Never been to Nederland but sounds a lot like Crested Butte. Very welcoming remote mountain village in the heart of the Rockies. Don't spange. You can busk but the sheriff wants you to buy a permit and is pretty strict on this, only $15 though and at peak summer season you can make around $50/hour if you put on a nice show. Free food in the summer if you help out in the community garden that me and my traveler friends started. Check out Mountain Oven Bakery and meet my family the Bread Mafia, they will take good care of you if you treat them with love and compassion. I came into town with a pack and they gave me organic fresh out of the oven bread for putting a bit of time in with the dough. I spent many many hours in this bakery. Tell them Sweet Lu sent you. This is a highly spiritually-aware town, and how could you not be with the mountains towering over you. A bit pricey but you can make due. Town has open arms to travelers, the town itself is made up of almost all transients of some form. Free camping in the summer as close as 1/2 mile outside of town, lots of people living in the woods. Good camping up Kebler Pass and Slate River. Great music, awesome venues - check out Eldo and Talk of the Town. Everyone grows their own bud and it's easy to find and kickdowns are common and happen everywhere you go. Sit on the sidewalk with your pack and you'll be taken care of soon enough. This place is rugged, be prepared if you're sleeping outside. Don't take your dog through the ranch on the east side of town that leads to the trails up the mountain, they have the right to shoot and have been known to do so if they catch your dog chasing their cows.
Treat this place right, it's Colorado's best kept secret. Contact me if you head out that way and I'll hook you up as much as I can.