Set for 6:30 p.m. on June 30 at the Arvada Elks Lodge, 5700 Yukon St., Miller will take the stage with her backing band, The Collective, and a host of local music luminaries including Josh Blackburn, Chris Daniels, Jack Hadley and Alice and Dave of Soda Blue.
The proceeds from the event will benefit Inner City Health, an organization Miller says is close to her heart.
“These people have saved my life,” Miller said of the clinic. “They provide health care for anyone who walks through the door. Doesn’t matter what you do, where you live; if you need help, they’re prepared to give it to you. They are faith-based and I’m hoping to be able to hand them some money we will take in at the show.”
Miller said the festivities will culminate in a jam session lasting nearly two hours, where the acclaimed singer will be joined by her guests on a genre-spanning collection of hit songs.
“It’s just going to be an old fashioned ‘We’re here to have a party jam’ — you know, the old fashioned jam session, everybody singing, everybody playing,” Miller said. “We’re all going to be singing backup for each other. We’re all going to be having just a good old time.”
Debbie Hansen, the owner of La Dolce Vita coffee shop in Olde Town, helped Miller organize the event and said it was a great opportunity for folks to see a local legend. Miller is a longtime Arvada resident and was inducted into the Colorado Music Hall of Fame alongside her longtime bandmates, Big Head Todd and the Monsters, in 2023.
“Hazel is an amazing lady, and she does so many amazing things for the community,” Hansen said. “She just wants to celebrate her birthday with everybody. And if you get to meet her and talk to her, you’d be instant friends.”
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Photo: Hazel Miller and Chris Daniels | From Hazel’s Facebook page