Here's your community calendar for Friday, June 5th, underwritten by Basalt Regional Library, presenting the Summer Reading Kick-Off Party, happening tomorrow, June 6th from 12-3PM. Celebrate the start of Summer Reading with a high-energy event for the whole family, featuring a live DJ with a foam bubble dance floor, a bounce castle and more. More info at basalt library dot org
It's First Friday and Pride Month, and we've got a whole rainbow of options to choose from today…
- Lift Up services will be available at the New Castle River Center from 9 to 1 today, and at the Rifle Library from 11 to 2.
- Jumping into First Friday activities, CLEER kicks things off with an Electric Vehicle Ride & Drive event at Carbondale Town Hall from 4 to 8.
- KDNK DJs El Vecino and Ape On The Dink will be jamming tunes on Main Street at the Promenade from 5 to 8 this evening.
- One block over, Jeanette Adams & Abigail Benning perform at Mountain Tide Provision Company from 5-8pm, to celebrate Mountain Tide's 1-year anniversary.
- McMission welcomes the Roaring Divas to Beerworks at 5:30, followed by tunes from Saranade, Jeeradoe S, Heady Hooligan, and Dank Cilantro til 11pm
- Carbondale Clay Center's annual Pairings Exhibition starts at 6pm
- The annual Pride Parade starts at 6:30pm today on Main Street in Carbondale
- The Crystal Theatre begins screening the horror flick "Obsession" at 7.
- Mojo Hand hits the stage at Steve's Guitars at 8pm this evening.
- Rodrigo plays at Marble Distilling at 8:30 for their 11th birthday celebration.
- And Wild Flight lands at Townline Trucks, that's also at 8:30.
- Elsewhere in the KDNK listener area, the Pitkin County Library features music from the West African Kora string harp at 5, Shaefer Welch plays live at Downvalley Brewing in New Castle at 6pm, Grateful Dead tribute group Roundhouse Assembly jams out at the Tabor Opera House in Leadville at 7, and Josiah & The Bonnevilles perform at Belly Up Aspen at 8:30.
And there's just barely room for a few things on Saturday as well…
- The Carbondale Police Department's 2nd Annual Bike Rodeo starts at 10am tomorrow morning at Roaring Fork High School
- The Paul JAS Center puts on a Family Jam with "Music Together," tomorrow at 10.
- The Silt Library shows the original Jurassic Park movie at 1pm tomorrow
- And the Deer Creek Sharp Shooters play at Glenwood Caverns tomorrow at 5.
Keep your community in the loop about events and programming ideas by emailing calendar@kdnk.org. Come get ready for the pride parade at our DJ tent, we'll have great tunes and free hugs for everyone. Celebrate the hard work and years-long efforts of members of the LGBTQ community to continually increase acceptance of all humans and all lifestyles across the USA and worldwide, and have a Fearless First Friday!