The blues are BACK in Winter Park!

Posted on November 8, 2011 by Chris

If you’re a fan of the fantastic live Blues shows that Grand County Blues Society hosts in Winter Park, it’s been a long couple of months for you waiting for the next show. We’re in luck though: this FRIDAY, November 11th at 9PM, Smokin’ Moes welcomes back Samantha Fish and Kate Moss for a night of rockin’ blues! Samantha Fish will be jamming on her guitar as if she’s been playing for a liftetime instead of less than a decade, and will be accompanied by special guest Kate Moss. We’ll likely hear a lot of music off Samantha’s first solo album released in April, called Runaway.

American Blues News reviewed one of her songs, 4 Non-Blondes, as being part Rolling Stones, part John Lee Hooker, and part Dukes of Hazzard car chase. In other words, Samantha knows how to play the blues, and we’re guaranteed another amazing show this Friday. Kate Moss will certainly only add to the party; she’s no stranger to the guitar herself. With these two on stage together, be ready to dance.

One added bonus: the Blues Society is kind enough to appreciate Verteran’s Day at the show, so any Verteran plus one guest will get into the show FREE! Guess what else? If you’re a guest of Winter Park Lodging Company, mention it at the door and your ticket will be on the house too! If you didn’t book with us this time, your ticket is $10, but it’s for a good cause: the Grand County Blues Society is a non-profit, so all the cash they collect at the door goes toward keeping Blues in the School and Blue Star Connection successful programs. Plus, our donations and ticket purchases help us to to keep bringing great live blues music back to Winter Park as often as we can. So, after you’re done waxing your skis for the early opening of Winter Park Resort this Saturday, come out to Smokin’ Moes for a great night with us. Want to make a weekend out of it? Give Winter Park Lodging Company a call to set up your lodging, lift tickets, ski rentals, and some free tickets to a great show!

Summer Concert Series in Winter Park, Colorado

Posted on June 18, 2011 by Chris

High-Note Thursday Music at Hideaway Park High Note Thursday Winter Park CO

Summer has arrived and the High-Note Thursday music series in Hideaway Park is ready for some outdoor sounds under the peaks. This coming week we have Nick Moss and Friends on June 23rd. The High-Note Music Series is a free event put on by the Winter Park/Fraser Chamber of Commerce that is a great time for locals and guests alike. Chairs and music are provided with food and beverages allowed. So pack up a picnic, bottle of wine or two and head out to Hideaway Parkfor some great tunes with friends. There is not a cheaper, better time to be had here in Winter Park.

Here is the rest of the lineup for Thursday Music in the Park:

June 30: Opie Gone Bad

July 7: Kory Brunson Band

July 14: Red June

July 21: Jack Hadley Band

July 28: Andy Hackbarth Band (special performance by Due West)

August 4: Slopeside

August 11: Hunker Down

On July 14th our friends from North Carolina, Red June, will be playing in Hideaway Park and I recommend you come and see one of the hottest Americana Acoustic bands in the country. Here is what one music critic is saying about Red June:

“I've listened to and reviewed a lot of new releases during the past year and I have to put Red June’s right at the top. I'm not kidding. At the top. This is absolutely the best new music I've heard in many a moon." -David Belknap, Peterborough Folk Music Society

The Red June sound is as versatile and original as the musicians themselves; they touch on bluegrass, roots rock, and traditional country music with powerful harmonies, innovative songwriting and expert musicianship. Collectively, Will Straughan, Natalya Weinstein and John Cloyd Miller have shared the stage with countless bluegrass and Americana greats such as James Taylor, Sam Bush, Joe Craven, Jim Lauderdale, Del McCoury, Alice Gerrard, Jim Shumate and B.B. King and have performed at festivals across the country including RockyGrass, Grey Fox, Merlefest, Grand Targhee, MagnoliaFest and Shakori Hills.

Make a plan and come out to hear some great music up here high in the Rocky Mountains. All the bands are great but you should not miss Red June.

Winter Park Blues from the Top Music Fest

Posted on April 12, 2011 by Chris

Grand County Blues From the Top Music Festival

The ninth annual Blues from the Top Music Fest inm Winter Park, CO is coming Friday, June 24th through Sunday, June 26th. The artist lineups look amazing if the show is anything like last year it will be a screaming good time.

The shows will again be held at Hideaway Park in Winter Park, CO under the peaks of the continental divide. Check out this years lineup:

Friday, June 24th

Smokin’ Moe’s Pre-fest Show
8pm

Artists:

Girls with Guitars: Samatha Fish, Dani Wilde, Cassie Taylor

Matt Schofield

Saturday, June 25th

10am-7pm

Atrists:

Ronnie Baker Brooks
Nick Moss and The Flip Tops
Joe Moss, John Nemeth Soul Revue,
Samatha Fish, Cassie Taylor, Dani Wilde
Mary Bridget Davies, Dustin Pittsley, Michaela Rae

Sunday, June 26th
10am-7pm

Artsts:

Jimmy Hall and Wet Willie
Matt Schofield Trio
Albert Cummings
Joanne Shaw Taylor
Sammy Mayfield
Ashley Cleveland Gospel
Reese Wynans

Category 5 Night
Smokin’ Moe’s
9pm to 12am

Artists:

Nick Moss
Joe Moss
Kate Moss
Samantha Fish
Joanne Shaw Taylor
Albert Cummings
+ more!

Get your tickets early to save some $$$
Door prices are :
$31 for a single day pass

Get your tickets for the 2011 Blues from the Top

The Blues from the top show kicks off the Winter Park summer music series and this has become one of the best shows here in WP. Make your plans now for a weekend of blues, BBQ and a good time up in the high country. Let Winter Park Lodging Company get you the best deals on lodging, show tix, and restaurant discounts. Come on up for Blues from the Top.

Winter Park Jazz Festival 2011

Posted on March 6, 2011 by Chris

Winter Park Jazz Festival lineup Winter Park, Colorado Jazz Festival 2011

It is getting the time of year to start looking forward to the summer music festivals here in Winter Park. This year looks to be a doozy of a year with a couple of new festivals with some great music and musicians.

The biggest and usually the best Colorado summer concert music festival is the Winter Park Jazz Festival. The dates are set for this years festival for Saturday July 24th and Sunday July 25th. There a some rumors as to the jazz festival musician lineup but we promised to keep out tongues tied until there is an official announcement. Last year the lineup was announced April 1st and that should be the same this year.

Check out the jazz festival poster to the left for last years musician lineup. This year again the festival will be held at Hideaway Park in downtown Winter Park, CO. Times for the shows should also be the same going from 11am to 6pm.

The WP Jazz Festival is the premier Winter Park music festival of the year and if you are thinking of attending make sure to reserve your lodging soon. The best lodging books early and you don’t want to be in some bad digs for this show. Check out Winter Park Lodging Company’s Jazz Festival lodging options.

Winter Park, Colorado comes alive in the summer so get here a day or two early and stay and stay a couple of days late and enjoy the Rocky Mountain summer.

Stay tuned for the Winter Park Jazz Festival artist lineup – we will keep you posted. And mark your calendars the 2011 Jazz Festival is July 23rd and 24th.

Winter Park Music Festival – Free!

Posted on August 3, 2010 by Chris

Winter Park CO free summer music festival Rock Fest at Winter Park, CO

The Winter Park Music Festival is this weekend Saturday August 7th at Hideaway Park. The festival is featuring Night Ranger, Pat Travers and The Groove Hogs. Yes, a little bit nostalgic but the show is free and who can’t sin along with “sister Christian now the time has come”. Whew, brings me right back to high school in 1984.

The weather in Winter Park is just about perfect right now and you can’t beat live music under the mountain tops listening to some rockin’ tunes.

Come on up and enjoy a day of Music, Food, Beer Pavilion, Vendors and Fun. 103.5 The Fox brings a GREAT line-up of music and fun. Gates and Vendors open at 10 am for this FREE EVENT!

Book your lodging with Winter Park Lodging Company and get free VIP tickets to the show. The VIP package includes:
• Access to Chair Seating close to the stage
• 2 FREE Beverages
• A chance to win tickets to the Backstage Meet and Greet Party
• A FREE Festival T-Shirt

Again headlining is Night Ranger:

Night Ranger left an indelible mark with a string of best-selling albums that sold more than 16 million copies worldwide. The band’s popularity was fueled by an impressive string of instantly recognizable hit singles and signature album tracks, including “Sister Christian,” “(You Can Still) Rock In America,” “When You Close Your Eyes,” “Sentimental Street,” “Goodbye” and “Don’t Tell Me You Love Me.” Harnessing the frenetic drive of heavy metal to hook-laden rock songs, throwing in a stunning twin lead guitar team, and melodious, radio-friendly power ballads, Night Ranger inspired new descriptive phrases such as “melodic metal” and “metal power pop”. They became the standard-bearer of a new sound.

Free music, beer, all in the mountains. Sounds like a great weekend.

Opie Gone Bad in Winter Park, CO

Posted on June 28, 2010 by Chris

Winter Park free music Thursday Winter Park, Colo Free Music Thursdays

The Winter Park Free Music Thursdays started last week and continues this week with Boa & Thde Constrictors.

Next week the guest is Opie Gone Bad. These guys are a big name to have up here in Winter Park for a free show. With some of the bigger names in music getting ticket prices in the $300 range this is a breath of fresh air.

On Thursday July 8th you can get on up to Winter Park, CO bringing your favorite picnic meal, wine or other adult beverage and sit in the beautiful Hideaway Park Amphitheater and see Opie Gone Bad for only the price of gas, food and booze. That sounds like a screaming deal and a darn good time.

Music outside in Winter Park can not be beat. There is a long tradition od great music up here in WP. The American Music Festival was an annual event here for long time and played host to some of the biggest names in music including Dave Matthews, Toad the Wet Sprocket and Warren Zevon just to name a few.

If you are looking to see some music and want to get out of the heat and crowds down in the cities check out Winter Park’s free music Thursdays.

Winter Park Lodging Company is running a third night free special right now so come on up to the cool air of Winter Park for three nights and only pay for two. Make you plans now for some great music up in the Rocky Mountains.

Winter Park, CO Summer Fun

Posted on June 21, 2010 by Chris

summer in winter park colorado

Summer in Winter Park, Colorado

Today is the first day of summer officially and that means it is hot, very hot down in the low lands and dreamy beautiful up here in the Rocky Mountains. The time to head to Winter Park is now to enjoy the beauty of Colorado without the crowds.

Here is the weather for Denver June 21st to June 24th:

89°F

Current: Cloudy
Wind: W at 4 mph
Humidity: 80%

Mon

89°F | 60°F

Tue

91°F | 61°F

Wed

81°F | 60°F

Thu

89°F | 64°F

63°F | °C

Current: Cloudy
Wind: W at 4 mph
Humidity: 80%

Mon

89°F | 60°F

Tue

91°F | 61°F

Wed

81°F | 60°F

Thu

89°F | 64°F

And here is the weather for Winter Park, CO.

65°F

Current: Sunny
Wind: SW at 3 mph
Humidity: 44%

Mon

71°F | 42°F

Tue

73°F | 42°F

Wed

66°F | 43°F

Thu

73°F | 47°F

As I said time to get out of the heat!

Lots of events and activities in WP this time of year also. The Eighth Annual Winter Park Blues Fest starts this Thursday with the best lineup ever for this rockin’ show.

There is also the Winter Park Chocolate Festival this weekend on June 26th. Taste some great chocolate with some wine and have a great time in the Rockies.

And for the kids there are all the events and activities in the Winter Park Village and base area:

COCA-COLA® FAMILY MOVIE NIGHT
Fridays, June 25 – September 3 The Village at Winter Park presents Outdoor Movie Night! We will be showing a great selection of family and kid-friendly movies every Friday evening from June 25 – Labor Day Weekend. Movies will be held outdoors on the lawn next to the Discovery Center and are free to the public. A limited number of chairs are provided. All movies will begin just after sunset. Times may vary week to week.

CIRQUE du SATURDAYS
Saturdays, July 3 - September 4

It’s a circus in the mountains every Saturday in the Village at Winter Park! Kids will enjoy the fun and festive atmosphere as they walk with troubadours, unicyclists, stiltwalkers, jugglers, and more in the Village from 10am – 2pm. Don’t forget to pause long enough for free face-painting and caricatures. All events are free and fun! Come one, come all! Don’t miss out on the chance to join the circus!

KIDS’ NIGHT OUT
Saturdays, July 3 – August 21

This fun, activity-filled evening is for 4-12 year olds. This program is loaded with indoor and outdoor activities and it includes dinner and s’mores by the firepit! Kids’ Night Out is a worry-free night out for Mom & Dad and a convenient alternative to at-home babysitting. Kids’ Night Out is held at the Discovery Center in the Village at Winter Park on Saturday evenings from 5:30pm – 9:00pm starting July 3rd and running through August 21. Kids’ Night Out is a FREE childcare service offered to parents on the condition that $30 per child is spent in any commercial outlet at the resort during the hours that your children are in the program. We do require original receipts to verify the expenditure. If less than $30 per child is spent, parents will be charged the difference. Kids Night Out includes: Dinner from Doc’s Roadhouse and Outdoor Activities / Indoor Activities - games, crafts, movies.

Reservations: Please reserve your child’s space by 3pm on Saturday. Call Winter Park Guest Services at 800.729.7907 to reserve your child’s space. Enrollment is limited and is on a first-come, first-serve basis.

Now that is a deal free day/night care while the parents head out for a drinks and dinner.

Summer is here and the now is the time to make your plan to head up to the mountains. Let Winter Park Lodging Company make your getaway fun, economical and relaxing.

Winter Park, Colorado Beer Festival

Posted on May 19, 2010 by Chris

Colorado Mountain Beer Festival

The first annual Winter Park, CO beer festival has been announced and will be taking place in Hideaway Park in downtown Winter Park, Colo on Saturday August 14, 2010. This is Winter Parks first foray into the beer festival world but we are thinking that the Winter Park Beer Festival will be bigger and badder than the Great American Beer Festival in no time.

The Winter Park Beer Festival will be a celebration of beer, music and mountains, can you have any of these without the others?, in the beautiful environs of Winter Park, CO. There will be over 25 breweries represented doing beer tastings and selling merchandise with local and national bands to keep all entertained. There will also be vendors in Hideaway Park selling all that you will need to make this a fun and friendly day of beer drinking. We are hoping that the three young ladies to the left will be attending to help peddle some of the suds.

Breweries that can be expected to be attending, but in no way guaranteed to be, include New Belgium Brewery, Odell’s Brewery, Coors, Budweiser, Great Divide Brewery, Oscar Blues Brewery, Sierra Nevada Brewery, Left Hand Brewery, Grand Lake Brewery, Deschutes Brewing and Flying Dog Brewery. There should be some great beers by some of the best brewers in the nation.

As for music, the lineup should be fun with lots of good beer drinking tunes. Here is who will be playing:

JJ Grey and MOFRO

“intriguing and fortuitous… Grey’s a songwriter with a sharp wit and a knack for skewering the hypocrites, jive politicians and carpetbaggers who litter the landscape. The MOFRO vibe travels freely among swamp funk, blues, rock and soul, and does so with a certain down-and-dirty swagger that’s as real as it is appealing.”

Filthy Children

This funk/jazz/rock septet serves up a funkinetic frenzy of fresh, original, mind moving music; reminiscent of such groove giants as Soulive, Greyboy Allstars, John Scofield, and Deep Banana Blackout. Filthy Children deliver action packed funk that’s sure to be “a big fat kick in the groove”

Cowboy Dave

Hillbilly yuckster by day, Saturday-morning-cartoon hero by night, Cowboy Dave and his band of honky-tonk all-stars are poised to put the western back in country and western. Known to many as the deadpanned FortyTwenty frontman and fiddle player, Cowboy Dave Wilson has spent the better part of this decade honing his craft throughout the honky-tonks of the Midwest and South.

Sounds like some good grooves to get a good beer drink going up in the Colorado Rocky Mountains. This festival being on a Saturday lets you come up and enjoy a Free Ride Friday in Trestle Bike Park then the beer festival on Saturday and maybe some cross country/ single track mountain biking on Sunday before you return home.

I forgot to mention that the Winter Park Beer Festival benefits a truly worthy cause in the National Sports Center for the Disabled. I do not know of a better cause to give to and to do it all by drinking some beer and listening to some music in the Colorado mountains, now that is one heck of a weekend.

So come on out and celebrate summer with some beer and music!

Winter Park Jazz Festival Tickets

Posted on April 19, 2010 by Chris

Colorado Mountain jazz fetivals Winter Park, CO Jazz Festival 2010 Tickets

Winter Park Jazz Festival tickets go on sale today April 19th, 2010. The 2010 Winter Park Jazz Festival is sponsored by Winter Park Resort and Jazz @ Jacks.

This year’s lineup couldn’t be any better! Saturday’s concert includes Brian Culbertson, Craig Chaquico, Dotsero ant Boa & The Constrictors, with the headliner being Chaka Khan! On Sunday we will have Norman Brown’s Summer Storm (starring Brenda Russell, Phil Perry and Jessy “J”, Boney James, Ryan Shaw, Hazel Miller and Jazz Del Barrio. On Saturday night be sure not to miss the Official After Party at Winter Park Resort.

According to saxman Boney James’ Facebook page, his Colorado performance was rained out last year, so he should return with the vengeance of a summer storm to Hideaway Park this July.

Tickets can be purchase through Ticketmaster or the Winter Park/Fraser Chamber of Commerce:

Ticketmaster

Winter Park/Fraser Valley Chamber of Commerce: by calling the Visitor Center at 800.903.7275 or in person.

Get your tickets now and don’t miss out on the premier Winter Park Jazz Festival Lodging for your trip up to WP.

Hideaway Park is right off of US Highway 40 in downtown Winter Park, Colorado. Winter Park Lodging Company offer many condos and town-homes that are with in walking distance to this music venue and the local restaurants and bars.

Winter Park Jazz Festival After Party

Posted on April 16, 2010 by Chris

Colorado jazz festivals 2010 Winter Park Jazz Festival After Party

There will be an after party at the Winter Park Resort after the first day of the Winter Park Jazz Festival. This is the second year that WP Resort is throwing the after party and it should be a good time.

WP Resort, Becky Taylor and Jazz at Jacks presents the “Official WPJF After Party, featuring Denver’s Best Party Band Soul School” at West Portal Station at Winter Park Resort. Saturday, July 24, 2010 7:00pm-1:00am (doors open at 6:30pm)

Come have dinner and party at the 2nd annual Winter Park Jazz Festival after party.

Advance tickets will be available.

More information can be found at Jazz @ Jazks and Winter Park Resort.

This jazz festival is looking like one if the best in years with some different artists. Here is this years Winter Park Jazz Fest line-up.

Tickets for the jazz festival will go on sale April 19th at both Ticketmaster and the Winter Park/Fraser Valley Chamber of Commerce.

The ticket pachage information has been released also.

2010 Winter Park Jazz Festival Ticket Packages

Ticket	Gold Circle Seating Package	Plaza Party Package	Reserved VIP Seating	General Admission
Pre-Sale Price	$100	$100	$45	$35
Day of Pricing	$110	$110	$50	$40
Package Description	This package includes all day access in and out of the Event with: · A private entrance for Gold Circle Members · The Closest chair seating to stage available · Lunch in the Private “Stage Left” tent including two beverages of your choice at the “Stage Left” bar · All day access to Stage Left Tent including a private cash bar	Our new addition to the Event, this package includes all day access in and out of the Event with: · A private entrance for Plaza Party Members · Top level chair seating with shade coverage See more in box below	This package includes all day access in and out of the Event with: · Priority Chair seating close to stage	This package includes all day access in and out of the Event with: · Lawn Seating
		Also included in the Plaza Party Package · Lunch in the Private “Stage Left” tent including two beverages of your choice at the “Stage Left” bar or the Plaza Complex Private Bar · Access to Plaza Complex Cash Private Bar · All day access to Stage Left Tent including a private cash bar & access to an additional Private Cash Bar in Plaza Complex

Ticket Packages

Ticket	Gold Circle Seating Package	Plaza Party Package	Reserved VIP Seating	General Admission
Pre-Sale Price	$100	$100	$45	$35
Day of Pricing	$110	$110	$50	$40
Package Description	This package includes all day access in and out of the Event with: · A private entrance for Gold Circle Members · The Closest chair seating to stage available · Lunch in the Private “Stage Left” tent including two beverages of your choice at the “Stage Left” bar · All day access to Stage Left Tent including a private cash bar	Our new addition to the Event, this package includes all day access in and out of the Event with: · A private entrance for Plaza Party Members · Top level chair seating with shade coverage See more in box below	This package includes all day access in and out of the Event with: · Priority Chair seating close to stage