LYONS – The third annual Sounds of Lyons delivered a musical festival of sounds, with something to please everyone and provide a little stretch for the ears as well. Three days of happenings, which included the fusion of music making and art making, adds to the spreading reputation that Lyons is becoming a center of creative expression. In addition to the three evening programs there were three free programs: Music on Canvas, which exposed young children to the music of Beethoven while they painted; Music on the River, what’s not to like about a picnic by the river to the sounds of a live string quartet playing Schubert, Haydn, and Dvorak; and Music Espresso – well, the great Johan Sebastian Bach extolled the virtue of the edgy liquid by honoring it with a cantata in its very own name, so who could blame one for continuing such a time-honored tradition?

LYONS – Attention music lovers: Sounds of Lyons is bringing music to every corner of the town on June 3, 4, and 5. Think confluence, think legendary, think Earth, topped up with imagination, river, and caffeine: that is Sounds of Lyons 2011 in a nutshell.

LYONS – Music and festival fans flock to Planet Bluegrass events in Lyons every summer. The two biggest festivals hosted on the Planet Bluegrass Ranch are the bluegrass festival RockyGrass in July and the Folks Festival in August. This year, the tickets for all Planet Bluegrass events are selling out at a record pace, before the complete musical line-ups have been announced.

LYONS – Oskar Blues Brewery has a can-do attitude towards its newest event, to be held in Lyons’ Sandstone Park, June 26 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Sounds of Lyons founder and amazing violinist MinTze Wu took over the stage and played world-class music at the Sunday evening Sounds of Lyons concert in the Wildflower Pavilion at Planet Bluegrass earlier this month on June 6. The music was Bach’s Second Partita, including the 15-minute Chaconne, which Wu played barefoot, and with a lively fervor that revealed Bach’s secret, dancing heart.

LYONS – Summer is music time at Planet Bluegrass, with many events for many people. Telluride Bluegrass Festival (June 17 to 10) attracts 10,000 attendees to the box-canyon town of Telluride.