Join us on October 2nd, 3rd, and 4th 2026 for the 2nd annual CONCRETE COUCHELLA MUSIC & ARTS FESTIVAL
Beloved nonprofit, CONCRETE COUCH, welcomes friends, family, visitors, strangers and all other community from past, present, and future to CELEBRATE at its almost 8 acre park near downtown Colorado Springs for another amazing day of Live Music, Art, Activities, Games, Contests, Food, Drinks, Silent Auction, Prizes, Meet & Greets, and the whole works!
Details at https://concretecouch.org
_______
MUSIC LINE UP:
1:00 PM TBD
1:45 PM TBD
3:30 PM TBD
4:30 PM TBD
6:00 PM TBD
7:30 PM TBD
9:00 PM TBD
POETRY & SPOKEN WORD:
TBD
___
OTHER PERFORMANCES, ACTIVITIES & DETAILS
TBD
KIDS' TALENT SHOW
DANCELYMPICS
DANCELYMPICS is the debut of the newest Concrete Couch program, which is funded by COLORADO SPRINGS HEALTH FOUNDATION with the goal of creating sustainable health habits involving prolonged heart-rate-elevating activity for community-members of all ages. (Keep an eye out for the 40 upcoming dates throughout 2025 and 2026 at CONCRETECOUCH.ORG).
LANTERN MAKING and PARADE
This staple, recurring art and performance project of Concrete Couch involves using twigs, glue, tissue paper, up-cycled containers, and whatever else to make glowy, lanterny goodness come to life. Kids and adults are welcome to BUILD LANTERNS at the LANTERN-MAKING-STATION throughout the event and then disco-march during the evening parade.
1 PM - 6 PM Lantern Making at the Lantern Making Station
6:15 PM Sunset
7:30 PM Gather ye paradelings (THAT’S YOU) !!!
7:45 ish PM (at start parade leader's CUE) LANTERN PARADE!!!
___
FUNDRAISING
BEFORE THE EVENT - Help us pack this next year with awesome free Concrete Couch programs, events, and public art builds, by participating in our ONLINE DIGITAL DONATIONS CAMPAIGN. https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/peer-to-peer/couchella
You can either donate as an individual, or start/join a fundraising team! TOP DONORS AND TEAMS will get to SELECT A PRIZE from the following GROWING list.
WILD FORAGING and ESSENTIAL OIL DISTILLATION and GUIDED MEDITATION EXPERIENCE with Concrete Couch EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, Dustin Huth and Owner of ROOTFOOT pure plant fragrance line, Laura Huth.
MORE TO COME!
EVENT ENTRY - TICKET PRICES INCREASE OVER TIME
Regardless of donation level, please visit concretecouch.org/couchella to RSVP. Tickets will also be available at the door.
FOOD, DRINKS, MEAL, RAFFLE, AND CONTEST “CARNIVAL TICKETS”
We will be offering carnival tickets for $2 each, which you can trade in toward FOOD, BEER, JUICES, HORCHATA, and activities like DANCELYMPICS, DISC GOLF, FACE PAINTING, RAFFLE ENTRIES, ETC.
SAVE THE EARTH - BYO CUP… Or BUY a reusable Cup at the event. LET’S SAVE THE EARTH, team! …Even if it’s a little extra work!
T-SHIRTS and OTHER MERCH. Concrete Couch as well as many of our performers will have T-shirts, books, albums, stickers, etc. available at our merch tent. We’ll be accepting cash, card, venmo, and check, or the corresponding number of carnival tickets.
SILENT AUCTION AND PRIZES
We have been talking to all of our favorite businesses and artisans over the past months and collecting a...COLLECTION... of the region's most exciting goods and services, vis-a-vis their GENEROUS DONATIONS to support our PARTICIPATION PRIZES and SILENT AUCTION. These tickets will be the same price as all the other tickets.. Silent Auction table will require bids, top bidder at the end of the event will be the winner! Interesting prizes that wer know of so far are PLANT COMMUNION FRAGRANCE from ROOTFOOT.COM (Natural Fragrances by Laura Huth). More to come!
DISC GOLF TOURNEY
Did you know that there's a 9 hole Disc Golf Course on Concrete Coyote Community Park? Well, yep...there is! And at COUCHELLA, we're going to put you through it. It's a challenging course, so we recommend that you come hydrated and properly stretched. It's important to never underestimate the importance of proper stretching in and hydration! Fee to enter is five tickets aka $10. Winner gets a prize and/or a handshake and heartfelt congratulations from a Staff member or volunteer of our choice. Could be something cooler though, as well. Potential sponsors email community@concretecouch.org
WAIT.....THIS SOUNDS AWESOME AND ALL, BUT WHAT IS THIS CONCRETE COUCH THING THAT WE'RE RAISING MONEY FOR?
Good question! In short, Concrete Couch's mission is to build community through Creative Projects. In practice that means we are installing public art sculptures and murals on any surface that will hold still long enough to let us slap some mosaic tiles on it. And when I say us, I mean you. Because YOU -put the YOUNITY in COMM-YOU-NITY. Is that too much? Probably. Suffice to say, every project we do, is in collaboration with our community on some level. We are here to teach skills, and get people working together. Would it be easier to just go off and build stuff on our own, with our fleet of highly skilled artists? Of course. But for us, the most beautiful part of the art is not the art itself, but the moments and the friendships created as a result of the collaborative process of building art together. If you know an organization or entity that understands this value, please connect us. We would love to help beautify and build community together!