Today is the last day of the free 2009 Vail Arts Festival in Arrabelle Square in Lionshead, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The festival features watercolors, oil and acrylic paintings, woodworking, glass, sculptures, furniture, mosaics, ceramics, metal works, photography, jewelry, an interactive kids art tent, street entertainers, music and more. Info: or 970-376-3756.
Music festivals.
The Colorado Music Alliance’s Summer Music Festivals listings feature “music in sublime concert settings ranging from Victorian opera houses to state-or-the-art tents and outdoor amphitheaters.” See the full schedule at .
Festivals include the Colorado Music Festival, now through Aug. 7, with highlights including the “Greatest Piano Concertos of All Time,” five concerts, five composers, five world- class guest artists, the American folk group Punch Brothers, featuring composer-singer-mandolin player Christ Thile and more; and the Strings Music Festival now through Aug. 21, with classical, jazz, world, Americana and family concerts, with highlights including Elmar Oliveira; Chee-Yun, the Neville Brothers, the Celtic band Leahy, pianist Jon Kimura Parker, Cuarteto Latinoamericano, Ruthie Foster and more.
Crested Butte sounds.
The Crested Butte Music Festival runs July 4-26 and includes opportunities to hear opera and symphonic music in addition to bluegrass. The Infamous Stringdusters will perform at 7:30 p.m. July 11 in the Ein- Lynch Barn. Individual adult tickets are $30; student tickets are $10. The Blue Canyon Boys will perform at 7:30 p.m. July 25 at the Center for the Arts in Crested Butte. Tickets are $30 for adults, $10 for students ages 6-18 with valid ID. Info: 970-349-0619 or .
National Repertory Orchestra.
The 50th-anniversary season of the National Repertory Orchestra in Breckenridge opened June 19. Highlights of the season include: pianist Robert Thies, NRO 1997 alumnus, in the Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 3 with Joann Faletta as guest conductor, July 8; oboist Richard Kill- mer performing the Bach Double with an NRO violinist, July 15; Joseph Alessi, NRO 1980 alumnus, principal trombonist from the New York Philharmonic, performing Aug. 1; the return of Gerald Schwarz to the NRO, Aug. 5; and the closing of the season Aug. 7 with Emmanuelle Boisvert, NRO 1985 alumna, concertmaster of the Detroit Symphony, performing the Beethoven Violin Concerto. Info/tickets: or 970-453-5825.
Silver Plume history.
The Silver Plume Historic Home and Building Tour will be from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. July 25. Tickets are $15 adults, $12 for seniors ages 65 and older, $12 for groups of 10 or more, and free for children 12 and younger. Reservations: contact jill riggle@comcast.net or visit .
Compiled by Andrea Labak and Dane Strom
