Here's your community calendar for Friday, July 24th, underwritten by Basalt Regional Library, presenting the End of Summer Reading Scholastic Book Fair from July 27 through August 2 during library hours. Prizes, books and more await readers of all ages. More info at basalt library dot org.
The day has finally arrived! The 55th Annual Mountain Fair begins today and here's as many things as we could find to help you enjoy everything happening in Carbondale.
- Before we get to the Fair though, Lift Up provides food & Pantry supplies at the New Castle River Center from 9 to 1 today, and at the Rifle Library from 11 to 2
- Sopris Park opens up at Noon for the earlybirds who want to peruse the vendors, find a spot to lay down a blanket, and get their Mountain Fair t-shirts. Today's theme is "Camp Crafts" for those wanting to get dressed up, more info on each day's theme can be found at Carbondale Arts dot com.
- The Cantina begins serving tasty beverages at 3:30, with KDNK and the Carbondale Clay Center passionately pouring liquid refreshments.
- The Drum Circle tradition officially kicks off the Fair at 4pm with Laurie Loeb leading
- Tommy the Animal gets the music started at 5:15 on the Main Stage
- Over on the Oasis Stage, Rock & Roll Academy Students play live starting at 5:30, and Velvet Daydream follows at 7pm.
- And Dizgo headlines the Main Stage at 8pm
- Moving to the afterparties, Local DJ Golbus bumps beats at 9pm at Carbondale Beerworks
- Velvet Daydream puts on a second performance at 10, that's at Steve's Guitars
- And KDNK's Heady Hooligan jams out at El Dorado at 10pm
And here's a rundown of all of Saturday's early & mid-day music from the Fair…
- Live shows pick back up at Mountain Fair tomorrow morning, with Noodle Soup at the Oasis Stage at 10am, and El Javi on the Main Stage at 11:30am
- Starfish Enterprise continues the rhythm on the Oasis Stage at 11:45, followed by The Nearly Now, they'll be on shortly after 1pm
- And Marfa hits the Main Stage at 2 tomorrow afternoon.
Keep your community in the loop about events and programming ideas by emailing calendar@kdnk.org. Don't forget, if you can't make it to Mountain Fair this weekend, you can always tune in to catch all the music on the Main Stage right here on KDNK. We'll have all the music happening Saturday evening on tomorrow's calendar, so stay tuned and have a Fantastic Mountain Fair Friday!