Longtime fans of live music will remember the initiation of as a venue for electronic artists. A decade ago, it still took a little convincing. Could the artists fill the 9,500-seat venue? Would the fans want to attend the non-traditional venue — with its multi-level dance platforms?
Now it’s a given that Red Rocks will host upwards of six or seven — if not more — electronic shows each season. And Colorado’s own DJ/producer will headline at least two of those this summer.
Pretty Lights will headline Red Rocks on Aug. 17-18, promoter Live Nation announced this afternoon. Tickets, $55.35, will go on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday at Ticketmaster.
Pretty Lights joins Bassnectar (June 1-2), the Global Dub Festival featuring Flux Pavilion (May 18), Ghostland Observatory (June 15), the Global Dance Festival (July 20-22) and Kaskade (Aug. 1) at Red Rocks this summer — making for the amphitheater’s busiest electronic summer in its history.
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Ricardo Baca is the founder and executive editor of , the co-founder of The UMS and an award-winning critic and journalist at The Denver Post.
