Cheyenne Frontier Days is a good time for fans of barbecue, country music, beer, rodeo and cowboy boots.
The Daddy of ‘Em All is annually the biggest party in Wyoming, and it always seems as if the union’s least populated state has all of its 510,000 residents converge in the capital city for the righteous week-long party.
The 111th annual Cheyenne Frontier Days will take over the city July 20-29, and the hyper-organized collective is already getting tickets on sale next week. On the live music front, LeAnn Rimes and Neal McCoy will play July 25, and Los Lonely Boys and Ronnie Milsap will play July 26. Tickets for both range from $18 to $37.
The always-popular rodeo will take over the arena July 21-29, and those tickets are $11 t0 $25. A trip to see the Professional Bull Riders, July 23-24, will cost you $28 to $38. Tickets go on sale at 9 a.m. Monday. (cfdrodeo.com, 800-227-6336)
Lil Scrappy, Rick Ross and Akon Crunk are still alive – one listen to the hip-hop-centric KS-107.5 is all you need to hear Crunk’s thriving vital signs. Or you could just hit the Denver Coliseum on Dec. 19 when this bill of radio favorites will present a showcase of
modern FM-friendly hip-hop. Tickets will go on sale at 10 a.m. Monday. ($36.25-$46.25, ticketmaster.com)
moe. Leave it to a jam band to have one of the coolest tours of the winter. When moe. comes to Colorado in late January, the band will play three shows in three venues, going from the smallest to the largest. The odyssey starts in Boulder at the Fox on Jan. 25, and it moves to the Gothic Theatre on the 26th and the Fillmore Auditorium on the 27th. Colorado is the only place they’re playing such a unique “evolution-styled” progression of venues. The occasion: “The Conch,” moe.’s seventh studio record, comes out Jan. 23. Best for last: All tickets to all shows at the same price, a cool $25. Tickets are on sale now. (ticketmaster.com,
foxtheatre.com)
New Orleans Social Club You already knew that local Yonder Mountain String Band is playing three nights at the Fillmore around New Year’s Eve, Dec. 29-31. But the openers were recently announced, and Dec. 30’s opener has people talking all the way from here to the Crescent City. The New Orleans Social Club formed six weeks after Hurricane Katrina, and its members – George Porter Jr., Leo Nocentelli of The Meters, Ivan Neville, Raymond Weber and Henry Butler – are all legends in their own rights. Keller Williams will open Dec. 29. The opener for Dec. 31 is TBA, but it will include Futureman. ($27.50-$50, ticketmaster.com)
PBR: Professional Bull Riders If you don’t have the patience to wait for the Frontier Days PBRs (see above), make your way to Pueblo on Jan. 11 for some Pro Bull Riding action at the Colorado State Fair Events Center. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. today. ($10-$38, ticketmaster.com)
