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COLORADO HISTORIC OPERA HOUSES CIRCUIT
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The Colorado Historic Opera Houses Circuit, which features five historical venues for modern-day entertainment in picturesque mountain towns, is celebrating anniversaries and festivals this summer.
Wheeler Opera House 1984 grand re-opening anniversary
Aspen’s Wheeler Opera House marks the 40th anniversary of its 1984 grand re-opening, celebrating the modern-day Wheeler on Memorial Day weekend. Peach Street Revival performs on Friday, May 24 at 7:30 p.m. This fierce, female-dominated rock band from Grand Junction, Colo., crafts hit songs, tours globally, and intertwines their music with the fashion industry. Judy Collins brings her Wildflowers Tour on Saturday, May 25 at 7:30 p.m. She has long inspired audiences with sublime vocals, boldly vulnerable songwriting, personal life triumphs, and a firm commitment to social activism.
New Wheeler Opera House and Aspen Music Festival and School (AMFS) History Tours commemorate the Wheeler’s anniversary and the AMFS’s 75th anniversary season. (Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m., Wheeler Opera House).
Summer festivals and multi-day shows
Summer events on the Circuit include festivals featuring films, opera and more live music, painting, theater, dance, a symposium on psychedelic medicines, and a Wild West Fest offering mentorship and cultural experiences to underserved youth.
The Colorado Historic Opera Houses Circuit, which celebrates its second anniversary in June, is working on plans to revive the historic tradition of artists “traveling the circuit” and performing in multiple opera houses. We hope to announce plans in the coming weeks.
About the Circuit
New Wheeler Opera House and Aspen Music Festival and School (AMFS) History Tours commemorate the Wheeler’s anniversary and the AMFS’s 75th anniversary season. (Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m., Wheeler Opera House).
Summer festivals and multi-day shows
Summer events on the Circuit include festivals featuring films, opera and more live music, painting, theater, dance, a symposium on psychedelic medicines, and a Wild West Fest offering mentorship and cultural experiences to underserved youth.
- May 23-27 – Mountainfilm (Sheridan Opera House, Telluride)
- May 31-June 1 – Aspen Psychedelic Symposium (Wheeler Opera House, Aspen)
- June 7-8 – Aspen Fringe Festival’s JUNEFEST (Wheeler Opera House, Aspen)
- June 20-23 – Ouray International Film Festival (Wright Opera House, Ouray)
- June 3-8 – 31st Annual Wild West Fest (Sheridan Opera House, Telluride)
- June 20-23 – Telluride Bluegrass Festival (Sheridan Opera House, Telluride)
- June 29-Aug. 4 – Central City Opera 2024 Summer Festival
- June 30-July 6 – 21st Annual Telluride Plein Air (Sheridan Opera House, Telluride)
- July 18-20 – Into the Woods (Tabor Opera House, Leadville)
- July 19-20 – Telluride Americana Music Festival (Sheridan Opera House, Telluride)
- Aug. 2-4 – Leadville Boom Days Festival, with Talent Show and Madams of Central Colorado on Aug. 3 (Tabor Opera House, Leadville)
- Aug. 30 - Sept. 2 – 51st Annual Telluride Film Festival (Sheridan Opera House, Telluride)
The Colorado Historic Opera Houses Circuit, which celebrates its second anniversary in June, is working on plans to revive the historic tradition of artists “traveling the circuit” and performing in multiple opera houses. We hope to announce plans in the coming weeks.
About the Circuit
The Colorado Historic Opera Houses Circuit connects five opera houses in the Colorado mountains. There, visitors can see a world-class performance in an elegant historic setting that still carries the mystique of Colorado’s early mining boom days and explore some of Colorado’s most picturesque mountain towns.
The project is funded by a 2024 Marketing Matching Grant from the Colorado Tourism Office. Grant partners for 2023 include the Aspen Chamber Resort Association, Central City Opera House Association, City of Central City, Sheridan Arts Foundation, Tabor Opera House Preservation Foundation, Visit Leadville-Twin Lakes, and the Wheeler Opera House. For more information, please visit ColoradoOperaHouses.com.
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