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If the Telluride Bluegrass Festival has been on your bucket list, there’s still time to cross it off in 2025. Zach Tucker, vice president of the fest’s production company Planet Bluegrass, tells The Denver Post there are “a fair amount” of tickets still available for this year’s event at shop.bluegrass.com. That includes passes to two campgrounds outside of downtown Telluride. The fest (June 19-22) is one of the town’s most popular summer gatherings, welcoming about 12,000 people per day to enjoy live music in the scenic box canyon.

It’s too early to say which concerts will define Denver’s 2025 music scene, but one thing’s certain: country music is having another huge moment. Last year seemed to be the plaything of Taylor Swift and her blockbuster Eras tour, which took over Empower Field at Mile High for a pair of shows in July, and sold out tens of thousands of tickets in minutes. That was a publicity mirage: equally ascendant, if not more so, was the diverse and platinum-selling world of singer-songwriter country music, ranging from crossovers such as Jelly Roll, Beyoncé and Shaboozey to stalwarts like Keith Urban, Gillian Welch and (of a more recent vintage) Sturgill Simpson, Charley Crockett and the explosive Sierra Ferrell. Notably, 2024 also saw shows from Morgan Wallen, Kenny Chesney, and Zach Bryan at the 76,125-seat Empower Field — following country concerts there from Luke Bryan, George Strait, and Luke Combs in recent years. On a slightly smaller scale, we also saw Coors Field performances (capacity: 50,398) from Billy Joel and Green Day — though none have yet been announced for this year — and huge country-folk runs at Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre (capacity: 18,000) from Kacey Musgraves, Dan + Shay, Billy Strings, Cody Johnson and Hootie & the Blowfish. That’s not even mentioning the variable-capacity Mission Ballroom, the Fillmore Auditorium, historic theaters, and the independent clubs that keep Denver’s folk, punk, hip-hop, metal, country, and jazz scenes alive. Here are 10 of this year’s biggest shows, with tickets already on sale for each.

The world’s best snow sculptures Monday-Jan. 29. See snow artists at the free International Snow Sculpture Championships in Breckenridge. The 34th event brings the best snow-sculpting teams from around the globe as they carve 12-foot tall, 25-ton blocks of snow by hand. Last year’s was Team Mexico, which swept with a gold medal, the Artist’s Choice, and People’s Choice awards. While the event begins on Monday, Jan.

Avanti Food & Beverage opened in Lower Highland in July 2015, one of the first of what would become more than 20 upscale food halls in metro Denver. Since then, Avanti has also opened in Boulder and, most recently, Vail. Now, in advance of its 10th anniversary, Avanti, 3200 Pecos St., has closed the first floor of the building for a large-scale remodel.

An information technology company in Cherry Creek is at risk of being shut down by a judge because its two co-owners are reportedly deadlocked and bickering over whether or not one is engaged in a fraud scheme named for an alternative rock band of the 1990s. LucidPoint, at 44 Cook St., handles cloud consulting and computer hardware needs for business clients.