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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Jazz Aspen Snowmass is launching a new online series of twice-monthly interactive interviews with a diverse slate of jazz artists. It opens on Tuesday, Feb. 9 with the trumpeter and frequent Aspen performer Bria Skonberg.
The series highlights JAS Café and June Experience artists of recent years, many of whom are slated for this year’s June festival. Each evening will begin with an artist interview led by JAS president and founder Jim Horowitz or longtime KAJX jazz DJ Scott Harper.
The interviews aim to give fans a chance to learn more about the artists personal journeys, as well as the origins of the music they play during these free virtual interviews hosted on Jazz Aspen’s Facebook and YouTube pages on the dates listed below.