NedFest

NedFest: The Nederland Music & Arts Festival is a two-day outdoor music event located on the shores of Barker Reservoir in the mountains of Nederland, Colorado, 17 miles west of and 3,000 ft above Boulder, Colorado. The music featured is in the bluegrass, jazz, and worldbeat genres.

The first NedFest was organized at Nederland's Chipeta Park in 1996. After a short hiatus it was resurrected during the first weekend of August 1999 at its current site, The Jeff Guercio Memorial Baseball Park. The event has become a highlight of summer in Nederland.

Five to six bands headline each day, with solo, duo, or trio sets between each band. There is a limit of 2,000 tickets sold per day. In addition to two full days of music, the festival also features arts and crafts, local foods, and merchandise booths.

The event is organized jointly by two companies, "Nederland Music & Arts Festival, LLC" handles all bookings, promotions and the infrastructure of the event. "Nederland Music Association 501(c)(3)" handles administrative work such as recruiting volunteers, gathering sponsors, and sponsoring the liquor license.

Artists who have performed at the festival include Victor Wooten (bass player from Bela Fleck & the Flecktones), Stanley Jordan, Charlie Hunter, Keller Williams, Yonder Mountain String Band, Joe Craven, Garaj Mahal (featuring Kai Eckhardt, Fareed Haque, Alan Hertz & Eric Levy), Robert Walter's 20th Congress, most members of Leftover Salmon, Rob Wasserman, Merl Saunders & his Funky Friends, Skerik & Black Frames, The Motet, The Slip, Vinyl, Tony Furtado & the American Gypsies (with Paul McCandless), The Big Wu, Blackdog with Cecil 'P-Nut' Daniel, Melvin Seals' Melting Pot, Papa Mali, Shanti Groove, Matt Flinner Quartet, Cabaret Diosa, Benevento/Russo Duo, Pete Wernick & Live Five, Nick & Helen Forester, High on the Hog, Open Road, Hit & Run Bluegrass, ThaMuseMeant, Jaka, Open Road, and Hanuman.