JACKSON, Wyo. — To celebrate spring break, Jackson Hole Mountain Resort is producing a free concert series at the resort base and town square. Snowboard slopestyle Olympian Red Gerard will also perform in an exhibition.
The Jackson Hole Rendezvous Spring Festival, a four-day, spring lifestyle and music festival is scheduled March 15 to 18 with musicians and bands performing country, blues, reggae, and pop.
“Rendezvous, now in its fifth year, has quickly become one of the most popular winter spring festivals in the West, so we’re anticipating a great crowd,” said Anna Cole, JHMR communications director.
“After hosting two years of Rendezvous with a paid concert model, we wanted to scale the festival back a bit to make it more accessible to our guests and locals,” Cole said. “This year’s lineup has a wide variety of acts, and there is something for everyone.”
The headliner band is 'Portugal. The Man.'
Proud of their small-town roots and inspiration for their music coming from their hometown of Wasilla, Alaska, band members recently won a Grammy for best pop duo/group performance for the song “Feel It Still.” The band will perform at 3 p.m. on March 17 at the JHMR stage in Teton Village.
Cole said another special event on March 17 will be a two-hour exhibition from 10 a.m. to noon of Olympian Red Gerard performing his snowboarding tricks at the top of the gondola.
The 17-year-old from Silverthorne, Colo., is the first U.S. gold medalist in snowboard slopestyle. After his exhibition, he will be signing autographs in the village at the mountain base.
Other bands performing during the festival are Michael Franti and the Spearhead, the Mavericks, Frankie Ballard, Devon Allman with Special Guest Duane Betts and the Chanman Roots Band.
Throughout March and April, Music Under the Tram is a free concert series starting at 3 p.m. on Saturdays.
With record snowfall of more than 400 inches at the resort, the winter season is transitioning to spring skiing. The resort has brought back its Golden Ticket Promotion, Cole said. Lift tickets are discounted at 40 percent from April 2 to 8 to anyone with a season pass from anywhere in the world.
Vouchers for discount tickets to ski at the resort any day are also available by joining the Pocatello Ski and Snowboard Association, with forms and coupon book at Barrie’s Ski & Sports at 624 Yellowstone Ave in Pocatello.
More information about the festival and other spring break events may be found at https://www.jacksonhole.com/rendezvous.html.
