FoCoMX returns this weekend to celebrate the best of local live music.
Every year in downtown Fort Collins on a weekend in late April, “the streets are alive with the sounds of local music.” That charming assessment comes from Greta Cornett of the Fort Collins Musicians Association as she excitedly discusses
The festival is a well-oiled machine that keeps its small-town nature by being volunteer-driven and is, Cornett notes, “intentionally inclusive of all genres and musicians.” While the festival originally focused on Fort Collins’ artists, “the best way to build our scene is to share our scene,” says Cornett, so planners opened lineups to all of Colorado “because we want to showcase Colorado music.”
“One new thing we launched this year,” Cornett mentions, “is designated walking paths to provide a choose-your-own-adventure” experience. FoCoMX’s website also hasand others suggest. “We want to make this festival as accessible as possible to everyone,” Cornett notes, so “you might find your next favorite band.”Johanson started playing music in Fort Collins twenty years ago with his honky tonk band that draws an eclectic crowd of “young and old, weirdos and non-weirdos alike.
Fort Collins comprises a tight-knit community with a rich music history, and local musicians are often in several bands across genres, creating more exposure and diverse crowds.who plays in several musical projects, observes, “The festival is by the community for the community and run purely on the love for music in our town. I love that it’s grassroots and volunteer powered and has grown exponentially while staying so pure in its ethos and origins.
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