{"id":22070,"date":"2025-05-15T18:04:09","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T00:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/montezuma-rising-returns-for-two-day-music-and-art-festival\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T22:11:39","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T04:11:39","slug":"montezuma-rising-returns-for-two-day-music-and-art-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/montezuma-rising-returns-for-two-day-music-and-art-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Montezuma Rising returns for two-day music and art festival"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This year\u2019s Montezuma Rising will take place at Mancos\u2019s Fenceline Cider on Saturday, May 24 and Sunday, May 25. (Zac Carr\/Courtesy photo)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n

Montezuma Rising, a celebration of community and local talent, will return for its second year on Saturday, May 24 and Sunday, May 25, expanding to a two-day event at Fenceline Cider, 141 S. Main St. in Mancos.<\/p>\n

The festival was launched last year as a way to unite residents of Montezuma County through music and community connection. The festival, according to organizers, was an overwhelming success. After hearing attendees refer to is as \u201cfirst annual\u201d and expressing their excitement about the event, it was decided to bring the festival back this spring.<\/p>\n

\u201cLast year\u2019s event was such a beautiful day and people kept saying that it was the \u2018first annual,\u2019 and that they \u2018couldn\u2019t wait til next year\u2019s,\u2019 so I took the hint and decided to put it on again for a second year,\u201d Desert Music co-founder and event organizer Zac Carr told The<\/em> Journal<\/em>. \u201cThere are so many talented musicians and artists in our area, so I decided to try this year as a two-day event.\u201d<\/p>\n

The festival will feature an eclectic lineup of local bands. On Saturday, Influsense, Little Brother, Mojobirds, and Yope will take the stage, followed by Lavalanche, Hotel Draw, Thylan, and Desert Child on Sunday. Several acts, including Mojobirds, who recently recorded in Nashville with a member of the Wood Brothers, have sold out the Animas City Theatre in Durango multiple times. This diverse musical showcase promises a variety of genres and styles.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe \u2018rising\u2019 in Montezuma Rising is about people coming together and rising up in community, but it\u2019s also about spring rising up out of the winter,\u201d Carr said. \u201cFenceline\u2019s patio on the Mancos River is the perfect place to celebrate spring as a community.\u201d<\/p>\n

Beyond music, Montezuma Rising will highlight the region\u2019s artistic community with vendors offering fiber art, paintings, vintage clothing and henna tattoos.<\/p>\n

\u201cI hope that people can come out and celebrate what an awesome community we have in Montezuma County,\u201d Carr shared. \u201cPeople are good neighbors here, and we have so many talented individuals for such a small place. Fenceline Cider is an amazing place. How many rural communities have a craft cidery? How many rural communities have two days worth of fully original music, all by local artists? I hope that everyone can have a moment standing under a cottonwood tree by the Mancos River, listening to a local band, drinking craft cider and say, \u2018Wow, I sure am lucky to call this my home.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Doors open at 1 p.m. each day, with performances running until 10 p.m. Tickets are available online<\/a> at www.eventbrite.com under \u201cMontezuma Rising,\u201d with one-day passes priced at $30 and two-day passes at $50. This family-friendly event also allows children nine years old and under to enter for free. Only 350 tickets will be available each day.<\/p>\n

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This year\u2019s Montezuma Rising will take place at Mancos\u2019s Fenceline Cider on Saturday, May 24 and Sunday, May 25. (Zac Carr\/Courtesy photo)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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