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Aspen Weekend Agenda: February 3-5, 2017

Editor’s Picks to help you navigate the seasonal sea of schedules.

By Katie Shapiro February 3, 2017

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AVSC's annual progressive dinner on skis is Saturday, February 4 (6-8 p.m.).

Everyone's fully recovered from the X Games, right? For some, the first weekend in February means one thing: Super Bowl Sunday. Most every bar and restaurant in town will have the game on the big screen and plenty of hot wings, but we're skiing Snowmass and heading straight to the new slope side Slow Groovin' BBQ for their special Super Bowl feast ($35 per person, reservations required). Tonight, Aspen Youth Center says so long "Spell What" and starts a new tradition with Family Feud Aspen—an annual fundraiser Aspen Sojourner is proud to support. Here's the rest of the rundown for a fun weekend ahead: 

Friday, February 3

Ullr Nights 
5 p.m., Snowmass Mountain
Bundle up and ride the Snowmass gondola to some family-friendly snow play, including lift-served tubing ($34 per hour; reserve in advance), free ice skating, free snowshoe tours, snowbiking ($69 guided rides for ages 12 and up, free minibikes for younger kids), and climbing on a massive snow sculpture. Elk Camp restaurant serves dinner with live music, followed by s’mores and hot cocoa by the bonfire. $10 (gondola ride), gosnowmass.com

Family Feud Aspen
6 p.m., Hotel Jerome
The Aspen Youth Center’s annual fundraiser gets a makeover this year with a new format: teams of well-known locals go head-to-head in a Family Feud–style game show. $160, aspenyouthcenter.org

JAS Café
7 & 9:15 p.m., Downstairs at The Little Nell
Jazz Aspen Snowmass presents this winter-long series of intimate shows by leading genre musicians, with this weekend's performance from Diego Figueiredo & Chiara Izzi. $40, jazzaspensnowmass.org

Protect Our Winters Action Summit
8 p.m., The BLK MKT 
As activated citizens, what more can we do in the face of climate change? Hosted by POW ambassador and ALEX Bottle founder Gretchen Bleiler at this panel discussion on the fight we face ahead. Post-panel, shop BLK MKT's sweet threads with a bar hosted by Finlandia and Aspen Brewing Company, live music from Leah Song and David Brown of Rising Appalachia. Free, facebook.com

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The Revivalists
9:30 p.m., Belly Up Aspen
The septet of friends from New Orleans, who Rolling Stone named among its "10 Artists You Need to Know" in 2016 brings their genre-hopping funk to Aspen with special guests Con Brio. $32, bellyupaspen.com

Saturday, February 4

Nordic Bonfire Dinner
6 p.m., Aspen Cross Country Center
Cross-country ski from station to station along a 1.5-kilometer course, fueling up on food and drink from local restaurants during this popular fundraiser for the Aspen Ski and Snowboard Club’s Nordic team. $30 adults, $15 kids under 12, teamavsc.org

JAS Café
7 & 9:15 p.m., Downstairs at The Little Nell
Jazz Aspen Snowmass presents this winter-long series of intimate shows by leading genre musicians, with this weekend's performance from Diego Figueiredo & Chiara Izzi. $40, jazzaspensnowmass.org

Sunday, February 5

Live Music with Evergreen Grass Band
9 p.m., Justice Snow's 
We love Sunday nights in the parlour and when its one of the best bands in bluegrass, its even better. Evergreen Grass Band will take the stage with their straight-forward, face-melting ungrass songs, toe-tappin country tunes, and original grass arrangements of covers spanning genres. 
Free, justicesnows.com

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