The Estes Valley Voice is launching a new weekly Arts & Entertaiment section that we plan to publish on Thursdays. The column will be written by our team of journalists, including Remy Wood, a journalism intern from CU Boulder working with us this summer. Welcome aboard, Remy.
This feature, sponsored by the Historic Park Theater, will focus on what’s going on over the upcoming weekend and into the following week. Look for currated information here about movies, music, and what’s happening in our mountain town. We can’t feature everything, but we will pick things we think are worth your time and the price of a ticket.
We are also in the process of updating our easy reference Events Calendar, and we hope that will be live again in the next day or so. Occassionally there are hiccups “under the hood” with publishing platforms. We have had a few hicckups with funky dates and platform freezes, but our IT specialists are on it.
Thursday, June 19
Today is Juneteenth. This federal holiday will be celebrated locally with free entrance to Rocky Mountain National Park. Timed-entry reservations will still be applicable. Juneteenth commemorates the date when Union soldiers arrived in Galveston, Texas, in 1865 and informed 250,000 enslaved people of their freedom, more than two years after Presidednt Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation. They were the last community in the southern states to be given the news.
Tonight at 5:30 p.m. is the inaugural Trivia contest at Snowy Peaks Winery. Teams of up to six will be accepted and prizes will be offered by the winery. To make a reservation for yourself and your team, call the winery at 970-586-2099. Music Trivia is hosted by the Bull Pin on Thursday nights, beginning at 7 p.m.
Rock Cut Brewery hosts music on the front porch every Thursday, from 7-9 p.m. This week’s performance will be by Snowmelt.
Friday, June 20
Friday Live Music at Snowy Peaks Winery is from 4-6 p.m. in the winery’s beautiful back porch, with guests Neilsen and Nicholson. Reservations are highly recommended for this popular show, 970-526-2099.
Saturday, June 21
Pride in the Park, 11a.m. – 12 p.m. at the Historic Park Theater “Pathways Together: Cultivating LGBTQ+ Community Inclusion.” A free, public discussion hosted by One Colorado and Rocky Mountain Equality. Speakers Brandi Hardy and Castro will lead the conversation, followed by a Q&A. The event opens with remarks from Mayor Hall and introductions by Jenn Bass.
Pride in the Park, 12-5 p.m. on The Slab, downtown Estes Park. Live Music, Community Speakers, and Vendor Market Musical guests Step Mother Nature and Just Jill will perform throughout the afternoon. Community leaders including Mayor Hall, Rev. Ann Lantz, Lars Sage, and Jenn Bass will speak. Local vendors will offer handmade goods including jewelry, baked items, clothing, and crafts. Free to the public,
Pride in the Park, 12:00–5:00 pm George Hix Riverside Plaza, Estes Park Family Activities and Resource Fair Free arts and crafts while supplies last: rainbow keychains, earrings, necklaces, and affirming button pins. A Pokémon-themed scavenger hunt called “Snare Sylveon” will delight younger attendees. Over a dozen local and regional organizations will host booths offering resources on wellness, inclusion, and support services.
“Singing in the Rain, Jr.” Close to 50 students are taking part in the Fine Arts Guild of the Rockies Summer Camp production of “Singing in the Rain, Jr,” a two-week theater camp that tasks the students to act, sing, do the stage lights, and create the sets for the show.
On Saturday, June 21 at 7 p.m. and again on Sunday, June 22 at 2 p.m., the students will be performing “Singing in the Rain, Jr.” at the Estes Park High School Auditorium. Tickets are $12, either ahead of time or at the door.
At Rock Cut Brewing from 6-9 p.m. on Saturday is a special musical performance by Shanty Irish, performing classic Irish Pub Music from Western Maryland.
Sunday, June 22
Rocky Ridge Music Center will host a Music in the Mountains Concert: RMM College Intensive Faculty Series (series 2) on Sunday. This concert features musician faculty members performing in its historic hall classical pieces by Mozart, Liszt, Tchikovsky, and more, beginning at 3 p.m. Click here to see the full program and to get tickets. The cost is $35, or $25 for students or seniors, and $15 per livestream.
Historic Park Theater
The Historic Park Theater will be showing the live-action adaptation of “How to Train Your Dragon” through June 28. The film has received high praise from audiences and theater owner Jenna McGreggor says this could be “the” film of the summer. Scottish actor and film producer Gerard Butler reprises his role from the 2011 animated film for which he was nominated for an Annie Award for Best Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production.
If you’re interested in exploring the theater, the oldest original operating movie house in the United States, take a historic tours on June 20, 21, and 25.
If you’re looking for something a little spookier, catch one of the haunted ghost tours, also on June 20, 21, and 25.
Seven Nations Rock takes the stage at the Historic Park Theatre at 8 p.m. on Sunday, June 22, and again on Monday, June 23 for a special Celtic rock concert. Tickets are $25 for each night.
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