Kim and I spent early Saturday driving around in the mountains, taking pictures and enjoying the view. Glennis, from The Guide to Health and Healing Magazine, told us there was an art festival down on Pearl Street that we should check out.

We proceeded to Pearl Street take in the sites. There were booths setup all down the Mall, and some of the adjoining road was blocked as well. Metal sculptures, paintings photos, woodworking, and stone art were some of types of media being displayed. Matt Angiono at Epic Light Photo and Mark Zurek at Photo Anarchy both had some creative photo work that enticed me pick up their cards.

There were several musicians playing down on Pearl, like there are every weekend. We still had some $1 bills left over from last night, so we proceeded to tip and take pictures of our favorites.

We saw Bob Culbertson playing a Chapman Stick. A Chapman Stick is a two-handed fretboard tapping instrument...basically a regular guitar neck and a base guitar neck attached to each other, and they are both played entirely by hammer-ons and hammer-offs. This guy is one of the best. We had oddly enough watched part of a video by him on Friday, so it was cool getting to see him play live.

Bob Culbertson playing Chapman Stick

There was a couple playing didgeridoos non-stop. As I tipped their hat, the gentleman didged "Thhaaankk Yooouu..." without missing a beat.

Playing Didges

After the art festival, and walking down Boulder Creek Trail for a bit, we headed down to Denver to what they hope to be the first annual Mile High Music Festival.

Mile Hight Music Festival stage and sunset

We got to see O.A.R. perform, but our primary goal was to see Tom Petty. He came on around 9PM and put on a great show. Steve Winwood sang a couple songs with him, and he pulled out "End of the Line (It's Alright)" from his time with the Traveling Wilburys.

Overall it was a jam packed day, with good company, topped off by a great show.