Community Calendar

FOOD/BEVERAGES

FUNDRAISERS/BENEFITS

Samples & Sips Fundraiser

4:00pm-7:00pm, 310 N 7th Street Grand Junction, CO 81501

The Home Loan Taste of the Grand Valley “Samples & Sips” is an outdoor food and beverage festival that will be held on Friday, April more...0 24 at the Historic Lowell School Building. Come enjoy delicious samples from local food trucks and caterers, tasty sips from local wineries and breweries, live music, and more. All proceeds benefit the 34 nonprofit programs that United Way of Mesa County helps support! Learn more about United Way of Mesa County and our programs at www.unitedwaymesacounty.org. Tickets are $40 until April 23, or $45 day-of/at the gate. Free admission for children under 6 - but they must share your ticket/ food samples. If you would like a child under 6 to have their own samples, please purchase a ticket for them.

RADIO ROOM

7:00pm-10:00pm, 1310 Ute Ave Grand Junction, CO

Celebrate the end of the KAFM Fund Drive with a high-energy wrap party featuring Sparkplug! Known for their electrifying blend of rock, soul, and more...0 dance-worthy grooves, Sparkplug will light up the Radio Room and help us close out the drive in style. Join fellow KAFM supporters for a night of great music, community, and celebration as we thank everyone who helped keep community radio strong. Show starts at 7pm doors open at 6:30. Reserve your spot now. All we ask is a donation of what you can afford.

MUSIC

7:30pm-9:30pm, 864 Bunting Ave

Swing into an evening of grooves and improvisation with the CMU Jazz Ensemble. Featuring classic standards and contemporary charts, this high-energy more...0 concert highlights the talent and creativity of CMU’s rising jazz musicians.

MUSIC

7:30pm-9:30pm, 864 Bunting Ave

Celebrate the power and energy of live wind band music at the CMU bands concert, featuring performances by CMU's exceptional student musicians.

THEATRE

VISUAL ARTS

7:30pm-9:30pm, 864 Bunting Ave

COME SEE HOW THE WORLD COULD BE. Welcome to HADESTOWN, where a song can change your fate. Winner of eight 2019 Tony Awards® including Best more...0 Musical and the 2020 Grammy® Award for Best Musical Theater Album, this acclaimed new show from celebrated singer-songwriter Anaïs Mitchell and original director Rachel Chavkin (Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812) is a love story for today... and always. HADESTOWN intertwines two mythic tales — that of young dreamers Orpheus and Eurydice, and that of King Hades and his wife Persephone — as it invites you on a hell-raising journey to the underworld and back. Mitchell’s beguiling melodies and Chavkin’s poetic imagination pit industry against nature, doubt against faith, and fear against love. Performed by a vibrant ensemble of actors, dancers and singers, HADESTOWN is a haunting and hopeful theatrical experience that grabs you and never lets go. _____ Thank you to season sponsor RE/MAX 4000

MUSIC

3:00pm-5:00pm, 864 Bunting Ave

This concert is a chance to enjoy orchestra of different instrumentations, from intimate works for strings by Baroque masters, to large romantic more...0 works incorporating full symphonic forces is our beautiful Asteria Hall

MUSIC

7:30pm-9:30pm, 864 Bunting Ave

CLASSES/LECTURES

Creative Non-fictioning – Hey, It Happens!

6:00pm-7:30pm, 1803 N. 7th St.

When faced with the blank page, where do you go? Is your tendency to fall back on “that time when”…or, “do you more...0 remember…”? Life is stranger than fiction, and if you want to work out some of your lived experiences in writing, then this session is for you! We’ll do a number of exercises to help strengthen the pen and generate ideas, as well as share and talk writing! Join the Western Colorado Writers’ Forum on May 5, 2026, from 6-7:30 p.m. at The Art Center in Grand Junction for this fun, generative session! Speaker Bio Brooke A. Carlson has been falling through books, writing here and there, and teaching all over the place for ages. Slipping through higher ed for the last couple of decades has meant publications on pedagogy in academic spaces, and pushing to expand scholarly writing into the public. Along the way, poetry happens.

RADIO ROOM

7:00pm-9:00pm,

An Intimate In-The-Round performance featuring area songwriters swapping songs and the stories behind them. Featuring Clayton Yeazle, Kyle Harvey more...0 and Eric Kelly. Tickets $20. Doors open at 6:30 Show starts at 7pm

RADIO ROOM

6:00pm-8:00pm, 1310 Ute Ave

Wine & Jazz Nights in the Radio Room Featuring Mixed Bag Jazz Step into the warm glow of the Radio Room and settle in for an evening of more...0 smooth pours and even smoother grooves. Mixed Bag Jazz returns for a sophisticated night of classic standards, cool swing, Latin rhythms, and soulful improvisation — all in the intimate setting of KAFM’s premier listening room. Sip thoughtfully selected wines, relax with friends, and let the music carry you from mellow ballads to toe-tapping favorites. Whether you're a lifelong jazz lover or simply looking for the perfect midweek escape, Wine & Jazz Night delivers atmosphere, artistry, and community in one unforgettable evening. ? Intimate setting? Exceptional live musicianship? Hand-selected wines? Up-close listening experience Join us for a night where every note pairs perfectly with the pour. Doors open at 5:30 Show starts at 6pm Limited seating. Advance tickets recommended.