The aptly name Monolith Festival has officially announced the lineup for this year’s two-day multi-stage festival. Sadly, since I did not attend last year’s inaugural event, I’m in a poor position to compare the two. I can say that I will be equally disappointed if I miss this indie rock fest again.

It all goes down on Saturday and Sunday, September 13 and 14. Denver’s own Devotcka headlines on Saturday. Tickets go on sale this Friday at 10am, so get in line people!

The complete lineup (so far) is as follows:

Saturday, September 13
Devotchka
Silversun Pickups
Neko Case
Vampire Weekend
Mickey Avalon
Del tha Funky Homosapien
Cut Copy
The Fratellis
Superdrag
The Kills
Holy Fuck
White Denim
The Night Marchers
A Place to Bury Strangers
The Photo Atlas
The Hood Internet
John Vanderslice
Darker My Love
Cameron McGill and What Army
Blitzen Trapper
The Presets
Pop Levi
Pwrfl Power
The Morning Benders
Boyhollow

Sunday, September 14
Justice
TV on the Radio
Band of Horses
Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings
CSS
The Avett Brothers
Tokyo Police Club
Dan Le Sac vs. Scroobius Pip
Akron/Family
The Bronx
Tilly and the Wall
The Heavy
The Cribs
The Ting Tings
Airborne Toxic Event
Bright Channel
Chester French
Grampall Jookabox
The Rosewood Thieves
Hearts of Palm
The Giraffes
The Elms

Denver joins the ranks of 8 cities in celebrating Earth Day with the Green Apple Festival - a free gathering featuring music and speakers to raise environmental awareness. Denver’s celebration kicks off at 12 noon on April 20th at City Park. Music acts to include The Neville Brothers, The Benevento/Russo Duo, Rose Hill Drive, and The Heydey. The event promises to "combine environmental addresses by prominent speakers and educational displays with music and entertainment, on the theme of environmental awareness." It might not quite match the star power of New York, D.C., etc. but it should make for a fine Sunday afternoon.

The festival is not limited to just Sunday though. Events will be happening at venues across Denver and Boulder.  Check out the Green Apple Festival link below for more info.  Christine Spehar, a frequent contributor to Cairn, will be promoting Ruckus Roots at the Earth Day event in Boulder at the Fox on Sunday. So no matter where you live, get out there and show your support for Mother Earth! For more information on all these goings on as well as Earth Day check out the links below:

Green Apple Festival

Earth Day

Ruckus Roots

It seems that the Colorado has full on music festival fever now. Maybe it was the success of last year’s Monolith Festival, but we can now get all hot and sweaty and the inaugural Mile High Music Festival. The two day event will take place the weekend of July 19 at the bright and shiny Dick’s Sporting Goods Park with headliners Dave Matthews, Tom Petty, and John Mayer. Tickets go on sale March 29th at 10am.

The festival will have five stages, food from area restaurants, and an “artists village.” You’ll even recognize a few of the acts from last year’s Monolith as well (we’re looking at you Spoon). Overall, it seems an effort was made to have a reasonable mix of artists (local included) and genres. You be the judge:

Saturday 7/19
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
O.A.R.
Michael Franti and Spearhead
Steve Winwood
Spoon
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Citizen Cope
Andrew Bird
Josh Ritter
State Radio
JJ Grey & Mofro
Bob Schneider
Brett Dennen
Newton Faulkner
Meese
Born In The Flood
Railbenders

Sunday 7/20
Dave Matthews Band
John Mayer
The Black Crowes
Rodrigo y Gabriela
Flogging Molly
Colbie Caillat
OneRepublic
The Roots
Leftover Salmon
Martin Sexton
Flobots
Ingrid Michaelson
Grace Potter and the Nocturnals
Tea Leaf Green
Rose Hill Drive
The New Mastersounds
Serena Ryder
The Photo Atlas

The Colorado premiere of the award-winning documentary “Blindsight” will be in Denver on March 13th, 2008 at 7PM at the Mayan Theatre (110 Broadway). The film has won Audience Awards for Best Film at many major film festivals worldwide and was nominated for Best Documentary Film in Britain.

Attendees will have a chance to meet Erik Weihenmayer and Sabriye Tenberken, founder of Braille without Borders, as well as many of the students who participate in Global Explorers Leading the Way programs for blind and sighted students. Proceeds from the event will support Global Explorers and Braille without Borders. Global Explorers is a Colorado-based non-profit and was featured in Issue 3 of Cairn Magazine.

Set against the breathtaking backdrop of the Himalayas, "Blindsight" follows the gripping adventure of six Tibetan teenagers who set out to climb the 23,000-foot Lhakpa Ri on the north side of Mount Everest. A dangerous journey soon becomes a seemingly impossible challenge made all the more remarkable by the fact that the teenagers are blind. The resulting three-week journey is beyond anything any of them could have predicted.

Tickets to the movie are $25. If you would like to attend a VIP Reception prior to the film with Erik, Sabriye and other cast members and the film producers, the cost is $100. The VIP Reception begins at 5 PM at the Hornet (76 Broadway) and includes food and drinks.

You can purchase tickets online at www.globalexplorers.org/events/ or by calling Global Explorers at 877-627-1425 or emailing This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it with the Subject line of "Blindsight".

Get out and support this great cause!