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COLORADO
Rocky Mountain Repertory Theatre: June 13-Sept. 20, Grand Lake. The shows featured this season are "Oklahoma," "Urinetown," "Big: The Musical," and "Why Do Fools Fall in Love?" Call 970-627-3421 or visit www.rockymountainrep.com for ticket information.
IDAHO
The Idaho Shakespeare Festival: June-Sept. 27, Boise. Plays this year include "All's Well That Ends Well," "The Crucible," "Into the Woods," "Macbeth," and "Greater Tuna." Picnicking is encouraged at this outdoor amphitheater. Call the box office at 208-336-9221 or visit www.idahoshakespeare. org.
Music
ARIZONA
Arizona Highland Celtic Festival: July 19 and 20, Flagstaff. The festival represents the Celtic cultures of Asturias, Brittany, Cornwall, Galacia, Ireland, Isle of Man, Scotland and Wales through concerts, competitions, food and workshops. Visit www.nachs.info for more information.
The Grand Canyon Music Festival: Sept. 5 to 21, South Rim. Concerts are Sept. 5, 6, 12, 13, 17, 19 and 20 at the Shrine of the Ages on the South Rim of the Grand Canyon. Performers include Ethel and Joel Fan and The Enso String Quartet. Visit www.grandcanyonmusicfest.org for more information.
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Telluride Jazz Celebration: June 5-8, Telluride. Nestled in the San Juan Mountains, the festival includes outdoor performances during the day and theater and club shows indoors at night. The Crescent Super Band and the Neville Brothers are just a few of the acts scheduled to appear. Call 970-728-7009 or visit www.telluridejazz.org for more information.
Aspen Music Festival: June 19-Aug. 17, Aspen. Enjoy performances from the Aspen Chamber Symphony, Emerson String Quartet, Aspen Festival Orchestra and American String Quartet in the unique setting of the Colorado Rockies. Call 970-925-3254 or visit www.aspenmusicfestival.com for a complete schedule of performances.
Telluride Bluegrass Festival: June 19-22, Telluride. The 35th annual bluegrass festival kicks off June 19 and coincides with the Summer Solstice and the full moon. The Ani DiFranco Band, Arlo Guthrie, Ryan Adams and the Cardinals and Bela Fleck are a few of the performers at what festivalgoers call the bluegrass festival. Visit www.bluegrass. com/telluride for more information.
RockyGrass: June 25-27, Lyons. The lineup includes Bela Fleck, the Steeldrivers, Bearfoot, the Carolina Chocolate Drops and the Stairwell Sisters. Tickets to this festival sold out early last year, so visit www.bluegrass.com/rockygrass for a lineup and ticket information.
Crested Butte Music Festival: July 4-31, Crested Butte. The festival's theme this year is "Discover the Roots of Paradise" featuring music from the nationalities of the first settlers of Crested Butte. The early population included Czechs and Slovaks with a large Italian population around the turn of the century. Performances will include a polka band and Italian opera "Falstaff." Visit www.crestedbuttemusic festival.com for more information.
Music in the Mountains: July 12-Aug. 3, Durango and Pagosa Springs. The three-week festival includes musicians from around the world and features orchestra and chamber music and other special events. Visit www.musicinthemountains. com for more information.
Winter Park Jazz Festival: July 26-27, Winter Park. Performers include Guitars and Saxes, Lorber and Jessy J., Average White Band, Dotsero, David Sanborn, Norman Brown and Friends and Hazel Miller. Visit www.winterpark-info. com/events/index.aspx for more information.
Vail International Dance Festival: July 27-Aug. 10, Vail. This year's festival will include performances from the Paul Taylor Dance Company, Pacific Northwest Ballet and Buckets and Tap Shoes to name a few Visit www.vail dance.org for a schedule and complete list of dance companies.
Telluride Chamber Music Festival: August 7-16, Telluride. The festival is celebrating its 35th year of chamber music with events for the entire family. Visit www.telluridechambermusic. com for more information.
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Theater
COLORADO
Rocky Mountain Repertory Theatre: June 13 to Sept. 20, Grand Lake. The shows featured this season are "Oklahoma," "Urinetown," "Big: The Musical," and "Why Do Fools Fall in Love?" Call 970-627-3421 or visit www.rockymountainrep.com for ticket information.
IDAHO
The Idaho Shakespeare Festival: June 6 to Sept. 27, Boise. Plays this year include "All's Well That Ends Well," "The Crucible," "Into the Woods," "Macbeth," and "Greater Tuna." Picnicking is encouraged at this outdoor amphitheater. Call the box office at 208-336-9221or visit www.idahoshakespeare.org.
Music
ARIZONA
Arizona Highland Celtic Festival: July 19 and 20, Flagstaff. The festival represents the Celtic cultures of Asturias, Brittany, Cornwall, Galacia, Ireland, Isle of Man, Scotland and Wales through concerts, competitions, food and workshops. Visit www.nachs.info for more information.
The Grand Canyon Music Festival: Sept. 5 to 21, South Rim. Concerts are Sept. 5, 6, 12, 13, 17, 19 and 20 at the Shrine of the Ages on the South Rim of the Grand Canyon. Performers include Ethel and Joel Fan and The Enso String Quartet. Visit www.grandcanyonmusicfest.org for more information.
COLORADO
Telluride Jazz Celebration: June 5 to 8, Telluride. Nestled in the San Juan Mountains, the festival includes outdoor performances during the day and theater and club shows indoors at night. The Crescent Super Band and the Neville Brothers are just a few of the acts scheduled to appear. Call 970-728-7009 or visit www.telluridejazz.org for more information.
North Fork Bluegrass Festival: June 13 to 15, Hotchkiss. The festival is celebrating its fifth year in Western Colorado. Performers include The Kruger Brothers, Diana Jones, Bobby Mason and many more. Visit www.northforkbluegrass.com for a complete schedule.
Aspen Music Festival: June 19 to Aug. 17, Aspen. Enjoy perforamances from the Aspen Chamber Symphony, Emerson String Quartet, Aspen Festival Orchestra and American String Quartet in the unique setting of the Colorado Rockies. Call 970-925-3254 or visit www.aspenmusicfestival.com for a complete schedule of performances.
Telluride Bluegrass Festival: June 19 to 22, Telluride. The 35th annual bluegrass festival kicks off on June 19 and coincides with the Summer Solstice and the full moon. The Ani DiFranco Band, Arlo Guthrie, Ryan Adams and the Cardinals and Bela Fleck are a few of the performers at what festival-goers call the bluegrass festival. Visit www.bluegrass.com/telluride for more information.
RockyGrass: June 25 to 27, Lyons. The lineup inclues Bela Fleck, the Steeldrivers, Bearfoot, the Carolina Chocolate Drops and the Stairwell Sisters. Tickets to this festival sold out early last year, so visit www.bluegrass.com/rockygrass for a lineup and ticket information.
Country Jam: June 26 to 29, Grand Junction. Headliners include top-selling country artists Diamond Rio, Josh Turner, Tim McGraw, Sugarland and more. Call 800-7800-JAM for tickets or visit http://countryjamgjco.countryjam.com for more information.
Crested Butte Music Festival: July 4 to 31, Crested Butte. The festival's theme this year is "Discover the Roots of Paradise" featuring music from the nationalities of the first settlers of Crested Butte. The early population included Czechs and Slovaks with a large Italian population around the turn of the century. Performances will include a polka band and Italian opera "Falstaff." Visit www.crestedbuttemusicfestival.com for more information.
Music in the Mountains: July 12 to Aug. 3, Durango and Pagosa Springs. The three week festival includes musicians from around the world and features orchestra and chamber music and other special events. Visit www.musicinthemountains.com for more information.
Winter Park Jazz Festival: July 26 and 27, Winter Park. The festival will be held at Hideaway Park in Downtown Winter Park and goes from noon to 6 p.m. each day. Performers include Guitars and Saxes, Lorber and Jessy J., Average White Band, Dotsero, David Sanborn, Norman Brown and Friends and Hazel Miller. Visit www.winterpark-info.com/events/index.aspx for more information.
Vail International Dance Festival: July 27 to Aug. 10, Vail. This year's festival will include performances from the Paul Taylor Dance Company, Pacific Northwest Ballet and Buckets and Tap Shoes to name a few Visit www.vaildance.org for a schedule and complete list of dance companies.
Telluride Chamber Music Festival: August 7 to 16, Telluride. The festival is celebrating its 35th year of chamber music with events for the entire family. Visit www.telluridechambermusic.com for more information.
Blues and Brews Festival: Sept. 12 to 14, Telluride. Listen to blues, rock, gospel and soul while enjoying microbrews from 53 microbreweries around the country including the Moab Brewery and Uintah Brewing Co. of Salt Lake. Call 866-515-6166 or visit www.tellurideblues.com for schedule of events.
IDAHO
National Oldtime Fiddlers' Contest and Festival: June 16 to 21, Weiser. This festival offers chances to listen and learn from some of the best fiddlers around the world. Visit www.fiddlecontest.com for more information.
Sun Valley Summer Symphony: Chamber Music Series, July 28 to Aug.1 and Concerts in the Sun Valley Music Pavilion, Aug. 3 to 18, Sun Valley. The Chamber Music Series inclues performance by Jon Nakamatsu on the piano and Warren Vaché on the Trumpet. Concerts in the Pavilion include the music of Brahms, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky and Mozart. Visit www.svsummersymphony.org or call 208-622-5607 for more information.
Brundage Mountain Festival: Aug. 2 to 4, McCall. Performers include Clumsy Lovers, The Sweatshop Band, Universal Language, Equal Eyes, Delta Nove and Kamphire Collective. The family festival includes food, entertainment, free mountain biking and the self-proclaimed world's longest slip n' slide. Call 208-634-4151 or visit www.visitidaho.org.
NEW MEXICO
Sante Fe Opera: June 27 to Aug. 23, Sante Fe. Performances this season include "Fallstaff," "The Marriage of Figaro," "Billy Budd," "Radamisto," and the American premiere of "Adriana Mater." Call 800-280-4654 or visit www.santafeopera.org for a schedule of performances.
Sante Fe Chamber Music Festival: July 20 to Aug. 25, Sante Fe. This year's festival includes ensembles such as Imani Winds, Miami String Quartet, Orion String Quartet, Real Quiet and the Shanghai Quartet. Call 888-221-9836 or visit www.sfcmf.org for a schedule and complete list of performers.
Music from Angel Fire: Aug. 15 to Sept. 1, Angel Fire, Taos, Raton and Las Vegas. The festival is celebrating its 25th Anniversary with chamber music and artists such as Melvin Chen on the piano, Toby Appel on the viola and Theodorm Arm playing the violin, along with many others. Visit www.musicfromangelfire.org for a full list of artists and schedules or call 888-377-3300 for tickets.
WYOMING
Targhee Fest: July 18 to 20, Targhee National Forest, Grand Targhee. Emmylou Harris will headline the festival along with The Taj Mahal Trio, Lyle Lovett, and a others. Food, games and other activites complete the three-day event. Visit www.grandtarghee.com for more information.
Oyster Ridge Music Festival: July 25 to 27, Kemmerer. Performers this year include The Clumsy Lovers, Terri Hendrix with Lloyd Maines, Stairwell Sisters and The Paperboys. Visit www.oysterridgemusicfestival.com for more information.
Grand Targhee Bluegrass Festival: Aug. 8 to 10, Targhee National Forest, Grand Targhee. Tim O'Brien, Spring Creek, Sam Bush Band, Blue Highway and others will headline the festival. Visit www.grandtarghee.com for more information.
Grand Teton Music Festival: July 3 to Aug. 16, Wilson. The festival features Festival Orchestra Concerts, Chamber Music Concerts and Spotlight Concerts. Visit www.gtmf.org or call 307-733-1128 for more information.
Dance
COLORADO
Aspen Dance Festival: July 17 to Aug. 9, Apsen. Performances include the Apsen Santa Fe Ballet, the Ballet Boyz, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Noche Flamenca and Dance Brazil. Visit www.aspensantafeballet.com for more information.
Vail International Dance Festival: July 27 to Aug. 9, Vail and Beaver Creek. This year's festival includes performances from the Paul Taylor Dance Company, Morphoses/The Wheeldon Company, Pacific Northwest Ballet and Ballroom's Best, to name a few. Visit www.vaildance.org for a full schedule and complete list of all festival events.
IDAHO
Idaho Square and Round Dance Festival: June 13 and 14, Sugar City. The annual festival will be held in Sugar City Idaho this year and will include workshops and plenty of dancing. Visit www.squaredancing.com/idahofed/pages/festival2008.html for more information.
Visual arts
COLORADO
Downtown Art & Jazz Festival: May 9 to 11, Grand Junction. Main Street in Grand Junction plays host to this festival with local high schools, Central High School Jazz Band and Grand Junction High School Jazz Band, and local college Mesa State Faculty Jazz Quartet, and others taking the stage. Visit www.downtowngj.org for a schedule and lineup.
Cherry Creek Arts Festival: July 4 to 6, Denver. The festival in the Cherry Creek shopping district inclues the work of about 231 artists specializing in ceramics, digital art, jewelry, painting, glass, sculpture, wood and more. The festival also includes street performers, performing arts, music and food. Visit www.cherryarts.org.
IDAHO
Sun Valley Center Arts and Crafts Festival: Aug. 8 to 10, Atkinson Park, Ketchum. The Larry Harris List of the Nations Best Art Festival ranks this festival in the top 20 in California and the Northwest. Visit www.sunvalleycenter.org for an upcoming list of participating artists.
NEVADA
Artown: July 1 to 31, Reno. Artown combines cultural activities, art and family activities with outdoor activities and 24-hour gaming. Musical entertainment includes Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis and Emmy Award winner Mandy Patinkin. Visit www.renoisartown.com for more information.
Film
COLORADO
Mountain Film in Telluride: May 23 to 26, Telluride. In its 30th year, this year's festival will include The Moving Mountains Symposium on the global water crisis, a tribute to Sir Edmund Hillary, photography, artists, activists and of course films. Visit www.mountainfilm.org for a complete list of events.
IDAHO
SpudFest Take II: July 31 to Aug. 2, Spud Drive In, Driggs. Visit www.idahofilminstitute.org/spudfest for more information on SpudFest and the Idaho Film and Television Institute.
NEVADA
CineVegas Film Festival: June 12 to 21, Palms Casino Resort and Brenden Theatres, Las Vegas. The festival is celebrating its 10th year. Passes range from $100 student passes to the $600 Royal Flush Pass. Visit www.cinevegas.com for more information.
Miscellaneous
ARIZONA
Made in the Shade Beer Tasting Festival: July 12, Coconino County Fairgrounds, Flagstaff. Sample beer from over 50 brewies from around the Southwest. Visit www.azbeer.com for more information.
Vigilante Days: Aug. 8 to 10, Tombstone. Celebrate Tombstone's unique heritage with street reeactments, entertainment and food. Visit www.tombstone.org for more information.
Cowboy Poets Gathering: Aug. 15 and 16, Yavapai College, Prescott. This gathering of cowboy poets is regarded as one of the best in the country because their efforts to maintain and perserve the cowboy culture and heritage. Visit www.azcowboypoets.org for information on musicians and poets.
IDAHO
Napoleon Dynamite Festival: Aug. 2, Preston. The annual festival paying tribute to the movie that was filmed in Preston, Idaho will be held on Aug. 2 with activities for the whole family. Visit www.prestonidaho.org for more information.
NEVADA
Hot August Nights: Aug. 1 to 10, Reno/Sparks. Hot August Nights celebrates America's love affair with cars with car shows, concerts and a Prom night. Visit www.hotaugustnights.net for a future list of events.
