Summerfest! July 16 - July 17, 2016, 10am-5pm

Summerfest is a two-day community fine arts and crafts festival held outdoors in beautiful Evergreen, CO. Now in its 37th year, Summerfest kicks off Arts Alive Evergreen, a ten-day visual and performing arts showcase.

With over 100 artists from all over the country, Summerfest provides fun for all ages. In addition to great art, we have local food, live music, special performances, and a children's activity area.

$3 festival admission; children are free. Only 25 minutes from downtown Denver! From I-70 exit Evergreen Parkway via exit #252. Follow Evergreen Parkway/Hwy 74 for 3.5 miles. The festival will be on the left at the intersection of Evergreen Parkway/Hwy 74 & Squaw Pass Rd.

Parking locations include most of the adjacent Buchanan Rec Center lots, the office park lots south of the Buchanan Ponds off of Castle Ct., the RTD lot north of the festival, and the back parking lots at Bergen Village with a shuttle right to the festival. There will be signs for parking locations.

No smoking or pets are allowed at the festival site.


Center for the Arts Evergreen and Summerfest Arts Festival, Present: The 4th Annual Palette of Brews "Tasting" Event!!
Date - July 16th
Time: 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Buchanan Field, Evergreen, Colorado
MUST BE 21 TO PURCHASE TICKETS

Your ticket will provide you with unlimited tastes from some of Colorado's finest craft brewers.
Ticket prices (purchased online-click the link below!) are $20 online, or $25 at the event.

So much fun for You: Fine Arts, Craft Arts, Music, Children's' Tent, and Delicious food!

2016 Breweries
El Rancho Brewing Company
Lariat Lodge Brewing Co.
Evergreen Tap House
Tivoli Brewery Company
Decadent Saint, Colorado's Craft Winery
Melvin Brewing
Dead Hippie Brewing
Holidaily Brewing Co.
Golden City Brewery
Blue Spruce Brewing Co.
Mama Bear's Brew
Good River Brewery
Eddyline Brewery

BUY YOUR TICKETS HERE

Come and sing and dance at Summerfest 2016. ALL LIVE MUSIC! ALL LOCAL is the theme this year. Here is the lineup:

Saturday, July 16
10:00 Wayfaring Musicians
11:15 Johnny Turner
12:30 One Little World
2:00 Bucktones
4:00 The 3eatles
6:00 Joe Bye and Friends

Sunday, July 17
10:30 Bruce Cole
1:00 Open Space
3:30 Golden Eagle Concert Band

Be sure to check out over 120 artist booths both days and the Palette of Brews on Saturday. Come for the ARTS, stay for the live music and micro beers, Barefoot wine and Coyote Gold margarita's!


Barefoot Wine and Bubbly is back for a third year at Summerfest, be sure to come by and taste these delicious wines, thank you Barefoot!


Thank you Coyote Gold All Natural Margarita for being the one and only margarita being served at Summerfest! Your delicious, all natural margarita's are the very best!

We can't wait to share over 125 artist booths, the Palette of Brews and ALL LIVE-MUSIC-ALL LOCAL with you Saturday and Sunday, July 16 and 17 at Summerfest!!



The Wayfaring Musicians is an Evergreen based Jam band known for performing crossover blends of classic rock, blues, jazz, up country, folk, hard rock, reggae and rap into pulsing extended jams that get an audience off their feet and onto the dance floor. The core band, Harper on Harmonica, Ryan on Standup bass/keyboard/guitar/banjo and Jason on guitar/hand drums, expands as it draws upon a range of other Wayfaring foothills musicians to fill any gig.


The 3EATLES were launched in Colorado in 2006 as an acoustic trio (hence the name); and soon became a full-fledged Beatle band, but the catchy name stuck. The band faithfully reproduces the fantastic music of the Beatles by singing and playing their exact parts, using their exact guitars and amps. The 3EATLES are one of the very few Beatle bands who perform songs from all 14 Beatles albums, spanning every aspect of Beatlemania.
The 3EATLES are:
JOHN (Jeff Lenart), PAUL (John Turner), GEORGE (Jeff Scarborough), and RINGO (John Barry).


Summerfest 2016 on Saturday, July 16 at 12:30pm welcomes One Little World on center stage.

Paul Landsittel, Rebecca Matthews and Steve Crook have played together individually but are now playing together as 'One Little World', with a mix of covered music and Steve and Paul's originals. Strong and clear vocal harmony is our intent and Joy is our desire!


The Bucktones will be playing at 2:00pm on Saturday, July 16! Come for the art, enjoy the Palette of Brews and stay for the ALL LIVE-ALL LOCAL music!

The Bucktones cover a wide range of styles including Surf Tunes, Motown, Oldies, Classic Rock, Blues, and Country, as well as dozens of originals.


The 1, the only Johnny T, a very local favorite playing your favorite 70's, 80's and 90's cover tunes. JT is also our sound man for the weekend music both days at Summerfest 2016! Johnny will take the stage at 11:15 Saturday, July 16, be sure to hear him play!


On the evening of Saturday, July 16 at 6:00pm will be none other than Joe Bye and Friends with their eclectic, high energy dance the eve away attitude! This will be Joe's third appearance at Summerfest, but first since '14. Grab some art from the rows and rows of awesome creations, some beer from the Palette of Brews, margarita's from Coyote Gold and wine from Barefoot and let's dance until the sun sets! (Thank you Leianne Wilson for the photo.)


Closing out Summerfest 2016 this year we welcome back the Golden Eagle Concert Band, they will play on the grass in between front of the stage and tent at 3:30pm on Sunday, July 17. A very fun and entertaining ensemble of talent!

The Golden Eagle Concert Band (GECB) rehearses weekly in Edgewater, Colorado and is a 60- piece all-volunteer adult community concert band, consisting of men and woman of all ages and backgrounds. The GECB is active throughout the Denver metropolitan area and Colorado, presenting American concert band music, playing over 25 performances each year.
The Golden Eagle Concert Band is supported in part by the sales taxes collected and distributed by the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District . Grants are allocated by the Cultural Counsels of Adams, Arapahoe, Broomfield, Douglas and Jefferson County.


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Alrighty then, Summerfest 2016 is proud to have the amazing one man band of Bruce Cole entertain us at11:00am Sunday, July 17 at the Buchanon Field center stage. Bruce is extremely versatile, he will mesmerize you with his voice, guitar, sax, trumpet and violin just to mention a few! This will be Bruce's first Summerfest; always a crowd favorite.

Bruce Cole has been a professional musician in the Denver and Evergreen area for over forty years. The first time he played at the Little Bear was 1972. Bruce traveled the country and the world with his bands including Vegas, Tahoe, Hollywood and USO tours to the South Pacific. His band won second place in the Miller High Life Rock to Riches contest in 1982 when they played the Paladium Theater in New York City. When it was time to start his family, he got off the road and started teaching music in Jefferson County. Bruce taught in Jeffco for 28 years, winning the Colorado Teacher of the Year Award in 1999. Now, Bruce is retired from teaching and has been performing as a solo artist for 10 years. His goal was to bring all of the freedom of performance to his solo act that he had enjoyed with his bands. So, Bruce plays songs totally live and acoustic, but also uses looping extensively, and utilizes a recording program on his Macintosh to provide back tracks to some of his songs. This enables Bruce to utilize his talents on many different instruments in the course of his performance. The instruments you hear in his backing tracks have all been recorded by him. His repertoire spans 8 decades and is over 500 songs. Dancing is encouraged, and have fun!


Are you ready?! SXSW invitee OPEN SPACE will rock Buchanon Fields at 1:00pm on Sunday, July 17. Bring your sunscreen and dance the afternoon away with a frothy beer from El Rancho, a delicious margarita from Coyote Gold and a cool summer wine from Barefoot, not the mention our wonderful food vendors!

Open Space is a rock band that plays alt. country originals about stuff most folks would rather forget and covers of songs that most folks have never heard. OpenSpace is an acoustic guitar, a distortion pedal, a big bottom end and a shot of whiskey thrown in for good measure. Come on out to one of our shows and check us out! And as always.....Spread the Love.....Spread the Word....but PLEASE do NOT spill the Whiskey!

Summerfest 2016 ALL LIVE-ALL LOCAL music will set you free!

Your Palette of Brews ticket will provide you with unlimited tastes from some of Colorado's finest craft brewers tomorrow!

Check out all of our awesome brewers this year:
Mad Jacks's Mountain Brewery
First thing's first: We're mad about beer! Mad Jack's Mountain Brewery (MJMB) is located in Bailey, Colorado and was formed in 2010 to become a lifelong dream for Jack and Allison (owners). After living 3 years in Germany, they ate and drank their way across the country and were inspired by the German Beers and Beer Gardens. MJMB will provide a product unique to the 285 corridor that could only be found in this area. We have developed recipes over the years that will delight discerning beer drinkers from Denver and the Front Range communities.

El Rancho Brewing Company
Historic El Rancho Restaurant has undergone an extensive remodel emerging as El Rancho Brewing Company™ with a new 10-barrel brewing system, up to 14 of our beers on tap, and several early batches starting to age in oak barrels. Now that the weather’s mellowed up, we’re hard at work, resurfacing the sunken beer garden for those long summer evenings. Our west deck has a great view of the continental divide.

Lariat Lodge Brewing Co.
Lariat Lodge Brewing Company, just 2 minutes east of historic Downtown Evergreen overlooking Bear Creek, is the town’s first brewery/restaurant, with classic house-brewed beers, upscale comfort food, and a friendly neighborhood vibe. Come see what makes us an experience you won’t find anywhere else.

Evergreen Tap House
Brewing and serving Craft beers on tap, fine drinks, East Coast inspired sandwiches and much more! so come in and find out what we are about.

Tivoli Brewery Company
Tivoli Brewing Company is the oldest brewery in the State of Colorado and continues on in its original home in Downtown Denver, Colorado. Tivoli Brewing Company began its journey in 1859 selling beer to thirsty miners and early Denver settlers. Growing to eventually become the largest brewery west of the Missouri River, at the time providing a complete line of beers to not only Coloradoans, but the entire Western United States. At Tivoli we are creating history once again by not only bringing back the historic beers of Colorado, but creating new history with exiting styles of beer. We take our time brewing many lagers as well as ales.

Decadent Saint, Colorado's Craft Winery
Decadent Saint, Colorado’s Craft Winery is creating an innovative line of award winning wine concentrates.

Decadent Saint is pioneering the American craft wine market. Faithfully small batch produced, these 20.5% alcohol wine concentrates can be diluted to make up to five bottles of pure decadence. Wine transformed with real fruit, fresh spice, unfiltered and full of flavor, not flavorings.

Melvin Brewing
Welcome to Melvin Brewing! This is the beginning of your wonderful new, Kung Fu friendship between our brew family and all beer lovers alike. Talk of Melvin began on the West coast - but the heart of Melvin started beating in the small town of Jackson Hole, Wyoming. With big ideas and even bigger barrels of hops, Melvin now takes off (its pants) in the hands of Owner, Jeremy Tofte. Co-Founder/Drunken Brewmaster Kirk McHale, and head Production Brewer, Dave Chichura.

Dead Hippie Brewing
Welcome to Dead Hippie Brewing where we care about the Quality and Flavor of our beer. You can expect to savor some tasty beers, hand brewed in small batches and tasted throughout the entire process to ensure a Quality product.
Dead Hippie's objective :
Big Flavorful Beers, brewed in small manageable batches.

Holidaily Brewing Co.
Holidaily is not only about selling great products but actually improving the lives of people who have likely been sick with a wide range of symptoms. We are on a mission to give people a good, gluten-free beer drinking experience. It's really about so much more than beer.

Golden City Brewery
Golden City Brewery was founded in 1993 by two geologists, Charlie & Janine Sturdavant. They filled the old machine shop behind their historic Golden home with used dairy tanks and Charlie began brewing German-style ales. The tasting room was originally located in the sunroom of their house and provided Red Ale and Pale Ale to the local community in half-gallon growlers and kegs. Since that time, the operation has expanded at the same location (still their home). The carriage house has become the the tasting room, the backyard is the beer garden. The brewery produces those now legendary Red & Pale Ales, in addition to a few other brews.

Blue Spruce Brewing Co.
Located in Centennial, CO, Blue Spruce Brewing Company is a locally owned brew pub that features our own custom craft beers and proudly serves beer from our partnering Colorado breweries. We are excited to be a brew pub, which means we can serve both our on-site brewed beers and offer a full kitchen to our patrons. We invite you to tour our site and discover the Blue Spruce experience, menu and beers.

Mama Bear's Brew
Mama Bear’s Brew is a blend of wheat ale and sweet black tea. The body of this ale has been aptly built up to bolster the lightness of the tea, creating a flavor that is creamy with a tinge of honey. It is a unique and refreshing combination that always goes down smoothly. We just keep asking ourselves, is it beer or is it tea?

Good River Brewery
With a theme that runs through every place and culture - rivers - co-founders Eric Zarkovich, Adam Odoski, and Preston Hartman set out in April, 2015 to introduce their inspirational brews to every beer drinker. Good River Beer: Those three words encapsulate what Good River Beer is all about. We are building a GOOD company, with meaningful employee engagement in our mission and success and consciousness of our impact on the natural environment, all while inspiring our customers to share in our mission. We respect and cherish RIVERS, giving back 2% to conserve their value as both wild places and resources for human use and enjoyment. We brew the highest quality BEER, taking no shortcuts and putting all of our passion and creativity into every glass.

Eddyline Brewery
Mic and Molley Heynekamp realized the key to living a mountain lifestyle was to transform their home brewing hobby into a business. During the decade that transpired from when there were just a few dozen Colorado microbreweries to when they decided to call Buena Vista home, nearly 200 microbreweries were started. The Heynekamps knew that to be successful in such a competitive arena they had to produce beers that were exceptional. In 2009, The Heynekamps moved to Buena Vista with their relatives Brian England and Ryan McFadden who were to manage Eddyline. Eddyline initially began as a brewpub featuring wood-fired pizzas and grilled items in a location on the banks of the Buena Vista river park brewing on a three barrel brewery.