Good news out of Colorado!
After much deliberation, the Chaffee County Board of Commissioners have signed off on permits for Madison House Presents’ proposal to host a four-day, 20,000-capacity music festival in Buena Vista, CO. Situated on a 274-acre ranch near the Arkansas River, the festival will take place this August 4-7, although there have been no details to emerge on the festival’s makeup yet.
A representative for the festival said that an initial lineup for the festival could be ready within a week of the accepted proposal. It was reported that bluegrass and classic blues artists would be featured at the all-ages-friendly event, but that remains to be confirmed.
The Board of Commissioners asked that the festival would adhere to the curfews of 1:30 AM on Friday and Saturday night and midnight on Thursday and Sunday. Jed Selby, who purchased the ranch in 2014 with hopes of launching a music festival, said, “Their whole thing was they wanted it to be open late enough so people didn’t bail at the last minute for the bar and totally destroy downtown,” which is a fair enough assertion.
“We aim for this festival to be a mighty source of Colorado pride,” said Madison House president Jeremy Stein in a release.We’ll be sure to share more details when they’re available.
[H/T Hey Reverb]