Aspen Music Festival, Filmfest in Colorado
Have you ever wondered what went on in skiing towns when there was no skiing? If you’re looking for a place to stay among the luxury hotels Colorado provides, you might consider the St. Regis Aspen Resort in order to find out. In Aspen, when the snow is not piling up, you may turn to music, film, and even opera. Aspen is the home of the Aspen Music Festival as well as the Aspen Filmfest, and you don’t have to like opera to go to the Wheeler Opera House, because the house also provides rock singers, such as Sheryl Crow, to stand-up comedians, such as Jerry Seinfeld.
The Aspen Music Festival is thought of as a top level training and performing arena for the planet’s new and rising professional musicians. The festival presents to the public over 350 musical events in eight weeks and also operates as a summer retreat for some of the greatest musicians in the world. Focused on classical music, you’ll hear recitals featuring symphonic and chamber music.
The Aspen Filmfest arrives in the last part of September since 1979, receiving over 30,000 guests each year. But the Filmfest operates in other parts of the year, as well. Currently, the organization is about to hold the 19th edition of Aspen Shortfest, an event honoring short films, from April 6 to April 11. You may also arrange for tickets at their website for their 32nd festival later this year.
The Wheeler Opera House operates the full year, so even after skiing, you might come here to see a movie or a live show. Recent shows include Barrage, a kind of high-energy fiddle festival, with an international cast that performs with music, song and dance; the Crystal Palace Revue, which is an Aspen tradition of satiric cabaret-style performances and songs; the Asylum Street Spankers, one of the most distinctive groups in America, which features banjo picking and singing and gospel music in the first half of the show, and a wilder side in the second half of the show. This latter group formed after a party in Llano, Texas, and its founders come out of a country-blues revival act that used to play happy hours in bars in Austin. The band is comprised of about forty musicians.
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