{"id":2452599,"date":"2019-12-26T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-26T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/?p=317814"},"modified":"2019-12-26T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-12-26T07:00:00","slug":"your-entertainment-guide-to-new-years-week-in-aspen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/your-entertainment-guide-to-new-years-week-in-aspen\/","title":{"rendered":"Your entertainment guide to New Year\u2019s Week in Aspen"},"content":{"rendered":"
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If you\u2019re visiting Aspen for New Year\u2019s week, you\u2019ve probably seen the \u201cRelax, It\u2019s Aspen\u201d bumper stickers around town. But making sense of the dizzying daily menu of entertainment options can be, well, not relaxing.<\/p>\n

So we\u2019re keeping it simple here, with a daily rundown of best bets on the cultural calendar, from family fare to late-night dance parties after the lifts stop spinning and the sun goes down.<\/p>\n

THURSDAY, DEC. 26<\/h4>\n

\u2022 After a year as one of the most talked-about contemporary artists in America, Mickalene Thomas will close 2019 by opening the solo exhibition \u201cd\u00e9couverte\u201d at the Baldwin Gallery as it closes its 25th anniversary year. A reception runs from 6 to 9 p.m. and the show hangs through Feb. 7.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 On the famly front, Acrobats of Cirque-Tacular return to the Wheeler Opera House for an evening show of winter-themed circus acts.<\/p>\n

\u2022 And late night, the place to be is Belly Up, where the formerly anonymous superstar DJ and vocalist Zhu headlines.<\/p>\n

FRIDAY, DEC. 27<\/h4>\n

\u2022 \u201cSaturday Night Live\u201d castmembers Mikey Day and Alex Moffat (they\u2019re the duo who spoofs Eric and Donald Trump Jr.) headline a sold-out Wheeler Opera House, in what\u2019s becoming an annual tradition of \u201cSNL\u201d stars playing the historic theater during the show\u2019s Chirstmas hiatus (Melissa Villasenor performed last year).<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 The 1990s pop titans Third Eye Blind, touring on the well-received new album \u201cScreamer,\u201d play the first of two sold-out nights at Belly Up.<\/p>\n

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SATURDAY, DEC. 28<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 The big apr\u00e8s-ski event of the day is The Next at the Aspen Art Museum, the intimate annual cocktail and caviar party \u2014 there\u2019s be an ice bar, Champagne, DJ, silent auction and access to the Kusama Infinity Mirror Room.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 Down the street on Thursday evening, the Cha Cha Gallery is debuting a new Salvador Dali exhibition, continuing its yearslong tradition of splashy holiday shows from the likes of Mr. Brainwash and Anthony Hopkins.<\/p>\n

\u2022 And on the family-friendly front, the magician Adam Trent \u2014 the Boulder native-turned magic star from Broadway\u2019s \u201cThe Illusionists\u201d and \u201cAmerica\u2019s Got Talent\u201d \u2014 does a holiday-themed magic show at the Wheeler with two seatings.<\/p>\n

SUNDAY, DEC. 29<\/h4>\n

\u2022 The big one this night is a sold-out, co-headlining club set from the EDM superstars Bob Moses and Nora En Pure at Belly Up.<\/span><\/p>\n

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MONDAY, DEC. 30<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 It\u2019s Ajax Cup day on Aspen Mountain, as the annual fundraising celebrity ski race celebrates its 10th anniversary as the premier fundraising event of the holiday week. Raising funds for the Aspen Valley Ski and Snowboard club, the race down Little Nell pairs pros and celebrities such as Bode Miller, Alex Ferreira and Antonio Banderas.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 Flume starts his hotly anticipated two-night New Year\u2019s stand at Belly Up, with the Aussie DJ and producer closing out a huge year that included his \u201cHi This is Flume\u201d mixtape and a notorious Burning Man set.<\/p>\n

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TUESDAY. DEC. 31<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 This is the night that made Aspen an international nightlife mecca, with parties in seemingly every structure in town for the furry boots and bubbles set and the duct tape and beer bums alike. There\u2019s a $20 cover party at the Red Onion and a $12,000 \u201cCliquiot Cats\u201d experience on Aspen Mountain and everything in between. The center of the action for the under-21 crowd is the Wagner Park bonfire and, of course, no matter where you end up, everybody\u2019s eyes will be on the fireworks above Aspen Mountain at 8 p.m. and midnight.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 The new entrant into the New Year\u2019s Eve party docket is W Aspen, which is going big with a party DJ\u2019d by Icona Pop, the Swedish duo behind \u201cI Love It.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2022 Colorado\u2019s own Yonder Mountain String Band headlines the Wheeler Opera House, in a bluegrass\/jam band alternative to the electronica-heavy offerings at the night\u2019s other big shows at Belly Up and W.<\/p>\n

\u2022 And over in Snowmass, there are two parties in the Viceroy, a torchlight parade down Fanny Hill at 6 p.m., a \u201cRoaring \u201920s\u201d-themed party in Snowmass Base Village (21 and older) and fireworks above the mountain at 10 p.m.<\/p>\n

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via:: The Aspen Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you\u2019re visiting Aspen for New Year\u2019s week, you\u2019ve probably seen the \u201cRelax, It\u2019s Aspen\u201d bumper stickers around town. But making sense of the dizzying daily menu of entertainment options can be, well, not relaxing. So we\u2019re keeping it simple here, with a daily rundown of best bets on the cultural calendar, from family fare […]<\/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":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2452599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-local-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-19 00:18:04","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":"KSPN The Valley's Quality Rock","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2452599","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2452599"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2452599\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2452599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2452599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2452599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}