Aspen Culture

 

Year-round, Aspen is enriched by more first-class culture per square inch than any other city of its size.

The opportunities to expand, renew and refresh the mind and spirit are so many that it's impossible to attend everything. But you can try - they're almost all in Dancing Bear's backyard.

Many of Aspen's most honored cultural institutions were born from 1949's Goethe Bicentennial—the singular event responsible for Aspen's rebirth as a city and destination.

Fifty-seven years later, people continue to throng to Aspen to attend the Aspen Music Festival and School, events at the Aspen Institute and the many organizations that have flourished in the rich cultural soil here - Aspen Writers' Foundation, Aspen Santa Fe Ballet, Theatre Aspen, Jazz Aspen Snowmass and more.