Salida Creative District

Salida ArtWalk
2024-10-10 17:00 - 21:00, 2024-10-11 10:00 - 22:00, 2024-10-12 10:00 - 22:00, 2024-10-13 10:00 - 18:00 (America/Denver) | Downtown Salida, Salida, 81201, United States
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Follow your hearts to Salida and join us in Colorado’s largest National historic district and one of the state’s first Creative Districts for an art filled weekend at the 31st annual Salida ArtWalk October 10-13 featuring numerous activities for art enthusiasts and collectors! The arts and artists have long been an integral part of Salida, and the downtown district features a highly concentrated number of artist-owned and operated galleries featuring regional, national, and award-winning fine artists showcasing paintings, photography, ceramics, jewelry, sculpture, fiber art, metal and glass work, mosaics, printmaking, salvaged art and more! Many artists can be found in various pop-up venues throughout downtown as well as literary artists, creative industries, live music, and a fine art museum. In addition to being a beautiful Fall weekend to visit, Salida ArtWalk presents gallery receptions on Friday night and curated exhibits, performances, and specialty menu items at the many restaurants, distilleries, and breweries throughout the weekend. Join us for the Art on the Rocks Sip & Paint Kick Off event presented by High Country Bank; the Invitational Ceramics Show at the Maverick Potter featuring internationally acclaimed ceramic artists; a demo of the 60’ long Salida Community Mosaic public art project; the exciting “Mini Masterpieces” exhibit and auction featuring over 70 miniature pieces by local artists presented by Salida Council for the Arts; as well as artist demos, pop-up venues, and hands on art activities for all ages. Then on Saturday evening October 12, join us as Salida’s performing artists throw a giant ArtWalk pARTy featuring a Parade of the Arts with giant puppets, strolling musicians, street performers, live music, and dancing in Riverside Park- a true celebration of the arts in Salida! Stay for the patron brunch Sunday morning at the Salida Steam Plant and revisit your favorite galleries and pop-up venues and find that perfect piece of art to take home from Salida ArtWalk 2024. See www.SalidaArtWalk.org or follow Salida Art Walk on social media for more information.

Showman & Coole In Concert
2024-10-10 18:30 - 21:00 | A Church, 419 D street, Salida, 81201
Through twenty years and a couple of thousand shows together in bands such as The Foggy Hogtown Boys and The Lonesome Ace Stringband, John Showman and Chris Coole have developed a deep and instinctual musical bond. Their music lurks in a truly unique space that is somewhere on the outskirts of old-time, bluegrass, and folk. The songs of John Hartford, Hank Williams, Dock Boggs, and The Band share space with the fiddle tunes of Eck Robertson and Ed Haley. The duo’s original songs and tunes take in all these vistas and paint something both personal and timely. They have performed across North America and Europe at festivals such as Merlefest, Rockygrass, Winnipeg Folk Festival, Mariposa, Wintergrass, Gooikroots, and The John Hartford Memorial Festival. In 2022, the duo released two albums; “ Afield” a collection of old-time fiddle tunes, and “Much Further Out than Inevitable – A Tribute to Some Music of John Hartford.”

Salida Creative District First Fridays
2024-11-01 17:00 - 19:30, 2024-12-06 17:00 - 19:30 | Downtown Salida, Salida, 81201, United States
The Salida Creative District, local galleries, artists and creative businesses present 2024 First Fridays!
Mark your calendars to visit Salida, Colorado, the state’s first designated Creative District, during FIRST FRIDAYS held every month of the year! Galleries and creative businesses in downtown Salida’s Creative District will stay open late every first Friday of the month. From painting to sculpture, ceramics, photography, plein air, jewelry, fiber arts, and more, drop into one of Salida’s twenty+ art galleries and creative businesses where you can interact with the artist, ask questions, watch a demo and build your unique collection. Enjoy live music, refreshments, and a festive evening. See individual galleries and businesses for their schedule of events including demos, lectures, live music, and more.

Julian Taylor in Concert!
2024-11-01 18:15 - 21:00 | A Church, 419 D street, Salida, 81201
Toronto-based singer-songwriter Julian Taylor, of combined Mohawk (Kahnawake) and Caribbean ancestry, is a major label veteran, Toronto music scene staple, and musical chameleon. His versatility as a songwriter is signature; one minute he’s onstage playing with his band spilling out electrified rhythm and blues glory, and the next he’s featured at a folk festival delivering a captivating solo singer-songwriter set.
Formerly associated with the band Staggered Crossing, he has continued to record and perform as a solo artist and has released twelve studio albums since 2001. With his songs being placed in such TV shows as “Haven,” “Private Eyes,” “Kim’s Convenience,” “Degrassi: The Next Generation,” and “Elementary.”
He has been part of the musical fabric and landscape in Canada for over two decades. Taylor enjoyed a breakthrough year in 2020, when his second solo acoustic album, The Ridge, earned a million plays on Spotify, praise from press worldwide, and airplay from America to Australia to the U.K. Loaded with soulful Americana and country twang, the album was produced by Taylor himself and Saam Hashemi, and was recorded at The Woodshed in Toronto. In addition to winning Taylor Solo Artist of the Year at the Canadian Folk Music Awards, The Ridge was also nominated for: two Juno Awards (Contemporary Folk Album of The Year, Indigenous Artist or Group of the Year), the Polaris Prize Long List, a Summer Solstice Indigenous Award (Contemporary Folk Album of the Year), a Canadian Music Week INDIES Award (Indigenous Artist of the Year), and an additional Canadian Folk Music Awards nomination in the English Songwriter of the Year category. The nominations and awards kept coming in 2022, with Taylor winning best male artist in the International Acoustic Music Awards, and scoring five Native American Music Award nominations. He has charted on several Canadian Radio and Indigenous Music Charts.
Taylor is as explosive and captivating a live performer as you’ll ever see. Taylor has toured Canada, Europe and the U.S. countless times, sharing the stage with the likes of Serena Ryder, Blue Rodeo, William Prince, AHI, Rodney Crowell, Keb’ Mo’, and has performed at the Festival d’Été de Quebec, the Mariposa Folk Festival, Ottawa BluesFest, and more. Taylor was also invited to perform at the Olympic Games in Salt Lake City and Vancouver.
How do you follow-up a career high point? If you’re Julian Taylor — you double down on upping your game by striving to exceed the creative fruits that have already blossomed from the artistic spark that got you there in the first place.

Beauty and the Beast
2024-11-06 18:00 - 20:30, 2024-11-07 18:00 - 20:30, 2024-11-08 18:00 - 20:30 | A Church, 419 D street, Salida, 81201
Disney’s Beauty and the Beast the Broadway musical is gracing the stage in Salida to kick off this holiday season!

The Candy Cane Cordial
2024-12-01 18:00 - 21:00, 2024-12-08 18:00 - 21:00 | A Church, 419 D street, Salida, 81201
Join us for the 6th annual Candy Cane Cordial! A fun filled evening for the whole family! All funds go to support our Ryan Hansen Memorial Scholarship Fund. Providing scholarships for people of all ages to access performing arts opportunities.

Salida Steam Plant's Annual Holiday Pop Up Art Market
2024-12-14 10:00 - 18:00 | Salida SteamPlant
It’s time for the annual Holiday Pop Up Art Market brought to you by Salida Arts & Culture and the Creative District. Join us Saturday, December 14 as local and regional artists and makers bring their hand made art, jewelry, prints, note cards, fiber art, ornaments, sculptures, ceramics and more for a fun holiday art market at the Salida Steam Plant. Find that perfect gift and enjoy music, cocktails, hot cocoa, sweets, a photo booth and more while you shop this fun market experience! Artists interested in participating as a vendor, please see the information and application here. Applications are due November 18.

Season of Words – Wintertide Live poetry at the SteamPlant
2024-12-15 18:30 - 20:30 | Salida SteamPlant
Poetry Live at Salida SteamPlant!
Welcome Wintertide – with a tall hot-toddy of performance poetry!
Please join us for this seasonal pre-solstice soiree…
Sunday December 15th Showtime 6:30 – 8:30 Salida SteamPlant Event Center Annex
Season of Words – Wintertide kicks off year-two of seasonal poetry gatherings
offered by Salida Poetry Stake.
Wintertide will feature Western Colorado poet laureate Wendy Videlock of Palisade
and poet, astronomer and owner of Lithic Press, Danny Rosen from Fruita, Colorado.
Local Salida poets Jan Ohmstede and Elizabeth Lewis will open the evening.
Open mic follows with voices familiar and new. ONE page, ONE poem per poet.
Open mic sign-up starts @ 6:15 These works range from poignant to provocative, soulful to surprising. This is not your great gramma’s poetry…
Book table, Cash bar and Cookies!
Your donations are appreciated. All are welcome!

TRI: A staged reading by Kelly Walters
2025-02-14 19:00 - 20:30, 2025-02-15 19:00 - 20:30, 2025-02-16 19:00 - 20:30 | A Church, 419 D street, Salida, 81201
What happens when three old friends who typically sit around eating sweeties at the local coffee shop complaining about life get their habit thrown off course when one of them suggests they train for a triathlon together. Directed by Susan Dawn Carson and starring Kelly Walters, Allen Lane and Bill Rogers. A Salida Theater Project Production.

On The Edge
2025-02-21 19:00 - 20:00, 2025-02-22 19:00 - 20:00 | Salida SteamPlant
On the Edge, presented by Grounded Dance Company, showcases a wide variety of choreography embracing the concept of war. Whether you interpret war at a global level or at an individual level, every moment of our existence there is constant push and pull, visible or hidden struggles and internal battles. Where will your thoughts and emotions take you over the course of the show?

Salida Community Mosaic Workshops
2025-03-06 12:00 - 14:00, 2025-03-13 12:00 - 14:00, 2025-03-20 12:00 - 14:00, 2025-03-27 12:00 - 14:00, 2025-04-03 12:00 - 14:00 | Salida Scout Hut, 220 W Sackett Ave., Salida, CO, 81201, United States
Join mosaic artist Anne Walker in creating the Salida Community Mosaic project! Help bring to life a 60-foot-long mosaic wall featuring fish swimming in a river, to be installed at Chisholm Park on the wall surrounding the playground. All adults and teens are invited to participate in free mosaic-making workshops. No experience is needed—just come ready to create! All materials are provided.
Workshops will take place on Thursdays from 12 PM to 2 PM at the Salida Scout Hut. A ribbon-cutting ceremony is scheduled for Spring 2025.
To sign up for a workshop, please review the available slots below and click the button to reserve your spot. These workshops are for adults and teens, and we will also offer occasional Sip & Paint-style workshops for adults, as well as Family Nights.
A signed waiver is required to participate. You can print, sign, and bring the waiver with you, or sign it in person when you arrive.
This project is supported by the Salida Public Arts Commission and the Salida Creative District Program of the Salida Arts and Culture Department.
For more information, please contact Anne at anne@annewalkerstudio.com or Tina at info@salidasteamplant.com. We look forward to creating with you!

Salida Creative District First Fridays!
2025-03-07 17:00 - 19:00 | Downtown Salida, Salida, 81201, United States
Mark your calendars to visit Salida, Colorado, the state’s first designated Creative District, during FIRST FRIDAYS held every month of the year! Galleries and creative businesses in downtown Salida’s Creative District will stay open late every first Friday of the month. From painting to sculpture, ceramics, photography, plein air, jewelry, fiber arts, and more, drop into one of Salida’s twenty+ art galleries and creative businesses where you can interact with the artist, ask questions, watch a demo and build your unique collection. Enjoy live music, refreshments, and a festive evening. See individual galleries and businesses for their schedule of events including demos, lectures, live music, and more.

A Season of Words – Spring Speaks hosted Poetry Live at the SteamPlant
2025-03-16 18:00 - 20:30 | Salida SteamPlant
Please join us for

A Season of Words – Spring Speaks hosted Poetry Live at the SteamPlant

Sunday March 16th at the Salida’s SteamPlant Event Center Annex

The evening will showcase the engaging and much loved featured poets, Peter Anderson from Crestone and Salida’s Lynda LaRocca. Dynamic local Salidan Michael Fox will open the evening.

Open mic follows – one page, one poem, per poet.

There will be Music! With Dave Tipton on Champman Stick

Doors open at 6:00pm | Open mic sign-up at 6:15pm | Showtime from 6:30 – 8:30pm

Your donation of any amount is appreciated and will support future poetry events.

Much gratitude to all of YOU and City of Salida Arts & Culture for supporting Live Poetry!

Artist Reception- Andrew Dengate
2025-03-19 17:00 - 18:30 | Salida SteamPlant
Please join us at the Salida SteamPlant as Arts & Culture hosts the March artist reception featuring the work of Andrew Dengate, painter and designer. Stop in to view the work and talk with the artist. Light refreshments and cash bar available.

The Wizard of OZ at the Salida SteamPlant
2025-03-28 17:30 - 21:00 | Salida SteamPlant
Join the Salida Arts & Culture Department for a magical evening of singalongs, photo booths, and enchanting pre-show entertainment, all inspired by Wizard of Oz! Don’t forget to dress up as your favorite character from the Land of Oz – we highly encourage it!

A young farm girl and her little dog are magically transported into the enchanted land of Oz via a Kansas tornado. As they travel down Oz’s Yellow Brick Road to find the Wizard and ask him to send them home, they encounter a wonderful, funny, terrifying and, ultimately, enlightening group of characters, human and otherwise. This 1939 award-winning film classic (Best Score and Best Song Academy Awards) is a perennial favorite that has recently been meticulously restored. (This film is rated G with a run time of 101 minutes)

Friday March 28th at 6:00pm | Doors open at 5:30pm
Adults Admission – $8
12 and under – $5

The screening event is open to the public.

Click HERE to purchase, or stop by the SteamPlant box office.
Cash bar and limited concessions are available.

WICKED at the Salida SteamPlant
2025-03-29 18:30 - 22:00 | Salida SteamPlant
Join the Salida Arts & Culture Department for a magical evening of singalongs, photo booths, and enchanting pre-show entertainment, all inspired by Wicked! Don’t forget to dress up as your favorite character from the Land of Oz – we highly encourage it!
Wicked, the untold story of the witches of Oz, stars Emmy, Grammy and Tony winning powerhouse Cynthia Erivo (Harriet, Broadway’s The Color Purple) as Elphaba, a young woman, misunderstood because of her unusual green skin, who has yet to discover her true power, and Grammy-winning, multi-platinum recording artist and global superstar Ariana Grande as Glinda, a popular young woman, gilded by privilege and ambition, who has yet to discover her true heart. (This film is rated PG with a run time of 160 minutes)
Saturday March 29th at 7:00pm | Doors open at 6:30pm
Adults Admission – $10
12 and under – $8

The screening event is open to the public.

Click HERE to purchase, or stop by the SteamPlant box office.
Cash bar and limited concessions are available.
