Steamboat Springs is the place to be for local & touring events and concerts! The Strings Music Pavilion is the premier live music venue in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. The award-winning Pavilion seats 569 people and showcases more than 60 performances throughout the year. This winter season, come see one of these live performances and enjoy the fact that live music is finally back!
Local’s Tip: Check out these amazing new shows coming to Strings in Steamboat Springs, CO through this winter. Tickets on sale now!
STEAMBOAT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: FINDING CHRISTMAS 2024
Friday, December 6, 2024 at 7:00 PM & Saturday, December 7, 2024 at 2:00 PM and 7:00 PM
Kick off the winter season of joy with your favorite holiday songs, community performers, special guest artists, and a Christmas carol sing-along.
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THE POLAR EXPRESS
December 14, 2024 4:00 PM
Tickets start at $1 Kid (0-5) $10 Junior (6-18) $15 Adult
The Academy Award-winning team of Tom Hanks and director Robert Zemeckis (Forrest Gump, Cast Away) reunite for The Polar Express, an inspiring adventure based on the beloved children’s book by Chris Van Allsburg. When a doubting young boy takes an extraordinary train ride to the North Pole, he embarks on a journey of self-discovery that shows him that the wonder of life never fades for those who believe.
*Donors of $500 or more to the 2025 Annual Fund receive presale access. Tickets go on sale to the public on September 20 at 10:00AM (MST)
BRENT ROWAN AND FRIENDS: ACOUSTIC CHRISTMAS
December 22, 2024 7:00 PM
Tickets start at $75
Brent and his amazingly talented guests revive a musical tradition with this memorable holiday show. Brent Rowan made his mark as a Nashville studio guitarist and record producer, nominated nine times for Country Music Association awards. In addition to over 15,000 recording sessions, he has played on dozens of film soundtracks and recorded with Chris LeDoux, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Olivia Newton-John, Sting, and Neil Diamond, along with many others.
*Donors of $500 or more to the 2025 Strings Annual Fund are granted early ticket access.
DAN AND CLAUDIA ZANES HOLIDAY SING-ALONG
December 28, 2024 4:00 PM
Starts at $20
This unique holiday show is a musical celebration inspired by the Christmas sing-alongs that Grammy Award winner Dan Zanes and jazz vocalist/music therapist Claudia Zanes experienced every year. This quartet embodies the festive far-reaching spirit of the season and the legacy of intergenerational communal music-making.
This unique holiday show is a musical celebration inspired by the Christmas sing-alongs that Grammy Award-winner Dan Zanes and jazz vocalist/music therapist Claudia Zanes experienced every year. The Holiday Sing-Along songbook—printed and distributed to the audience members–includes seasonal numbers from a variety of traditions, languages, and locations. Enjoy traditional Christmas favorites, songs from Puerto Rico, Korea, Wales, Tunisia, Haiti, and Washington DC, as well as songs celebrating Hanukkah, Korean New Year, Kwanzaa, and Winter Solstice.
*Donors of $500 or more to the 2025 Annual Fund receive presale access. Tickets go on sale to the public on September 20 at 10:00AM (MST)
MARCUS KING: AN INTIMATE ACOUSTIC EVENING FEATURING DREW SMITHERS
January 25, 2025 7:00 PM
Tickets start at $65
Marcus King faces heartache, addiction, and mental health head-on in his music. Pain quakes below the vibrato of his voice, and his delivery weighs heavy with booze-drenched regrets and mistakes in lonely hotels. During 2020, he linked up with Dan Auerbach and cut his solo debut, El Dorado, garnering a Grammy Award nomination for “Best Americana Album.” Between headlining venues, he performed alongside Chris Stapleton, Greta Van Fleet, and Nathanial Rateliff in addition to gracing the bills of Stagecoach and more. He has launched various mental health initiatives, including a guitar auction collaboration with MusiCares. Now, his 2024 album Mood Swings feels like the moment of baptism when water washes away a life’s worth of sins and degradation and all that’s left is a revived, yet still real-as-hell primal scream. It’s as if King strained raw soul straight from his gut up through that broken heart and onto the record under the watchful eye of Rick Rubin. Emphasizing his vocals front-and-center more than ever before, the trusty guitar he’s so often associated with plays the sideman this time around (though there’s no shortage of impressive shredding). For as dark as everything seemed, you can’t help but feel a sense of hope in the power of Marcus’s voice.
*Donors of $500 or more to the 2025 Strings Annual Fund are granted early ticket access. Donor Presales begin October 22. On sale to the public on October 25.
1964
January 31, 2025 7:00 PM
Tickets start at $45
Since the early eighties, “1964”…The Tribute has been thrilling audiences around the globe by taking them on a journey through a quintessential moment in music history that will live forever. Over twenty years of researching and performing have made “1964” masters of their craft. They are hailed by critics and fans alike as THE most authentic and endearing Beatles tribute….which has earned them the distinction from Rolling Stone magazine as the “Best Beatles Tribute on Earth”. “1964” recreates an early ‘60s live Beatle concert with period instruments, clothing, hairstyles, and onstage banter with an accuracy that is unmatched. “1964” is: Mark Benson as John Lennon, Mac Ruffing as Paul McCartney, Tom Work as George Harrison, and Bobby Potter as Ringo Starr.
1964 The Tribute is not endorsed by or affiliated with Apple Corps, LTD.
*Donors of $500 or more to the 2025 Strings Annual Fund are granted early ticket access.
STEEP CANYON RANGERS
February 2, 2025 7:00 PM
Starts at $50
Hailing from both the Appalachian and Piedmont regions of North Carolina, the Rangers have long held traditional bluegrass paramount, while possessing an exceptional ability to bring it down the mountain, and to incorporate accessible influence from all walks of the region. With the band’s last few albums, they have gained recognition from well beyond the world of bluegrass, earning a reputation as some of the most influential songwriters in Americana today.
The Rangers are made up of Graham Sharp on banjo and vocals; Mike Guggino on mandolin/mandola and vocals; Nicky Sanders on fiddle and vocals; Mike Ashworth on drums and vocals; Barrett Smith on bass, guitar, and vocals; and Aaron Burdett on guitar and vocals. Steep Canyon Rangers have been on a journey that is uniquely their own. The band started in college at UNC-Chapel Hill, then dove head first into bluegrass in its most traditional form. Over the years they have risen to the top of the bluegrass genre headlining top festivals such as Merlefest and Grey Fox Bluegrass. They were ultimately discovered by Steve Martin, famous actor and banjo player. Martin has taken the Rangers on a decade-long tour introducing them to hundreds of thousands of new fans and giving them prime time TV exposure. This helped Steep Canyon Rangers become the most recognizable modern name in bluegrass music. The band has continued to tour extensively on their own, without Martin, and they have expanded their genre into country, jam, and Americana. The Rangers are big players in the bluegrass/country and Americana scene today. They are often compared to predecessors The Band, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, and the modern Zac Brown Band.
Over the band’s esteemed career, the three-time Grammy nominees have released 14 studio albums and three collaborative albums with actor and banjoist Steve Martin. They were inducted into the North Carolina Music Hall of Fame, and appeared on some of music’s biggest stages. In 2013, Nobody Knows You won the Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album, while 2012’s Rare Bird and 2020’s North Carolina Songbook garnered nominations in the same category.
*Donors of $500 or more to the 2025 Annual Fund receive presale access. Tickets go on sale to the public on September 20, 2024
LYLE LOVETT AND HIS ACOUSTIC GROUP
February 15, 2025 7:00 PM
Starts at $130
A singer, composer, and actor, Lyle Lovett has broadened the definition of American music in a career that spans 14 albums. Coupled with his gift for storytelling, the Texas-based musician fuses elements of country, swing, jazz, folk, gospel, and blues in a convention-defying manner that breaks down barriers.
Whether touring as a ‘Duo’ or with his ‘Acoustic Group’ or his ‘Large Band,’ Lovett’s live performances show not only the breadth of this Texas legend’s deep talents but also the diversity of his influences, making him one of the most compelling and captivating musicians in popular music.
Since his self-titled debut in 1986, Lyle Lovett has evolved into one of music’s most vibrant and iconic performers. Among his many accolades, besides the four Grammy Awards, he was given the Americana Music Association’s inaugural Trailblazer Award and was named Texas State Musician.
His works, rich and eclectic, are some of the most beloved of any artist working today.
*Donors of $500 or more to the 2025 Annual Fund receive presale access. Tickets go on sale to the public on September 20 at 10:00AM (MST)
WE’RE NOT CLOWNS: REUNION
March 8, 2025 4:00 PM
Tickets start at $20
Comedy, juggling, music, and hilarious magical mayhem. The Not Clowns return to Strings with their unique blend of comedy, juggling, music, a whole new arsenal of magic tricks, and something they call “dance.” For nearly 28 years the troupe has been entertaining audiences in the Yampa Valley and across the globe. They have taken the stage as far away as the Netherlands and they won Silver at the International Jugglers’ Association competition in Montreal. After a four-year hiatus, the Not Clowns triumphantly return to Strings Pavilion to celebrate!
*Donors of $500 or more to the 2025 Strings Annual Fund are granted early ticket access.
MICHAEL MARCAGI
March 9, 2025 7:00 PM
Tickets start at $30
With a career built largely through grassroots social media support, the folk-rock singer has demonstrated that listeners are hungry for earnest storytelling rooted in age-old American musical traditions.
Cincinnati singer-songwriter Michael Marcagi’s ascent is a homegrown success story. His debut Warner Records EP, American Romance, highlights the timeless sound and engaging sense of emotional truth that has made Marcagi’s music so immediately compelling. Marcagi never undermines his listeners or takes them for granted. “Audiences are usually smarter than the musicians they are listening to,” he says. For him, there’s plenty of evidence that modern listeners of all generations understand and connect with specificity and sophistication in songwriting. This is part of why he aspires to remain as open and approachable as possible — in both his music and his public persona. If what has happened in his career during the past year is any indication, he may be on to something. “I want people to feel like they know me,” Marcagi says. “I’ve never really connected to that mysterious rock band thing — four blurry faces in a field where you don’t know who the guys are. I don’t want to hide.”
*Donors of $500 or more to the 2025 Strings Annual Fund are granted early ticket access.
KEVIN NEALON
March 20, 2025 7:00 PM
Tickets start at $55
Kevin Nealon, best known for his nine-year stint as a cast member of NBC’s Saturday Night Live, is an Emmy and SAG-nominated actor and comedian who sets himself apart from other comedic performers with his unique sense of humor, dry wit, and likable demeanor.
As one of the longest-running cast members on NBC’s Saturday Night Live (1986-1995), Nealon created some of the show’s most memorable characters, including ‘The Subliminal Man’ and ‘Hans and Franz.’ Nealon’s recurring role as an anchor on ‘Weekend Update’ helped make the sketch a show staple. In 1988, he earned an Emmy nomination as part of the SNL writing team.
Nealon has found great comedic success in his extensive film career. In Anger Management, he played opposite Jack Nicholson and fellow SNL comedian, Adam Sandler. He and Sandler also teamed up in Eight Crazy Nights, The Wedding Singer, Happy Gilmore, Just Go With It, Blended, and You Don’t Mess with the Zohan, the latter of which grossed over $200 million worldwide. In Joe Dirt, Nealon joined another SNL alumnus David Spade. Additional film credits include Daddy Day Care with Eddie Murphy, Good Boy with Molly Shannon, Bucky Larsen: Born to be a Star with Nick Swardson, Roxanne with Steve Martin and the cult hit Grandma’s Boy, also with Nick Swardson and Jonah Hill.
Nealon’s extensive television credits include the CBS sitcom, Man With a Plan, in which he starred alongside Matt LeBlanc; Showtime’s Weeds, which ran for eight seasons and was honored at the 2006, 2007 and 2009 Golden Globes with nominations for “Best Television Series Comedy or Musical.” In 2007 and 2009, Weeds was nominated for the Screen Actors Guild Award for “Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series.”
*Donors of $500 or more to the 2025 Strings Annual Fund are granted early ticket access.
BIG RICHARD
March 22, 2025 7:00 PM
Tickets start at $35
The world-class musicians in Big Richard initially convened in 2021 for a festival date. The quartet showed up to the one-off like they had been together for years, bursting with jaw-dropping virtuosity; playfully irreverent stage banter; stunning four-part harmony vocal interlace; imaginative arrangements; a refreshingly eclectic repertoire; and a healthy dose of lady rage.
Quickly things for the Colorado-based, neo-acoustic supergroup morphed into something way bigger than a one-and-done appearance. The sellout club shows, and the confirmed festival dates across America drastically changed its members’ lives. Now, Big Richard is poised to penetrate the Americana music world and beyond. To date, the quartet has issued 3 singles, the Live from Telluride album, and they have new music on the way.
*Donors of $500 or more to the 2025 Strings Annual Fund are granted early ticket access.
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