For over 45 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.
Concerts held at Salida High School, 26 Jones Ave. (except Aug. 10 free concert held at Salida United Methodist Church, 228 4th St)
Doors open at 5:30pm, pre-concert talk with musicians at 5:45pm, concert begins at 6:30pm.
Tickets can be purchased online or at the door. All tickets purchased online will be held at will call.
Salida Aspen Concerts is offering transportation to and from the concerts this season for those in the Salida area thanks to Mountain Valley Transit (formerly Chaffee Shuttle). Rides must be reserved a week in advance and a donation is suggested.
To secure a reservation for a ride, please call 719-530-8980.