Hi, it’s Rosie with the new summer music lineup coming to the Vail Valley in Colorado.
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With this summer’s music schedule, I could stay outside day and night till the snow falls. Tuesdays all summer are the “Bud Light Hot Summer Nights” concerts at the Ford Amphitheater (show listings: www.vvf.org). At the Sunday Vail Farmers’ Markets, there will be Jazz at the Market in the tent at the new Solaris on Meadow Drive, sponsored by the Vail Jazz Festival (for show details: www.vailjazz.org). The Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival performances continue into August (www.vailmusicfestival.org). The Vail International Dance Festival will delight us all starting opening night July 31 – outdoors at the Ford Amphitheater, in Beaver Creek at the Vilar Performing Arts Center, and at venues around the valley (www.vvf.org).
Oh, those hot summer nights. You’ve got to love them. After a day of keeping busy and exploring new territory, mountain evenings are a welcome cool-down time. There’s still plenty to do, but the pace slows. Have an early dinner and go to a concert. Take your dinner/picnic and go to a concert. Take a picnic dinner to the park or playground and watch those kids giggle while they eat and play. Then find a babysitter and have a night out, just the two of you.
I love to travel on a whim or with advance planning, and I love the sights in the Colorado high country. I’ve lived in the Vail area since the early ’70s and have visited many countries and lived for a time in far-off places, but I always come home. One reason is a fine summer evening.
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