Watercolor + Wine Series

4:30 - 7 pm

$55

Local watercolor artist Karen Hill guides you (and your wine) through a watercolor painting from start to finish. No experience needed.

Dates:

Thursdays

June 16, 23, 30
July 7, 14, 19*, 28
Aug 4, 11

*July 19 is a Tuesday

REFUND POLICY:
Refunds will ONLY be made in case of a cancelled event. No other refunds will be made.

Crested Butte Wine + Food Festival

Bon Appétit! A Julia Child Operetta

Saturday, July 16

Center for the Arts, Steddy Theater
8 pm $40 adult; $15 student
Included with all Wine + Food Festival passes

What could be better than opera and chocolate? Local favorite Elizabeth Bond returns to the Crested Butte with a delectable selection of tasty tunes in this dazzling, one-night-only production. Act One is a cabaret-style buffet of delicious ditties; in Act Two, Victoria Hansen stars as Julia Child, taking center stage following to deliver operatic instruction on how to prepare her famous Chocolate Gâteau. Guests will enjoy a slice of cake at the end of the production as the melodies and memories of France carry them home.

Follow the path from palette to palate as the Center Art + Bar departments collide in this seminar that invites you to “taste the art”. Deepen your experience of visual art through mixology with Drinkable Art, the brainchild of Rachael Stubbs (Gallery Manager) and Paige Prouty (Bar Manager). Drinkable Art is a CFTA exclusive at the crossroads of mixology and fine art. Sip creative cocktails while Rachael presents the work, artist, and art theory that inspired your drink. Follow Paige as she instructs you in the construction of your cocktail and the emotive power of color, spirit, and garnish. Every ingredient is intentional from brush to bottle.

Crisp Bubbles. Whites requiring meditation. Hidden gem, unheard of grapes. Orange wine, and its rebirth. Red wines, both familiar and rare. Friuli has it all. This tiny little corner of Italy, just a stone's throw from Venice, will shock you with its diversity in styles of wine. Tre Gerbitz talks through five iconic - and staggeringly differing - bottles, and tells each of their stories. In a wine world where flavor can become repetitive and predictable, Friuli is refreshing.

Crested Butte Wine + Food Festival

Star Patron Pass  $7,500 Dual Pass Only

Estimated Fair Market Value: $1,850

Star Pass Patrons enjoy an art-centric full-summer experience with premium VIP treatment at all the best Center events.

The Star Patron Dual Pass includes two (2) admissions to the entire festival, including exclusive and pre-festival gatherings, and benefits at Alpenglow all summer long.

Find full pass details and inclusions here.

Crested Butte Wine + Food Festival

Pearl Patron Pass  $5,000 Dual Pass

Estimated Fair Market Value: $1,600

Pearl Pass Patrons enjoy the complete VIP Wine + Food Festival experience with entry to all festival events, including some exclusive and pre-festival gatherings.

Find full pass details and inclusions here.

Crested Butte Wine + Food Festival

Pearl Patron Pass  $2,500 Single Pass

Estimated Fair Market Value: $800

Pearl Pass Patrons enjoy the complete VIP Wine + Food Festival experience with entry to all festival events, including some exclusive and pre-festival gatherings.

Find full pass details and inclusions here.

Viticulture in harmony with nature is the best way to reveal the authentic expression of terroir and create Great Wine. Join Neil Collins and Shelley Sale of Southern Glazer’s and taste wine from Tablas Creek (Paso Robles) + Gérard Bertrand (France) that illuminates the results of biodiverse vineyards in both the New + Old World. Biodiversity—the array of plants, animals, fungi, and microorganisms that make up a vineyard’s ecosystem—maximizes the expression of place from their vineyards, producing grapes full of intensity and character. “Jazz is to music what the land is to wine.” – Gérard Bertrand

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Crested Butte Wine + Food Festival

Seminar: Piedmont: Love at First Sip

Thursday, July 21

Center for the Arts, Steddy Theater
10-11:15 am $60

Access to seminars is included with all passes. Passholders should RSVP in advance to guarantee admission.

Join local favorite sommelier and owner of the famous and fabulously diverse Mountain Spirits Liquors Aaron Tomcak for a laid-back and approachable exploration of prestigious Piedmont wines. Located in far northwest Italy across the Alps from the Provence region of France, Piedmont, with its extraordinary array of microclimates and soil variations, is renowned for complex and tannic red wines, including Arneis, Barbera, Nebbiolo, Barbaresco, and Barolo.

Crested Butte Wine + Food Festival

Seminar: Seed to Skin: Scrappy Bartending

Thursday, July 21

Center for the Arts, Grace Atrium
12:30-1:45 pm $60

Access to seminars is included with all passes. Passholders should RSVP in advance to guarantee admission.

Chelsea Noble of Marble Distilling and Rachel Branham of Mountain Roots Food Project team up to teach us about the hidden value of your produce odds and ends. Learn techniques for turning kitchen scraps into scrumptious cocktail ingredients! Participate in the creation of bitters, herbal infusions, and oleo-saccharum while sipping spirits from Marble Distillery, a female-owned, zero-emissions distiller right over the hill in Carbondale, CO.

Sake is the liquid expression of love, time, and attention. Sommelier Shelley Sale guides you through the four types of sake, revealing the magic of this beautiful and complex beverage that dates back to the 8th century. Sake’s four key ingredients are rice, koji, iron-free water, and love, and the fermentation process is a months-long meditation in “home.” Sake masters leave their families in October and sleep at the brewery, only returning to their daily life in the spring when the sake is finished. The resulting drink is imbued with intention, tradition, and mastery. Enjoy your sake with pairings from Izakaya Cabin.

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Crested Butte Wine + Food Festival

Tour de Forks Winemaker Dinner: Taste of Home

Thursday, July 21

The Home of Lauren + Garrett Dimon, Town of Crested Butte
6 pm $300 (Estimated Fair Market Value: $130)
Included with Star and Pearl Pass; Daisy Pass Dinner Option

Explore what home tastes like as we welcome Chef Arden Lewis of Denver’s Comal Heritage Food Incubator (one of the New York Times’ 2021 America’s Favorite Restaurants) back to the festival. This year, Chef Arden has invited his student, Olivia Marcano, to join him in creating fine cuisine from their respective native homes: Trinidad + Tobago and Venezuela. Winemaker and Proprietor Michael Hirby of Relic Wine Cellars (Napa) joins the party to showcase his artisanal old-vine wines in concert with these exotic flavors of home.

Crested Butte Wine + Food Festival

Seminar: The Riedel Sensory Workshop

Friday, July 22

Center for the Arts, Steddy Theater
10-11:15 am $125

Access to seminars is included with all passes. Passholders should RSVP in advance to guarantee admission.

Sommelier Shelley Sale is back again this year with the wildly popular Riedel Sensory Workshop. Did you know that the shape and size of your glass will affect the aroma, flavor, and overall profile of your wine? This Riedel sensory tasting is an entertaining and educational opportunity to discover how the right glassware can enhance your wine drinking experience. It truly is the glass that gives your wine class. This enjoyable and utterly entertaining seminar includes a Riedel Performance Tasting Set of four unique crystal glasses (retail price: $138). It's silly not to go!

Crested Butte Wine + Food Festival

The Grand Tasting

Friday, July 22

Big Mine Ice Arena
2-3 pm VIP + Industry Hour $150
3-6 pm General Admission $50

Everyone’s favorite summertime Crested Butte event is back in style at the Big Mine Ice Arena. Taste your way through hundreds of wines and spirits in a jovial atmosphere with live entertainment, mini seminars, light bites, and more. In 2022, the Grand Tasting features a reimagined VIP area!

Grab bites from Prieto’s Catering and other food trucks, enjoy a wildcrafting seminar at the Homestead Hut, or drop in on a variety of mini-seminars led by winemakers and sommeliers.
Your general admission ticket includes a souvenir CB Wine + Food tasting glass, unlimited wine + spirits samples, and entertainment. Unique local cuisine will be available for purchase from a variety of food vendors.

VIP entry at 2 pm is only available with the purchase of a festival pass or VIP ticket.

Jam Class with Justin Leflar

Sunday, May 29th - Location TBD

Sunday, June 26th - Steddy Theater

Sunday, July 31st - Steddy Theater

Sunday, August 28th - Steddy Theater

Sunday, September 25th - King Community Room

1 - 5 pm

$75 to participate - includes 2 canned beers (if 21+)

Please note that for events at the Center, proof of vaccination or a negative COVID test from within the last 72 hours are required for entry.

Connect with other enthusiastic jammers for an invigorating musical experience. Develop and practice the skills to enjoy leading and playing along with songs around a campfire or in a band. Come enjoy the valley’s great pickers at the Center for the Arts and hone your jamming skills.

REFUND POLICY:
Refunds will ONLY be made in case of a cancelled event. No other refunds will be made.

Postmodern Jukebox

Saturday, October 29th, 2022

8 pm

Steddy Theater

When New York City pianist Scott Bradlee created Postmodern Jukebox out of a basement in Queens in 2011, his goal was simple: to remake the pop hits of today into the classic sounds of the legends of yesterday. Miley Cyrus became The Platters. Bruno Mars became Frank Sinatra. The Spice Girls became The Andrews Sisters. Guns ’n’ Roses became Bessie Smith.

Now, nearly a decade later, Postmodern Jukebox has grown to become a pop culture mainstay in its own right, having played over a thousand shows on six continents worldwide — including acclaimed venues like Radio City Music Hall, Sydney Opera House, and Red Rocks Amphitheater. In the process, PMJ has introduced audience to many of the world’s greatest singers, dancers, and instrumentalist — many of whom have gone on to become stars in their own right.

One part celebration of vintage music and culture, one part “’Saturday Night Live’ for singers”, a Postmodern Jukebox show is an unforgettable trip back in time that makes Pop Music History — in your own hometown.