Snowmass Village announces complete summer music schedule for 2006
Snowmass Announces Rockin’ Music Schedule for Entire 2006 Summer
Snowmass Village, CO : April 10th, 2006 — Snowmass Village, CO. Three years ago, Snowmass Village, Colorado, dedicated itself to becoming the hottest mountain destination for high-caliber and affordable music. Years one and two saw such talent as Leftover Salmon, Keller Williams, Shawn Colvin, and Michael Franti & Spearhead take to the outdoor stage of this scenic resort tucked high into the Elk Mountains near Aspen. Today Snowmass is thrilled to announce its strongest line-up yet, with free music all summer long.
“We’re really looking forward to an amazing summer music schedule,” says Susan Hamley, Snowmass Village’s Marketing Director. “We’re not just talking a day or week. Snowmass offers music — and free concerts, no less — all summer long by nationally renowned performers. It’s a strategy we’re employing to lure summer guests from the front range and outside Colorado to visit Snowmass Village and experience everything this magnificent resort has to offer.”
The season kicks off June 9-11 with the 3rd Annual Chili Pepper & Brew Fest, which lures audiences of well over 3,000. Drawing together international chili experts and top microbrewers for three days of competitions and tastings, this festival boasts an outstanding music line-up that includes Jonny Lang, Medeski, Martin & Wood, Trevor Hall, The Wood Brothers, and Sean Costello. Tickets for this event are only $15/day or a $25/day party pass that includes microbrew samplings and chili tastings.
Music returns to the mountains and sets up camp on June 29 with the start of the Snowmass Summer of Free Music Series, a free weekly outdoor concert every Thursday night on Fanny Hill that also draws crowds by the thousands.
“We’re giving a big tip of the hat to the Big Easy this year, and for all the right reasons,” says Jazz/Aspen Snowmass Executive Producer Jim Horowitz, who programs the Thursday Night Free Music Series for Snowmass Village. “This is one of the best line-ups in the history of the program. Without a doubt the culmination is Sam Bush at the end.”
From New Orleans favorites Tab Benoit, The Iguanas and Jon Cleary to Chicago Blues with Lil’ Ed to Jazz with Soulive and bluegrass with Sam Bush, the Snowmass Summer of Free Music series offers an eclectic line up appealing to all ages and tastes.
Free Thursday night concerts are just a part of the free concert scene, and all-in-all Snowmass boasts over 14 free concerts this summer. The legendary Blind Boys of Alabama bring their hallowed and innovative style of traditional gospel to Snowmass as part of a July 1 Independence Celebration that also includes an incredible laser light show. Two Free Massive Music & Movies weekend have been scheduled as well, combining free outdoor movies with free concerts by Particle, a well-known national act to be announced on June 18, and the Mutaytor, a unique and popular Las Vegas-style performance art show set to music.
“Every mountain resort books summer music, we just take it to the next level across the board, especially in terms of our free concerts, ” says Snowmass Village Event Director Josh Behrman. “And of all the mountain festivals, no one gets the level of talent that Jazz Aspen/ Snowmass’s Labor Day festival draws. Snowmass is quickly becoming a music powerhouse, and we intend to keep that progression going year after year.”
In between the concerts, Snowmass Village offers a full schedule of activities, events, and mountain adventures, ranging from 40 miles of mountain biking and hiking to fly fishing, a weekly western rodeo and much more. For more information, please visit
www.snowmassvillage.com or call 1-800-SNOWMASS. For media information, please contact aj@snowmasspress.com.
The Full Snowmass Summer Music Schedule:
June 9-11: The Chili Pepper & Brew Fest. Jonny Lang, Medeski, Martin & Wood, the Wood Brothers, Trevor Hall, and Sean Costello offer a packed line-up of exquisite talent. Tickets are $15-$25, and for more details, visit www.snowmassvillage.com/chilipepper.
June 29: Snowmass Summer of Free Music Series Tab Benoit. According to Guitar Magazine, this brilliant New Orleans-based guitarist, vocalist, and master of crescent city funk & rock “has tone as thick as gumbo and licks as fiery as a tablespoon of cayenne pepper.”
July 1: Independence Celebration Free Concert & Laser Light Show.
The Blind Boys of Alabama have spread the spirit and energy of pure soul gospel music for over 60 years. Today, they continue to spread their hallowed style of traditional soul-gospel with innovative arrangements. They’ve won a Grammy every year since 2002 and been inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame.
July 6-8: Snowmass Summer of Free Music Series/Massive Music & Movies
The Iguanas (July 6). This ultimate Cajun party band emerged in the 1990s as one of New Orleans’ most popular bands, boasting a flair for melody and lyrics as well as grooves.
Particle (July 8). The instrumental quartet’s trademark 'funktronic' sounds combine elements of electronica, funk, and good ol' rock and roll.
The Mutaytor (July 8). The Mutaytor is part hip-grinding techno/retro-funk, part audience-interactive post-modern circus. The sound is tight, the show manic, the vibe all-inclusively and family friendly
July 13: Snowmass Summer of Free Music Series
Average White Band. Don’t let their name fool you. Average White Band has performed sold out shows around the world performing infectiously danceable funky soul.
July 20: Snowmass Summer of Free Music Series
To be announced shortly
July 27: Snowmass Summer of Free Music Series
Lil’ Ed & The Blues Imperials. From smoking slide guitar runs to raw-boned Chicago shuffles to the deepest blues, Lil’ Ed and his blistering band, the Blues Imperials, get so wild & crazy performing ’70s funk that The Boston Globe called them “the world’s #1 house rocking band.”
August 3: Snowmass Summer of Free Music Series
Soulive. This jazz trio is known for ripping solos, catchy, upbeat songs extended jams, beat-driven instrumentals and dazzling collaborations. Having opened for groups such as the Rolling Stones and the Dave Matthews Band, Soulive appeals both to beat conscious hip-hop heads and those who grew up on Earth, Wind & Fire.
August 10: Snowmass Summer of Free Music Series
Jon Cleary. New Orleans’ Jon Cleary is a triple threat — with a salty-sweet voice, masterful piano skills, and a knack for stacking infectious grooves with melodic hooks and sharp lyrics. Excelling at smart lyrics, memorable melodies, and rock-solid grooves, Cleary fronts his own band and tours internationally with Bonnie Raitt.
August 17-19: Snowmass Summer of Free Music Series & Massive Music & Movies
We wish we could tell, but we can’t! Stay tuned: We’ll announce August 17’s awesome performer on April 30th and August 19th’s incredible band on June 18.
August 24: Snowmass Summer of Free Music Series
Sam Bush. Sam Bush has been one of acoustic music’s great innovators and consummate collaborators who has done as much as anyone since Bill Monroe to shape the destiny of the diminutive mandolin, adding new power and syncopation to its percussive chop and a new harmonic vocabulary that embraces rock, reggae, Afro-pop and jazz.
September 1-4: Jazz Aspen /Snowmass One of the biggest music extravaganzas in the state, this three-day celebration draws crowds of 33,000 and music by the likes of Sheryl Crowe, Widespread Panic, Willie Nelson, David Byrne and Jack Johnson.
September: Fall in Love with Snowmass
Bands are bound to be plentiful during this month-long celebration of the harvest season, including on Oktoberfest on Sept. 9, Wine & Jazz on Sept. 16, and Wayword Song during the Snowmass Balloon Festival. Stay tuned for more details!
Snowmass Village, Colorado, is located in the heart of the Elk Mountains 9 miles from Aspen, Colorado. Snowmass is accessible via four regional airports: Aspen, Eagle, Grand Junction, and Denver and recently announced new direct summer jet service from Aspen to Salt Lake City on Delta and Aspen to Los Angeles on United. For a summer media guide of this popular mountain destination, please visit www.snowmasspress.com.