Xavier rudd belly up aspen4/30/2023 ![]() ![]() If such a band got lost in a more crowded week, they might write off Aspen entirely. The Nashville singer-songwriter comes armed with a new album, “Weights & Wings,” which was released last month and made the Billboard charts.In addition to the acts that would fall into the lesser-known category, there are artists coming this spring who are making it outside of Aspen, but haven’t played here yet. “Where it seems he’d get lost in a big summer.”In a similar category is Matt Wertz, who performs Monday, April 11, with a ticket price of $10. (Purdy’s headlining show at the Bluebird in Denver the following night is $15.) “It seems to us, he’s not going to get lost that week,” Goldberg said. Among these is Joe Purdy, a singer-songwriter who plays Belly Up on May 11, for an $8 ticket. Their show last week, with a $12 ticket, sold out, and drew raves.Goldberg hopes that some other acts catch on in a similar way, and he sees an offseason headlining slot as the ideal spotlight. Their first shows were offered for no admission price, and word spread quickly that the younger Nelson was a fire-spitting guitarist with a warm personality. Despite being led by the 23-year-old son of Willie Nelson, the act first came to town with little hype, and not even a full-length album to their credit. “Offseason gives them a chance.”For proof that some acts simply need the right opportunity to build an audience, one need look no further than last week’s appearance by Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real. ![]() The band is set to perform April 26, with a $15 ticket.”That time of year, they may just get enough people, because there’s no other stuff loaded around it,” Goldberg said. But Goldberg, believing in their talent and seeing that they have been a good draw elsewhere, is giving them a chance to draw a crowd in offseason. The group, which formed in a refugee camp in Guinea in the early ’00s, hasn’t gained a toehold at Belly Up, despite several appearances there. Tickets are $15, a decent discount from his December show, priced at $22.A similar case is Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars. Aubele has a new album out – “Berlin 13,” which mixes pan-Latin styles with hip-hop, electronica and more – and he’ll have less competition for the attention of an audience. And bluntly, he got lost,” Goldberg said.But an early May date could work better. The 36-year-old Buenos Aires native was given a headlining Belly Up date a few days before Christmas, but sandwiched between sold-out shows by the hot dubstep act Skrillex and the rock band Third Eye Blind, the concert didn’t sell well. ![]() But Goldberg, who studies his calendar the way a chess master eyes the board, sees the offseason as something of an opportunity – you’ve just got to play it right.One thing the offseason allows is a proper spotlight for up-and-coming acts who might get overlooked in the bustle of mid-winter or mid-summer. Love & Special Sauce, STS9 and two nights by Jane’s Addiction.That won’t work in the offseason, when the town is short on people, the people who are here are short on cash, and the idea of having the same small set of music fans come out night after night to pay big bucks for big names won’t fly. That straightforward approach sure seemed to work in the holiday weeks this past December, as the club sold out shows by the Flaming Lips, G. At the heights of the season, the formula seems to be relatively simple: Sign on whichever A-list acts are willing to leave the usual touring routes to come to Aspen and play the 450-capacity Belly Up. For May 5, Belly Up will present singer-guitarist Federico Aubele in an effort to attract those with Mexican heritage, looking for somewhere to celebrate El Cinco de Mayo.In truth, Goldberg doesn’t expect to fool anyone he expects that most people will know that Aubele is, in fact, from Argentina.But Goldberg does recognize that the offseason calendar requires some real thought to get people into the club. Stewart Oksenhorn/Aspen Times WeeklyArgentinean musician Federico Aubele returns to Belly Up Aspen on May 5.ĪSPEN – Belly Up Aspen owner Michael Goldberg is trying to pull a little spring offseason trick on local music fans, with a cagey booking move. ![]()
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