Stay tuned for the announcement of the Summer 2023 lineup!
Series returns in 2023 with 10 concerts from June through August
A long-standing Basalt tradition, the Summer Concert Series has been showcasing a wide variety of musical genres with performances across town for several decades.
Concerts are held during the summer on Wednesday evenings from 5:30–8:30 p.m., in either Triangle Park or the Basalt River Park. Bring your blanket, chairs and a picnic and enjoy free live music all summer long. Be sure to support our area businesses by stopping in for dinner or happy hour.
The traditional Wednesday night series has gone through several iterations over the years:
Beginning in the 1980s the Basalt Chamber of Commerce coordinated a series of summer concerts for the Basalt Community. In those early days, the concerts featured chamber music with artists from the Aspen Music Festival & School. Over the decades the series evolved to highlight a variety of generes and local talent on Wednesday nights during the summer months.
In 2019 the chamber partnered with TACAW (The Arts Campus At Willits) for concert production and bookings. As a result, the quality of the concerts and the acts performing increased greatly and more people attended. In 2020 and 2021 it was necessary to pivot to a safer, disbursed entertainment alternative named Wednesday Night Live. In 2022, TACAW produced an end of summer concert.
In 2023 the series is back and ready to leverage the brand new stage in the Basalt River Park. This year, the Town of Basalt is taking on the mantle for the summer concert series, adding its own twist for future iterations! The Basalt Chamber of Commerce will continue to be involved in a supporting role, with Town staff executing the event in conjunction with a local event producer.
Any booking inquiries should be directed to Brent Compton.
Looking back
2022 | Eli Reed Band
TACAW has been working with the Town of Basalt on a single end-of-summer concert in 2022, in part due to several ongoing construction projects around town. In 2023, anticipating the completion of the Basalt River Park – and with it a new bandshell – TACAW hopes to revive the concert series in its own way!
Wednesday, August 24, 2022 | 7 p.m.
Eli “Paperboy” Reed
Lions Park • Historic Downtown
FREE
More information
Learn more about Eli “Paperboy” Reed: Website, Facebook, Instagram, Youtube, or Spotify.
2020 & 2021 | Wednesday Night Live – a COVID-safe alternative
A long-standing Basalt tradition, the Basalt Chamber of Commerce’s Summer Concert Series showcased a wide variety of musical genres with performances across town for over a decade. In 2020, the Summer Concert Series evolved into Wednesday Night Live – which allowed the Chamber the opportunity to partner with TACAW to provide live entertainment all across town. It went so well that this approach was repeated in 2021.
The 2019 Lineup
- Wednesday, June 19 – Dirty Revival at Triangle Park | KDNK LIVE Broadcast
- Wednesday, June 26 – Tinsley Ellis at Triangle Park
- Friday, July 12 – A special street dance with Niceness on Market Street
- Wednesday, July 17 – Tierro Band with Bridget Law at Lions Park
- Wednesday, July 24 – Cash’d Out at Lions Park
- Wednesday, July 31 – Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band at Lions Park
- Wednesday, August 14 – Annual Starwood reunion at Lions Park | KDNK LIVE Broadcast
Basalt Summer Concert Series Facebook page
About the venues
Triangle Park – Located on East Valley road in the Willits area of Basalt, across from Alpine Bank.
Lions Park – Located next to Town Hall on Midland Spur in Historic Downtown Basalt.
Thank you to our past sponsors and partners
The Basalt Chamber of Commerce’s Summer Concert Series would not be possible without the support of our sponsors: Town of Basalt, Willits Town Center and Alpine Bank.
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Dirty Revival
Genre: Hip Hop/Rap, R&B/Soul, Funk
Website | Spotify
Dirty Revival, a seven piece Soul/Rock band hailing for Portland, OR, is quickly gaining notoriety for their inspired songwriting and impressive live performances and has been electrifying stages across the US since…
Learn More
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Tinsley Ellis
Genre: Blues, Rock
Website | Spotify
Tinsley Ellis wears his Southern roots proudly. Born in Atlanta in 1957, he grew up in southern Florida and first played guitar at age eight. He found the blues through the back door of British…
Learn More
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Niceness
Genre: Reggae/Dub
Website | Spotify | Facebook event
Special Street Dance!
“Our goal as a band is to spread positive vibrations with our music, sharing words of wisdom and gratitude to inspire and empower our fellow brothers…
Learn More
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Tierro Band with Bridget Law
(founding member of Elephant Revival)
Genre: Folk, World
Tierro is composed of Tierro Lee (founding member of Kan’Nal and producer of Arise Music Festival), Bridget Law (founding member of Elephant Revival), Charlie Parker Mertens, and Jonny Jyemo. Tierro Lee plays guitar and has been composing instrumental music for…
Learn More
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Cash'd Out
Genre: Country, Rockabilly
Cash’d Out is the premier Johnny Cash tribute band in the world, bar none. Cash’d Out is the only tribute band endorsed by and linked to the official Johnny Cash website.
Cash’d Out live shows respectfully reference the late, great Man in Black’s early Columbia era and Sun Records sound, combined with the energy of the classic multi-platinum live recordings from Folsom Prison and San Quentin.
Learn More
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Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band
Genre: Hi-energy Country Blues
The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band are the greatest front- porch blues band in the world. They are led by Reverend Peyton, who most consider to be the premier finger picker playing today. He has earned a reputation as both a singularly compelling performer and…
Learn More
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Starwood
Genre: Classic Rock – A Valley favorite!
Bobby Mason collaborated with Bob Carpenter, now keyboardist for the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, to form a band called Homebrew. At that same time, John Denver was putting together a new record label called Windsong Records, a subsidiary of RCA. John asked…
Learn More
Dirty Revival
Genre: Hip Hop/Rap, R&B/Soul, Funk
Website | Spotify
Dirty Revival, a seven piece Soul/Rock band hailing for Portland, OR, is quickly gaining notoriety for their inspired songwriting and impressive live performances and has been electrifying stages across the US since… Learn More
Tinsley Ellis
Genre: Blues, Rock
Website | Spotify
Tinsley Ellis wears his Southern roots proudly. Born in Atlanta in 1957, he grew up in southern Florida and first played guitar at age eight. He found the blues through the back door of British… Learn More
Niceness
Genre: Reggae/Dub
Website | Spotify | Facebook event
Special Street Dance!
“Our goal as a band is to spread positive vibrations with our music, sharing words of wisdom and gratitude to inspire and empower our fellow brothers…
Learn More
Tierro Band with Bridget Law
(founding member of Elephant Revival)
Genre: Folk, World
Tierro is composed of Tierro Lee (founding member of Kan’Nal and producer of Arise Music Festival), Bridget Law (founding member of Elephant Revival), Charlie Parker Mertens, and Jonny Jyemo. Tierro Lee plays guitar and has been composing instrumental music for…
Learn More
Cash'd Out
Genre: Country, Rockabilly
Cash’d Out is the premier Johnny Cash tribute band in the world, bar none. Cash’d Out is the only tribute band endorsed by and linked to the official Johnny Cash website.
Cash’d Out live shows respectfully reference the late, great Man in Black’s early Columbia era and Sun Records sound, combined with the energy of the classic multi-platinum live recordings from Folsom Prison and San Quentin. Learn More
Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band
Genre: Hi-energy Country Blues
The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band are the greatest front- porch blues band in the world. They are led by Reverend Peyton, who most consider to be the premier finger picker playing today. He has earned a reputation as both a singularly compelling performer and…
Learn More
Starwood
Genre: Classic Rock – A Valley favorite!
Bobby Mason collaborated with Bob Carpenter, now keyboardist for the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, to form a band called Homebrew. At that same time, John Denver was putting together a new record label called Windsong Records, a subsidiary of RCA. John asked…
Learn More