There’s nothing we’d rather do than spend all day skiing, but it’s okay to have as much fun off the mountain, right?

The following music festivals and events are hosted at ski resorts and mountain across North America. They’re perfect to plan your next trip around, or to add to your bucket list for future reference.

1. Tahoe Live: Palisades Tahoe, California

When: December 14–15, 2024

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Palisades Tahoe’s premiere music festival is held in the early season for a reason.

The resort doesn’t book some of the biggest musical acts in the world just for the heck of it. Tahoe Live is the resort’s unofficial season kick-off party, and as the kids say, it’s a banger. The 2024 lineup was met with excitement when the headliners were announced—Diplo, RL Grime, Loud Luxury and Lil Wayne—although sadly, Lil Wayne was forced to cancel due to weather.

Buy a lift ticket to Palisades Tahoe or just come up for the festival; it’s up to you. Tickets are sold with both single-day and weekend pass options available. The shows are hosted in a large parking lot just a short walk from the resort’s Village in Olympic Valley.

2. Rendezvous Festival: Jackson Hole, Wyoming

When: April 4–5, 2025

Like many ski resorts across North America, Jackson Hole Mountain Resort (JHMR) sets a firm closing date prior to the start of the season. This year, the resort will close on April 13, 2025, but not before throwing its largest party of the season.

Rendezvous Music Festival is hosted during the penultimate weekend of JHMR’s season as a last hoorah of sorts. Last year’s festival featured popular bands such as The Head And The Heart, Mt. Joy and Luke Grimes. Concerts are held both at JHMR’s base area and in the historic downtown Jackson Town Square.

The lineup for 2025 includes headliners The Avett Brothers and Charles Wesley Godwin, as well as the bands Carter Faith and St. Paul & The Broken Bones.

3. Winter X Games Aspen: Aspen Buttermilk, Colorado

When: January 23–25, 2025

Unfortunately for concert lovers, live music events were not a part of Winter X Games Aspen 2025, but the weekend still featured “special music appearances each night” in the form of DJ shows. The rest of the weekend was chock-full of the world’s best skiers and snowboarders competing at the highest level.

The competition schedule was changed in 2025 to allow for more night events—a change that was made to allow guests to actually go skiing during the day. Ski until your legs fall off, and then head over to Buttermilk to watch the best live freestyle skiing and snowboarding experience money can buy. Not a bad way to spend a few days!

4. Killington Cup: Killington, Vermont

When: November 29–December 1, 2024

You might notice a recurring theme in the events featured in this list—they’re all parties. Such is the case with the Women’s Audi FIS World Cup races held at Killington each Thanksgiving Weekend.

The Killington Cup welcomes the world’s fastest female slalom and giant slalom skiers to test their mettle on the iconic Superstar run. The crowd is known to get loud as skiers flock from across the East Coast to celebrate the start of the season.

Mikaela Shiffrin, who entered the season with an all-time record 97 wins, returned this year to defend her slalom crown (she’s won the race six times). Sadly, she crashed during the giant slalom run and had to pull out from the rest of the competition.

Outside of asking the world’s best skiers to fly down mostly manmade snow in Vermont at the end of November, Killington hosts musical acts as part of The Killington Cup festivities. This year’s event featured Fitz & The Tantrums, Matt Quinn of Mt. Joy, Eve 6 and DJ Ross One.

Note: Due to the construction of a new chairlift, the 2025 Killington Cup has been canceled.

5. Stifel Birds of Prey Audi FIS Ski World Cup: Beaver Creek, Colorado

When: December 6–15, 2024

Known as one of the favorite destinations amongst athletes and coaches on the FIS World Cup, Beaver Creek hosts the world’s best speed skiers in early December. The Birds of Prey course has been a staple on the men’s circuit for over two decades, and the world’s fastest women joined in 2024.

The full schedule of races, posted on their website, included an absurd amount of live music, movie premieres and other events throughout the 10-day span. Highlights included multiple Warren Miller movie premieres, a showing of TGR’s Beyond the Fantasy, a handful of free concerts and paid acts like Tiësto and Elephant Revival.

6. WinterWonderGrass Festival: Steamboat Ski Resort, Colorado

When: February 28–March 2, 2025

WinterWonderGrass returned to Steamboat for its twelfth year in 2025. The bluegrass, roots and craft brew festival is a weekend-long celebration with an impressive lineup. This year’s festival had over 20 Colorado craft breweries and 25 bands across the three-day event. This event was headlined by Trampled by Turtles, Kitchen Dwellers and Yonder Mountain String Band.

Yet again, this year’s festival was completely sold out, so be sure to snap up tickets early if you’re planning to check out the event next year.

7. Mountainfest: Montage Mountain, Pennsylvania

When: February 28–March 1, 2025

How does a ski resort near Scranton, Pennsylvania, end up on a list with bona fide mega-resorts like Palisades Tahoe, Steamboat and Beaver Creek? Well, in keeping with the theme, Montage knows how to throw a party! Mountainfest is Montage Mountain’s annual music and ski festival typically held in March.

This year, Montage welcomed headliners Better Than Ezra and Tonic. The weekend also featured The World’s Largest 80s Party featuring M80’s.

Also on the lineup was the beloved Cardboard Classic, an event where teams create a cardboard craft, hop inside and “ski” their craft down the slope. This year, a team that designed an intricate pirate ship won first place (and $1,000), while a team that created a massive E.T. took home second place (and $500).