Denver Independent Art & Comic Expo – DINK

Denver Independent Art & Comic Expo – DINK

DINK is a fun, first-class expo emphasizing the independent spirit, cultural relevance, imagination, and community of comics, graphic novels, zines, art, publishers, and fans. Our mission to promote and further the impact of their work on the world. Internationally renowned creators as well as local Denver artists will appear.

“Helmed by the same duo that launched Denver Comic Con a few years ago — Charlie La Greca and Frank Romero — along with other Denver geek luminaries such as Jeff La Greca (brother of Charlie and nerd rocker extraordinaire), Nerd Nite Denver impresario Sara Wilson and local author and journalist Jason Heller, DINK promises to bring a fresh approach to the Denver con scene.”
– Cory Casciato, Denver Westword

DINK will give back to the community by working with nonprofit organizations like Denver Drink & Draw and Love Hope Strength Foundation and will also involve an annual program which provides a weeklong, outdoor mountain camp with a focus on comics, literacy, and art for underserved, inner-city youth.

“Giving back has always been an intrinsic part of the events that I’ve created. Coming from a large, working-class family, I was so fortunate to discover the wider world out there through comics, and as a result I have always wanted to embrace and discover a way to unlock that potential for others.” – Charlie LaGreca

Additional plans, programming, guests, and more will be announced in the coming months.

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Spread The Word Festival in Denver May 5-8, 2017

Spread The Word Festival in Denver May 5-8, 2017

Spread the Word Music Festival is an annual extravaganza highlighting Colorado’s thriving music scene & rising artists. Music lovers of all types will appreciate the variance throughout the festival with styles ranging from rock, jam, funk, reggae, hip-hop, folk/grass, electronic and every kind of fusion in between. Further festival info, tickets, and news is available at www.spreadthewordfest.com.

May 5-8, 2017. RSVP and Invite Friends here.
For all festival related inquiries, contact: spreadthewordfest@gmail.com

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Greensky Bluegrass Winter Tour

Greensky Bluegrass Winter Tour

GREENSKY BLUEGRASS WINTER TOUR!

For more than a decade and a half, the members of Greensky Bluegrass have created their own version of bluegrass music, mixing the acoustic stomp of a stringband with the rule-breaking spirit of rock & roll. They redefine that sound once again with their sixth album, Shouted, Written Down & Quoted.

Like the band’s own name, Shouted, Written Down & Quoted is a collection of opposites, full of dark psychedelic swirls, bright bursts of acoustic guitar, soundscapes, solos, freethinking improvisation, and plenty of sharp, focused songwriting. It’s wild and wide-ranging, showing off the diversity Greensky Bluegrass brings to every live show. At the same time, Shouted, Written Down & Quoted is unmistakably a studio album, recorded during two different sessions — one at Echo Mountain Studio in Asheville, North Carolina; the other at the Mountain House Recording Studio in Nedarland, Colorado — that comprise the band’s longest block of recording time ever. The result is an 11-track album whose songs cast a wide net, mixing the full-throttle energy of a Greensky Bluegrass concert with the nuanced approach of a band that’s still eager to explore.

 

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Shut The Folk Up & Listen ft. Leo Kottke & Keller Williams

Shut The Folk Up & Listen ft. Leo Kottke & Keller Williams

Talented pickers Keller Williams and Leo Kottke will again team up for a batch of Shut The Folk Up & Listen collaborative shows. The duo will get together to perform live next month, as well as again next year.

On September 8, Leo and Keller will play a Shut The Folk Up & Listen concert at the Jackson Hole Center For The Arts in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Kottke and Williams will regroup on January 13, 2017 at the Paramount Theatre in Rutland, Vermont. Other STFU&L shows currently slated for next year include a show at the Carolina Theatre in Greensboro, North Carolina on February 17, a night in New York City at The Concert Hall on February 23 and at Cabot Performing Arts Center in Beverly, Massachusetts on February 25. The duo will also host a show together at Green Valley Recreation in Green Valley, Arizona on April 1. Thanks to JamBase for the coverage.

Shut the Folk Up & Listen ft. Leo Kottke & Keller Williams

Info/Details:
www.kellerwilliams.net
www.leokottke.com

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Colorado Symphony

Colorado Symphony

[vc_row][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]One of the leading orchestras in the United States, the Colorado Symphony performs more than 150 concerts annually at Boettcher Concert Hall in downtown Denver and across Colorado. The Colorado Symphony is home to eighty full-time musicians, representing more than a dozen nations, and regularly welcomes the most celebrated artists from the world of symphonic music and beyond. Every season, the Colorado Symphony serves more than 250,000 people from all walks of life, performing a range of musical styles, from traditional to contemporary. Recognized as an incubator of innovation, creativity, and excellence, the Colorado Symphony continually expands its reach through education, outreach, and programming.

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The Motet Mixtape 1979 and NYE

The Motet Mixtape 1979 and NYE

The Motet Mixtape 1979 Halloween Run

DALLAS 10/26 | HOUSTON 10/27 | AUSTIN 10/28

NEW ORLEANS 10/29 | LIVE OAK 10/30 | ASHEVILLE 10/31

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2016 NEW YEAR’S RUN 

MINNEAPOLIS 12/28 | MILWAUKEE 12/29 | CHICAGO 12/30 | ATLANTA 12/31

 

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December 28th with special guest Pho

December 29th with special guest Pho

December 30th supporting Umphrey’s McGee

December 31st with Roosevelt Collier Trio ‘Jimi Does Funk’

Pretty Lights

Pretty Lights

[vc_row][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Flitting between moody downtempo and upbeat, densely layered material geared for club play, Colorado’s Pretty Lights was the project of Derek Vincent Smith.

Smith spent his high school years making hip-hop and ultimately dropped out of his freshman year at the University of Colorado at Boulder to focus on his music. He made his recorded debut as Pretty Lights in 2006 with the full-length Taking Up Your Precious Time, which he supported with gigs for acts including STS9, the Disco Biscuits, and Widespread Panic.

From there, he kept up a busy release schedule for the rest of the 2000s, issuing the double album Filling Up the City Skies in 2008 and another full-length, Passing by Behind Your Eyes, the following year. In 2010, Pretty Lights went on an extensive North American tour, playing that year’s Coachella, Ultra, Movement, and Electric Zoo festivals, among other stops. Smith continued touring into 2011 and also developed his Pretty Lights Music imprint, releasing albums by Michal Menert, Gramatik, and Eliot Lipp. In 2012, Smith appeared in the music documentary Re:GENERATION Music Project and began work on Pretty Lights’ fourth album. Instead of sampling existing recordings, Smith worked with longtime drummer Adam Deitch, Soulive’s Eric Krasno, the Harlem Gospel Choir, and members of the Preservation Hall Jazz Band and the Treme Brass Band to create vintage-sounding original music that he then refashioned into the Pretty Lights sound. The results were 2013’s A Color Map of the Sun, which became the first Pretty Lights album to be released physically and digitally at the same time.[/vc_column_text][vc_video link=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvyS76n10os” align=”right”][vc_btn title=”Website” color=”primary” link=”url:http%3A%2F%2Fprettylightsmusic.com%2F|title:http%3A%2F%2Fprettylightsmusic.com%2F||”][vc_btn title=”Facebook” color=”primary” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FPrettyLights%2F|title:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FPrettyLights%2F||”][vc_btn title=”Instagram” color=”primary” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Fprettylights%2F|title:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Fprettylights%2F||”][vc_btn title=”Twitter” color=”primary” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2FPrettyLights|title:https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2FPrettyLights||”][vc_btn title=”Join The Street Team” color=”warning” link=”url:http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blackspymarketing.com%2Fapp%2F|title:http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blackspymarketing.com%2Fapp%2F||”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”14244″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][vc_empty_space height=”10px”][vc_custom_heading text=”Upcoming Events” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][vc_raw_html]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[/vc_raw_html][/vc_column][/vc_row]

Telluride Blues & Brews

Telluride Blues & Brews

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Blues & Brews is a three-day celebration of live music and microbrews held at Telluride Town Park, nestled in the valley of stunning 13,000-foot mountain peaks. The festival offers an eclectic mix of live blues, funk, jam band, rock, gospel and soul performances, and some of the best microbreweries in the country, with a wide variety of food and craft vendors, children’s activities, late night shows, and much more.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]

Gociety: Adventurefest in Denver

Gociety: Adventurefest in Denver

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WHO Gociety

WHAT AdventureFest – Bringing The Mountains To The City

WHEN Saturday, September 17, 2016

WHERE Sculpture Park (Speer & Champa) in Denver, CO

WHY Yoga With A DJ, Tour Tiny Hones, Get Lost In Tent Village, Climb The Rock Wall, Relax In The Beer Garden, Gourmet Outdoor Cooking and Demo New Gear

INFO/DETAILS www.adventurefest2016.com

BUY TICKETS here