{"id":798184,"date":"2019-08-01T17:44:00","date_gmt":"2019-08-01T23:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/the-geiger-counter-get-this-first-friday-party-started\/"},"modified":"2019-08-01T17:44:00","modified_gmt":"2019-08-01T23:44:00","slug":"the-geiger-counter-get-this-first-friday-party-started","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/local-news\/the-geiger-counter-get-this-first-friday-party-started\/","title":{"rendered":"The Geiger Counter: Get this First Friday party started"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The legendary Dirty Dozen Brass Band will perform at 7 p.m. as part of Silverthorne’s First Friday event Aug. 3. The band was formed in New Orleans in 1977, has 12 studio albums and is known for revolutionizing the New Orleans brass band style by incorporating funk and bebop into traditional jazz.<\/strong>
Courtesy Dirty Dozen Brass Band<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

Don\u2019t know what to do this weekend? Well, you\u2019ve come to the right place. Pull up a seat to the counter, and I\u2019ll tell you about everything that\u2019s hot and happening.<\/p>\n

I never heard of the term \u201cFirst Friday\u201d until I visited my brother in Denver when he lived a block off of Santa Fe Drive. Every month, the art district transforms into a wild block party. Like a pub crawl, we hopped from gallery to gallery, checking out the newest works while catching up with friends and peers. While I felt completely out of my element, it was neat to see him socialize with ease. It opened my eyes to the neighborhood, and to see the tradition spread and be fully embraced by the town of Silverthorne warms my heart.<\/p>\n

The first First Friday I went to in Summit County was to see a concert by Uprooted, a reincarnation of the \u201990s band Rusted Root<\/a>. People flooded Rainbow Park last September as the group played memorable old songs and new favorites. It was a great way to unwind with craft beer and fried food after a long week.<\/p>\n

I also made it out for May\u2019s offering, a free beer festival featuring more than 30 breweries from around the state. There was whiskey, wine and hard seltzers, too, as well as pork belly from The Raven at Three Peaks and burgers made from Scottish Highland cattle.<\/p>\n

I still can\u2019t believe that the party was truly free \u2014 I had assumed it was free to attend but then samples were purchased a la carte \u2014 and the town merely asked for donations. In the end, the event raised $14,000 for various nonprofits<\/a>. That\u2019s a nice mix of relaxation and philanthropy.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve lived here for just over a year, and that May night was the first where I recognized, and was recognized by, locals from all over \u2014 finally making me feel like I have a foothold in this wonderful community.<\/p>\n

Now it\u2019s party time once again for this month\u2019s First Friday. Starting at 5:30 p.m. Aug. 2, the evening will be filled with live music and activities. The Frisco Funk Collective will take the stage first, with the legendary Dirty Dozen Brass Band closing out the festivities. In between tunes, guests can cool off with free ice cream sandwiches or enjoy bounce houses, climbing walls and other family-friendly games.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re the sort who plans ahead, the following month will have The Original Wailers in Silverthorne for a concert on Sept. 6. I can\u2019t wait to see what\u2019s in store for then and all of the First Fridays to come.<\/p>\n

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The legendary Dirty Dozen Brass Band will perform at 7 p.m. as part of Silverthorne’s First Friday event Aug. 3. The band was formed in New Orleans in 1977, has 12 studio albums and is known for revolutionizing the New Orleans brass band style by incorporating funk and bebop into traditional jazz.Courtesy Dirty Dozen Brass […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[99],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-798184","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-18 17:48:53","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSMT The Mountain","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/798184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=798184"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/798184\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=798184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=798184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=798184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}