Crested Butte Music Festival

Crested Butte Music Festival A summer long festival in Crested Butte Colorado where extraordinary artistry + natural beauty share
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Crested Butte Music Festival is recognized for high-quality performances, unique programming, and intimate concert experiences of chamber music, gypsy jazz, bluegrass, indie rock, opera and more. CBMF presents approximately 20 concerts during its summer season. The all-star roster of artists perform at various venues from the state-of-the-art Center for the Arts, Crested Butte Mountain Resort, Wes

tern Colorado University, I-Bar Ranch, private homes, and outdoor venues throughout the Gunnison Valley. These scenic locales include the Taylor and Gunnison River with stops along the way to enjoy musical performances; a sunset pontoon boat concert on the Taylor Park Reservoir; and Jeep to concerts at surprise locations in and around the Gunnison Valley. In addition to live performances of world-class music, education remains a central component of CBMF’s mission; opportunities in every genre abound during the summer and include camps, interactive musical experiences, masterclasses, lectures and workshops for all ages. Diverse programming, intimate, high quality performances, and connections fostered between performers, their audiences and supporters distinguish the Crested Butte Music Festival. To learn more about our events and programming, please visit crestedbuttemusicfestival.org.

-Summer Concerts
-Explore Series
-Gala
-New Scholarship Program
-Kids Go Free
-School Outreach Program
-Sally Miner Lecture Series
-GVH Senior Care Center Music Series
-Crescendo Club
..and more.

Bring the kids this summer - it's free!Kids aged 7-17 can attend every main stage event when accompanied by an adult wit...
02/21/2023

Bring the kids this summer - it's free!
Kids aged 7-17 can attend every main stage event when accompanied by an adult with a ticket. 🎉

With CBMF's Explore Series Concerts, the possibilities are endless! The valley offers so much to explore and discover. K...
02/18/2023

With CBMF's Explore Series Concerts, the possibilities are endless! The valley offers so much to explore and discover. Keep checking in - 2023 adventures will be announced soon!

Reliving the magic of the Voxare Quartet in their 2019 performance ✨
02/15/2023

Reliving the magic of the Voxare Quartet in their 2019 performance ✨

Warm wishes for a Happy Valentine’s Day. We hope you celebrate it by doing all the things you love! ♥️
02/14/2023

Warm wishes for a Happy Valentine’s Day. We hope you celebrate it by doing all the things you love! ♥️

Breathing in fresh air, taking in the breathtaking views. 🏔️ Admiring the majestic Colorado mountains and all their natu...
02/09/2023

Breathing in fresh air, taking in the breathtaking views. 🏔️ Admiring the majestic Colorado mountains and all their natural beauty!

The Crested Butte Music Festival brings some of the best Gypsy Jazz musicians to the Gunnison Valley each year, not only...
02/02/2023

The Crested Butte Music Festival brings some of the best Gypsy Jazz musicians to the Gunnison Valley each year, not only to perform, but to teach at one of our week-long summer camps. After all, if you love the music, you may love playing it!

Dropping a little summer color into our wonderfully snowy winter, featuring Fingernoise. If seeing this makes you long t...
01/31/2023

Dropping a little summer color into our wonderfully snowy winter, featuring Fingernoise. If seeing this makes you long to listen, you CAN, right here --> https://bit.ly/3DsQ0ch ☀️❄️

The power of music can be experienced anywhere and the Gunnison Valley offers a wide variety of magical venues... some t...
01/27/2023

The power of music can be experienced anywhere and the Gunnison Valley offers a wide variety of magical venues... some that may surprise you! CBMF brings music to places like concert halls and gardens, mountain tops and observatories, pontoon boats and converted hay barns (you know the barn we're talking about 😉). Come experience music somewhere new with us this summer!

Were you at this 2018 free CBMF performance of Olivier Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time? Messiaen wrote his sweepi...
01/26/2023

Were you at this 2018 free CBMF performance of Olivier Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time? Messiaen wrote his sweeping Quartet for the End of Time while being held captive in a German camp during WWII. Arguably the most important chamber work of the 20th century, Quartet for the End of Time is made even more powerful by its history. The first performance of this music came from Messiaen’s fellow captives.

What are you wishing for in 2023? PS: We've got the music part covered...
01/20/2023

What are you wishing for in 2023?

PS: We've got the music part covered...

Your smiles make our jobs at CBMF worth it in every way!
01/18/2023

Your smiles make our jobs at CBMF worth it in every way!

Excitement is building as we plan Crested Butte Music Festival's 27th Season... Adventure, education and a variety of mu...
01/16/2023

Excitement is building as we plan Crested Butte Music Festival's 27th Season... Adventure, education and a variety of musical genres coming your way! 🤩

Address

318 Elk Avenue
Crested Butte, CO
81224

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

Telephone

+19703003409

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Crested Butte Music Festival

To present an annual festival of diverse music, opera and dance performed by outstanding artists, to inspire a greater appreciation of these art forms, and to help develop the performers of tomorrow.

The Crested Butte Music Festival (CBMF) was incorporated in 1997 following a series of informal winter concerts beginning in 1995 as a way to enrich the Gunnison Valley community. Formerly known as the Crested Butte Chamber Music Series and the Western Slope Music Festival, the early seasons encompassed one to three weeks of primarily classical music.

In 2000, the festivals merged together to become what is now known as the Crested Butte Music Festival.

Now in its 24 year, CBMF continues to feature distinctive genres such as chamber pieces, contemporary classical works, operas, gypsy jazz, bluegrass classic jazz, and indie rock.