Music - Boulder International Film Festival

Singer-Songwriter Showcase

Free Live Music

Roots Music Project has put together an amazing lineup of local Colorado musicians who will perform for the BIFF Singer-Songwriter Showcase at our Filmmakers Lounge and music venue, Velvet Elk. All are welcome. Roots Music Project supports the creation and performance of extraordinary local music. Learn more at RootsMusicProject.org.

Singer-Songwriter Showcase

Free Live Music

Roots Music Project has put together an amazing lineup of local Colorado musicians who will perform for the BIFF Singer-Songwriter Showcase at our Filmmakers Lounge and music venue, Velvet Elk. All are welcome. Roots Music Project supports the creation and performance of extraordinary local music. Learn more at RootsMusicProject.org.

Location

Velvet Elk Lounge
2037 13th st., Boulder CO
Doors Open 5:00 pm

Thursday March 13, 6-8:30pm

6:00 - 6:30pm Lisa Bell
6:40 -7:10pm Jackson Cloud
7:20 - 7:50pm Christopher Morse
8:00 - 8:30pm The Ellsworth Love Band

Saturday March 15, 6-9:00pm

6:00 - 6:35pm Katie Mintle
6:45 - 7:20pm Abby Brown
7:30 - 8:10pm Jordan Yewey
8:20 - 9pm Iyanla

Jackson Cloud

Abby Brown

Christopher Morse

Iyanla

Ellsworth Love

Katie Mintle

Jordan Yewey

Lisa Bell

Thursday, March 13, 2025

Lisa Bell
6:00pm


Lisa launched her music career nearly 20 years ago, steadily transforming from a jazz standards singer into an eclectic, seasoned musician who co-wrote her own songs and shared shows with headliners like Stanley Jordan, Christopher Cross, and Oleta Adams.

Jackson Cloud
7:00pm


Jackson Cloud is an artist out of Boulder CO, with influences of many different genres including psychedelic rock, atmospheric/electronic, shoegaze and R&B. You will experience many different moods through Jackson’s original material, now doing a solo act with guitar, synthesizers and a drum machine!

Christopher Morse
8:00pm


Christopher Morse is a deeply heartfelt guitarist & honest singer-songwriter whose music weaves together raw vulnerability and timeless storytelling. With heartfelt lyrics and soul-stirring, catchy melodies, he creates an intimate connection that resonates with listeners on a profoundly human level.

The Ellsworth Love Band
9:00pm


The Ellsworth Love Band is a culmination of folk and Americana influences. The band enjoys a variety of configurations, ranging from guitar and vocals up to a five-piece ensemble.Katie is an artist and singer songwriter born in Boulder, Colorado. She has been busking on the Pearl Street mall since she was 11 years old.

JULIA KIRKWOOD

Julie Kirkwood

Rembrandt Yard 5:30pm – 7:00pm


Julia’s music is soulful and unique, combining sounds of indie and alternative pop with rock themes and Americana rhythms.

Oh 5280 Brass Band Logo

5280 Brass Band

Dance your way to the Boulder Theater


Founded in 2024, The 5280 Brass Band is a high-energy, fun, and loud brass band that is the perfect fit for any occasion. Whether it’s a parade, party, or private event, the 5280 Brass Band will bring the heat! The 5280 Brass Band plays a wide variety of music from traditional New Orleans 2nd line band-style songs to Harry Styles and some of the hottest songs streaming today.

Antonio Lopez & Johnathan Sadler Band picture

Antonio Lopez & Jonathan Sadler

Stewart Auditorium 5:15 – 6:45pm


Antonio Lopez’ style is lyric-forward folk with marimba swells and swooning Spanish guitar. Jonathan Sadler joins him, specializing in tabla and marimba.

Saturday, March 15, 2025

Katie Mintle
6:00pm


Katie is an artist and singer songwriter born in Boulder, Colorado. She has been busking on the Pearl Street mall since she was 11 years old.

Abby Brown
7:00pm


Abby Brown’s musical journey began at age 6 and by 11 she and her sisters were singing at Fenway Park and writing their own songs. After moving to Colorado, they became known as “Flatiron Junction,” and in 2018, Abby was discovered by a Nashville label, releasing two solo EPs. Now based in Austin, she’s creating new music and evolving her sound.

Jordan Yewey
8:00pm


Jordan Yewey is a dynamic singer-songwriter whose work transmutes across genres. She is well known for her boisterous vocals and engaging acoustic sets.

Iyanla
9:00pm


Denver based creative Iyanla organically fuses the textures of poetry, neo-soul, and jazz to create a classic, yet contemporary sound. Iyanla approaches her work as an offering of medicine, liberatory reflection, and reciprocal connection, whereby people are not so simply segregated into spectators and performers, but are welcomed into the warm and necessary collectivity music invites us into.

Jack Hadley Musician portrait

Jack Hadley

Bohemian Biergarten 9:00pm – 12:00am


Winner at the 2017 Colorado Blues Challenge. “Left-of-center/eclectic blues…a monster blues guitarist/singer with an amazing sum of influences: North Mississippi drone blues-meets Jimi/BB/Albert/Curtis Mayfield/Marley filtered through Haight Ashbury…” — Bob Lohr.

Wrenn Van

Wrenn Van with Jesse Ogle & Blessing Chimanga

Boulder Theater 6:15pm


From Arise Music Festival to performing with Hazel Miller, Wrenn Van has dedicated her life to the pursuit of music. Merging Classic influences like Ella Fitzgerald and Etta Jame with sounds like Amy Winehouse and Stevie Nicks, Watching Wrenn Van perform is an experience like no other.

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