There’s no better reason to get outside this summer than live music and local impact.
The Community Foundation serving Southwest Colorado is proud to announce the return of the 19th Hole Concerts — now in its 11th year — every Thursday evening in June at the Pagosa Springs Golf Club.
Grab your lawn chair, bring a friend and contribute $10 to a great cause. Every dollar of your cover charge goes directly to organizations doing meaningful work right here in Archuleta County. Corporate sponsors cover all event expenses, meaning 100 percent of proceeds are pooled and distributed equally among the four featured nonprofits. Last year, that added up to $2,500 for each organization.
“The Archuleta Committee is proud to support local nonprofits through the 19th Hole Concerts grant,” said Marcy Mitchell, chair of the Archuleta Committee, which organizes the concerts. “Thanks to so many community members attending our concerts each June, we have raised a total of $85,000 for local nonprofits over the years.”
This year’s lineup of recipients support a wide range of programs that help our community thrive — from the earliest weeks of life to the health of the river running through it all:
• Aspire Medical Services and Education offers free prenatal care and parent-child education for families with children ages 0–3. Demand for its programming has grown significantly as more local families seek connection and support in our rural community. Your ticket purchase will go toward supporting this vital resource for local families.
• The Pagosa Community Initiative (PCI) runs trauma-informed, out-of-school programs for youth — including summer camps that provide safe, enriching and therapeutic experiences for kids who need them most. Concert proceeds will expand scholarship access so that no child is turned away due to cost.
• The Upper San Juan Watershed Enhancement Partnership (WEP) works on the ground to restore and protect the Upper San Juan River Basin. After historic flooding along the San Juan River in October 2025 highlighted the corridor’s vulnerability, the need for long-term watershed resilience has never been clearer. Funding will support planning, partnerships and community engagement to advance its work.
• Wings Early Childhood Center (Archuleta County Education Center) serves children from 6 weeks to 5 years old — and is the only licensed infant care provider within 50 miles of Pagosa Springs. With capacity for up to 75 children, Wings is a cornerstone of working family life in this region. Concert proceeds will help sustain their infant and toddler programs.
All concerts will run from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Pagosa Springs Golf Club. Here’s the lineup for this June:
• June 4: Wings Early Childhood Center and Bob Hemenger — Dixieland, jazz, blues, soul and pop.
• June 11: Upper San Juan WEP and Jackson Mountain Ramblers —country, folk and pop.
• June 18: PCI and Outlaw Firm — country, blues, folk-rock and TexAmericana.
• June 25: Aspire Medical Services and Education and Bo DePeña —Americana and country.
Come for the music. Stay for the community. Leave knowing your $10 did something good.
And if the 19th Hole Concerts spark something in you — a desire to make a deeper mark — there’s another opportunity to get involved in supporting local nonprofits this year.
The Archuleta Committee is launching Pagosa’s 100+ Women Who Care, and you’re invited to be part of it from the very beginning.
The model is simple and powerful: a group of women committed to collective giving, pooling their contributions to make an immediate and meaningful impact on local charities and nonprofits. Together, what might feel like a modest individual gift becomes something transformative. An informational meet and greet will take place on Aug. 17 from 3 to 4 p.m. at Coyote Moon.
To support the inaugural giving circle event, a $100 donation secures your seat at the table — and your voice in the process. You’ll have the opportunity to nominate a nonprofit and vote on Oct. 30 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Coyote Moon. Learn more at swcommunityfoundation.org.
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