“The silent auction will also be a little bit different this year; there’ll be QR codes up so people can buy those pieces during Jammin’ The Bou Room and take them right off the wall.”  ”

Dax Gleason

NEDERLAND — In one month, on Saturday, September 19, 2026, The Caribou Room will host the return of one of the best parties of 2025: the Jammin’ The Bou Room benefit concert for the Nederland Food Pantry, Community Gardens, and Clothing Closet (Peak Abundance). 

Last year, Dax Gleason’s Distinctly Mountains created the fundraising event and, together with Deborah Brown and the Feed the Art campaign and art auction—as well as Dan Vollmer, Danny Shaffer, and Peter Fiori—raised over $10,000 for Peak Abundance from the art auction, ticket sales, and generous donations. 

This year, the second annual Jammin’ The Bou Room concert and Feed The Art auction aims to rock even harder, with Gasoline Lollipops and Poorfree taking the stage, and the love of local art spreading even further than before, with displays expertly hung in establishments across Nederland and Boulder.

The Feed the Art campaign, organized by Dax Gleason and Deborah Brown, has grown to include expertly hung displays in businesses in Nederland and Boulder.

Photo by Deborah Brown

“We started immediately after the first Jammin The Bou Room,” Gleason told The Mountain-Ear about the Feed The Art campaign. “We just kept it going, and it’ll definitely become a continual thing—we’ll always be collecting art and making contacts.”

Gleason and Brown have set up Feed The Art displays at Abo’s Pizza, Left Hand Brewing Company, The Vault, Very Nice Brewing Company, and Ned General. They have upcoming displays at Logan’s Espresso Cafe and other locations planned for the next two weeks.

Feed The Art displays can be seen now at Abo’s Pizza, Left Hand Brewing Company, The Vault, and Ned General, and at Logan’s Espresso Cafe starting September 1.

Photo by Deborah Brown

“September 1 we have Feed The Art at Logan’s Cafe on the North Boulder art walk, and we are providing space for artists that donate to us to showcase their art,” Gleason explained, detailing how they won’t be charging artists for the space at Logan’s Cafe, and how artists will be free to charge any desired amount for their art with an option to donate to Peak Abundance. 

From August 15 to September 15, Feed The Art will highlight the unique styles of local Peak to Peak area artists, including Heather Taylor-Lande, Raven Tekwe, Danielle M Crouse, Greg Hunter, Lynne Downing Poole, Karen Boehme, Thomas Studholme, Sarah Walker, Sarah Elizabeth Schantz, Matthew Hart, James DeWalt, David Brian Sockrider, Catherine A. Cox, Bryan McKinney, Larry Gleason, Maya Heneghan, Bobby Bryan, Johnnie Hogan, and Gleason himself. 

Gleason has even been working to source private collections as well, and has up for auction a custom framed Dolan Geiman print donated by Jese Engwall, a Los Angeles 1984 Olympic Games poster signed by artist Carlos Almaraz, and experimental pieces by famed Los Angeles artist Frank Romero.

A rare painting by famed Los Angeles artist Frank Romero, part of a collection acquired from an estate sale.

Photo by Christopher Kelley

“We really raised the level of the quality of art that’s coming in, so I think the shows this year are exceptional,” Gleason said. “We’re gaining momentum with local artists and visibility so more businesses and more artists want to be involved.” 

This year’s fundraiser for Peak Abundance comes on the heels of a difficult year, as a decrease in available federal and state support and an increase in households in need across the Peak to Peak area have put pressure on the volunteer-fueled nonprofit organization.

In addition to distributing over 155,000 pounds of food and 6,500 pounds of clothing, providing $28,000 in financial assistance, and receiving 5,449 individual and 2,860 household visits in 2025, Peak Abundance also began settling into their new location and planning their new Community Gardens construction project. 

“Enthusiastic about having the Food Pantry and the Board more involved, we’ve just had so much more support to make this thing work,” Gleason said about the culmination of the art campaign, the upcoming concert at The Caribou Room. 

“Last year we just had general admission straight through, but this year we have some VIP seats both downstairs and upstairs,” Gleason explained. “The silent auction will also be a little bit different this year: there’ll be QR codes up so people can buy those pieces during Jammin’ The Bou Room and take them right off the wall.”  

Jammin’ The Bou Room takes over The Caribou Room on Saturday, September 19, 2026, with the doors opening at 7 p.m. Pre-ordering tickets at thecaribouroom.com costs $25; purchasing tickets at the door costs $28. All ticket proceeds go to Peak Abundance.

Christopher Kelley is the Chair of the Nederland Food Pantry Board of Directors.