Silverton Creates!
2024 Festival Dates: September 6-14
Silverton Creates! is a week-long celebration showcasing our local artists and creatives. More than 30 fun and unique crowd-sourced activities are happening all week long including art workshops, demonstrations, heritage tours, live music, film screenings, dance/movement arts, lectures, a youth art exhibition, Maker’s Market and more! Come join us for crisp mountain air, vibrant fall foliage and this uniquely Silverton creative experience!
Key Events Include:
First Friday Art Walk, Friday 9/6
Jazz In The Park featuring Burque Jazz Bandits, Friday 9/6
Silverton Summer Sounds featuring Baracutanga, Friday 9/13
Silverton Creates! Maker's Market, Saturday 9/14
See below for the full schedule of events or pick up a paper copy at the Anesi Park Information Center (1239 Blair St) starting Friday, September 6th!
EVENTS SCHEDULE
Download the full festival schedule below and be in the know about creative events and happenings all week long!
FREE CONCERTS
JAZZ IN THE PARK
Friday, September 6th, 7:30 - 9:30 pm @ Anesi Park
Featuring the Burque Jazz Bandits
Enjoy an enchanting evening of Jazz In The Park featuring the swinging sounds of the Burque Jazz Bandits! Based out of Albuquerque, New Mexico, the Burque Jazz Bandits bring you fun danceable music inspired by 1920's-40's swing jazz, with toe-tapping rhythms, sizzling instrumentals, and passionate vocals. Cash bar featuring specialty cocktails crafted just for the evening, plus wine, beer, and cider. Food trucks on site. Free and family-friendly. Jazz in the Park is produced by Silverton Creative District, presented by Town of Silverton and sponsored by Teller House Hotel.
IT’S A STRING THING
Sunday, September 8th, 2 - 3 pm @ Silverton Town Hall
Featuring The Anvil Quartet
Presenting the debut performance of Silverton’s own Anvil Quartet, featuring musicians Rebekah Soued-Weaver (violin), Derek Edwards (violin), Samantha Wright (viola) and Ash Hershey (cello). They will perform a selection of classical, film, and Americana pieces at Silverton’s historic Town Hall. Admission is free, but a suggested donation of $10 will be put towards the Silverton School Music Program to train the next generation of musicians.
A recital of the violin students of Rebekah Soued-Weaver and piano students of Lacey Black will follow at 3:30 pm.
SILVERTON SUMMER SOUNDS
Friday, September 13th, 6 - 9 pm @ Memorial Park
Featuring Baracutanga
Join us for the finale of our Summer Sounds concert series with the sizzling Latin rhythms of Baracutanga! Baracutanga is a seven-piece band, representing four different countries (Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru, USA), that blends South American ancestral traditions with a modern sensibility, whose exciting and distinct Latin flavor keeps crowds dancing and always wanting more. The local opening act for the evening is Brookside. Cash bar and food trucks on site. Free and family-friendly. Summer Sounds is produced by Silverton Creative District and presented by Town of Silverton.
MAKER’S MARKET
VENDORS - MUSIC - FOOD - LIBATIONS - FUN!
Saturday, September 14th, 11 am - 6 pm @ Memorial Park
This free and family-friendly event is the culmination of the week-long Silverton Creates! arts festival and features arts & crafts vendors, food trucks, libations, kids activities, face painting, hula performances, circus arts and live music throughout the day. Mark your calendars now and plan to join us for a day filled with local art, handmade goods, live music and good times!
Talent Lineup (all times approximate)
SteadyNOW - 11 am
Six Dollar String Band - 12 pm
Hula Performance: Durango Hula Ohana: Ka Pa Hula I Na Mauna - 1 pm
Tashi T - 1:45 pm
Hula Performance: Durango Hula Ohana: Ka Pa Hula I Na Mauna - 2:45 pm
You Knew Me When - 3:30 pm
Jesse the Juggler - 4:30 pm (& roving throughout the day)
Dana Ariel & the Coming Up Roses - 5:15 pm
Thank You 2024 Sponsors!
Silverton Creates! is supported by these generous sponsors: Town of Silverton, San Juan County Tourism Board, Ironwood Consulting, Durango Magazine, Silverton Mountain, Creative Crackerjack, Silverton Area Chamber of Commerce, Citizens State Bank, San Juan County Community Fund, The 9318 Collective, Silverton Lakes Campground & RV Park, Quiet Bear Art, The WhistleStop, Coffee Bear, Kendall Mountain Gallery, Spruce Electrical, Coldwell Banker Distinctive Properties - Karen Srebacic-Sites, Grand Imperial Hotel, Silverton Standard & the Miner, Villa Dallavalle, Elevated Coffee, Silverton Lofts, Cripple Creek Backcountry, Sandra Campuzano, Robs Best Arts @ White Eyes Gallery, Telluride Brewing and Teller House Hotel.
