For the 5th year, beer lovers dressed in Viking regalia will gather in Parfet Park during the last weekend in January to celebrate winter and sample beers from more than 27 breweries and cideries from around the state and beyond.
UllrGrass Music and Beer Festival is named after the Norse God of Winter – Ullr. It was created to toast the winter and celebrate great music and craft beer – viking costumes optional!
Festival Schedule
- Fri. Jan. 25, 5 p.m. to midnight – Buffalo Rose: Featuring music by New Orleans Suspects, Drew Emmitt & UllrGrass All-Starts, Mama Magnolia, Bonnie & Taylor Sims, Tori Pater
- Sat. Jan 26, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. – Parfet Park & 6 p.m. to midnight – Buffalo Rose: Featuring music by Sam Bush Band, CORAL CREEK, FREIYA: Women of Bluegrass, Gypsy Cattle Drive, Way Down Wanderers, The Mighty Pines, Bowregard, Hunker Down, Turkeyfoot, Michael Kirkpatrick
- Sun. Jan 27, 11 a.m. t0 5 p.m. – Parfet Park: – Featuring music by UllrGrass Funk-n-Soul, Sugar & The Mint, Circus #9, Adam Kinghorn Quintet, Thunder & Rain, Buffalo Commons, Virtuosity Dance
Learn more at www.ullrgrass.com.
For the 5th year, beer lovers dressed in Viking regalia will gather in Parfet Park during the last weekend in January to celebrate winter and sample beers from more than 27 breweries and cideries from around the state and beyond.
UllrGrass Music and Beer Festival is named after the Norse God of Winter – Ullr. It was created to toast the winter and celebrate great music and craft beer – viking costumes optional!
Festival Schedule
- Fri. Jan. 25, 5 p.m. to midnight – Buffalo Rose: Featuring music by New Orleans Suspects, Drew Emmitt & UllrGrass All-Starts, Mama Magnolia, Bonnie & Taylor Sims, Tori Pater
- Sat. Jan 26, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. – Parfet Park & 6 p.m. to midnight – Buffalo Rose: Featuring music by Sam Bush Band, CORAL CREEK, FREIYA: Women of Bluegrass, Gypsy Cattle Drive, Way Down Wanderers, The Mighty Pines, Bowregard, Hunker Down, Turkeyfoot, Michael Kirkpatrick
- Sun. Jan 27, 11 a.m. t0 5 p.m. – Parfet Park: – Featuring music by UllrGrass Funk-n-Soul, Sugar & The Mint, Circus #9, Adam Kinghorn Quintet, Thunder & Rain, Buffalo Commons, Virtuosity Dance
Learn more at www.ullrgrass.com.
The GHS Dance Team will hold a Mini Poms Dance Clinic on Saturday, February 9 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Golden High School Main Gym with a special appearance by Caitlynn Kern, Broncos cheerleader and GHS Dance Team alumni.
This 3-hour dance clinic is for kids in Kindergarten though 6th Grade. Participants will work on dance skills, play games and learn a dance to be performed with the award-winning GHS Dance Team at a Golden High School Basketball game on February 12 at 7 p.m.
Celebrate women at the 4th annual Jeffco International Women’s Day on March 8 at Baldoria on the Water, 146 Van Gordon Street in Lakewood. The event is sponsored by the City of Golden, SCL Health Lutheran Hospital and IX Power Clean Water. Proceeds will benefit “Porchlight,” the new Jefferson & Gilpin County Family Justice Center.
Jeffco International Women’s Day
Keynote speaker: Dianne Primavera, Lt. Gov. of Colorado
Speaker: Mayor Marjorie Sloan
Buffet lunch
Awards – “Shattered Glass” and “Unsung Heroine”
Seminars & other speakers
Networking time
Women Vendors’ “Marketplace”
Door prizes
SWAG bags
Speakers
Marjorie Sloan, Mayor of Golden
Libby Szabo, Chairman Jefferson County Board of Commissioners
Dianne Primavera, Lt. Governor of Colorado
Candace Coolidge, Jefferson / Gilpin County Family Justice Center
Carol Salzmann, Lutheran Hospital
Nathan Richie, Golden History Museum & Park
Deborah Deal, IX Water & IX Power Foundation
Seminars
Dr. Amber Fontenont Ferris – “What’s New in Women’s Health”
Attorney Colleen Calandra – “Legal Options for Sexual Harassment”
plus – Lorraine D’Aversa and Coach Stacy Fowler
Save as much as $15 on tickets — deadline for reduced-price “Early-Bird” tickets is Valentine’s Day – Feb. 14 or search “Jeffco Women’s Day” in Eventbrite.
For questions, contact Deborah Deal, Founder & Chair “Jeffco International Women’s Day” at 303-277-9520 ext. 310.
Don your Wild West best, stroll among Golden’s finest saloons for food and drink tastes and specials, then party at the awesome new Buffalo Rose with live music by Wood Belly, the 2018 winner of the Telluride Bluegrass Band Contest. All while supporting a good cause! Proceeds from Western on Washington: A Saloon Stroll go to support the Mitchell Elementary PTA Playground Update Project
Tickets are available online at www.WesternOnWashington.com.
Rocky Mountain Storytelling (RMS) is a nonprofit, volunteer-led organization of storytellers, story listeners and story lovers based in Golden, CO. Their 2019 Story Seeds Conference takes place April 12 – 14 with a public concert open to all on April 12 from 7 to 9 p.m. The concert will feature Carolina Quiroga-Stultz, Angel Vigil, and Liz Weir.
Visit www.rmstory.org for more information about the concert and the conference.
National Crime Victims’ Rights Week is recognized this year from April 7-13, 2019, and offers an opportunity for communities to come together to honor victims of crime and to promote victims’ rights. This year’s theme is “Honoring Our Past. Creating Hope for the Future.”
In Jefferson County, the weeklong remembrance ends with the 26th annual Courage Walk on Saturday, April 13. The walk begins at 10 a.m. with a continental breakfast and registration on the steps of the Jefferson County Courts and Administration building. The walk begins at 11 a.m.
Doves will be released in honor of victims, following a short ceremony at the Courage Garden, which was built to provide a place of respite for crime victims and their families on the courthouse grounds.
The event is family friendly and the one-mile walk is wheelchair accessible. Leashed pets are welcome.
A suggested donation of $10 is recommended, but not required. Proceeds will go to the maintenance of the Courage Garden, training for victim advocate volunteers and to help victims of crimes and other traumatic events in our community.
Rocky Mountain Storytelling (RMS) is a nonprofit, volunteer-led organization of storytellers, story listeners and story lovers based in Golden, CO. Their 2019 Story Seeds Conference takes place April 12 – 14 with a story SLAM on April 13, 7 to 9 p.m. at the American Mountaineering Museum. The theme of the story slam is “Illusion.” Come with a five minute story and put your name in the hat. One by one names will be drawn and the storyteller will take the stage. Story can be true or a traditional tale, but no notes can be used. The winner will be selected by a panel of judges.
Visit www.rmstory.org for more information about the story SLAM and the conference.
