circuit, acclaimed by musicians, composers, conductors, and critics for his mastery of the instrument and its repertoire. Since his professional debut in Tokyo 1987, Ito has won top prizes in seven major international guitar competitions, including the Andres Segovia International Guitar Competition, the Tokyo International Guitar Competition, the Guitar Foundation of America International Guitar Competition. The Los... | Colorado College Summer Music Festival | 07/15/12 | Colorado Springs |
Central City Opera/Colorado Springs Conservatory Performing Arts Intensive Song RecitalPresented by Colorado College Summer Music Festival at Cornerstone Arts Center Richard F. Celeste Theatre July 17, 2012 Up to twenty of the nation’s most talented high school students study and perform in this award winning performing arts intensive each summer for two weeks. Students from across the state and nation study drama, musical theater and opera. Nationally renowned instructors teach daily classes in dance, theater studies, opera, diction, and repertoire. | Colorado College Summer Music Festival | 07/17/12 | Colorado Springs |
First Presbyterian Church Art ExhibitionPresented by First Presbyterian Church of Colorado Springs at First Presbyterian Church April 27-July 20, 2012 The Plaza Gallery of First Presbyterian Church announces an Art Exhibition featuring artists from the church and community beginning with an opening reception on Friday, April 27 from 5:30 - 8:00 P.M. Music will be provided by members of the Peakharmonic Youth Orchestra. The exhibit will be open until July 20. | First Presbyterian Church of Colorado Springs | 04/27/12-
07/20/12 | Colorado Springs |
Ray Wylie HubbardPresented by Stargazers Theatre & Event Center at Stargazers Theatre & Event Center July 21, 2012 It wasn’t that long ago that Ray Wylie Hubbard related to an acquaintance that he wouldn’t mind being a hybrid of Guy Clark and John Lee Hooker. His recent album A. Enlightenment, B. Endarkenment (Hint: There is no C) confirms it.
Ray Wylie Hubbard writes the kind of songs that make you want to ride along no matter where he’s going, because you know it’s gonna get strange somewhere along the way. The references to Muddy Waters being as deep as William... | Stargazers Theatre & Event Center | 07/21/12 | Colorado Springs |
| Musical Mondays in Monument Valley Park | Friends of Monument Valley Park | 07/09/12-
07/23/12 | Colorado Springs |
Music of ABBA with Arrival from Sweden!Presented by Pikes Peak Center at Pikes Peak Center for the Performing Arts July 26, 2012 Arrival from Sweden is the world’s greatest ABBA tribute show!
"THE MUSIC OF ABBA" tours the world together with ABBA original musicians.
Get your tickets today and enjoy this incredible evening at the Pikes Peak Center! | Pikes Peak Center | 07/26/12 | Colorado Springs |
Aspen Valley Ranch House Concert Series: Ceol Ceili Presented by Pikes Peak Community Foundation at Aspen Valley Ranch July 27, 2012 Celebrate incredible local music in a down-home venue with amazing acoustics at Aspen Valley Ranch's Raven Nest House Concert Series. We continue the 2012 series with local Celtic band Ceol Ceili. The good times start at 6:00 P.M. with a potluck (complimentary Bristol beer and other beverages provided), and music starts at 7:00 P.M. Seating is limited; reservations requested. | Pikes Peak Community Foundation | 07/27/12 | Woodland Park |
8th Annual First & Main Free Summer Concert SeriesPresented by First & Main Town Center at First & Main Town Center June 1-July 27, 2012 Join us at First & Main Town Center this summer for our 8th Annual First & Main Free Summer Concert Series. Every Friday, from June to July, we will feature local Colorado bands ranging from country, to blues, to rock n’ roll. These concerts are open to the public and will go from 5:00 - 7:00 P.M. Each concert will also feature an assortment of merchants from the First & Main Town Center who will be offering samples, coupons, giveaways, picnic dinners, etc.
Come kick... | First & Main Town Center | 06/01/12-
07/27/12 | Colorado Springs |
David WilcoxPresented by Pikes Peak Center at Pikes Peak Center for the Performing Arts July 27, 2012 Don't miss this intimate night of music!
His lyrical insight is matched by a smooth baritone voice, virtuosic guitar chops, and creative open tunings, giving him a range and tenderness rare in folk music. He holds audiences rapt with nothing more than a single guitar, thoroughly written songs, a fearless ability to mine the depths of human emotions of joy, sorrow and everything in between, and all tempered by a quick and wry wit.
Wilcox says, “Music still stretches... | Pikes Peak Center | 07/27/12 | Colorado Springs |
74th Bronc Day FestivalPresented by Bronc Day Committee at Gazebo Lake Park August 4, 2012 The 74th Bronc Day Festival is free family fun for everyone! Kick off the day with the pancake breakfast at the fire station starting at 7 A.M. The big parade at 10 A.M. features the Fort Carson Color Guard, fire engines, floats, antique cars, clowns, still walkers, cowboys, gunfighters, pets, princesses, and kids on decorated bikes. The rest of the day offers lots of fun activities for the whole family, including a rubber duckie race, face painting, kid's games, gold panning, and radio... | Bronc Day Committee | 08/04/12 | Green Mountain Falls |
Vino & Notes, Wine-Food-Jazz FestivalPresented by Help the Needy at Memorial Park, Woodland Park August 4, 2012 Join us for the 5th Annual Vino & Notes, Wine-Food-Jazz Festival in Memorial Park at the base of Pikes Peak in beautiful Woodland Park. Each participant receives an imprinted wine glass and tastings from 20 Colorado wineries. A variety of vendors, quality entertainment and much more. Proceeds benefit Help the Needy. | Help the Needy | 08/04/12 | Woodland Park |
| Everybody Welcome Festival | Colorado Springs Diversity Forum | 08/04/12 | Colorado Springs |
| Acacia Park Summer Concert Series | Downtown Business Improvement District | 08/04/12 | Colorado Springs |
BAM Summer Jazz, Rock and Funk/R&B Band ProgramPresented by Broadmoor Academy of Music June 1-August 5, 2012 Broadmoor Academy of Music will be offering various bands for youth, college, and adults for the summer. Please give BAM a call if you have questions.
Rock Bands - We need vocalists, lead guitar, rhythm guitar, keyboard, bass, drums. We have groups for ages 8-12, 13-14, and 15-18, college, and adults
Jazz Combos - We need sax, trumpet, trombone, piano, bass, guitar, and drums. High School, Middle School, and Adult Bands
Funk/R&B/Motown/Jazz-Rock... | Broadmoor Academy of Music | 06/01/12-
08/05/12 | Colorado Springs |
Japanese Taiko (Drum) ConcertPresented by Colorado College Summer Music Festival at Colorado College - Armstrong Theater August 5, 2012 The Fujisan Kaen Taiko Drummers from Fujiyoshida and the Taiko Society of Colorado Springs join together for an exhilarating performance. The concert is one of the major events taking place in Colorado Springs during the first week of August to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Sister City Relationship between Colorado Springs and Fujiyoshida, Japan. | Colorado College Summer Music Festival | 08/05/12 | Colorado Springs |
| The 2012 Celebration of the Amateur Pianist: Registration and Practice | Colorado College Summer Music Festival | 08/08/12 | Colorado Springs |
| Seminar: Selection and Care of the Piano | Colorado College Summer Music Festival | 08/09/12 | Colorado Springs |
| The 2012 Celebration of the Amateur Pianist: Master Class | Colorado College Summer Music Festival | 08/09/12 | Colorado Springs |
The 2012 Celebration of the Amateur Pianist: Professional RecitalPresented by Colorado College Summer Music Festival at Colorado College - Packard Hall August 9, 2012 Zahari Metchkov, pianist and organist, is a native of Sofia, Bulgaria. He received his musical training at the Cleveland Institute of Music, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in piano and organ performance, an MM in piano performance, and a DMA in piano performance and music theory. He is an assistant professor of music at Colorado State University-Pueblo, where he teaches applied piano, piano-related courses, and music theory. Dr. Metchkov also taught at the Cleveland Institute and... | Colorado College Summer Music Festival | 08/09/12 | Colorado Springs |
Amateur Pianists International: Seminar on Beethoven SonatasPresented by Colorado College Summer Music Festival at Colorado College - Packard Hall August 10, 2012 A native of Los Angeles, Norman Krieger is one of the most acclaimed pianists of his generation, highly regarded as an artist of depth, sensitivity and virtuosic flair. In this seminar, he will discuss and perform Beethoven Sonatas. This event is part of the 2012 Celebration of the Amateur Pianist. | Colorado College Summer Music Festival | 08/10/12 | Colorado Springs |
Amateur Pianists International: Panel Discussion on Playing With An OrchestraPresented by Colorado College Summer Music Festival at Colorado College - Packard Hall August 10, 2012 Lawrence Leighton Smith (Pianist and Music Director Emeritus, Colorado Springs Philharmonic); Norman Krieger, and Thomas Wilson (Director, Chamber Orchestra of the Springs) are the esteemed panelists who will discuss “Playing with an orchestra”. This event is part of the 2012 Celebration of the Amateur Pianist. | Colorado College Summer Music Festival | 08/10/12 | Colorado Springs |
| Recital: Quattro Mani | Amateur Pianists International | 08/10/12 | Colorado Springs |
World Music Series: Aurelio MartinezPresented by KRCC 91.5 FM at Colorado College - Armstrong Quad August 10, 2012 Acclaimed for both his preservation and modernization of the Paranda musical tradition, Aurelio's virtuosity is found in his distinctive, penetrating vocals and his talent as a composer. Aurelio was born into a family possessing a long and distinguished musical tradition in the small Garifuna community of Plaplaya in Honduras. Aurelio began playing guitar as soon as he was old enough to hold the instrument. By the age of six he was regularly playing drums at social gatherings. Inspired by... | KRCC 91.5 FM | 08/10/12 | Colorado Springs |
| Amateur Pianists International Recital | Colorado College Summer Music Festival | 08/11/12 | Colorado Springs |
The 2012 Celebration of the Amateur Pianist: Recital featuring Norman KriegerPresented by Amateur Pianists International at Colorado College - Packard Hall August 11, 2012 A native of Los Angeles, Norman Krieger is one of the most acclaimed pianists of his generation, highly regarded as an artist of depth, sensitivity and virtuosic flair. This event is part of the 2012 Celebration of the Amateur Pianist. | Amateur Pianists International | 08/11/12 | Colorado Springs |
| Acacia Park Summer Concert Series | Downtown Business Improvement District | 08/11/12 | Colorado Springs |
| The 2012 Celebration of the Amateur Pianist: Recital | Amateur Pianists International | 08/12/12 | Colorado Springs |
Manitou Springs Free Summer Concert SeriesPresented by Manitou Springs Chamber of Commerce at Soda Springs Park June 4-August 13, 2012 Enjoy free concerts every Monday evening in Soda Springs Park Pavilion. Performances by Colorado Springs Concert Band, Colorado Springs Jazz Ensemble, and Little London Winds. | Manitou Springs Chamber of Commerce | 06/04/12-
08/13/12 | Manitou Springs |
| Acacia Park Summer Concert Series | Downtown Business Improvement District | 08/18/12 | Colorado Springs |
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