Thank you to everyone who came out to support Creature Concert 2023!

We had a blast!

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March 25th

The Lyric
Fort Collins, CO

Come jam out to save animals!

This spring, NCHS will be hosting a concert benefitting reptile & amphibian rescue efforts in Northern Colorado. Join us for an exhilarating night of…

Proceeds from this event will go toward rescue/rehoming displaced exotic pets, providing donation-based herptile education to Northern Colorado schools, and expanding/improving our facility to better serve you - our incredible Northern Colorado community!

Creature Concert Schedule

5:00 - Animal Ambassadors

Come up close and personal with reptile and amphibian animal ambassadors! These fascinating creatures will be around for most of the evening, so please feel free to come up and ask any and all questions you have.

There will also be a tarot reader, local artists, NCHS merch made with recycled materials, and more!

6:00 - The Catcalls

Between Bands - Reptile & Amphibian Trivia Round 1

You could win an exciting prize from a local business! Follow us on social media for sneak peeks to the trivia questions and prizes for this event.

7:30 - Cactus Cat

Between Bands - Reptile & Amphibian Trivia Round 2

If you didn’t win in Round 1, you have a chance to win prizes in Round 2!

9:00 - Headliner: HYGEIA

Meet the Bands

"The Catcalls’ self-titled EP not only accurately translates their raucous live performances to record, but also puts them at the forefront of cool, bluesy Colorado rock with an attitude that the scene so desperately needs."

- Bandwagon Magazine

If anyone in Colorado knows how to put on a show, it's The Catcalls with their electrifying presence and how the band "stylishly blends blues with the dustier side of Rock and a gritty, subversive attitude" (Denver Westword).

They light up the stage with all fire and no apologies. Since releasing their debut EP, their music has garnered attention from Relix Magazine, Denver Westword, Bandwagon Magazine, and more as well as heard on the airwaves of The Colorado Sound, KRFC, KGNU, and more. The Catcalls put on a dynamic show that all generations can appreciate honoring the past, present, and future of blues.

Cactus Cat is a mellow, weaving, surf-tinged, psychedelic ride. Featuring lush vocals, dual saxophones, jamming guitar, a tight rhythm section, and a pedal-heavy ukulele, expect danceable grooves, instrumental adventures, and thoughtful lyrics.

Occasionally departing from self-contained bops to expansive effects-laden jams before snapping sharply back into focus, Cactus Cat always lands on its feet.

Oh, and watch out for the spikes.

"The cactus cat has thorny hair, the thorns being especially long and rigid on its ears. Its tail is branched, and upon the forearms above its front feet are sharp, knifelike blades of bone. With these blades it slashes the base of giant cactus trees, causing the sap to exude. This is done systematically, many trees being slashed in the course of several nights as the cat makes a big circuit. By the time it is back to the place of beginning the sap of the first cactus has fermented into a kind of mescal, sweet and very intoxicating. This is greedily lapped up by the thirsty beast, which soon becomes fiddling drunk, and goes waltzing off in the moonlight, rasping its bony forearms across each other and screaming with delight."

-Fearsome Creatures of the Lumberwoods, With a Few Desert and Mountain Beasts, 1910

HYGEIA is a four piece progressive hard-rock band based in Fort Collins, Colorado. Their sound is created by lead vocalist Hannah Rust, guitarist Bran Schneider, bassist Lou Flores, and drummer Thomas Culp, each with unique backgrounds in performance. HYGEIA focuses on genre-bending sounds from energetic rock/metal to ballad-like acoustics. 

More About This Event

Tarot Readings

Come get a FREE tarot reading at the Creature Concert!

Melissa the Self Care Witch will guide your journey through the cards on March 25th. Their approach to self care through metaphysical practice provides a unique perspective when reading:

“Rather than looking to the Tarot to read the future, I take a Soul Tarot approach, where we focus on the Now. What medicine are we needing Now? What are we needing to anchor into Now? What are we missing Now?”

Check out @theselfcarewitch on Instagram!

Tag Us to Win!

Curiosities, Island Grill, The Self Care Witch, and Odell have all donated prizes for you to win at the concert! If trivia isn’t for you, you can still win a prize by tagging us on instagram.

Here’s how to enter:

  1. Follow us on IG.

  2. 💃🕺 Go to the Creature Concert!

  3. 📸 Snap a photo while you’re there (the more creative, the better).

  4. 🐊 Upload your photo to IG, with a caption about a cool Reptile or amphibian fact you learned while at this event.

  5. Tag us @nocohs on IG, and use #CreatureConcert2023

    Winners will be selected throughout the night to win prizes courtesy of Odell.

Good luck!

Reptile Trivia

Think you know a lot about reptiles and amphibians?

Prove it. We double-dog dare you.

Between bands, we will host a 20 minute trivia game where 3 winners will receive ✨prizes✨ donated by local businesses! If you don’t win in Round 1, you’ll have a second chance right before our headliner goes on.

6 winners total will win prizes! Look for the QR code at the concert to join in on your phone. Only the first 200 people will be able to participate, so get those trivia reflexes warmed up - the faster you answer, the more points you can win.

Follow us on social media to get sneak peeks to the questions ahead of time!