Arts & Culture: All That Jazz
Art, Music, Beauty. Something For Everyone In June
Compiled by Cara DeGette
GPHC Editor
Summer Jazz In City Park
Hot blues and big bands, cool jazz and Latin sounds. This summer’s free Sunday evening City Park Jazz (cityparkjazz.org) concerts in the park kicks off June 2, and runs through Aug. 4. All concerts run from 6 to 8 p.m. at the City Park Pavilion. Here is the schedule:
June 2: Roka Hue
June 9: Stafford Hunter & Jazz Explorations
June 16: Mistura Fina
June 23: ZiMBiRA
June 30: Hazel Miller and the Collective
July 7: JoFoKe & Same Cloth
July 14: Delta Sonics Blues Revue
July 21: Denver Jazz Orchestra
July 28: Nelson Ranges
Aug. 4: Jakarta
Park Hill Art Festival June 1-2
This year’s Art Festival features the work of more than 100 professional artists. It runs Saturday and Sunday June 1 and 2, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days. The festival is on the grounds of the Masonic Temple, at Montview Boulevard and Dahlia Street. There is no charge for entry. Work represents the full range of mediums — from oil, watercolor and mixed media paintings, to sculptures and ceramics, jewelry, textiles and photography.
Five Points Jazz Is June 8
The Five Points Jazz festival is a free, all-day event held in Denver’s historic Five Points neighborhood. The daylong festival has grown over the past 20 years and now draws tens of thousands of people coming to hear a variety of great jazz bands on multiple stages.
Five Points Jazz kicks off at noon with a parade along Welton Street from 29th to 25th avenues. The bands take the stages shortly after, playing well into the night. This year 22 bands will perform, including the Otone Brass Band, Colorado Repertory Jazz Orchestra, Purnell Steen and the Five Points Ambassadors, The Renwick Brothers, Clare Church Quartet, Beasts Of No Nation and Jakarta. Check out the full schedule and line-up at artsandvenuesdenver.com/programs/five-points-jazz-festival.
Park Hill Garden Walk Is June 9
This year’s Park Hill Garden Walk will feature seven gorgeous neighborhood gardens. Come and enjoy their beauty, and be inspired by the creations your neighbors have made. Some gardens include water-saving grasses, low-water plants, and flowers and foliage designed to attract birds and bees and other pollinators. Many incorporate a variety of garden features — from fountains to firepits, birdhouses to pergolas, sculptures and murals that provide interest, texture and depth. Artists are at each garden, many of them working en plein air. (See story on page 10 for more about this year’s artists, as well as ticket and other information.)
Call For Open Studio Tour Artists
Join neighborhood artists throughout Park Hill for the 2024 Open Studio Tour. This year’s tour will be Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 19 and 20. The event is designed to showcase neighborhood artists and their work, and support them as they sell their creations. Participants include painters, sculptors, potters, glass artists, fiber artists and jewelry makers. Artists can choose to exhibit in their own neighborhood studios, or be a guest artist in another artist’s studio. A fee of $100 covers the cost of flyers, signs and other advertising. Deadline to apply is July 1. Contact Erika Paterson at shaxper22@yahoo.com.
Home Tour & Street Fair Is Sept. 29
Vendor registrations are open for the 46th annual Park Hill Home Tour and Street Fair, which is huge fun and also the biggest fundraiser of the year for Greater Park Hill Community, Inc. This year’s Home Tour and Street Fair is Sunday, Sept. 29 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and will feature multiple homes that will be open for tours, as well as a daylong Street Fair on Forest Parkway at Montview Boulevard. Vendor alert! Applications are being accepted for food trucks, crafters, artisans, nonprofits, local small businesses and retailers. Sign up at parkhillhometour.org. Also check out the website if you are interested in featuring your home or volunteering.