It is one of the few amphitheaters anywhere in which the world’s top performers are in danger of being upstaged by the backstage.
This natural hall formed by two 300-foot monoliths makes Red Rocks Park and Amphitheatre, just 15 miles west of Denver, such an impressive concert venue that everyone from 1940s opera star Helen Jepson to Willie Nelson and Widespread Panic has gushed about its beauty and acoustics. It makes the Hollywood Bowl green with envy. Yet Red Rocks has more on its playlist than music.
As a Denver Mountain Park, Red Rocks is open and free to the public every day for all kinds of outings. Park hours are 5 a.m. to 11 p.m. daily — Visitor Center hours are 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. May through September — except on concert dates, when the park generally closes after lunch. The concert schedule is available by visiting . Or check on park closures by calling the Visitor Center, 303-697-4939, or the amphitheater’s office, 303-865-2494. The park also hosts graduations, wedding and other private events.
Go play where the deer and the dinosaurs and rock stars have played.
