Tag: music
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Pikes Pick: Bluegrass music fest coming to Colorado Springs’ west side
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Bikes, beer and bluegrass. Sound good? Head over to Buffalo Grass, the festival set for Oct. 3-5 at Buffalo Lodge Bicycle Resort on Colorado Springs’ west side. Tickets starting at $40 at bicycleresort.com/buffalograss. — Seth…
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The Dip set to open for The Red Clay Strays at Ford Amphitheater
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save When the members of The Dip started recording in their Seattle studio nearly a decade ago, they had no idea that they would go on to earn rave reviews, play large festivals and score the No. 1 spot on Billboard magazine’s R&B Album chart. Along…
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Rock & Roll Hall of Fame band Chicago set for show in Colorado Springs
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Averaging 80 to 100 shows each year, Chicago is out supporting the recently released “Chicago at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington D.C. (9/ 16/71),” a four-LP/three-CD set encompassing that historic gig. And while that show occurred 54 years ago, it…
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Colorado Country Music Hall of Fame celebrates local talent at annual awards festival
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Jeff Goodwin told the owner of Dirty Dogs Roadhouse in Golden that he had a band — before he actually had a band. “I played a solo set, and the owner there asked me a…
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Reggae-rock band Slightly Stoopid set for show at Ford Amphitheater
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save When guitarists/singers Miles Doughty and Kyle McDonald started Slightly Stoopid in 1994, they were out front of a second generation of bands that wanted to build on the reggae-rock sound that was starting to take hold thanks to the success of groups such as Sublime,…
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Pikes Pick: Swing over to Jazz in the Garden in downtown Colorado Springs
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A perfect way to end the week: with jazz on green, tranquil grounds overlooked by a historic church tower in downtown Colorado Springs. This Friday, Aug. 8 and Aug. 22 are next in the Jazz…
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Long, strange drip: Colorado Springs tie-dye studio is couple’s dream come true
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save When it comes to tie-dye, there are degrees of knowing and not knowing. Holly and Matty Hilts know the best kind of dye (fiber reactive procion). They know the best kind of fabric (100% cotton). They know the colors that mix well and the colors…
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Collective Soul coming to Pikes Peak Center in Colorado Springs
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Mojo Nixon and Skid Roper once sang that Elvis was everywhere — to hilarious effect. In the case of the most recent Collective Soul record, the two-CD “Here to Eternity,” the spirit of Presley was omnipresent. Recorded on site at Presley’s California estate in Palm…
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Boot Barn Hall to get new name, partners after 5-year run
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save After a five-year run, Boot Barn has gotten the boot at a live music venue and event center on Colorado Springs’ north side. Boot Barn Hall at Bourbon Brothers, named for the Western apparel retailer, is being rebranded as the Phil Long Music Hall at…
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Showtime? Ford Amphitheater officials say new Colorado Springs music venue is ready for next week’s debut
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save With less than two weeks until pop band One Republic takes the stage Aug. 9 at the 8,000-seat Ford Amphitheater that’s under construction on Colorado Springs’ north side, the outdoor music venue isn’t quite ready for its first show. But it will be, its developer…