Music Festival Recap: WinterWonderGrass 2025 in Steamboat Springs, CO

In episode 33— the official start of Season 3 of Music Festivals Podcast—I recap my recent trip to WinterWonderGrass 2025 in Steamboat Springs, Colorado.

Watch for an exciting recap of Winter Wondergrass 2025 as NeighborN8 takes you on a journey through this unique ski and snowboard music festival in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. The episode features behind-the-scenes insights into the logistics of traveling to Steamboat Springs and navigating the festival scene. You'll get highlights of standout performances from artists like Mountain Grass Unit, Daniel Donato’s Cosmic Country, The Fretliners, and many more incredible bands. 

Experience the uniqueness of attending a ski and snowboard festival with continuous music performances throughout the day and get to know the ins and outs of attending this annual Colorado. Discover insider tips on festival travel and accommodations to enhance your WinterWonderGrass adventure. And, find out how you can become a contributor to Music Festivals Podcast!

A Few of My Photos from WinterWonderGrass 2025

View from the Thunderhead Lodge bar

Thursday night Mountain Trop Dinner - Torrin Daniels, Lindsay Lou and Kyle Tuttle

Thunderhead Lodge at Steamboat Springs Resort from the summit

Backstage view on the Main Stage at WinterWonderGrass

Damn Tall Buildings in the tent at WinterWonderGrass

Sam Bush Band on the main stage at WinterWonderGrass

Daniel Donato's Cosmic Country Plays Grass After Dark

Vince Herman with Daniel Donato's Cosmic Country Plays Grass After Dark

Cousin Curtiss at the free concert on Thursday at Steamboat Square

View to the mountain top at Steamboat Resort

The Po' Ramblin' Boys on the main stage at WinterWinderGrass

The line up and schedule for WinterWonderGrass 2025

Last Chance to Enter: Win Passes to CaveJam 2025

Neighbors have until midnight on February 28th, 2025 to enter our drawing to win 2 FREE 2-Day GA Passes with Early Entry Car Camping valued at $286 per pass!  Our thanks goes out to the festival producers at The Caverns for making this opportunity available to our subscribes to The Neighboorhood weekly email newsletter.

Don't miss your chance to experience incredible performances on the outdoor Amphitheater stage and the underground cave stage that makes The Caverns one of a best festival venues in the U.S.A.

CaveJam 2025 will be held at The Caverns in Pelham, Tennessee, over Memorial Day weekend from May 24th–25th, with headliners including The String Cheese Incident, The Infamous Stringdusters, Andy Frasco & The U.N., Armchair Boogie and many more regional and local artists.

The winner will be randomly selected and announced on Monday, March 31st, 2025 and their names will be added to the CaveJam 2025 guest list at the gate. You have until midnight on Friday, Sunday March 30th, 2025 to submit your entries.

To enter to win, simply click the button below and complete the form by following some social media profiles and dropping in your basic information — Good luck, Neighbors! 😎

Up Next Week: WinterWonderGrass Festival 2025 Recap

Next week on the Music Festivals Podcast, I talk with Tim Walther, founder of All Good Presents, along with Janice Hurley who is a long time travel industry veteran and the VIP Coordinator for the All Good Series of events known as the "Trifesta". 

You probably know of or have even been to one or more of these iconic music festivals. They include Dark Star Jubilee held at Legend Valley in Thronville, Ohio, All Good Now, the reimagined All Good Festival that will now be held at the Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, MD and 4848, held annually at Snowshoe Mountain Resort in Snowshoe, West Virginia.

My conversation with these two left me incredibly charged up—Tim has a 30 year background promoting bands, building festivals and even following the Grateful Dead on Tour.  I learned that in his spare time, he also manages Dark Star Orchestra, the world-renowned Grateful Dead tribute band. I never got to see the dead live—Jerry passed when I was still in high-school and in my punk and ska phase.  I've always regretted that, so seeing DSO, who diligently works to truly preserve the essence of The Dead's sound across the decades they played brings me as close as I'll ever get.  Needless to say, I'm grateful for them.

Make sure to tune in next week.  If you're like me, the conversation will leave you feeling "all good"...

Photocredit: @neighborN8 - Music Festivals Podcast Ep.34

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Festival Performance of the Week 

This weeks festival performance of the week is personal to me.

First, I am a huge fan of what the Alabama boys in Mountain Grass Unit are up too.  Make sure to keep your eyes on these guys.  I believe that this summer's jam-packed tour is going to be the beginning of their international rise as a true Jam Grass powerhouse ensemble.

My feelings are that when you see them live, you realize that they have the same "it factor" as Billy Strings and Molly Tuttle.  And, that's interesting since both of those two superstars are heavy influences on MGU's song-writing and performances.  They are also just incredibly talented, humble and nice guys. Go back and watch my pre-festival podcast interview with these fellas when you have a chance.

I also fully shot and produced the video below, which is a first for me.  I am in no way a professional videographer or editor.  I am a professional drone pilot, but a noob at best with a lot of room to improve.  So the vote of confidence from their folks at DVC MGMT to allow me to work on this meant a lot. Thanks, Don and Lindsey! 🙏. 

It was also nice to have access to the mastered audio from their set at WWG25 for this video.  And, the guys absolutely killed it in Steamboat Springs! Check out "Hey Mama" from their set at WinterWonderGrass 2025.