Join us around the campfire for our weekly community potluck.
Meet your people, share some stories, enjoy some food.
(Note: please bring only vegetarian and non-alcoholic items).
Cost: Free
Join us around the campfire for our weekly community potluck!
Meet your people, share some stories, enjoy some food.
(Note: please bring only vegetarian and non-alcoholic items).
Cost: FREE
Come celebrate our 4th Birthday on Saturday June 22 8am – 3pm
Tent Sale 8am – 3pm
$5 New Books
$2 Used Books
Free $10 Gift Card with $100 Purchase
Picnic on the Plaza with Los Bichos
Bring your picnic lunch, something to sit on, and join us at Picnic on the Plaza, featuring free, live music on the lawn. Each week will feature a different musician to please a variety of tastes.
For more info: https://www.lafayetteco.gov/
Fee: Free!
Picnic on the Plaza with Beloved Invadors
Bring your picnic lunch, something to sit on, and join us at Picnic on the Plaza, featuring free, live music on the lawn. Each week will feature a different musician to please a variety of tastes.
For more info: https://www.lafayetteco.gov/
Picnic on the Plaza – Scott Fowler
Bring your picnic lunch, something to sit on, and join us at Picnic on the Plaza, featuring free, live music on the lawn. Each week will feature a different musician to please a variety of tastes.
For more info: https://www.lafayetteco.gov/
Fee: Free
Picnic on the Plaza – Roberta Maldonado
Bring your picnic lunch, something to sit on, and join us at Picnic on the Plaza, featuring free, live music on the lawn. Each week will feature a different musician to please a variety of tastes.
For more info: https://www.lafayetteco.gov/
Fee: Free
Help us celebrate 10 years of business with 10 free drop-in days throughout 2024!
June 27th is National Work From Home Day, but working from home may not work for everyone. Whether it’s a lack of available space, not enough quiet, or just too many distractions that keep you from productivity, an office in the spare bedroom (or at the kitchen table) may not be the solution for you.
Confluence invites you to experience a new way to “WFH” while still skipping the commute and hassles of going into the corporate office. Network with individuals from all walks of their careers, explore the downtown area for lunch, and enjoy our warm, productive workspace.
We’re here to help you keep your home feeling like home.
Join us June 27th for a full day of focused work, complimentary beverages, and special treats – all for free!
Picnic on the Plaza – School of Rock House Band
Bring your picnic lunch, something to sit on, and join us at Picnic on the Plaza, featuring free, live music on the lawn. Each week will feature a different musician to please a variety of tastes.
Cost: Free
Picnic on the Plaza – Steve Glotzer
Bring your picnic lunch, something to sit on, and join us at Picnic on the Plaza, featuring free, live music on the lawn. Each week will feature a different musician to please a variety of tastes.
Cost: Free
All ages – join us at the Lafayette Library as we celebrate the release of “Lei and the Invisible Island” by Malia Maunakea. Festivities will include a reading of the first chapter, a book signing by the author and a traditional Hula featuring Keaka O Kalani. The Read Queen Bookstore will have copies available for purchase.
Come join us at Vintrey Honest Goods for a special pop-up event featuring YogaSix! This free in-person event is the perfect opportunity to treat yourself to some self-care and support local businesses. Don’t miss out on this one-of-a-kind experience! Click the link to learn more sign up today!
Fee: FREE!
Devil puh-leaze, find some art for these idle hands! Lafayette’s funkiest art crew has a blockbuster production in store for you. Our cast of creatives will be showcasing art in Old Town Lafayette on June 22, from 10am – 5pm. Check out our online map at https://laughevent.org/map and determine which creative collective to begin your journey. Grab a passport from your first artist visit and enjoy a beautiful day in Lafayette where buying and winning art is the event of the day. Travel to all 9 locations, get your passport stamped, and email a photo of your completed passport to whatzup@laughevent.com to be entered for a chance to win a $100 gift card to the Community Supper Club. Don’t have time to visit everyone? That’s OK, we have art raffles with lots of opportunities to WIN FREE ART along the way.
A fun, early-Summer jubilee honoring the music of the Grateful Dead, Dead West will take place at Cellar West Brewery in Lafayette, CO on Saturday, June 8th. Here’s the rundown:
• FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, WE WILL BE HOSTING A DEAD WEST WEEKEND KICKOFF NIGHT ON FRIDAY, JUNE 7th (Live Dead tunes from Crick Wooder’s Shawn Cunnane and DJ Akilimanjaro, Tarot Card Reading, Food Specials from Cosmic Coyote)
SATURDAY, JUNE 8th is the Big Event
– – – Grateful Dead tribute bands on the patio throughout the day: Gratefully Acoustic, Elle Michelle’s Grateful Holler, and Tumbledown Shack!
– – – Local, heady merchandise vendors onsite
– – – Special Event Beer Release in Cans & on Draught (Standing on the Moon White IPA)
– – – Limited edition commemorative Dead West art Tie Dye Tees
– – – Grateful Dead themed food specials from Cosmic Coyote Cook Shanty
– – – Plus a few other surprises!
The event kicks off Saturday at the brewery when we open at 1pm, and ends around 10pm (last band wraps at 9/9:30pm). Dead West is free to the public, and while it is adult-centric with loud music, crowds, and beer, children are welcome (Please leave pets at home for the day). Outside alcoholic beverages are not permitted.
Lastly, this is a highly anticipated event and our busiest day of the year – we do have 20+ parking spaces (with free street parking a block away on Carr), but if you’re local, we suggest walking/biking to cut down on the automobile chaos.
We are so excited for another year of Dead West, and can’t wait to share some beers & dancing in the sun!
Entry Fee: Free
Local singer-songwriter Kayla Marque brings her unique sound to the Read Queen independently-owned bookstore! Don’t miss this FREE afternoon concert! Please get your FREE tickets at this link https://www.facebook.com/events/800437872037109/
WHAT: Free Sonic Guild Community Night
WHERE: Doghouse Music Studios
WHEN: May, 31; Doors at 6:30 pm Show at 7pm
WHO: Jo James (Austin Grantee) + Lonely Choir
From heavy-hitting stages to intimate heartfelt performances, Jo James continues to captivate audiences in a powerful way.
His style consists of blues, soul, and a little bit of rock n roll.
Jo has worked and performed with some of the industry’s top acts and also received the honor award at the 100% Music Songwriting Contest.
He started playing music when he was 8 years old.
His voice and songs can seamlessly heal a broken heart and electrify a weary soul.
Bring your picnic lunch, something to sit on, and join us at Picnic on the Plaza, featuring free, live music on the lawn. Each week will feature a different musician to please a variety of tastes.
Bring your picnic lunch, something to sit on, and join us at Picnic on the Plaza, featuring free, live music on the lawn. Each week will feature a different musician to please a variety of tastes.
Bring your picnic lunch, something to sit on, and join us at Picnic on the Plaza, featuring free, live music on the lawn. Each week will feature a different musician to please a variety of tastes.
Help us celebrate 10 years of business with 10 free drop-in days throughout 2024!
Are you tired of working out of coffee shops and libraries? Need to switch it up from your home office to a more professional setting? Spouse/kids/animals driving you up a wall when you’re trying to work? This is the perfect opportunity to give coworking a try at Confluence during our free-drop in days.
This Bike to Work Day, join us for a full day of productive work, complimentary beverages, and a delicious lunch; all for free!
Jonathan Powell’s new group Mambo Jazz Party draws from his 20 year freelance career as a trumpet player in the NYC salsa and latin jazz scene. After being a member of Eddie Palmieri’s groups for 10 years as well as recording and performing with Arturo O’Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra, Miguel Zenon Big Band, Oscar Hernandez and Spanish Harlem Orchestra, Ricky Martin, and Tito Puente Jr among many more, Jonathan’s love for the music runs deep.
The members of Mambo Jazz Party are some of the hottest in the genre worldwide including legendary trombonist Jimmy Bosch (Ruben Blades, Eddie Palmieri, FANIA All Stars), Grammy nominated pianist Manuel Valera (Arturo Sandoval, Dafnis Prieto), flute player Itai Kriss (Televana, Los Hacheros, Orquesta Akokan), trombone player Ryan Keberle (Miguel Zenon, Maria Schneider), drummer Camilo Molina (Santana, Eddie Palmieri), conga player Marcos Torres (La India, Tito Nieves), bassist Alex Apolo Ayala (Eddie Palmieri, Gilberto Santa Rosa, Spanish Harlem Orchestra), saxophonist Remy Le Boeuf (Assembly of Shadows, Bob Mintzer Big Band) and Jonathan’s brother saxophonist Jeremy Powell (Eddie Palmieri, Arturo O’Farrill).
Jonathan Powell’s Mambo Jazz Party is set to release their debut self-titled album on Circle 9 Records August 9th 2024.
This performance and new work by Jonathan Powell and Mambo Jazz Party has been made possible with support from Chamber Music America’s New Jazz Works program funded through the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.
Jonathan Powell – trumpet
Itai Kriss – flute
Remy Le Boeuf – alto/bari saxes
Jeremy Powell – tenor sax
Jimmy Bosch – trombone
Ryan Keberle – trombone
Manuel Valera – keys
Alex Apolo Ayala – bass
Camilo Molina – drums
Marcos Torres – congas
Fee: $25.00
Join us for the WOW! Literacy Festival on May 4, 2024 from 1:00-4:00pm in partnership with the Rocky Mountain Chapter of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI).
More than twenty children’s book authors and illustrators will be on hand thoughout the afternoon with readings, fun activities, and opportunities to get your book signed. Books will be sold at WOW! through a table set up by The Read Queen.
Included with admission or membership, and financial support is available for those in need.
https://www.lafayetteco.gov/565/Art-Night-Out
The City of Lafayette Arts & Cultural Resources Department, ARTS!Lafayette, and Firsthand Markets are pleased to announce the 2024 Art Night Out summer festival series. This always-free public event is held on the second Friday of the month, May through Sept. 2024, from 5-9 pm on Public Road between Emma and Cannon Streets in Lafayette, Colorado.
May 10 – Sweet Lillies
June 14 – Los Mocochetes
July 12 – Hazel Miller and The Collective
Aug. 9 – Kaitlyn Williams and Bunny Blake
Sept. 13 – Paa Kow
Festivities begin at 5pm, with two full city blocks, closed to traffic, with up to 50 art vendors and eight food trucks. Enjoy live performances by the Center for Musical Art and the ArtsHUB, plus a caricature artist, face painter, balloon artist, magician, and street performers. 6pm features pop up performances that celebrate Colorado’s cultural diversity. The monthly headliner starts at 6:30pm, with dancing in Festival Plaza until 9pm. There are always plenty of great free activities for families and friends to enjoy! For more info: https://www.lafayetteco.gov/565/Art-Night-Out
https://www.lafayetteco.gov/565/Art-Night-Out
The City of Lafayette Arts & Cultural Resources Department, ARTS!Lafayette, and Firsthand Markets are pleased to announce the 2024 Art Night Out summer festival series. This always-free public event is held on the second Friday of the month, May through Sept. 2024, from 5-9 pm on Public Road between Emma and Cannon Streets in Lafayette, Colorado.
May 10 – Sweet Lillies
June 14 – Los Mocochetes
July 12 – Hazel Miller and The Collective
Aug. 9 – Kaitlyn Williams and Bunny Blake
Sept. 13 – Paa Kow
Festivities begin at 5pm, with two full city blocks, closed to traffic, with up to 50 art vendors and eight food trucks. Enjoy live performances by the Center for Musical Art and the ArtsHUB, plus a caricature artist, face painter, balloon artist, magician, and street performers. 6pm features pop up performances that celebrate Colorado’s cultural diversity. The monthly headliner starts at 6:30pm, with dancing in Festival Plaza until 9pm. There are always plenty of great free activities for families and friends to enjoy! For more info: https://www.lafayetteco.gov/565/Art-Night-Out