Vail Valley vibrates with activity year round, making a visit to Vail ski resorts a memorable one. Step outside your vacation resort door and experience a cornucopia of events to delight and enlighten your senses regardless of the season.
Vail Film Festival
Staged by the Colorado Film Institute, the festival provides a platform dedicated to fostering independent filmmakers and cinema. During the four day event held in late March or early April, films are screened in numerous categories ranging from feature films to documentaries. Rated as one of the top 10 film festival destinations, it attracts in excess of 10,000 attendees, more than 300 filmmakers, high-profile celebrities and is gathering speed in the international media spotlight.
Taste of Vail
This premiere April event draws more than 5,000 visitors annually. Celebrating Vail's lifestyle, it showcases all this renowned resort village has to offer. Sniff and swirl fine wines poured by vintners from primo international wineries, experience world class restaurants or picnic atop Vail Mountain. Opening the four day event is the ever-popular Colorado Lamb Cook Off where Vail chefs prepare hundreds of pounds of local lamb for this epicurean competition.
Teva Mountain Games
Revel in the festivities as amateur and professional athletes from around the globe converge on the mountains and rivers to celebrate mountain culture, soul and sport. Competitions include extreme and freestyle kayaking, trail running, speed and dyno-climbing, bouldering and the GNC Ultimate Mountain Challenge. The four day June event also offers a mountain photography competition open to amateur and professional shutterbugs.
Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival
Held from late June through early August, organizers bring in globally acclaimed musicians to make beautiful music that resounds throughout the village. The festival attracts more than 60,000 music lovers annually. With a backdrop of majestic mountains and a winning combination of resident orchestras, prestigious guest orchestras, chamber music, jazz and more, this event provides a musical extravaganza unlike any other.
International Dance Festival
Held yearly in late July or early August, the festival is host to a variety of ballet and modern dance groups from around the world. While performers vary from year to year, repeat guest dancers include artists from the Bolshoi Ballet and American Ballet Theatre. The usual venue for performances is the outdoor Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater in the Vilar Pavilion where you can enjoy the entertainment from provided seats or throw a blanket on the grass.
Hot Summer Nights Weekly Concert Series
Every Tuesday night from mid-June through the end of July, free concerts are offered in a variety of genres for your listening pleasure. Whether your musical taste leans toward rock or blues, reggae or bluegrass, the Rocky Mountain air is filled with the sounds of music. Performances are held at the Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater.
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