Community Calendar

Writing as Remedy workshops at Wellspring Vitality invite you into a supportive, creative space where storytelling becomes a tool for healing, reflection, and connection. Through friendly prompts and shared presence, we use words to process what’s been held, honor lived experience, and remember that we don’t heal alone. No writing experience needed, just a willingness to show up and explore.

Come out and have some Open Mic Night fun! Every Monday in Hotchkiss at the Memorial Hall! Sign up begins at 5:30 and the music starts at 6! Come show off your talent(s) or support your friends and neighbors!! Hope to see you there! Free, free, free!!

Connection in Community, including sharing thirty minutes of silent sitting.
All are welcome to this weekly meditation circle.

Join us for live music every Friday down at the hop yard in Montrose! Of course, there will be amazing hopped beers and beverages, a rotating food truck, yard games, and incredible views from the San Juans to the Grand Mesa. Kids, dogs, and goats always welcome. We look forward to have ya'll down at the farm!

Check out our music and food line up here - Fridays on the Farm

Common Ground Music & Arts Festival is a free three-day community celebration on August 28th-30th, bringing together music, art, culture, and creativity in the heart of Montrose. Hosted by LFMG Music Academy, the festival features live performances, local artists, vendors, food trucks, family-friendly activities, youth showcases, workshops, and community connection.

The event is designed to bring people from across Western Colorado together while supporting accessible creative arts programs for youth. Proceeds and community support help LFMG Music Academy continue providing free and low-cost music, production, podcasting, entrepreneurship, and creative workshops for young people in our region.

Join us for a weekend of good music, good people, and Common Ground.

Downtown Paonia sparkles with creativity during Final Friday Frolics. The last Friday of each month, year-round, visit galleries, studios, boutiques and restaurants. Enjoy our tasty local food and wine, mingle with the community and find the perfect treasure to take home. You never know what you might find…wine tasting, farm-to-table dinners, live music, exhibition openings and more!

Participating Venues (venues vary month-to-month; please check venue websites for current offering):
- Big B’s Delicious Orchards
- Blue Sage Center for the Arts
- Chrysalis Barrel Aged Beer
- Cirque Boutique & Gallery
- Elsewhere Studios
- Grapevine Gallery
- Horse Cow 57
- Louie’s Loft
- Lucille Lucas Gallery
- Paonia Books
- Paonia Clayworks
- Paradise Theatre of Paonia
- Pollinate Paonia
- PUB
- Refinery Paonia
- Robin’s Nest (formerly Trader Mags)
- Root & Vine Market
- The Hearth by The Learning Council
- The Looking Glass Gallery by Shannon Richardson

2023 Dates:
- Friday, January 27th
- Friday, February 24th
- Friday, March 31st
- Friday, April 28th
- Friday, May 26th
- Friday, June 30th
- Friday, July 28th
- Friday, August 25th
- Friday, September 29th
- Friday, October 27th
- Friday, November 24th
- Friday, December 29th

Come support local growers and artists at the Hotchkiss Saturday market next to the creamery Arts Center in Hotchkiss.

Common Ground Music & Arts Festival is a free three-day community celebration on August 28th-30th, bringing together music, art, culture, and creativity in the heart of Montrose. Hosted by LFMG Music Academy, the festival features live performances, local artists, vendors, food trucks, family-friendly activities, youth showcases, workshops, and community connection.

The event is designed to bring people from across Western Colorado together while supporting accessible creative arts programs for youth. Proceeds and community support help LFMG Music Academy continue providing free and low-cost music, production, podcasting, entrepreneurship, and creative workshops for young people in our region.

Join us for a weekend of good music, good people, and Common Ground.

Join the community every Saturday for open craft studio and snacks. Bring your own craft supplies or use what we have. Bring food to share or share food with others. FREE event but we do accept donations or tips.

Common Ground Music & Arts Festival is a free three-day community celebration bringing together music, art, culture, and creativity in the heart of Montrose. Hosted by LFMG Music Academy, the festival features live performances, local artists, vendors, food trucks, family-friendly activities, youth showcases, workshops, and community connection.

The event is designed to bring people from across Western Colorado together while supporting accessible creative arts programs for youth. Proceeds and community support help LFMG Music Academy continue providing free and low-cost music, production, podcasting, entrepreneurship, and creative workshops for young people in our region.

Join us for a weekend of good music, good people, and Common Ground.