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Salida Arts & Culture Holiday Pop Up Shop Art Market

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Join us for Salida Arts & Culture’s 6th annual Holiday Art Pop-Up Shop Art Market at the Salida SteamPlant Ballroom presenting high quality art and handmade products by local and regional artists! We are planning a fun and festive day of art and holiday shopping with music and refreshments! Join us Saturday, December 13 from 10am-4pm in the SteamPlant Ballroom.
Shop local this Holiday!

A Winter’s Eve with David Arkenstone & Friends return Dec 3 at 7pm to SteamPlant Salida

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Five-time GRAMMY® nominated recording artist David Arkenstone returns to Salida this holiday season with A Winter’s Eve with David Arkenstone & Friends, his ever-popular concerts that fill audiences with joy and the holiday spirit. On stage, David and his talented ensemble ignite the season with beloved holiday classics reimagined, lively seasonal originals, and surprises that get audiences clapping and celebrating together. Join for a vibrant holiday musical blend of neo-classical crossover, pop, new age, Celtic, orchestral, and world music. David Arkenstone’s performances feature a wide array of instruments—guitars, keyboards, flutes, violin, cello, mandolin, bass, viola, drums, and percussion—brought to life by his band of virtuoso musicians, who infuse every candlelit stage with spirited, festive energy.

Each winter I try to paint the season in sound,” says Arkenstone. “These concerts are joyful gatherings—familiar carols and festive new pieces that bring people together to share the excitement and wonder of the holidays.”

Tickets are on sale now at davidarkenstone.com and the SteamPlant website for this unforgettable concert experience.

Sanctum Drawing School Costume Clinic

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Our first Costume Clinic! This will be an open session to drop-in, fix a small detail, or get started on a last-minute big idea. An entire costume build would out-of-scope for this session, but we can brainstorm with you and get a plan together that will have you ready for Halloween. We’ll be prepping a number of material work stations to have quick and easy access to fixes and extras. We’ll have a small supply of materials to work with, but encourage you to bring your idea and needed supplies and we can help you get on track to be ready for the week’s festivities. Materials will include light sewing & repairs, glue gun and adhesives assistance, rivets and cold connections, light leather work, EVA foam fabrication, and painting! Feel free to reach out with questions in advance!

Rethinking Drawing

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Resurrect your interest in drawing with a fresh approach. If you carry discouraging or prohibitive ideas about drawing, this course is designed for you. Using modern neuroscience as our basis, we’ll pull your interest in drawing back into focus. Our purpose will be to clear the obstacles that prevent you from drawing, and open you to a regular and non-judgmental practice. We’ll explore methods, principles, and habits that shift your perspective on how drawing can improve your life. This course consists of four two-hour sessions.

32nd Annual SALIDA ARTWALK

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Save the Dates for the 32nd annual Salida ArtWalk! From the beloved Paint & Sip Kickoff to art demos, the Mini Masters, and the new tradition of the ArtWalk Parade featuring local performances followed by a giant dance party in Riverside Park, get ready for the 2025 Salida ArtWalk! New events this year featuring inspiring demos, lectures, and film. Watch for Community Art Making events as well as events for children and families. Come and get inspired, find a new piece of art, savor special menus at Dine Out with ArtWalk as you discover Salida’s unique arts community at the 2025 Salida ArtWalk this Fall!

Visual Art

Gallery Receptions

Artist Demos

Workshops

Lectures, Film,

Live Music

Paint & Sips

Community Art Making

Mini Masters

ArtWalk Festival

Parade & Party

Dining Out w ArtWalk

& much more…

Stay tuned. To find out more or to volunteer, reach out to info@salidasteamplant.com

First Friday: Rodeo RoundUp Aug 1

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Dust off your boots and come join us after the rodeo for August First Friday: RODEO ROUNDUP🌵August 1 at 5pm in historic downtown Salida Creative District! Dress the theme, let’s see those Western ‘fits Salida!
💛The galleries and creative businesses are ready to welcome you for an inspired evening!
🎨From painting to sculpture, ceramics, photography, plein air, jewelry, culinary arts, brewers, makers and more, drop into one of Salida’s twenty+ art galleries and creative industies. Interact with the artist or business owner, ask questions, watch a demo and discover something new! Enjoy art & industry, live music, and light refreshments.
Catch live music by the Sad Hands at Rocky Mountain Mercantile & Guitar Co. And David Tipton at Brodeur Art!
♥️Brought to you by the City of Salida, Colorado Creative District program and local businesses.

SLACKERS AT THE STEAMPLANT PARTY featuring PAVEMENTS!

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SLACKERS AT THE STEAMPLANT PARTY featuring PAVEMENTS!
Friday, July 25 at 6:30pm
Save the date and join us at the SteamPlant as Salida Arts and Culture presents a SLACKERS AT THE STEAMPLANT evening as we screen the revolutionary biopic PAVEMENTS about “the American indie band Pavement, which combines scripts with documentary images of the band and a musical mise-en-scene composed of songs from their discography.” Written and directed by Alex Ross Parry.
Synopsis:
An examination of the iconic 90s indie band, “Pavements” appears to be just another music documentary, until it doesn’t. A prismatic, narrative, scripted, documentary, musical, metatextual  hybrid, the film intimately shows the band preparing for their sold-out 2022 reunion tour while simultaneously tracking the preparations for a musical based on their songs, a museum devoted to  their history and a big-budget Hollywood biopic inspired by their saga as the most important band  of a generation. Anchored by Pavement’s slacker-sage-sphinx Stephen Malkmus, the film features performances by Joe Keery, Jason Schwartzman, Tim Heidecker, Kathryn Gallagher, Michael Esper, and Zoe Lister-Jones, as well as editing by nonfiction innovator Robert Greene (Procession). Unrated. 128 minutes.
“I think they (Pavement) are the most fascinating text you can study if you want to study every single question about music in the 1990s,” Alex Ross Parry, New York Times article with David Renard, May 18, 2025
SLACKERS AT THE STEAMPLANT:
Dress like a forgotten generation. 90’s fits like underground T’s and punk encouraged, grunge tolerated. Take your shot at 90’s indie rock music trivia as you find your spot. Sit back in cushy seats like you just turned 50 and enjoy the screening. Then after the film, stay for the Slacker Party on the SteamPlant Plaza with 90’s underground mixes by DJ Mike the Science Guy, a Teenage Dirtbag slideshow featuring cameos by willing Salida Gen Xers, and cynical snacks for all you latch key kids. Cash bar and realistic expectations available.
Event: PAVEMENTS Documentary + Slackers at the SteamPlant Party
Date: Friday, July 25
Doors at 6:00pm
90’s indie Trivia at 6:30pm
Film at 7:00pm- 9:08pm
Slacker Party after film on the Plaza until 10:15pm.
Tickets| $15 on Eventbrite or at the SteamPlant Box Office 719-530-0933

Salida Jazz Fest

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Join us on Saturday, August 9 for another festive celebration of live jazz as the City of Salida Arts & Culture Department presents the 6th annual Salida Jazz Fest! Enjoy an inspired evening of jazz, funk and fusion under the stars as local, regional, and national musicians perform for you in beautiful Riverside Park. Bring your picnic blanket, relax, and groove along to this year’s lineup of fresh and eclectic sounds alongside the banks of the Arkansas River.
Enjoy Focus Group, Salida locals who create fresh hand-crafted horn lines to level up their deep mix of Funk, Rock, Afro-pop, and Jazz music featuring Mike Pollock on trumpet/trombone with Rob Teegarden on guitar, Kent Davidson on bass, Michael Haynes on drums, and Eric Tauer on tenor & bari sax.
In addition, Salida will be treated to former Salida High School, RokSkool and Berklee School of Music graduate Alex Maes, now pursuing a professional career in Los Angeles. Alex Maes is a multifaceted musician, songwriter, performer, and producer. Alex has graced stages worldwide, captivating audiences with her unparalleled versatility across genres such as jazz, blues, RnB, pop, funk, and rock. Her journey into production and recording earned her national acclaim and prestigious awards, showcasing her prowess and innovation within the studio.
 And as the stars come out, The Black Hole Boogie Band, a Colorado Springs and Denver based, five-piece jazz/funk fusion force with cosmic grooves will entertain. With Nate McMahon on tenor saxophone and electronic wind instruments, Braden Barrentine on trombone and keyboards, plus electric bassist Jordan Lovinger, electric guitarist Wagner Sanchez, and Dillon Defelice on drums.
Food trucks, concessions, and cash bar available. Come out and enjoy an evening of Jazz in Salida, Colorado! Saturday, August 9, 5pm-10pm Riverside Park, Salida. Free!

Artist Reception- Andrew Dengate

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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

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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.

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