Diamond Jubilee

Reliving 75 Summers of the Aspen Music Festival and School

A retrospective from the fest's start to its traditions and the stars who have graced the stage over the years

06/06/2024 By Cindy Hirschfeld

Datebook

Aspen Weekend Agenda, July 20–22, 2018

It's time to gear up for a wild weekend of art, golf, dancing, and world class music.

07/18/2018 By Aspen Sojourner Staff

Datebook

Aspen Weekend Agenda: July 6 – July 8, 2018

Get ready to move and groove to the music this weekend.

07/04/2018 By Aspen Sojourner Staff

Datebook

Aspen Weekend Agenda: June 29–July 1, 2018

The line up of events for this weekend will be music to your ears.

06/27/2018

Arts in Abundance

The August 2018 Guide to Aspen's Cultural Calendar

This month's highlights include the ballet with pianist Joyce Yang, Seraphic Fire choral ensemble, Mountainfilm, and the JAS Labor Day Experience.

06/05/2018 By Andrew Travers

Arts in Abundance

The July 2018 Guide to Aspen's Cultural Calendar

The summer heats up with Snowmass concerts, an Aspen Santa Fe Ballet premiere, Ai Weiwei at Anderson Ranch, Harris Hall's 25th anniversary, and more.

06/05/2018 By Andrew Travers

Heat Up

The Essential Guide to Aspen's Summer Events

Whether you want world-class music, provocative visual arts, or transcendent theater, you’ll find it in Aspen this season.

05/01/2016 With Todd Hartley, Catherine Lutz, and Brook Sutton Illustrations by Nicole Licht By Grace Lichtenstein

Arts and Culture

Off the Charts

The Roaring Fork Valley’s arts and culture scene has never been bigger, better, or more hell-bent to impress. But how to decide which of the hundreds of events should make up your summer to-do list? Easy—just read the following.

05/01/2015 Edited by Julie Comins

Posse of Performers

The Festival-Brat Pack

Two performers whose Aspen Music Festival and School histories date to their childhoods return as thirtysomethings to perform.

11/01/2014 By Andrew Travers

Must See Shows

Catch This!

An enjoyable night’s entertainment? We’re looking for something more from Aspen’s culture calendar. We want significant, momentous, and memorable.

05/01/2013 By Stewart Oksenhorn

Keep Aspen Weird

Avant-Garde Aspen

Aspen and the Roaring Fork Valley can no doubt claim a high cool factor today. But from the early 1950s through the 1970s, the artistic goings-on in the region were truly cutting-edge.

02/01/2013 By Jacob Proctor

Music Man

Aspen's Resident Composer

He has inspired thousands of voices to sing, yet Ray Vincent Adams remains the valley's most unsung artistic hero.

11/01/2012 By Hilary Stunda

Local Heros

Sojourner Salutes Award Honorees

For nearly two decades, this magazine’s Sojourner Salutes awards have paid tribute to the givers, doers, and fighters who make the Roaring Fork Valley exceptional.

11/01/2012 By Jay Cowen