The 10th Annual Holiday Show

Featuring Bonnie & Taylor Sims
with Special Musical Guests The Patti Fiasco and Purnell Steen & The Five Points Ambassadors

The Longmont Museum’s holiday tradition returns for its 10th year! Join us for classic songs of the season (with a twist) from some of the finest musicians in the region, including friends old and new. Hosted and featuring Longmont’s own Bonnie & Taylor Sims. Cash bar with signature holiday drink. Reserved seating. 

It is with sadness that we announce the passing of Purnell Steen at the age of 84. A cousin to the late jazz and classical musical great Charles Burrell, Purnell was a talented pianist, active in the civil rights movement and a walking jazz encyclopedia who worked tirelessly to celebrate and raise awareness for the important role Denver’s Five Points neighborhood played in jazz history. As Purnell would have insisted, the show must go on and so his band The Five Points Ambassadors will play in his memory.

RIAA Certified Platinum recording artists Bonnie & Taylor Sims are one of Colorado’s most powerful and dynamic musical duos. From the soul shaking harmonies and masterful songwriting to the endearing onstage moments, Bonnie & Taylor have captivated audiences all across the world. With their most recent global success I See Red tallying over 500 million streams and a deal with Columbia Records to playing countless live shows and festivals around CO and the Western US; tours to Germany, Canada and Sweden; multiple studio albums; exciting collaborations with other area musicians and full-time touring schedules with Big Richard and Madeline Hawthorne Band respectively, Bonnie & Taylor have established themselves as a potent creative force of the vibrant Colorado music scene.

Jet-fueled by powerhouse front woman Alysia Kraft, The Patti Fiasco rides the edge of emotional extreme, delivering a fiercely soulful brand of rock and roll growing from Americana and Alternative country origins. At times raw and volatile, and at others, sweet and lilting, the band fuses a hard-rock swagger with the two-step of its Wyoming roots. It’s the attitude of Joan Jett with a Steve Earle twang, the soul and slide of Bonnie Raitt, Black-Keys-style dirty blues-rock, and the lyric edginess of Shovels and Rope. In 2017, the band won a nationwide contest sponsored by Live Nation and Bon Jovi’s management to open for the rock icon at The Pepsi Center before a sell-out crowd in March of 2018. Alysia Kraft’s unrelenting energy, inspired songwriting, and vocals “as pure and clean as they are powerful” (Westword) earned her The Colorado Sound 2023 Award for most Outstanding Live Performer. The dobro, handmade and electrified—literally—by band member and 2007 RockyGrass dobro competition winner Ansel Foxley, builds the band’s signature blend of rock, country, and Americana. Lead guitarist Dee Tyler’s riffs range from gritty and driving to pensive and melodic, and his backing vocals add warmth to Kraft’s pointed lyrics. In March of 2022, celebrating ten years together as a band, The Patti Fiasco performed with the Cheyenne Symphony Orchestra at the Historic Lincoln Theatre.

Purnell Steen & the Five Points Ambassadors are dedicated to keeping Denver’s historic Five Points sound alive. Once considered the Harlem of the West, in its hey day Five Points played host to the likes of Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Chet Baker, Miles Davis, Count Basie, Dizzy Gillespie and countless more. A consummate performer and storyteller, jazz pianist Purnell Steen was born into a musical dynasty (with relatives including vocalist Dianne Reeves, pianist George Duke, saxophonist Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson, and bassist Charlie Burrell).