City Park Friends and Neighbors

Join us for the kickoff of the City Park Bandstand restoration and sign your name on a steel beam that will be part of the new structure. The event will take place on Sunday, November 8 from 3-5 pm at the City Park Pavilion. You are invited to enjoy refreshments provided by the Denver Park Trust; view the Landmark Commission-approved designs provided by the Mundus Bishop landscape firm; chat with city officials, neighborhood and community groups about future steps and implementation, and enjoy the glory of City Park – all on a Sunday afternoon. Kids and their parents are welcome. […]

The City Park Bandstand Rebuilding Fund, initiated by City Park Friends and Neighbors (CPFAN), City Park Alliance (CPA)and Kyle Clark’s Channel 9 Word of Thanks Fund, after a fire destroyed the historic structure, raised $125,579 from more than 900 donors. Now philanthropists, Scott Miller and Tim Gill have matched the amount raised, so our goal of $250,000 has been met! Miller was jogging through City Park when he saw the burnt out Bandstand, home to City Park Jazz, City Park Day concerts, quinceaneras, weddings and countless other events standing abandoned in front of the Pavilion. Miller approached his partner, Gill […]