Southeastern Utah is full of unforgettable scenery, and natural and geologic wonders. Rafting offers a unique vantage point from which to experience the towering canyon walls and Precambrian rock formations which surround the Colorado River. Enjoy serene sections through the Ruby-Horsethief Canyons, drifting along at the river’s leisurely pace,and high adventure through Westwater Canyon’s colorfully named rapids such as Little Hummer, Funnel Falls, Last Chance and the famous Skull Rapid where the Colorado River careens through the ancient, polished black and pink stone of the Precambrian era.
The Festival’s signature events, the Grotto Concerts, celebrate music in concert with the landscape™ by combining the beauty of music with the area’s scenic wonders. A relaxing 45-minute jet boat ride down the Colorado River brings you to “nature’s own concert hall” (The New York Times), a pristine, acoustically perfect wilderness grotto carved from the surrounding red rock walls. Sit up close in chairs provided by MMF or up above in the Grotto’s “box seats” where the sound blooms around you.
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Red Cliffs Lodge overlooks the Colorado River with towering red rock walls in the distance. The Festival Tent is set up on the comfortable lawn beside the Colorado River. Chairs are provided for tent seating or concert-goers are invited to bring a blanket or camp chairs for lawn seating. Brilliant sunsets illuminate red rock buttes during intermission.
Red Cliffs Lodge is home to the Castle Creek Winery and the Cowboy Grill restaurant. The spectacular location and environs have appeared in numerous films and commercials and a free museum honoring the area’s cowboy and film heritage is located on site. You may well recognize the view!
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There is nothing like hearing music in one of nature’s most magical settings. Music Hikes take place in spectacular wilderness locations around Moab. Intimate canyon sites and majestic open spaces surrounded by red rock walls chosen for their distinctive beauty, acoustics, accessibility and vantage points from which to take in the performance. Naturalists from Canyonlands Field Institute guide the hikes.
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