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02/10/2026

Colorado Springs has a super fun experience at The Antlers, A Wyndham Hotel this Friday as Mardi Gras meets Valentines. The first ever 3 Grands show ever! Mix in wild circus performers and you will have the perfect date night!

Tickets available in comments!

02/05/2026

🚨 COLORADO SPRINGS… BIG NEWS 🚨

I just got word that my OFFICIAL feature article with The Gazette drops THIS SUNDAY! 📰🔥

The interview dives into my 26-year journey in entertainment… and what it meant to become the FIRST dueling piano performer in Colorado Springs.

Since 1999, this ride has been unreal, and I’m beyond grateful for every single person who’s supported, cheered, booked, sang along, and believed in this story. 🙏❤️

This one’s for the community that helped build it.

Stay tuned… Sunday is special. 🎹⚡️

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01/20/2026

We’re holding our team meeting LIVE on FB at The Antlers, A Wyndham Hotel tomorrow at 11:15a

- CHANCE to win FREE Tickets 🎟️ for this historic show!

- GET special sneak peek looks at what we’re planning.

- BE part of the experience and history!

🍿 LIVE on FB and ALL part of the excitement! From ACME Event Co. "Dueling Pianos & More" & Dueling Pianos Road Show

12/03/2025

We stayed at Old Town GuestHouse in Old Colorado City. What wonderful people and a remarkably peaceful experience. Very and worth a look!

https://youtu.be/fA4uQEJmvgw?si=t6MabjK40-TYIQmeukx

Sometimes the road gets loud, even when we’re close to home.So we slipped away for a night at the Old Town Guest House in Old Colorado City—a little bed-and-...

12/01/2025

Dueling Pianos Road Show RETURNS to Colorado Springs — and this one’s FREE!
Join us at Kava Works in beautiful downtown Colorado Springs for a rare, sponsor-paid performance from the originalColorado Springs duelers who started it all back in 1999.

This Saturday, experience the ONLY authentic Colorado-born dueling pianos show — absolutely free.

Featuring:
🎹 Jim Paquette (Florida)
🎹 Papi — The First Dueler of Colorado Springs
💥 Pianos. Drums. Comedy. Crowd play. Chaos. Colorado history on stage.

This is a SOBER event, powered by:
✨ Kava Sodas
✨ Kratom Teas
✨ Botanical Extract Shots
A whole new way to party — and you’re going to LOVE it.

📅 Saturday, December 6th, 2025
⏰ 8:00–10:00 PM
📍 Kava Works – Downtown Colorado Springs
Seats are limited even for free events — claim yours now and witness the Road Show where it all began.

09/18/2025

🔥 Dueling Pianos Road Show at The Historic The Antlers, A Wyndham Hotel 🔥

📍 Downtown Colorado Springs
📅 TWO Nights: September 19 & 20

🎹 For two unforgettable nights, the Dueling Pianos Official Road Show rolls into the historic Antlers Hotel with an energy-packed, comedy-fueled, crowd-singing experience you won’t find anywhere else.

✨ Special Lineup – Sept 19th Only:
Your own hometown boys Big PapiOn Keys and The Trashcan, joined by the one and only Skylar Ellis.

🎶 Show Schedule – Sept 19th
6:45 PM – 7:45 PM: Dueling Pianos Official Road Show kicks off!
7:45 PM – 8:45 PM: Step outside on Tejon Street for the Fallen Fire Fighter Memorial Parade.
8:45 PM – 10:00 PM: Back inside for more Dueling Pianos—requests, roasts, toasts, and unforgettable music.

💥 Free to the Public!
This is a rare free show—a chance to experience the Gold Wheel Tour without a ticket price. Join firefighters from across the nation in one of the most engaging and impactful entertainment events you’ll ever attend.

03/18/2025

This is truly getting far beyond sad. We’re devastated to hear this. We’re “pretty close” to having our entire local history dismantled. This one hurts a little deeper than most.

🙏 Thank you Luigis Colorado Springs for years of amazing food and memories 😢

Billing itself on its website as "one of the oldest continuously family-owned and operated restaurants in Colorado Springs," Luigi's Homemade Italian Food, the family-owned favorite beloved by locals and which served generations of Colorado Springs families for almost seven decades, has closed. https://tinyurl.com/2s3bp586

03/17/2025

Sadly Carefree Bar and Grill is closing. Another sad reality of our community today. But as they leave, they are offering quite a gracious going away to everyone. Stop by say hi and maybe grab something you may need at home.

Mark your calendars! Help us get it all gone! Tell your family, friends, neighbors, co-workers....everyone, and come prepared to haul away!

03/10/2025

🚨Hey 👋 everyone a note from the weeks hosts for the ST PATTYS Eve Party that was to happen this Sunday.

🚫The Local Motive and Big Ivory Ticklers - Dueling Pianos, St Pattys collab will be CANCELLED due to weather reports for this weekend.

❄️In Colorado we can be told ZERO percent chance of snow and get a BLIZZARD. And vice versa. So with the reports coming out that there could be some serious issues this weekend we opted for cancelling.

❤️Your safety and the quality of both our products is of the highest importance to both The Local Motive Party Bus & The Big Ivory TIcklers - Dueling Pianos.

🤝We are already in talks of a collab we can do in early summer and will keep you posted.

🤘Thanks for your understanding and thank you for supporting two great entertainment businesses!

Warmly,

🎹- Papi Sorrels
(The Big Ivory Ticklers / ACME Event Co. Owner)

🚌- Johnny Joy
(The Local Motive Party Bus Owner)

03/05/2025

You DO know we have our own delicious baked heaven here in the . It’s called The Sourdough Boulangerie. Do yourself a LOCAL flavor er favor. Go see our friends there and eat up! 🥖 🥯 🍞

03/05/2025

📣🇮🇪Got plans for St. Patricks Day? Do you like and FREE things. Then listen up, because this as as you can get!

😍ACME Event Co. "Dueling Pianos & More" (a local company) is teaming up with The Local Motive (a local company)for a St, Patricks Day Party Bus that starts at Abbys Irish Pub (a local Irish pub)!

🎹Markian "Papi" Sorrels of the Ivory Ticklers - Dueling Pianos will be ON the BUS having you sing IRISH TUNES on the way up to the party at The Studio at Mainstreet on mainstreet of beautiful Parker, CO!

🍀YOU get...FREE Jello Shot Syringe, FREE Green Beer, FREE Irish Buffet, FREE Part Bag, & FREE ticket to the greatest Dueling Pianos® official show!

✌️Just pay the gas, sit back and enjoy the trip and driving done for you! GET YOUR TICKETS NOW as we only have limited seating by clicking on the link below and ENJOY! ⬇️

https://www.facebook.com/events/615452578047664