Much like a broken string, an improvised drum fill or the impulsive stage dive, weather brings an unexpected ingredient to live music. Rain, wind, mud, snow, relentless heat or cold, even clear skies can define the art. Performers and crowds adapt to unexpected forces, and it becomes a unique shared experience. The sun setting during an acoustic ballad, the rain drenching a sweaty dance party, these aren’t staged theatrics — they’re real.
Summer is a return to this natural element of music. And in Colorado, fans emerge from the dim rock clubs and artificially lit arenas to see musicians in plains, under skylines, in forests, below mountain ranges and between great monoliths. To help you navigate the next few months of live music, we give you our heavily curated guide to concerts across Colorado this season.
Pop concerts
May 19, Lana Del Rey, Red Rocks
May 21, Haim, Ogden Theatre
May 24, Kishi Bashi, Gothic Theatre
May 28, Cher, Pepsi Center
May 28-29, OneRepublic, Red Rocks
June 8, The Fray, Red Rocks
June 11, Lionel Richie, Red Rocks
June 14, O.A.R., Red Rocks
June 18, Maxwell, 1stBank Center
June 23, DEVO, Summit Music Hall
July 2, Sarah McLachlan, Red Rocks
July 19, Wye Oak, Bluebird Theater
July 19, Panic! at the Disco, Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre
Aug. 2, Sara Bareilles, Denver Botanic Gardens
Aug. 6, Lady Gaga, Pepsi Center
Aug. 6, Foster The People, Red Rocks
Aug. 7, Ray LaMontagne, Red Rocks
Aug. 12, Fall Out Boy and Paramore, Red Rocks
Aug. 12, Rod Stewart, Santana, Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre
Aug. 17, Bruno Mars, Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre
Sept. 20, Elton John, Pepsi Center
Rock Concerts
May 17, Cage the Elephant, Ogden Theatre
May 17, Morrissey, Ellie Caulkins Opera House
June 4, Guided By Voices, Gothic Theatre
June 7, Eagulls, Larimer Lounge
June 7, Big Head Todd and the Monsters, Red Rocks
June 17-18, James Taylor, Red Rocks
June 25, Kiss and Def Leppard, Pepsi Center
July 14, Mac DeMarco, Bluebird Theater
July 14, Cloud Nothings, Larimer Lounge
July 21, Nine Inch Nails and Soundgarden, Red Rocks
July 25, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Red Rocks
Aug. 2, Motley Crue, Pepsi Center
Aug. 4, Chicago, Red Rocks
Aug. 11, B.B. King, Denver Botanic Gardens
Aug. 15, Beck, Red Rocks
Sept. 4, Arctic Monkeys, Red Rocks
Sept. 6, St. Vincent, Denver Botanic Gardens
Sept. 20, Grace Potter & the Nocturnals, Red Rocks
Country Concerts
May 18, Brantley Gilbert, Red Rocks
June 12, Steve Earle & the Dukes, Chatauqua
July 16, Rascal Flatts, Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre
July 23, Dierks Bentley Red Rocks
July 28, Lyle Lovett, Red Rocks
Aug. 13, Sheryl Crow, Denver Botanic Gardens
Aug. 17-19, Jason Aldean, Red Rocks
Aug. 29, Keith Urban, Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre
Folk/Jam/String Concerts
May 13, Nickel Creek, 1stBank Center
May 30, Lindsey Stirling, 1stBank Center
June 1, John Prine & Emmylou Harris, Red Rocks
June 6, John Butler Trio, Red Rocks
June 27-29, Widespread Panic, Red Rocks
July 5, Umphrey’s McGee, Red Rocks
July 11-13, The Avett Brothers, Red Rocks
July 16, Old Crow Medicine Show, Red Rocks
July 27, Indigo Girls with Colorado Symphony, Red Rocks
Aug. 2, Railroad Earth, Red Rocks
Aug. 14, The Head and the Heart, Red Rocks
Aug. 16, Trampled by Turtles, Red Rocks
Aug. 17, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Red Rocks
Aug. 29-31, Phish, Dicks Sporting Goods Park
Electronic Concerts
May 16, Global Dub Festival, Red Rocks
May 17, Gramatik, Red Rocks
May 28, MS MR, Ogden Theatre
May 30-31, Bassnectar, Red Rocks
June 4, Chet Faker, Bluebird theater
June 13, Thievery Corporation, Red Rocks
June 20-21, Skrillex, Red Rocks
July 3, Zeds Dead, Red Rocks
Aug. 5, Chromeo, Red Rocks
Aug. 8-9, Pretty Lights, Red Rocks
Sept. 5-6, STS9, Red Rocks
Sept. 12, Flux Pavilion, Red Rocks
Hip-hop Concerts
May 23, Pharoahe Monch, Cervantes’ Masterpiece Ballroom
June 6, Kendrick Lamar, Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre
June 14, Logic, The Summit Music Hall
June 19, Nas, Red Rocks
June 23, Future, Ogden Theatre
July 21, Jurassic 5, Ogden Theatre
Aug. 19, Wiz Khalifa, Red Rocks
Aug. 29, Atmosphere, Red Rocks
Local Concerts
May 9, You Me & Apollo, Bluebird Theater
May 9, Zebroids, Hi-Dive
May 9, Dirty//Clean Showcase, Larimer Lounge
May 17, Sunboy, Larimer Lounge
May 24, Men in Burka, Wheelchair Sports Camp, The Walnut Room
May 25, A. Tom Collins, Bluebird Theater
May 31, The Epilogues, Moon Room
June 13, Calders Revolvers, Colfax Speed Queen, Hi-Dive
June 14, Nathaniel Rateliff, Snowmass Mammoth Festival
June 27, SHEL, Larimer Lounge
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