Community Calendar

FOOD/BEVERAGES

GENERAL

MUSIC

12:00pm-5:00pm, 1340 Gunnison

Celebrate earth Day with our premier outdoor festival! Listen to live music while you try out the valley’s food trucks and sip on Colorado more...0 craft beer! Tons of kid’s activities, touch a truck, and artisan booths. Learn from the valley’s arborists, participate in a raffle to win free trees, take a guided notable tree walk in Lincoln Park, and get a free tree seedling! $25 for the beer tasting.

STATION EVENT

VISUAL ARTS

Dance

2:00pm-4:00pm, The Avalon

Step into the enchanted world of Broadway's modern classic, Disney'sBeauty and the Beast. Based on the Academy Award-winning animated more...0 feature, the stage version includes all of the wonderful songs written by Alan Menken and the late Howard Ashman, along with new songs by Mr. Menken and Tim Rice. The original Broadway production ran for over thirteen years and was nominated for nine Tony Awards, including Best Musical. The classic story tells of Belle, a young woman in a provincial town, and the Beast, who is really a young prince trapped under the spell of an enchantress. If the Beast can learn to love and be loved, the curse will end and he will be transformed into his former self. But time is running out. If the Beast does not learn his lesson soon, he and his household will be doomed for all eternity. This "tale as old as time" is family theatre at its best. Come and “Be Our Guest!” Disney’s Beauty and the Beast is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International. The Theatre Project of Grand Junction is a non-profit community theatre company that provides theatre and musical theatre education programs and performance opportunities to all ages while encouraging a community spirit in the performing arts. We strive to cultivate creativity in a supportive and nurturing environment and allow all participants the opportunity to explore the performing arts. We endeavor to create an avenue to develop theatrical talents and attempt to instill in the participants, and community, an appreciation and love for the arts and arts education.

VISUAL ARTS

Dance

7:00pm-9:00pm, The Avalon

Step into the enchanted world of Broadway's modern classic, Disney's Beauty and the Beast. Based on the Academy Award-winning animated more...0 feature, the stage version includes all of the wonderful songs written by Alan Menken and the late Howard Ashman, along with new songs by Mr. Menken and Tim Rice. The original Broadway production ran for over thirteen years and was nominated for nine Tony Awards, including Best Musical. The classic story tells of Belle, a young woman in a provincial town, and the Beast, who is really a young prince trapped under the spell of an enchantress. If the Beast can learn to love and be loved, the curse will end and he will be transformed into his former self. But time is running out. If the Beast does not learn his lesson soon, he and his household will be doomed for all eternity. This "tale as old as time" is family theatre at its best. Come and “Be Our Guest!” Disney’s Beauty and the Beast is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International. The Theatre Project of Grand Junction is a non-profit community theatre company that provides theatre and musical theatre education programs and performance opportunities to all ages while encouraging a community spirit in the performing arts. We strive to cultivate creativity in a supportive and nurturing environment and allow all participants the opportunity to explore the performing arts. We endeavor to create an avenue to develop theatrical talents and attempt to instill in the participants, and community, an appreciation and love for the arts and arts education.

DANCE

Dance

2:00pm-4:00pm, The Avalon

Step into the enchanted world of Broadway's modern classic, Disney's Beauty and the Beast. Based on the Academy Award-winning animated more...0 feature, the stage version includes all of the wonderful songs written by Alan Menken and the late Howard Ashman, along with new songs by Mr. Menken and Tim Rice. The original Broadway production ran for over thirteen years and was nominated for nine Tony Awards, including Best Musical. The classic story tells of Belle, a young woman in a provincial town, and the Beast, who is really a young prince trapped under the spell of an enchantress. If the Beast can learn to love and be loved, the curse will end and he will be transformed into his former self. But time is running out. If the Beast does not learn his lesson soon, he and his household will be doomed for all eternity. This "tale as old as time" is family theatre at its best. Come and “Be Our Guest!” Disney’s Beauty and the Beast is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International. The Theatre Project of Grand Junction is a non-profit community theatre company that provides theatre and musical theatre education programs and performance opportunities to all ages while encouraging a community spirit in the performing arts. We strive to cultivate creativity in a supportive and nurturing environment and allow all participants the opportunity to explore the performing arts. We endeavor to create an avenue to develop theatrical talents and attempt to instill in the participants, and community, an appreciation and love for the arts and arts education.

MUSIC

4:00pm-12:00am, Academic Quad and Tomlinson Library Patio

$12 Adults, $10 Seniors, $5 Youth

RADIO ROOM

5:30pm-7:00pm,

GENERAL

SPIRITUAL

Concert

7:30pm-9:30pm, The Avalon

Crystal was inducted into the Grand Ole Opry as a member in January 2017 by her sister Loretta Lynn. The Academy of Country Music recognized Crystal more...0 with a 2016 Cliffie Stone Pioneer Award for her lifetime achievements in country music. And in 2009 Crystal was honored to receive her own star on the fabled Hollywood Walk of Fame. These honors are fitting tributes to Crystal who has been a favorite of audiences of country and popular music since attaining national prominence with her first chart records in the mid-seventies. Renowned for her classic recording of her timeless signature song Don’t It Make My Brown Eyes Blue, Crystal also scored with her multi-format hits You’ve Been Talking In Your Sleep, When I Dream, Half the Way and her duet with Eddie Rabbitt, Just You and I. Crystal has released over twenty number one hits and has been awarded numerous times by the Grammy’s, the Country Music Association, the Academy of Country Music, the American Music Awards, and the American Music Operators Association.

VISUAL ARTS

Comedy

7:00pm-9:00pm, Las Colonias Amphitheatre

BERT KREISCHER is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer and host who performs to sell-out crowds across the country. His stand-up special more...0 ‘Bert Kreischer: Secret Time’ is currently streaming globally on Netflix. Described as having a “rare and incredible talent” (Interrobang), Bert has evolved from being named Rolling Stone’s 1997 "Number One Partier in the Nation" to one of the top names in comedy. Between his two previous stand-up specials, ‘The Machine’ on Showtime (2016) and ‘Comfortably Dumb’ on Comedy Central (2009), his two podcasts: “Bertcast,” and “Open Tabs,” his YouTube cooking show: “Something’s Burning,” his book ‘Life of the Party: Stories of a Perpetual Man-Child’ (2014), along with formerly hosting the Travel Channel’s ‘Trip Flip’ and ‘Bert the Conqueror’ and FX’s ‘Hurt Bert’, Bert has succeeded in finding the elusive blend of “being a cringe comedian with real insight” (Interrobang). Lauded as one of the best storytellers of his generation, Bert seamlessly and sincerely shares anecdotes about his family and fatherhood while showing his ability to prove “that there’s a way to take his [party-boy] antics into middle-age,”

SPIRITUAL

THEATRE

Bert Kreischer: The Berty Boy Relapse Tour

7:00pm-10:00pm, Posting public events

BERT KREISCHER is a stand-up comedian, actor, writer and host who performs to sellout crowds across the country. His most recent stand up special more...0 “Hey Big Boy”, as well as “Secret Time” and “The Machine” are currently streaming globally on NETFLIX. Described as having a “rare and incredible talent” (Interrobang), Bert has evolved from being named Rolling Stone’s 1997 "Number One Partier in the Nation" to one of the top names in comedy. Between his four stand-up specials, his two podcasts: “Bertcast,” and “2 Bears 1 Cave,” his Netflix show: “The Cabin,” and his book Life of the Party: Stories of a Perpetual Man-Child (2014), Bert has succeeded in finding the elusive blend of “being a cringe comedian with real insight” (Interrobang). Lauded as one of the best storytellers of his generation, Bert seamlessly and sincerely shares anecdotes about his family and fatherhood while showing his ability to prove “that there’s a way to take his [party-boy] antics into middle-age,” (Forbes). His infamous story about robbing a train with the Russian Mafia was optioned by Legendary (the studio behind The Hangover Series, Jurassic World, and Straight Outta Compton) and is currently in post-production. Bert also hosts, “The Go Big Show” on TBS, where he just wrapped season 2. In 2020, Bert launched The Berty Boy Tour, where he did shows in even larger venues across the country, which was halted due to the pandemic. Bert then launched his Hot Summer Nights Tour, being the first comedian to tour drive-in movie theatres around the nation. He sold out every show and reached the number 1 spot on Pollstar ticket sales, receiving the Damn The Torpedoes: 2020-2021 Touring Artist award, “providing a chance for fans eager to experience live shows again” (Pollstar). In 2021, Bert was honored by Variety with the Creative Impact in Comedy award, to celebrate his continued success and impressive innovation, quoting his sincere nature that his “success isn’t a surprise…and he couldn’t be anything, but himself” (Variety). Kreischer recently launched The Berty Boy Relapse Tour picking back up from where he left his tour pre-pandemic.

MUSIC

7:30pm-9:30pm, Posting public events

Louis Prima Jr. and the Witnesses are bringing Prima music into the 21st century. Not content to sit on the legacy they so passionately protect, LPJ more...0 and the band are taking a page from his father’s playbook, by wailing Prima Swing like it’s 2016. Less concerned about reliving the past than about creating a future for it, Louis Prima Jr and the Witnesses bring new energy and a current attitude to the masses with The Wildest Show this side of the 1960’s. Since their breakout performance at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival (aka Jazz Fest), #TeamPrima has performed everywhere from Seattle to Palermo, from small clubs to performing arts centers, from casino showrooms to music festivals, and from Access Hollywood Live to PBS. LPJ and the Band are currently touring in support of their second Warrior Records/Universal Music Distribution (warriorrecords.com) release, BLOW – a collection of original music (save for a couple of surprises) as eclectic and unique as each member of this powerhouse band. Building off of the success of their critically acclaimed debut CD Return of the Wildest!, the band has brought together many years of diverse musical tastes into their second offering. From the first thunderous stomps of the title track, it is evident that this isn’t your daddy’s swing music, but a raucous roller coaster ride of tail-shakin’, foot-stampin’, horn-driven smiles. If you’ve seen them in concert, you’ll know a bit about what to expect from the musical minds of the Witnesses. As energetic and over-the-top as their live shows, BLOW continues the ever- changing musical journey that Prima Sr. began in the 30s. "With the band’s collective talents and diverse musical tastes, we wind up with a sound unique to this band, while staying true to the boisterous Prima style,” says Louis. “We didn’t set out to simply write music we thought the fans wanted to hear. We wanted to challenge ourselves musically and also challenge the listener. You can’t fool the fans by trying to force the word ‘daddy-o’ into every song. If music does not come honestly from your soul, it will ultimately be short lived.” Recorded at Capitol Records in Studio B, where Prima Sr. recorded his hits of the 50s and 60s, the seriousness of this music is masked only by the obvious fun that was had making it. It’s been 50 years since legendary Prima music shook the walls of Capitol. A new legend is being born, and it will BLOW you away!