Stepmother Nature performs at the 2024 Friends of Folk Festival in Estes Park, CO.

Stepmother Nature has been buzzing around Estes Park these last few months. Chances are you've heard this electric soul music around town recently. All local musicians, Stepmother Nature brings the heat to every p...

Chain Station performs at the 2024 Friends of Folk Festival in Estes Park, CO.

Chain Station is a 4-piece, high-energy, get 'em out on the dance floor stringband from the Front Range of Colorado's Rocky Mountains.

Magic performs at the 2024 Friends of Folk Festival in Estes Park, CO.

A live music tribute to the sounds of Peter, Paul and Mary.
Featuring Brad Fitch, Melinda Morris and Steve Tice.

Future Joy performs at the 2024 Friends of Folk Festival in Estes Park, CO.

Future Joy is a Future-Funk hybrid duo hailing from wherever their mobile RV stage is parked.
Planting their home base roots in both Denver, CO and St. Petersburg, FL has allowed Emily Cooper & Zach Simms to travel the ...

Shinyribs performs at the 2024 Friends of Folk Festival in Estes Park, CO.

Shinyribs defies genres as a sonic melting pot of Texas Blues, New Orleans R&B funk, horn- driven Memphis Soul, country twang, border music, big band swing, and roots-rock. The Austin-based nine-piece (sometimes 10-piece)...

We celebrate Dick Orleans’ legacy with music and community. All proceeds from this free music festival go to fund scholarships for local creatives and supports future Friends of Folk Festivals.

Alleged Schedule - 2024
4:00 SnowBelt
4:40 Magic Dragon
5:35 Stepmother Nature
6:20 Future Joy
7:30 ...

​Chain Station is a 4-piece, high-energy, get ‘em out on the dance floor string band born high in the mountains but based in Denver, Colorado. Their music is well-steeped in Americana roots with vocal harmonies that are high, lonesome, and tight. Their picking ranges from lightning-fast to mounta...

Good Time Johnny is a funk, psych rock, jam band trio from Estes Park. John slaying on guitar, Dylan beating the drums, and Jason killing it on the bass. :O

Local rock band, Stepmother Nature, perform live at the 2023 Friends of Folk Festival in Estes Park.

Stepmother Nature has been buzzing around Estes Park these last few months. Chances are you've heard this electric soul music around town recently. All local musicians, Stepmother Nature brings t...

Hip hop duo, The Reminders, perform live at the 2023 Friends of Folk Festival in Estes Park.

​The Reminders are a rare and remarkable musical duo seamlessly blending soulful sounds and roots music with insightful messages and thoughtful lyrics. The group consists of Brussels-born emcee Big Samir...