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Vail Valley Band and Cowboy Poet Jake Riley live at the Tabor Opera House

September 2, 2023 @ 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm

$15 – $45

The renowned Vail Valley Band will be the featured act at Leadville’s famed Tabor Opera House on September 2, 2023, at 7:00 pm. Don Watson, Beth Swearingen, and Peter Fontanese are a talented team of creative musicians who have been performing together since 1995. They have performed all over the nation as well as the world.

The band members pride themselves on their technical abilities, musical versatility, and their uncanny knack of matching their song choices to their audiences, from Country, Classic Rock, Pop, Jazz, Folk, show tunes, and even classical.

Jake Riley grew up as a cowboy kid, right here in the Upper Arkansas Valley. He first encountered the art of cowboy poetry by attending Michael Martin Murphy’s WestFest in Copper Mountain with his dad. It was there that he witnessed the art of performed poetry by Baxter Black and Waddie Mitchell and fell in love with the medium. He had always loved a good rhyme and began writing some on his own. Jake has performed his work in 11 states, including three times at the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering in Elko, Nevada. Jake’s work is probably best described as “cowboy contemporary,” but collides with the non-western realm as often as not. Jake has come to love the performance aspect of the spoken word and sharing a good story with his audience. His work is often humorous, sometimes thought-provoking, and always from the heart.

Details

Date:
September 2, 2023
Time:
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Cost:
$15 – $45
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Website:
https://taboroperahouse.org/

Venue

Tabor Opera House
308 Harrison Avenue
Leadville, CO 80461 United States
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Phone
719-486-8409
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