The Boulder Blind Cafe Experience: Music & Dinner In The Dark

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The Blind Cafe Music & Dinner In The Dark Experience held in 100% darkness! @ The Dariy Arts Center in Boulder, CO.

We're excited to bring this again to Boulder!

Welcome to The Boulder Blind Café Music & Dinner In The Dark Experience, an award-winning positive social impact discussion, dinner and music experience all held in 100% darkness - no blindfolds!

You'll be challenged to socially engage as you literally break bread at large tables, participate in a social impact discussion and experience an intimate music concert in 100% darkness.

Featuring Music in the Dark by Richie Flores + Rosh & the Blind Cafe Orchestra

Social Impact Discussion In The Dark by Lead Blind Ambassadors James Jackson and Richie Flores

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The Boulder Blind Cafe Experience - Music & Dinner In The Dark Experience

Music in the dark: Rosh & the Blind Cafe Orchestra + Richie Flores Project

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When: September 19, 20 & 21, 2025
Where: Dairy Arts Center, 2590 Walnut Street, Boulder, CO 80302

Times:

7:00pm - Friday September 19, 2025
7:00pm - Saturday September 20, 2025
5:00pm - Sunday September 21, 2025

Time: Doors Open 6:45pm

7:00pm - Pre Gathering & Enter Darkness

7:30pm - Dinner In The Dark

8:00pm - Social Impact Discussion

8:30pm - Music In The Dark concert

9:45pm - Debrief / Authentic Relating

10:15pm - End Of Event

About the Event: Join us for an unforgettable experience of music, dinner, and discussion in 100% darkness! The Boulder Blind Cafe Experience is an internationally touring positive social change event that challenges you to engage socially without relying on sight.

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What's Included:

A dark chocolate tasting social during the reception period

A special mystery tapas menu designed to open up your senses and promoting a social and informal atmosphere sharing dinner with others in your community shared tables.

*The main goal of a tapas menu is to encourage social interaction and allow diners to sample a variety of flavors in a relaxed setting.

(gluten-free and vegan friendly, except for bread)

A positive social impact discussion between the audience, the musicians and our legally blind ambassadors.

An intimate live music listening concert experience with Blind Cafe Performing Songwriters, Rosh & the Blind Cafe Orchestra + The Richie Flores Project

& Special Guests

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The Experience

• Break bread in community over tapa style dinner in the dark
• Engage in a social impact discussion with legally blind ambassadors
• Lose yourself to an intimate music experience in 100% darkness

The Community Breaking Of Bread In The Dark

A tapas menu is a menu featuring a wide variety of small plates or appetizers meant to be shared and enjoyed with others in community.

It's a diverse collection of dishes ranging from cold appetizers like mixed olives and cheese to hot dishes like croquettes or spicy potatoes.

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Get Involved & Connect With Us Before You Attend

Get to know the to Music will hear in the dark:

The Blind Cafe Experience is an internationally touring positive social change dinner, discussion & intimate music pop-up experience featuring the original music of Rosh & the Blind Cafe Orchestra and The Richie Flores Project held in 100% darkness, no blindfolds! The audience literally breaks bread over dinner, engages in a meaningful social impact discussion with legally Blind Ambassadors, and experiences an unparalleled live concert…all held in 100% pure, certified organic darkness!

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Music in the dark.....

“I actually cried during your song ‘Transcend’ which is not something I would have let myself do, if I knew that people could see me. But knowing that I was invisible, it was much easier to let my emotions flow and that felt SO healthy! It was also nice to end on a higher emotional note with everyone singing and standing together. Our table was all holding hands and swaying too! I walked out of there with such a happy full heart!”

— Katie Maginnis, Seattle

"The amazing concept of dinner and music in COMPLETE DARKNESS is an incredible experience that I've witnessed personally. It's an incredibly enlightening experience, and the Blind Café itself is professional, organized, phenomenally structured from a business standpoint, and it has a wonderful philanthropic basis as well."

~ Brian Johnson, The Marquee Music Magazine

ALL in 100% organic darkness!

The Blind Cafe’s mission is to use the concept of engaging socially in 100% darkness to inspire and initiate ‘positive social change’ in the lives of everyone who participates in our programs. We seek to entertain and educate persons on how to relate to themselves and others with a greater sense of compassion and offer an experience that inspires them to think, feel and behave beyond their visual conditioning, social etiquette and their cell phones.

The Blind Cafe Experience began in 2010 when American songwriter Rosh, inspired by a "cafe in the dark" experience in Reykjavik, Iceland, launched The Blind Cafe Experience pop-up events, featuring a community family style dinner, a social impact discussion with legally blind ambassadors and a live concert of original music performed in 100% darkness accompanied by an evolving orchestral group ‘Rosh & The Blind Cafe Orchestra’

In 2011, Rosh partnered with Lead Blind Ambassadors James Jackson and performing song-writer Richie Flores to bring something positive to the world that makes real connections happen. Something to help pull people out of their usual ruts and into something real.

The Blind Cafe Experience is an award winning positive social change dinner, discussion & intimate music experience held in 100% darkness, no blindfolds! You will will break bread in community over a dinner, engage in a social impact Q&A with legally Blind Ambassadors, and lose yourself to an intimate music experience… all held in 100% pure, certified organic darkness!

What's on the menu? Community...a dinner in the dark experience, dark chocolate, good friends, inspiring stories, live music and meaningful conversation all in the dark. We hire a local professional Chef or partner with a local caterer to prepare a fixed mystery dinner in the dark menu (gluten free / vegan friendly)

In our award winning community awareness discussion, you will participate in a group discussion Q & A, between the audience ( you ) and our amazing warm heart felt legally blind keynote speakers & ambassadors. They will share their personal stories with you and you will have the chance to learn, ask questions, and discuss blindness in the dark with the entire room all paying attention.

— — Hayley Besecker | 7 x 7 Magazine SF

Ever wonder what it like to experience a live music performance in complete pitch darkness? Blind Cafe Performing Artists, Rosh & the Blind Cafe Orchestra and Richie Flores Project bring you one of the most emotionally powerful music listening experiences possible. These unique and intimate performances bridge the gap between the artist and their audience as they're empowered to participate in an active music listening experience, in the complete and total pitch dark! Learn what it was like to experience live music without the distraction of your visual conditioning, social etiquette and cells phones.

The Blind Cafe uses the concept of engaging people socially in 100% darkness, via the arts & entertainment, to create innovative and imaginative social impact (pop-up) experiences held entirely in the pitch dark, no blindfolds!

Host or Publisher The Blind Cafe LLC | Blind Cafe Orchestra Music In The DaRK