The Black Rose Acoustic Society

For over 30 years, The Black Rose Acoustic Society has been the home of live, handmade acoustic music in the Pikes Peak Region. We host twice-monthly concerts, jams, and classes through the year. Nestled in the tall Colorado pines, the down-home atmosphere of our log-cabin concert hall provides a family-oriented setting unsurpassed in friendliness and congeniality.

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Holiday Show & Potluck with Bettman & Halpin

  • Black Forest Community Center 12530 Black Forest Road Colorado Springs, CO, 80908 United States (map)
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Our annual holiday show/singalong and potluck will be headlined and led by the dynamic duo Bettman & Halpin. Bring your holiday spirit, your enthusiasm for singing, and something yummy for the potluck! Last names A-Q, please bring appetizers; R-Z, please bring desserts. Check below for more details.

Leading us in holiday song will be folk/Americana talents Bettman & Halpin. Their concerts combine high-energy upbeat bluegrass/roots inspired compositions, beautiful ballads with soaring vocals and heartfelt lyrics, and groovy feel-good songs that audiences will be singing in their heads for weeks thereafter. Interspersed between these songs and instrumentals, they tell stories. They have been touring as a duo since 2008, and incorporating a trio and quartet since 2013.

Stephanie Bettman & Luke Halpin have a well-earned reputation for hypnotizing performances filled with irresistible lyrics, transcendent harmonies and roof-raising instrumentals. They have twice been a featured act at the Walnut Valley Festival in Winfield, KS along with musical heroes Byron Berline, Michael Martin Murphy w/ Pat Flynn, and Tommy Emmanuel. They can also be found performing at various arts centers throughout the US and abroad. Touring together since 2008, Bettman & Halpin have been recognized in various Regional and National competitions, including:

Grand Prize Winners in the So Cal Live Acoustic Music Competition; Winners in Southern California’s Topanga Banjo / Fiddle Contest; Most Wanted Artists at Falcon Ridge Folk Festival; 
Music Connection’s Top 25 New Music Critiques. 

Their 5 CDs have received national and international radio play along with critical acclaim, reaching the top 10 and top 5 on the National Folk DJ chart and number 1 on The Roots Music Report.

(There are no opening acts for this show)

$10 general admission; $5 members and students w/ ID; free for ages 12 and younger.

Special Show Details

  • We always have plenty of desserts, so we'd like to encourage more side dishes this year. So, if your last name begins with letters from A-Q, bring an appetizer. R-Z, bring a dessert item. 
  • We'll supply drinks, as in previous years.
  • Doors will open at 6:00 pm.
  • We'll open the food for noshing at 6:30 pm.
  • Show starts at 7:00.
  • No opening acts.
  • Stephanie and Luke will do a one-hour feature set, and we'll do a short break.
  • After the break, we'll do a holiday audience singalong to finish up the evening.

Come on out and join us. This is one of our most popular events! 

Earlier Event: November 24
Gabrielle Louise Quartet
Later Event: January 12
Joe K. Walsh & Sweet Loam