Located in Steamboat Springs, the Strings Music Festival is Steamboat’s premier live music presenter and music venue. The Strings Pavilion seats 569 people and showcases over 60 performances during the summer months from June through August. This year represents the festival’s 33rd year of exceptional music in the Yampa Valley, and both tourists and locals alike flock to the pavilion to enjoy the live music and shows. The summer high season hosts a variety of different music styles year to year, and this season is no different!
The marquee summer festival features orchestra and chamber music; soloists; world, blues, jazz, and rock music – along with youth and family-oriented options for the kiddos and kiddos at heart. The Strings Music Festival tries to keep most of their programs free (about 60% being completely complimentary.) However, some shows do require a small entrance fee, read on to learn more about how to purchase tickets and plan your vacation around your favorite shows.
UPCOMING PERFORMANCES:
JUNE 2024
21 7pm Emmylou Harris
22 7pm Opening Night Orchestra: Beethoven Symphony No. 3 “Eroica”
24 5:30pm Yolanda Kondonassis House Party
26 10am Music on the Green: John Fog & Carolyn Berns
29 7pm The Hits: Classical Favorite You Know and Love
JULY 2024
3 10am Music on the Green: Randy Kelley & Jon Gibbs
3 7pm Boston Brass with Special Guests
5 7pm Melissa Etheridge: I’m Not Broken Tour
6 7pm Christopher Taylor: ’93 Cliburn Bronze: Solo Piano Recital
7 7pm Brent Rown and Friends featuring Clay Walker
9 5:30pm Jason Vieaux House Party
10 10am Music on the Green: Chamberlin Birch
10 7pm Jason Vieaux: Solo Guitar
12 7pm Squirrel Nut Zippers Present Jazz from the Back O’ Town
13 9am-3pm Pockets of Paradise Kitchen and Garden Tour
13 7pm Busch Trio
14 7pm The Mavericks — Moon & Stars Summer Tour ’24
17 10am Music on the Green: Trevor G. Potter
17 7pm Thalea String Quartet
19 7pm Steep Canyon Rangers
20 7pm Ruckus
21 7pm Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors
23 6pm Erinys Quartet at the Granary
23 7pm Watchhouse
24 10am Music on the Green: Erinys String Quartet
24 7pm When the Violin
25 5pm Strings on Tap: Erinys Quartet
27 7pm Strings at Strings
28 7pm Danish String Quartet and Stundom
29 11am Coffee Talk: Nordic Folk Traditions
29 12:30pm Tune Workshop
29 7pm Danish String Quartet
29 9:30pm Tunes & Trads After Hours
31 10am Music on the Green: The Little Moon Travelers
31 7pm Baroque Masterworks with Soprano Joélle Harvey
AUGUST 2024
1 7PM Asleep at the Wheel
2 7pm Ben Folds
3 7pm Orchestra Finale: Mahler Symphony No. 4
7 10am Music on the Green: Rachel Melby
7 7pm Rickie Lee Jones
8 7pm Cimafunk
14 5:30pm Music on the Green: Opera Steamboat
16 7pm Shakey Graves
18 7pm The Crane Wives
21 5:30pm Music on the Green: Deer Creek Sharp Shooters
22 7pm Gipsy Kings featuring Nicolas Reyes
24 7pm The Fretliners
25 7pm Melvin Seals & JGB
SEPTEMBER 2024
6 7PM The National Parks
22 7pm The Longest Johns
OCTOBER 2024
4 5:30pm Doctor Noize and Justin Roberts
20 7 pm Hotel Elsinore
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