Here's your community calendar for Saturday, August 1st, underwritten by Basalt Regional Library, presenting Aspen Music Festival and School Chamber Recitals Thursdays, August 6, 13 and 20, at 5:15PM. Talented students from the festival will perform selected works each week. More info at basalt library dot org.
Happy Sesquicentennial Colorado! We officially became the 38th state on August 1st, 1876. Not that we need any excuse to have fun around here, but here's some ways to celebrate this anniversary…
- The Garfield County Fair begins today at the Fairgrounds in Rifle
- Over in Lake County, the Bootycorns put on a show on the Treeline Kitchen Rooftop in Leadville from 4 to 6pm today.
- Valle Musico plays live at Heather's in Snowmass Village at 5:30 today
- The Blue Canyon Boys get pickin' at Redstone Park at 6pm
- George Porter Jr. & the Runnin' Pardners play two shows at the Paul JAS Center, with the first at 6:30 and the second at 9pm.
- The South Austin Moonlighters take the stage at the Ute Theater in Rifle tonight at 8pm
- And Easy Jim celebrates Jerry Garcia's birthday with a set of music by the Grateful Dead, that's tonight at 9 at Belly Up Aspen
Let's check in on Sunday the second and see what else we can get into…
- True Nature's Monthly Community Meditation begins tomorrow at 9am
- Smokin' Joe Kelly plays at Heather's Savory Pies in Basalt at 11 tomorrow morning
- Ben Overbeek performs at Rock Island in Snowmass at 4 tomorrow
- Townline Trucks holds a Songwriter Concert tomorrow afternoon, that's at 4pm as well.
- And youth punk group The Halfsies put on an outdoor protest show at 5pm tomorrow at Midland Ave & Wulfsohn Road, near the Community Center
Keep your community in the loop about events and programming ideas by emailing calendar@kdnk.org. Want to leave feedback for us here at KDNK? Dial our community line of inspiration at 970-510-3250 and let us know your thoughts. Just like the Carbondale motto says, "Take it easy" today and have a Stress-Free Saturday