Saturday March 21, 2026
7:00 AM - 3:00 AM
In celebration of our 20th season, The Playground is planning a 20-hour MARATHON! This event will be broken into four blocks, each at a different venue in Denver. MARATHON will be structured to highlight all that we do as an ensemble and organization: concerts, community music-making, sessions for music educators, healing arts events, and an improvised communal cool down in the early hours of Sunday morning.
Schedule
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MSU Denver School of Music Kalamath Building
800 Kalamath St, Denver, CO 80204
7:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Free to attend7:00 AM - Gong bath and yoga/meditation.
8:00 AM - Sound Bites Breakfast: Connect with composers, current and aspiring music educators, and people that run youth music organizations over coffee and cereal.
9:00 AM - Facilitated composition workshops covering a range of topics, including soundpainting, graphic notation, structured improvisation, digital audio workstations.
10:30 AM - Culminating performance of each group’s composition.
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Stanley Marketplace
2501 Dallas St, Aurora, CO 80010
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Free to attend1:00 PM - Family music-making workshops, including graphic scores, kazoo building, analog synths and beat making.
2:00 PM - Community singing event - “Tuning Meditation” by Pauline Oliveros. All are welcome!
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MCA Denver at the Holiday Theater
2644 W 32nd Ave, Denver, CO 80211
5:00 PM - 9:30 PM
$20 Tickets5:00 PM - Dinner and drinks reception.
7:45 PM - Toast to The Playground.
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GLOB
3551 Brighton Blvd, Denver, CO 80216
10:00 PM - 3:00 AM
Suggested donation10:00 PM - DJ i.lind late night set.
11:00 PM - The Music of the Shining.
12:00 AM - A ritual soundscaping performance led by Silen Wellington.
1:00 AM - Late night spontaneous electronics.
2:00 AM - Improvised gong drones and meditation, ending the night the way we started.
This program is supported by Denver Arts & Venues through the Denver Creates Fund.