Paris Jackson, Bob Moses, and More Moments From Snow Lodge’s Presidents’ Day Weekend 

For a certain group of people, summer holidays are spent out East in Long Island, and come winter, they pack up their skis and wide-brimmed felt hats and head to Aspen. It’s a good thing then that Montauk music-venue mainstay Surf Lodge opened up shop in the Colorado ski village a few years ago, providing their regulars with scenic concerts with new vista—instead of Surf Lodge’s Fort Pond, there’s Aspen Mountain from Snow Lodge’s current home, the St. Regis Aspen Resort. And because what Memorial Day weekend is to Montauk, Presidents’ Day Weekend is to Aspen, all the regulars were in town, and there was a notable series of musical events to attend.

Fashion-wise, the programming came together with the help of Rebecca Minkoff, who took over a yurt in the courtyard of the St. Regis and transformed it into a pop-up shop filled with her faux-shearling jackets and nubby wool sweaters. Minkoff was present and presided over a dinner at Snow Lodge on Friday night which featured a musical performance by Paris Jackson, just as she debuted her latest EP, The Lost.

“This song is about my ex,” she told the crowd at Snow Lodge, “he broke up with me on Valentine’s Day two years ago.” Without hearing more, the audience was instantly on her side. She played an hour-long acoustic set peppered with three of her new songs that reflect on the demise of this relationship. “My entire debut album that came out like two years ago was about that same thing,” she later told Vogue. “This new EP is kind of an extension of the story that was already told. Shining a little bit more light on what I feel happened, my side of that story, and how it manifested in my brain.” Her set was sincere, delicate, and at times, she was charmingly self-deprecating. “I wish I could play more songs, but I really don’t know any others,” she said to the crowd closing off with, “I hope you go listen to my EP, which came out like 45 minutes ago.” Jackson later revealed the EP drop was a complete surprise and the timing of her set was completely serendipitous.

After Jackson’s set, Snow Lodge patrons retreated to the Red Room, a velvet curtain-lined space where guests enjoy caviar and potato chips along with a dance party and a bit of art—on view were artist Anthony James’ mesmerizing light installations.  There, a DJ set from Mei Kwok tied everyone over until Saturday’s sets from Bob Moses and Timo Weiland. For Bob Moses, guests gathered in the hotel’s open-air courtyard for an après-ski party with the DJ duo performing their melodic hits. Knowing how to build the anticipation, they seemed to save the best, Tearing Me Up, for last. Though it’s been a minute since Bob Moses released any new music, the two are gearing up for an album drop this year. And it’s only a matter of time before they’re on the sun-drenched decks of Surf Lodge, performing to many of the same guests.