Author: Loree Rider
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LOREE’S PICK: Pikes Peak Blues Community Revival Jam
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save If you’re a fan of the raw and sultry blues, you can help keep it alive with this annual fundraiser to support American Roots and Blues music in Colorado Springs. All proceeds benefit the Pikes…
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Springs Spree returns this weekend with classic summer fun
They call it “a city in celebration.” Now in its 35th year, Springs Spree offers two days of live entertainment, carnival rides, classic festival food and open spaces in which to bask. More than 70,000 people are expected to attend this year. New this year is the SOCO Car Show, which boasts 200 cars will…
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LOREE’S PICK: Lucky DeLuxe’s one-woman show
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save As seen on “Last Comic Standing” and many more shows, Susanna Lee, aka Lucky DeLuxe, stops in the Springs on her grassroots tour. A one-woman show combining comedy, storytelling and a burlesque show, this performance…
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Your day-by-day guide to the free summer concert series
If you’ve ever enjoyed the settling dusk of a mild summer night, there’s a bonus in store for you. Music. Free music. Here we run down the concert series coming to the Springs this summer. MANITOU SPRINGS SUMMER CONCERT SERIES7 p.m. Mondays and ThursdaysSoda Springs Park, Manitou Avenue and Park Street, 685-5089, manitousprings.orgJune 18: Little London…
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Springs Spree returns this weekend with classic summer fun
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save They call it “a city in celebration.” Now in its 35th year, Springs Spree offers two days of live entertainment, carnival rides, classic festival food and open spaces in which to bask. More than 70,000…
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LOREE’S PICK: Pikes Peak Supercross
Get ready to make yourself at home in the mud because there’s no shortage of it at Supercross. Celebrating 25 years of racing, amateurs and pro-riders age 4 to 65, the event draw spectators from all over. 5 p.m. Saturday, Norris Penrose Events Center, 1045 Lower Gold Camp Rd.; 635-1101, pikespeaksupercross.com. Photo by
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Festival proves to be melting pot for good music
The MeadowGrass music festival had Flumps, but no flops Saturday. “Play another one!” was commonly heard from the crowd — something of a victory for festival director, Steve Harris. “My worst fear is to put artists on the stage and have people walk away thinking they were horrible. Thankfully, that has yet to happen.” In…
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Ukulele master has a surprise for audience
Once limited to Tiny Tim and golden age recordings of Hawaiian music, the ukulele has evolved into something quirky-cool. That’s thanks, in part, to up-and-coming performers like Jake Shimabukuro, a self-proclaimed goodwill ambassador for the instrument and the aloha spirit who plays Stargazers Theatre and Event Center next Thursday. “You don’t come to a ukulele…
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Ukulele master has a surprise for audience
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Once limited to Tiny Tim and golden age recordings of Hawaiian music, the ukulele has evolved into something quirky-cool. That’s thanks, in part, to up-and-coming performers like Jake Shimabukuro, a self-proclaimed goodwill ambassador for the…
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Hats on for a good cause
Local event celebrates derby, raises funds for diabetes It’s the fastest two minutes in sports, but the splendor and spectacle of the Kentucky Derby lasted much longer for one fundraising group Saturday afternoon. More than 1,200 miles from Churchill Downs, Colorado Springs’ own “Derby for Diabetes” came out of the gates for the third year…