Labor Day Weekend
SATURDAY, AUGUST 30TH, 2025 | 4 - 9 PM
YAMAGUCHI PARK, PAGOSA SPRINGS CO
Close out this year’s Summer Concert Series with an unforgettable evening of live music at Yamaguchi Park! This Labor Day Weekend, enjoy performances by Blessing Chimanga Experience, High Country Hustle, and Rex Peoples & The Xfactr, bringing a vibrant mix of African rhythms, high-energy bluegrass, and soulful R&B to the stage.
Before the music begins, join us for an all-levels yoga class at 4 PM with LucidSol Studio. Led by Elisa, founder of LucidSol, this class is included with your ticket and offers a grounding, joyful way to start the evening.
Tickets are just $10, and children under 18 get in free. VIP Tickets are available for $50 – includes free drinks (must be 21+) and other fun perks!
The BLESSING CHIMANGA EXPERIENCE
Blessing Chimanga is an internationally celebrated Zimbabwean musician known for his extraordinary talent as a marimba player, singer, songwriter, and percussionist. His music is distinguished by energetic African rhythms and virtuosic marimba performances, paired with a magnetic stage presence and engaging entertainment skills.
As a cultural ambassador for Zimbabwe, Blessing has performed across Asia, Europe, North and South America, and Africa. In 2024, he sold out the Durango Arts Center and Roots Music Project during his inaugural Colorado tour, and made history by selling out the Blueroom in Bellingham on his first visit to the city. He also works under iAM Music in the U.S. producing cultural concerts and workshops, and serves as a key adjudicator for marimba competitions, including the largest in South Africa.
high country hustle
High Country Hustle brings big smiles and foot-stomping good times to venues and festivals across the United States. Formed in 2017, this four-piece bluegrass band delivers high-energy shows that are sure to get you moving. Their style combines unique songwriting with jam sensibilities that have propelled the band onto premier stages such as the Mishawaka and Fox Theatre. They have hustled their way onto festival lineups—like Rhythms on the Rio, Beanstalk, and Pagosa Folk ‘N Bluegrass—sharing the stage with acts like Kitchen Dwellers, Trout Steak Revival, and Tim O’Brien. In 2022, High Country Hustle released its sophomore album “Weather the Storm,” produced by Jake Simpson of The Lil Smokies.
“They’re a high-energy force to be reckoned with and a fierce competitor amongst the Front Range bluegrass music scene. After winning the WinterWonderGrass Band Contest and a slot at the Steamboat festival stage in February of 2020, these Durango pickers have been making a name for themselves and moving on an upward trajectory ever since.”
rex peoples & xfactr
Get ready to Dance, Sing and Shout! Rex Peoples delivers a high-energy R&B, Soul and Blues performance that will have you dancing in the streets and begging for more. Rex is the 7x winner of best blues vocalist in Colorado. Rex was the International Blues Competition Winner for the State of Colorado. His original album called Fried Food, Hard Liquor was a top 3 Blues album for 12 months running. Come join the celebration!
YOGA WITH lucidsol studio
LucidSol Studio is a social justice yoga project based in the mountain town of Pagosa Springs, Colorado. Founded in 2021 by Elisa Dolan, the studio was created as a welcoming space where all people and all bodies are invited to share in the light of yoga.
Elisa brings over a decade of personal exploration along the yogic path and became a certified yoga teacher in 2019. She now holds a 500-hour RYT certification through Yoga Alliance. Her expertise also extends beyond the mat—Elisa is a seasoned Colorado ecologist and botanist with seven years of professional backpacking experience, and a certified Wellness Champion specializing in Social Emotional Learning (SEL).
Blending her background in ecology with a deep commitment to social justice and community, Elisa’s mission is to expand access to wellness through inclusive, healing-centered spaces. Her teaching style fuses ancient wisdom with modern insight, encouraging joy, personal accountability, and physical freedom. Often offered as donation-based classes to support accessibility, her sessions invite students to shed layers of conditioning, live authentically, and experience yoga as a powerful path to transformation—both on and off the mat.
