Event Calendar

The Vail Comedy Festival returns May 27 - May 29 and has confirmed headliners from The Comedy Store, The Comedy Cellar, HBO, CBS and NBC. This event is organized by the same team that has poured love into the Vail Comedy Show for going on 3 years.
 

The Vail Recreation District partners with the Eagle River Water & Sanitation District, Town of Vail and Alpine Quest Sports to host the annual Vail Whitewater Race Series. The races will be divided between three categories, including kayak (under 9’6″), stand-up paddleboard (SUP) (under 11′) and 2-person raft* (under 10′) teams with different course challenges every week. The course challenge for each event will be determined the day of the race based on river flows. Races typically start at the Covered Bridge and end at International Bridge. The Vail Whitewater Race Series is open to all paddlers ages 16 and up and intermediate to expert abilities. The skills to run Class III whitewater in your chosen craft are required.

Race Dates
May 17 
May 24
May 31
June 7

Photo via Vail Rec District

Colorado’s Experience this performance at The Amp, Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater, a spectacular, intimate outdoor venue in Vail.  Joe Russo’s Almost Dead is an American rock band formed in 2013 that mainly covers the music of the Grateful Dead. The band played their first show on January 26, 2013, at the Brooklyn Bowl in Brooklyn, New York. In addition to drummer Joe Russo, the band also includes Ween‘s bassist Dave Dreiwitz, keyboardist Marco Benevento, Scott Metzger on guitar and vocals, and Tom Hamilton of Brothers Past and American Babies on guitar and vocals.

Michael Franti is a globally recognized musician, humanitarian, activist, and award-winning filmmaker revered for his high-energy live shows, inspiring music, devotion to health and wellness, worldwide philanthropic efforts and the power of optimism. Throughout his multi-decade career, Franti has earned three Billboard No. 1’s with triumphantly hopeful hits “Sound of Sunshine,” “Say Hey (I Love You)” and “I Got You,” as well as six Top 30 Hot AC singles, nine Top 25 AAA Singles and three Billboard Top 5 Rock Albums. “I Got You,” lead single from his latest album Work Hard And Be Nice, marked Franti’s first No. 1 in nearly 10 years and landed on NPR’s “Most Popular Songs of 2020,” while the music video boasts over 1 million views since its release. Michael Franti & Spearhead recorded the 17-song album in studios in Nashville, Los Angeles and San Francisco working with A-list writers and producers on what has been called their most diverse record yet.

The Vail Recreation District partners with the Eagle River Water & Sanitation District, Town of Vail and Alpine Quest Sports to host the annual Vail Whitewater Race Series. The races will be divided between three categories, including kayak (under 9’6″), stand-up paddleboard (SUP) (under 11′) and 2-person raft* (under 10′) teams with different course challenges every week. The course challenge for each event will be determined the day of the race based on river flows. Races typically start at the Covered Bridge and end at International Bridge. The Vail Whitewater Race Series is open to all paddlers ages 16 and up and intermediate to expert abilities. The skills to run Class III whitewater in your chosen craft are required.

Race Dates
May 17 
May 24
May 31
June 7

Photo via Vail Rec District