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Showing Original Post only (View all)Inspired by deb; then "some_of_us's" hubs: What was the most unusual, or interesting place you heard/saw Live Music? [View all]
While it probably was temporarily halted during the covid years [in NYC, I'm pretty sure] - Make Music Festival: June 21st returned a couple of years ago; held in 1,000 cities across the world. It's their 20th anniversary this year! 🎉
The one event I remember most took place in Central Park; but not in the usual places: the skating rink if they still held music there, or more likely Summer Stage.
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It was in the southern area in a "mini valley", a sloped hill: wider at the top. Above it at the bottom was partly wooden building w a walkway. But you could see it from above standing on a big out-cropping. Plenty of people sat on the hill, I was up on the rock with others.
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Anyway they had a Classical Indian Music Ensemble; sitars, tablas, and more. It was a gloriously comfortable first day of summer late afternoon with wonderful music!
I'm going to check the festival schedule for this year. 👍
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The other place I actually didn't see anything bc nothing was happening but it was seeing the Venue itself that was amazing!
I was visiting my cousin who was at Denver University back in '80. He took me up into The Rockies n his motorcycle!
On our way there we stopped at the Red Rocks Amphitheater. Seating, and a stage built between a set of tall, sort of part diagonal, and horizontal craggy....
...taaa daaa...
red rocks!
If you're a rock geography fan- these are a wonderful sight to see in person. I am, and it was a fabulous surprise!
U2 fans would know the vid - U2: Live at Red Rocks pretty early in their career.
So....live music fans any extra interesting venues, places?