CLASSICAL
Aspen Music Festival and School
-AUG. 21|”Self Portraits” is the theme of the 56th festival season of concerts, performances, symposiums, forums and more. Times, tickets vary|970-925-
9042, aspenmusicfestival.com|ASPEN
Central City Opera House
-SU|The Central City Opera House Association wraps up its 2005 Festival with Britten’s “Paul Bunyan” through Saturday and Barber’s “Vanessa” through Sunday. The productions are sung in Italian with English supertitles. Evening performances begin at 8 p.m., matinees at 2:30 p.m. Dates vary|$49-$89|124 Eureka St., 303-292-6700, centralcityopera.org|
CENTRAL CITY
Chautauqua Auditorium
F|Music director Michael Christie leads the annual Colorado Music Festival with the theme “Where World-Class Musicians Come to Play.” The festival offers a variety of performances, programs and more from musicians all over the world. Times vary|Tickets vary|900 Baseline Road, 303-440-7666, coloradomusicfest.org|BOULDER
Music in the Mountains
-SU|The 19th annual summer festival of classical music offers more than 30 concerts featuring more than 250 performers. Dates, times vary|Tickets vary|
Locations include the Durango Mountain Resort, Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College and BootJack Ranch in Pagosa Springs, 970-385-6820, musicinthemountains.com|DURANGO, PAGOSA SPRINGS
Olinger Crown Hill Mortuary and Cemetery
F|Bagpipe concert with Michael Lancaster, noon-12:30 p.m.|7777 W. 29th Ave., 303-797-4468
Strings in the Mountains
Music Festival Park
-AUG. 24|The 18th annual music festival offers classical, jazz, country, rock, bluegrass, children and family concerts|Tickets vary|970-879-5056, stringsinthemountains.com|STEAMBOAT SPRINGS
VARIETY
Augustana Lutheran Church
SA|”Sacred Celebration 2005: 5th annual Inferfaith Music Festival,” 7:30 p.m.|
$12|5000 E. Alameda Ave., 720-524-
1100, interfaithallianceco.org
Avogadro’s Number
F|Angie Stevens, 8 p.m. $10|605 S. Mason St., 970-493-5555|FORT COLLINS
Bas Bleu Theatre Company
SA|Acoustic Eidolon, 7:30 p.m.|$15|
401 Pine St., 970-498-8949|FORT COLLINS
Bloom
F|Pianist Bonnie Lowdermilk, 6-10 p.m.
|Free|Flatirons Crossing Mall, 1 W. Flatiron Circle, 720-887-2800|BROOMFIELD
The Burnsley Hotel
F |Singer, pianist Bonnie Lowdermilk, 8-11 p.m.|1000 Grant St., 303-830-1000
Cervantes’ Masterpiece
Ballroom
F|The Derek Trucks Band, 8 p.m. doors, 10 p.m. show|$22|2637 Welton St., 303-
297-1772
Challenger Golf Club
-SU|Seventh annual Crestone Music Festival offers performances by Buckwheat Zydeco, Hazel Miller and others along with multi-cultural activities for all ages, vendors and food, times vary|
Tickets vary, camping is available|719-
256-4533, crestfest.org|CRESTONE
Chimney Park Bistro
SU|Kevin Karrick, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.|406 Main St., 970-686-1477, chimneypark.com|WINDSOR
Coal Creek Park
SA|Hazel Miller Band performs as part of the “Town of Erie Concert in the Park Series,” 5-9 p.m. The series continues Saturdays through Aug. 27|Free|575 Kattell St., 303-926-2764|ERIE
Colorado Mills
F|The “Mills Summer Jam” Concert Series continues with Voices of Classic Rock, 6-8 p.m. The weekly series continues through Aug. 12|Free|The Street at Colorado Mills, 14500 W. Colfax Ave., coloradomills.com|LAKEWOOD
Crescent Ampitheater
TU|The ninth annual “Concerts at the Crescent” series wraps up with Chase N the Dream, 7-8:30 p.m.|Free, picnic dinners welcome|Belleview Avenue and DTC Boulevard, 303-595-8747, ext. 12
Denver Pavilions
TH|The “Hot Sounds” Summer Concert Series wraps up with Mercury Project and Matthew Moon, 5-9 p.m.|Free|16th Street Mall and Glenarm, 303-260-6000, denverpavilions.com
Eli Ashby Healing Arts Center of Arvada
SA|Silent auction and benefit concert with Celeste Krenz, Third Road Home, Drienka, The Stanleytones, Keller & Kemper, 6-10 p.m. $15 suggested donation, children are free|7401 Grandview Ave., 303-463-6565|ARVADA
Fanny Hill
TH|The Snowmass Summer of Free Music Series continues with The Subdudes, 6 p.m. The series continues Thursdays through Aug. 25|Free|800-SNOWMASS, snowmassvillage.com|SNOWMASS
FlatIron Crossing
TH|The Thursday Night Street Faire continues with Hot Flash Rock & Roll, 5-9 p.m. The free music concert continues Thursdays through Aug. 25|The Village at FlatIron Crossing, One W. FlatIron Circle, 720-887-7467, flatironcrossing.com|
BROOMFIELD
Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater
TU|The 19th annual Hot Summer Nights concert series continues with the , 6:30 p.m.|Free|Vilar Pavilion, 970-949-1999, vvf.org|VAIL
Happy Trails Chuckwagon
TH-M|Duke Davis & Buckshot perform for the chuckwagon dinner and show, through Sept. 5|Located off Highway 9, six miles east on Tiger Road, 970-453-
2005|BRECKENRIDGE
Howelsen Hill Amphitheater
F |The 13th annual Steamboat Springs Free Summer Concert Series continues with guitarist Sonny Landreth, 5:30 p.m.|970-879-0880, steamboatsummer.com|STEAMBOAT SPRINGS
Hudson Gardens &
Event Center
SU|The Sunday Night Summer Garden Series, “Gigs in the Gardens,” continues with The Nacho Men, 5:30 p.m. gates, 6:30 p.m. concert. The series continues through Aug. 21|$7.50, $5 members, $2 ages 3-12|6115 S. Santa Fe Drive, 303-
797-8565, ext. 321, hudsongardens.org|
LITTLETON
The Inn at Cherry Creek
F|Lannie Garrett presents “Under Paris Skies” with the Gypsy Swing Revue on the second floor rooftop terrace at 8 p.m. Fridays through Aug. 26.|$20, reservations recommended|233 Clayton St., 303-377-8577
Jackson Sculpture Garden
F|”Festival Fridays!,” a music series, wraps up with Daniel Cordova y Esperanza, 5:30 p.m. gates open, 6:30-9:30 p.m. concert|$5, $4 in advance|Sangre de Cristo Arts & Conference Center, 210 N. Santa Fe Ave., 719-295-7222|PUEBLO
McIlvoy Park
TH|Tropical Coyotes, 7 p.m.|Free|5750 Upham St., 303-425-9583|ARVADA
Mishawaka Amphitheatre
F|Marc Cohn, Vienna Teng, $28|SA|
David Grisman Quintet, $25|SU|Swingset featuring Dave Johnson of Yonder Mountain String Band and Victor Barnes, $7|13714 Poudre Canyon, 970-482-4420
|FORT COLLINS
Pearl Street Mall
TH|”Bands on the Bricks” Concert Series continues with Dioso of Cabaret Dioso, 7-9 p.m.|Free|Pearl Street in front of the Courthouse between 13th and 14th, 303-449-3774, boulderdowntown.com|
BOULDER
Pearl Street Pub & Cellar
F|Kort McCumber, 5-8 p.m. No cover|
SU|The Doc & I, 9:30 p.m. No cover|M|
Mark Diamond, Lionel Young, Jay Forrest, 9:30 p.m. No cover|W|Willis with Rachel Leber and Daniella Katzir, 9:30 p.m. No cover|1108 Pearl St., 303-939-
9900|BOULDER
Pelican Lakes Lodge
F|Deja Blu, 7:30-11 p.m.|1600 Pelican Lakes Point, 970-674-1100|WINDSOR
Performance Park
W|Bonnnie Lowdermilk and Ken Walker, 7-8:30 p.m.|417 W. Elkhorn Ave., 970-
586-3661|ESTES PARK
Rhumba Cafe Caribbean
SU|Sambadende, 2:30 p.m.|No cover
|TU|The Analog Quartet, 8:30 p.m.|No cover|950 Pearl St., 303-442-7771, rhumbarestaurant.com|BOULDER
Rock Ledge Ranch Historic Site
F|Historians and performers Mark Gardner and Rex Rideout, 7 p.m. The concert is the first in the Ranch’s 2005 Summer Music Series|Free|Located off 30th Street next to Garden of the Gods Park, 719-578-6777|COLORADO SPRINGS
The Saint Julien Hotel
TU & TH|Bonnie Lowdermilk, 5:30-7:30 p.m. |900 Walnut St., 720-406-9696|
BOULDER
Sheabeen Irish Pub
F|Hot Toddy, 8:30 p.m.|SA|Crescent Moon, 8:30 p.m.|2300 S. Chambers Road, 303-696-6131, sheabeenirishpub.com|AURORA
Swallow Hill
SA|Swallow Hill Summer Music Competitions Finals, 6 p.m. $15, $12 in advance|
TU|Bluegrass Jam in Swallow Hill Cafe, 7 p.m. $1|W|Open Stage in Swallow Hill Cafe, 7 p.m. $1|71 E. Yale Ave., 303-777-
1003, swallowhill.com
Utah Park
TH|The 19th annual “Banks in Harmony” Outdoor Concert Series continues with Lisa Bell and Crescendo, 6:30-8 p.m. The series continues Thursdays through Aug. 18|1800 S. Peoria St., 303-344-
1500, auroragov.org/events|AURORA
