ARISE Music Festival is an independent, family-run, Leave-No-Trace event held on August 4-6, 2017. ARISE is three days and nights of camping, music, yoga, art, and workshops. The festival is held at Sunrise Ranch, an organic ranch located in the Rocky Mountain valley of Loveland, CO just 65 miles north of Denver. Music performances included: Atmosphere, Tipper, Lettuce, Beats Antique, Expendables, SunSquabi, Brother Ali, & more.

ARISE Music Festival was held at Sunrise Ranch, in Loveland, CO August 4-6, 2017.

Day 1 of ARISE Festival-goers enjoyed a beautiful sunset after a strong afternoon storm, alongside performances by Rising Apalachia, Atmosphere, Dopapod, Lettuce and others.

Brooklyn-duo, Brasstracks, blew out Day 1 ARISE Music Festival on August 4th, 2017 with funked-up horns, R&B grooves, and a blend of electronic sounds.

Live flow arts accompanied main stage music performances at ARISE Music Festival on August 4-6, 2017.

Expendables performed on August 6th, 2017 at ARISE Music Festival.

Alongside the music performances, live painters took to their brushes at ARISE Music Festival. A row of canvases could be seen live painted behind the main stage.

Minnesota-artist, Brother Ali performed on the main stage and brought down the house at ARISE Music Festival on August 5th, 2017.

Workshops were held in the Solutions Village throughout ARISE Music Festival on August 4-6, 2017. Topics varied from renewable-energy, and permaculture, to how-to-start a successful podcast.

Solutions Voyage is an equal opportunity educated based non-profit which held workshops based on sustainable practices and permaculture concepts.

The crowd was electricfied during Sunsquabi’s performance on the main stage on August 5th, 2017 at ARISE Music Festival.

The group Sunsquabi and Friends performed live on August 6th, 2017 at ARISE Music Festival.

Insane visuals were produced live by Android Jones with a reality-headset during Tipper’s performance on August 5th, 2017.

Unpredictable weather did not deter crowds from enjoying the musical performances on August 6th, 2017 at ARISE Music Festival.

The Expendables ended their set on August 6th, 2017 at ARISE Music Festival with a popular crowd-favorite “Packed This Bowl For Two.”

Beats Antique stunned the crowd with on-stage flow arts and electronica music on August 6th, 2017 at ARISE Music Festival.

Photos By: Kara Ketcher