Magic of Lights
The Magic of Lights Vail is open for one more weekend. Check out the beauty of winter with 500,000 lights strung around the Betty Ford Alpine Gardens. (John-Ryan Lockman
Special to the Daily)
It’s the last weekend for the Magic of Lights Vail, a brand new attraction that fills the nights with fun and wonder after a great day on the slopes. Magic of Lights Vail is a walk-through display of colorful lights and winter-themed displays consisting of 500,000 lights along a half mile path throughout Betty Ford Alpine Gardens and the Lower Bench of Ford Park. The area is large enough to allow for social distancing and reservations are set so there’s a specific number of people allowed into the area at one time.
have rendered Leftover Salmon one of the pioneering artists on the forefront of progressive bluegrass, jam and festival artistry. Formed in Boulder in the ‘90s, their 1997 outing “Euphoria” and sophomore album “The Nashville Sessions” committed the band’s catalog of well-known live favorites to paper.
In 2002, banjoist Mark Vann succumbed to throat cancer, and after numerous replacements failed to fill an essential void, Leftover Salmon went on hiatus from 2004 until 2007. They played some reunion tours and festivals, but adding Andy Thorn to the lineup in 2010 gave the band a new beginning, and Leftover Salmon 2.0 released LP “Aquatic Hitchhiker” in 2012.
Now, especially in Colorado, Leftover Salmon is a coveted headliner, playing venues on the Front Range and in mountain towns. The band played at the VPAC in 2019 and before the hiatus, as well as Avon’s SnowBall in 2012, where they were the “Secret Guest.”