Silverton Creates!
2025 Festival Dates: September 12 - 20
Maker’s Market: September 20
Silverton Creates! is a week-long celebration showcasing our local artists and creatives. A variety of fun and unique crowd-sourced activities will be happening all week long including art workshops, demonstrations, heritage tours, live music, dance & movement arts, lectures, a Maker’s Market and more! Come join us for crisp mountain air, vibrant fall foliage and this uniquely Silverton creative experience!
SCD Anchor Events Include:
Silverton Summer Sounds Friday 9/12
Silverton Creates! Maker's Market & Music Fest, Saturday 9/20
Now Seeking Volunteers!
Volunteers assist with everything from stage support to festival setup/breakdown, to kids’ activities - there’s a role for everyone during festival week! Volunteers get a shift meal, SCD swag, and our heartfelt thanks!
Just click the button below to learn more and sign up!
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
MAKER’S MARKET - SEPT 20
VENDORS - MUSIC - FOOD - LIBATIONS - FUN!
Saturday, September 20th @ Memorial Park
11 AM - 6 PM
This free and family-friendly event is the culmination of the week-long Silverton Creates! arts festival and features arts & crafts vendors, food trucks, libations, kids activities, face painting, and live musical performances throughout the day. Mark your calendars now and plan to join us for an autumn festival filled with local art, handmade goods, live music and good times! Bring a blanket or a camp chair to enjoy the music, and well behaved dogs are allowed (must be leashed at all times when inside the festival area). Please no outside alcohol.
MUSIC LINEUP - SEPT 20
LAVALANCHE (2 SETS - 3:45 & 5 pm)
A force of nature sliding down the mountainside, Lavalanche rocks a fiery but smooth groove. With a wide range of original R&B, funk, and soul music, Lavalanche is reminiscent of bands such as The Meters and Lettuce. Lavalanche is led by Tyler Simmons (electric guitar & songwriting) and John "Sully" Sullivan (drum set). Together they pull in many collaborators, from bands all over the San Juan Mountains, to shape very unique performances. Rocking like hot magma and sculpting mountains of memories, Lavalanche is sure to demand your best dance moves.
STEADYNOW(2 pm)
SteadyNOW is a duo based out of Bayfield, Colorado composed of singer songwriters Maggie Bernet (Margaret Victoria) and Aaron Dunn (Goinomadic).
The two have had their streaks of solo endeavors and other band projects but find themselves most at home making music with each other. With styles ranging from folk to rock and a good mix of classics and originals, there is sure to be some song that will strike every ear in the audience.
ROMA RANSOM (12:30 pm)
“Great music should do three things- connect you to the past, inspire you to envision the future, and find you wholly in the present moment. Roma Ransom does all three. Their repertoire includes old-time traditional ballads like Shady Grove and St.James Infirmary as well as sounds from European cultures, mainly that of Romania (hence the duo's name) yet the music of Roma Ransom is distinctly their own. The sultry sweetness of Grace Easley on vocals paired with the couples' vast instrumental array combine to form a style that can fit the mood for any setting.
ROBIN DAVIS DUO (11 am)
The Robin Davis Duo is the sound of decades of music and life lived side by side. From Pagosa Springs, Colorado, this husband-and-wife team blends tradition and originality with a chemistry that only years together can create. Robin Davis brings rich melodies to life on the fiddle, while Jimi Giles lays down a rhythmic foundation with her clawhammer banjo. Their performances weave together heartfelt original songs and timeless tunes from the bluegrass and old-time canon, all delivered with soul, harmony, and an unmistakable sense of place.
Thank You 2025 Sponsors!
Silverton Creates! is supported by these generous sponsors: Colorado Creative Industries - National Endowment for the Arts - San Juan County Tourism Board - The Colorado Trust - Town of Silverton - The 9318 Collective - Ballantine Family Fund - Citizens State Bank - Creative Crackerjack - San Juan County Community Fund - Silverton Area Chamber of Commerce - Silverton Mountain – The Silverton Standard & The Miner - Ska Brewing - Timberline Trading - Coffee Bear - Durango Magazine - George and Anna Riley - Grand Imperial Hotel - High Noon Hamburgers - San Juan Photos - Silverton Camera Company - Silverton Lakes RV Park - Silverton Powerhouse Collective - Teller House Hotel - Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad - Gertie's Gifts - Quiet Bear Art - Silverton Lofts - Spruce Electrical - The Whistle Stop - Fetch's Mining & Mercantile - Henry Smith's Gifts - Rocky Mountain Funnel Cake Factory - Skyflower Boutique - Villa Dallavalle Historic Inn - White Eyes Gallery - The Train Store
