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The Nature of Music in Denver!

Denver Botanic Gardens is pleased to announce that Swallow Hill Music Association is its new concert promotions partner for the booking and production of all Denver Botanic Gardens concerts, commencing in the 2010 season.  This new partnership reflects recent changes in the Gardens’ strategy and direction, including a desire to better align itself with organizations that have a similar brand and common goals. The Gardens and Swallow Hill Music are a perfect match. Both organizations are well-known, respected nonprofits in Denver that serve a wide cross-section of the community with engaging educational programming. They are also committed to presenting the very best in regional and national musical entertainment to their patrons.

 Swallow Hill Music promotes more than 200 concerts per year at its 71 E. Yale Ave. venue and other venues across the metro area, including the Ellie Caulkins Opera House. Their focus on genres that include roots, folk and acoustic music is a perfect fit for the Gardens’ concert venues and serves similar audiences. As SCFD-funded organizations that complement each other, the Gardens and Swallow Hill Music are committed to building a collaborative, long-lasting relationship that assists with fulfilling each organization’s mission.

We are excited about the partnership and look forward to a great 2010 concert season!  Welcome Swallow Hill Music!

Swallow Hill Flowers

Swallow Hill Flowers

Did you get up and dance?

Concert season is over for the year both at our York Street and Chatfield locations. We had a dazzling array of talented musicians here again this year, and the Gardens have never looked better.

Rick Hum (far right) and friends enjoying hors d'oeuvres before the Bob Weir/Ratdog/Jackie Green concert.

I wasn’t able to make it to all of the concerts, however at every show I was fortunate enough to attend I saw the same couple up and dancing in the area in front of the stage. At the second-to-last concert, I finally had the opportunity to meet these music aficionados. Rick Hum and his wife Karen, longtime members of the Gardens, along with a loyal group of friends, attend most of the concerts together. They do a little research on the various artists that play at the Gardens and talk about the artists’ backgrounds and history while enjoying their picnic dinner on the lawn before the concert.

Here are some 2009 concert reviews from Rick for you to enjoy, along with some helpful tips from him on attending concerts next year that I think you will find useful. Thanks, Rick, for your great insight. I’ll see you front and center at our first concert next year!
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