The nonprofit and festival producer is expected to announce details to the public Monday.
The June event would be the first major in-person festival in Aspen since the novel coronavirus pandemic hit Colorado. Jazz Aspen did host a truncated JAS Café series last summer but with severely limited capacity in keeping with public health restrictions.
Capacity is still expected to be limited at the June Experience, which is spread across eight small venues in downtown Aspen a format that debuted in 2019. Crowds are expected to be limited to 50 to 100 people depending on the venue.
“We are closely monitoring the evolving health guidelines and protocols emerging in our industry both nationally and internationally,” Jazz Aspen president and CEO Jim Horowitz said in the announcement. “We are confident that we will be able to safely manage the crowds at all our smaller venues hosting JAS June and summer JAS Café performances. We expect thrills, tears and frequent enthusiastic appla
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Parking within the residential zones in Aspen will remain free through April and into May, the city’s parking department said in an email sent Thursday.
The plan was to reinstate paid parking in the residential zones on Feb. 1 but, “due to Pitkin County moving into Red Level on the state’s COVID 19 dial, the parking team felt it was not in the best interest of the city and our citizens to go to paid parking in the residential zones at this time,” according to an email sent by the parking department.
The city will continue to keep parking free through May 2 in the residential areas “due to commuters being uncomfortable riding the RTFA bus and Pitkin County Health requesting that we not promote carpooling.”
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