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After a long hiatus of live music, This summer is shaping up to bring music back to the Arkansas River Valley. Leftover Salmon returns to play a three-night event. Starting on July 2 and going through July 4, the Surf Hotel will present Red and White, Blue Suede Shoes featuring Leftover Salmon.

This concert will be hosted on the LAWN located at 1012 Front Loop, Buena Vista, CO 81211 and will feature a weekend with one of the great purveyors of Americana music influenced by rock ‘n’ roll, folk, bluegrass, Cajun, soul, jazz and blues.

Music lovers can help support the band while they mingle outdoors with family and friends. The event will have a limited number of tickets available due to COVID-19 regulations. Early Bird three-day passes are already sold out and there are a limited number of general admission three-day passes. General Admission for the three days is $199.00 plus $12.93 in fees. There is also the additional three-day VIP package which is $149 plus $9.93 in fees and includes:

  • Access to a side stage viewing area
  • A private VIP tent with a private bar
  • A nightly cocktail hour each day from 4:00 p.m. to 5 p.m. featuring complimentary beer
  • Hors d’oeuvres provided by Wesley & Rose each night during set breaks
  • Private entrance and private bathrooms

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According to the Surf Hotel, The LAWN is the ultimate venue where community members and visitors can responsibly social distance while listening to live music. Over the summer of 2020 there were several socially distanced concerts, ranging  from Dead on the LAWN, The Jauntee, Arkansauce, Yonder Mountain String Band and more. With views of the Collegiate Peaks and being right on the banks of the Arkansas River organizers believe that this is the venue of 2021.

The event schedule is as follows:

Friday, July 2

  • Doors open at 5:00 p.m.
  • 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. is Tejon Street Corner Thieves’ set
  • 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. is Leftover Salmon’s set

Saturday, July 3

  • Doors open at 5:00 p.m.
  • 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. is Tara Rose and The Real Deal’s set
  • 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. is Leftover Salmon’s second set

Sunday, July 4

  • Doors open at 2:00 p.m.
  • 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. will feature Wood Belly
  • 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. is Leftover Salmon’s last set
  • 8:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. will feature DeadPhish Orchestra

During Leftover Salmon’s twenty-five plus years as a band they have headlined shows and festivals from coast to coast, released nine albums, and maintained a vibrant, relevant and influential voice in the music world.  Leftover Salmon’s sound has grown and evolved while staying true to the roots and guiding spirit of the band’s founding members mandolinist/singer Drew Emmitt and guitarist/singer Vince Herman.

Leftover Salmon is considered to be the architects of what has become known as Jamgrass where bands clearly schooled in the traditional rules of bluegrass break free of those rules through non-traditional instrumentation and an innate ability to push songs in new psychedelic directions.