Spring Get Down with Astral Productions at The Emporium

925 South Taft Hill Road,Fort Collins CO 80521

09 April, 2022

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Come get down April 9th 2022, for a day full of local Colorado Music, Art, and Community. Astral Productions and Hakuna Matata Enterprises is happy to present, The Spring Get Down! Come get down April 9th 2022, for a day full of local Colorado Music, Art, and Community. We will be bringing in an array of talent, from Folk to Funk, and Reggae to Jam Rock, so bring your dancing shoes, and get ready to feast on the music of CO finest rising artists. Jump into Spring the right way and come boogie with us. Donation based. Ages: 18+ Doors @ 1pm Location: The Emporium Sports Bar, Fort Collins Co. 925 S Taft Hill Rd, Fort Collins, CO 80521 Artists: Johnny Argo - Johnny Argo is a solo acoustic guitar act originally from Chicago land area and formally a memeber of bluegrass inspired band snake oil bandits. With a widespread range of different style cover songs from less known dark heartful folk tunes with percussion style to fast grass stomping jams, Johnny Argo will keep the music going. Colt ball - Colt Ball is a high energy, wide range genre, multi instrumentalist that has been referred to as the “Swiss Army Knife of Music”. Getting his start in the farm fields of IL, Colt started his journey as a music lover being surrounded by souther gospel, classic rock, folk/bluegrass, and blues music. After picking up the guitar he fell heavily into punk rock and alternative sounds. incorporating loop stations, beat machines (an old Casio keyboard that was chopped down and rewired for the drum pattern circuits), and various effects pedals to trick the crowd into thinking there is a full band backing him. Andrew Ricci (Luna Shade) - Residing in Fort Collins,CO Andrew Ricci found his inspiration for reggae music at a young age... While spending some time living in the Virgin Islands he found his sound through his love for the culture and the ocean. Sasha stone - The heart of Sasha Stone Band is singer, songwriter, electric guitarist, and frontwoman Sasha Stone. Inspired by '80s chick rock as a musician coming of age, she developed an affinity for folk music in her adulthood. These two influences are apparent in Sasha Stone Band's unique identity as an electric folk band. Sasha considers herself a diamond in the rough and encourages her listeners to persevere with resilience through life's turbulence as she shares vulnerable, image-rich lyrics that detail her personal triumphs over abuse, loss, and poverty. She reminds her fans, "My writing comes from a place of despair at times but in the end, the message is always the same. Just try to hold on. You are not alone. You have got this." Hand Turkey -Born out of the 2020 quarantine, Hand Turkey is a groove music band from Fort Collins Colorado. Now with a full three piece brass section, we're ready to provide the front range with high energy, low volume groove music to spice up any event. Knuckle Ball -6 piece psych-fusion based out of Fort Collins. Music that moves in unpredictable ways just like a knuckleball. Guerrilla Fanfare -The Guerrilla Fanfare Brass Band (or simply Guerrilla Fanfare or GuFa) brings the high energy funk of New Orleans-style Brass Band to the Northern Colorado area. Our mission is always to get everyone up and grooving to our relentlessly fiery and funky sound. GuFa is composed of some of the finest and rowdiest horn players and percussionists in Northern Colorado, and performs hard-hitting funk, New Orleans Second Line style, fiery originals, and raucous arrangements of modern pop hits