Event Planner

Vail's Hottest Summer Outdoor Festivals, Concerts & More

It’s not just the perfect weather, stunning mountain vistas, fragrant pines, and meadows blazing with wildflowers that make the summer season in Vail magical. It’s also the music.

06/02/2025 By Shauna Farnell

International Spin

Highlights from Bravo! Vail’s 37th Summer Season

A sneak peak at the summer season in Ford Park.

06/03/2024 By Amanda M. Faison

Crescendo

Curtain Call for Bravo! Vail’s Longtime Artistic Director

Anne-Marie McDermott announces that 2026 will be her final season.

06/03/2024 By Amanda M. Faison

Arts & Culture

Bravo! Vail Announces a 'Reimagined' 2020 Season

A series of free Thursday night chamber concerts at Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater debuts July 16

07/07/2020 By Vailmag.com Staff

Datebook

Vail-Beaver Creek Weekend Agenda: December 8-10

The snow might have you fooled, but this weekend's agenda is proof that winter is in full swing. From Vail's Snow Days to holiday parties, ice skating and snow dances (you're doing those, right?), we've packed your weekend itinerary.

12/07/2017 By Vail-Beaver Creek Staff

Events

The GoPro Mountain Games Make a High-Flying and Hard-Charging Return to Vail Village

The GoPro Mountain Games makes its 17th annual stop in Vail, marking the largest celebration of adventure sports in the country, and the official start to summer in the valley.

06/06/2016 By Tom Winter Edited by Kirsten Dobroth

Deals

Local Music in the Key of Free

Mark your calendars—this season's lineup of free summer concerts is hot.

06/01/2016 Edited by Tom Winter

Eat

Brisket Beatdown

What's better than BBQ and free live blues? Nothing, really.

05/25/2016 By Tom Winter

ARTS & CULTURE

Trumpet Blast

A quarter-century after leaving the stage, a classical musician revels in his new role: Managing Bravo! Vail.

06/01/2013 By Stewart Oskenhorn

ARTS & CULTURE

Curtain Call

As Bravo! turns 25, the festival’s founder looks back and takes a final bow.

06/01/2012 By Andy Stonehouse

THE ARTS ALTERNATIVE

A Summer of Entertainment Just for Kids

A few highlights to get the young creatives in your life started on a summer of great arts.

06/01/2010 By Rosalie Hill Isom

ENTERTAINMENT

Suddenly Summer

Vail’s idyllic powder-packed winters—you may have heard tell of those. But as the white stuff melts and wildflowers burst forth, the Vail Valley’s cultural scene blossoms along with them, bringing world-class entertainment to our backyard.

06/01/2010