Live Music - Just Jazz Quintet

The Just Jazz Quintet, or JJQ, has been a jazz mainstay for a couple of decades in northern Colorado.  Featuring some of the most accomplished jazz musicians along Colorado’s front range.  They play a wide variety of jazz encompassing many of the band’s original compositions and their own arrangements of many jazz standards.  Over the years they have played for The Fort Collins Jazz Festival, The Magic Rat, Windsor Arts Festival, Chapungu Sculpture Gardens, Loveland Art Museum, Fort Collins Museum, Tri-Media Film Festival, Fort Collins Downtown Business Association a variety of corporate and private parties and of course the monthly show at Avogadros in Ft Collins.   Current members of the band are: Ron Holleman-Trumpet and Flugelhorn, Andrew Vogt-Saxaphones and Clarinet, Jo Asker-Bass, Chuck Landgraf-Drums, Tim Gauthier-guitar or Bob Montgomery-piano.

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  • Magic Rat Live Music - Off The Hook Magic Sunset Series | Jaerv & The Ok Factor

    Sun, Mar 15, 2026|3 - 6pm

    Minneapolis-based string duo The OK Factor and award-winning Swedish quintet Jaerv are thrilled to present Traditions — a program celebrating the beauty of cultural exchange through music.

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    Live Music - Molly Higgins Band

    Tue, Mar 17, 2026|7 - 9pm

    Experience the Molly Higgins Band, a dynamic trio blending traditional Irish music with diverse global influences. Featuring Marcos Hanech’s Brazilian-inspired guitar, Sam Cole’s versatile fiddle, and Andrew Jacobson’s classically trained tin whistle, they captivate audiences with their passionate and polished performances.

  • Magic Rat Live Music - Film Showcase Season 2 | Women In Film

    Wed, Mar 18, 2026|6 - 9pm

    Two Films. Two Stages of the Creative Journey. One Powerful Conversation.

    Join us for a special Women in Film evening designed to pull back the curtain on the filmmaking process from fragile first draft to finished film.

     

  • Magic Rat Live Music - Peaches Embry & The Rhythm Train

    Fri, Mar 20, 2026|8 - 10pm

    Peaches Embry and Friends/Rhythm Train – musicians all about inspiring soul to soul through music.