For over 48 years, Salida Concerts and the Aspen Music Festival have provided a summer series of classical music for the people of the Arkansas River Valley. Salida Concerts provides the venue and audience for the concerts. Aspen provides a wide variety of world-famous musicians performing memorable concerts in Salida. These concerts begin in early July and run every Saturday for six weeks. Past performers have included: Joyce Yang, Anton Nel, Reneé Fleming, Edgar Meyer, Colin Davin, William Hagen, American Brass Quintet, Pacifica Quartet, Orli Shaham, the Ajax Quartet, and William Chen.
2025 Summer Concert Series
We are delighted to announce the Summer 2025 Concert series will run every Saturday from July 12 - August 16. Tickets on sale now!
2025 Artists
Doors open 6:00 pm, Pre-Concert Talk 6:15 pm, Concert 7:00 pm
Free Community Concert
Join us at Riverside Park on Saturday, August 23 for a free community concert featuring Leonard Jacome.
Leonard Jacome (born on July 5th 1981, in Rubio, Táchira State, Venezuela), multiinstrumentalist, arranger, composer and producer, is one of the World's most prolific and Accomplished harpists. He has won numerous awards representing Venezuela abroad and has toured and performed throughout Latin America, United States, South Africa, Europe, Africa, Japan, Malaysia, and UK. He has played in the stage with and the Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra.'