# Aspen Music Festival 2027

> Aspen Music Festival 2027: early July to late August (2026 ran July 1–Aug 23). The airport is closed all summer; passes and the road from Eagle or Denver.

Canonical page: https://aspenprive.com/aspen-music-festival/  
Updated: 2026-11-10 · Publisher: Aspen Privé (local Aspen stay planning and concierge)

The Aspen Music Festival and School runs for eight weeks each summer, early July to late August; **2026 ran July 1 to August 23** and the festival has not yet published its 2027 dates. That's entirely inside **Aspen's airport closure (April 4 – November 19, 2027)**, so every festival visitor arrives by road from Eagle, Rifle, Grand Junction or Denver. The music is unchanged; the arrival needs planning.

Dates and box-office details are from the festival's own site, checked September 2026; 2027 artists and ticket prices are announced later, so 2026 prices below are for reference.

## The 2027 season

- **Dates**: Not yet published by the festival (checked November 8, 2026). The 2026 season ran July 1 – August 23.
- **Venues**: The Michael Klein Music Tent, Harris Concert Hall and the Wheeler Opera House.
- **Season pass**: $199 in 2026, giving deeply discounted tickets to an unlimited number of concerts (one ticket per concert).
- **On sale**: In 2026, pass holders' pre-sale opened April 10 and general sales April 14.
- **Under 35**: Free Fridays for concert-goers under 35.
- **Box office**: +1 970 925 9042 · tickets@aspenmusic.org · 960 North 3rd Street.

## Dinner before, a car after (what Aspen Privé arranges)

We ask for the table before the performance, arrange a driver to the Meadows and home, and help with tickets for the big nights. [Tell us the dates](https://aspenprive.com/contact.html?from=aspen-music-festival&service=music-festival).

## What's announced for 2027

- **Season**: Summer 2027, the festival's 78th season; dates not yet published.
- **Opera**: Puts' *The Hours* at the Wheeler Opera House (July 19 and 21) and Bizet's *Carmen* in the Michael Klein Music Tent (August 20); Wagner's *Das Rheingold* with the Aspen Festival Orchestra is also planned.
- **Venues**: The Michael Klein Music Tent and Harris Concert Hall on the Meadows campus, and the [Wheeler Opera House](https://aspenprive.com/wheeler-opera-house-aspen/) downtown; most ticketed events have reserved seating.
- **Also in June**: Aspen Ideas: Health runs June 22–25, 2027, just before the season opens.

## Planning around the closure

- **Choose the airport by the route**: Rifle and Grand Junction avoid Glenwood Canyon, which is under construction May–October 2027; from Denver, Independence Pass avoids it once open in late May.
- **Arrive mid-week**: CDOT asks westbound travelers to avoid Thursday and Friday afternoons through the canyon, the same afternoons many weekend concert-goers would drive in.
- **Book early**: Summer 2027 funnels every visitor through fewer, farther airports. Lodging, cars and restaurant tables go early.

## Making a concert night easy

- **Tent evenings**: The Michael Klein Music Tent is on the edge of town; a car waiting after the encore beats looking for one with 2,000 other people.
- **Dinner after**: Many visitors prefer dinner at the house after a concert: a chef, the doors open to a summer evening, no reservation to race to.

## Questions

**When is the Aspen Music Festival 2027?**  
The festival has not published 2027 dates yet (checked November 8, 2026). It runs about eight weeks from early July; 2026 ran July 1 to August 23.

**How much is the Aspen Music Festival season pass?**  
$199 in 2026, for discounted tickets to an unlimited number of concerts. 2027 pricing is announced in spring.

**How do I get to Aspen for the Music Festival in 2027?**  
Aspen's airport is closed April 4 – November 19, 2027. Fly into Eagle, Rifle, Grand Junction or Denver and drive or take a private car.

**How do I contact the Aspen Music Festival box office?**  
+1 970 925 9042 or tickets@aspenmusic.org; the box office is at 960 North 3rd Street.

## What Aspen Privé can arrange for this

We handle the part the closure makes harder: the right airport and the car, the house ready for a later arrival, a driver on concert nights and dinner at home afterwards.

- [A driver for the evening](https://aspenprive.com/contact.html?service=evening-driver) (From $210 per hour): A car and driver on call for dinner and the night out, so nobody hunts for a taxi at midnight.
- [Private chef](https://aspenprive.com/private-chef-aspen/): Dinner at the house, menu agreed in advance.

## Sources (checked November 8, 2026)

- [Aspen Music Festival and School](https://www.aspenmusicfestival.com/)
- [AMFS season pass information (2026)](https://www.aspenmusicfestival.com/events/season-pass-information/)
- [Aspen airport 2027 closure](https://www.aspenairport.com/aspen-pitkin-county-airport-announces-2027-construction-closure-dates/)
- [Aspen Daily News: Glenwood Canyon 2027](https://www.aspendailynews.com/news/glenwood-canyon-construction-planned-during-2027-airport-closure-5456cc99)
- [Aspen Music Festival: plan your visit](https://www.aspenmusicfestival.com/events/plan-your-visit)
- [Aspen Music Festival: Aspen Opera Theater 2027](https://www.aspenmusicfestival.com/students-welcome/admissions/programs-of-study/aspen-opera-theater-and-vocalarts)

## Related

- [Aspen in summer 2027](https://aspenprive.com/aspen-summer-2027/): The closure summer, planned.
- [Food & Wine Classic 2027](https://aspenprive.com/food-and-wine-classic-aspen/): June 18–20, 2027.
- [Art and culture in Aspen](https://aspenprive.com/aspen-art-and-culture/): Beyond the concerts.
- [Aspen Ideas Festival 2027](https://aspenprive.com/aspen-ideas-festival-2027/): Late June, just before the music.
- [Aspen airport closure 2027](https://aspenprive.com/aspen-airport-closure-2027/): April 4 to November 19.

To plan or request any of this: https://aspenprive.com/plan-your-trip/ · https://aspenprive.com/contact.html