Fresh-air concerts are a given in Colorado, since our outdoor venues are often worthy of the surrounding geography. Why waste the opportunity to gaze at jagged peaks and mushrooming clouds under crisp, sunny skies while enjoying live music?
That’s the idea behind not only the world-famous Red Rocks Amphitheatre, but also Chautauqua Auditorium, Mishawaka Amphitheatre and various stages at Denver Botanic Gardens, Hudson Gardens, Ruby Hill Park and City Park.
We’ve rounded up the calendars for some of the biggest and best outdoor shows below, and you can read up on previously published schedules from , and more at . Visit the individual websites for times, prices and on-sale dates.
Chautauqua Auditorium
900 Baseline Road in Boulder;
June 8: Little Feat – 50th Anniversary
June 24: Tommy Emmanuel and David Grisman
June 29: Chris Botti
July 6: Jake Shimabukuro and Trace Bundy
July 8: Melissa Etheridge
July 13: Robert Cray
July 15: Michael McDonald
Aug. 9: Indigo Girls
Aug. 12: Taj Mahal Quartet and Marc Cohn with Blind Boys of Alabama
Aug. 17: Bruce Hornsby and The Noisemakers
Aug. 22: The California Honeydrops
Aug. 25: Brian Setzer’s Rockabilly Riot
Aug. 26: José González
Aug. 28: Steel Pulse
Aug. 30: The Milk Carton Kids
Sept. 16: Boz Scaggs
Denver Botanic Gardens
1007 York St. in Denver;
June 12: Boz Scaggs
July 1-2: Ziggy Marley
July 8: The Mavericks and Los Lobos
July 18: Michael McDonald
July 24: Gipsy Kings
Aug. 5: Double Vision Revisited feat. Bob James, David Sanborn and Marcus Miller with guests Billy Kilson and Larry Braggs
Aug. 6: JJ Grey & Mofro and Jonny Lang
Aug. 8: Indigo Girls
Aug. 12: Judy Collins w/ Joan Osborne (singing the songs of Bob Dylan)
Aug. 13: John Hiatt
Aug. 18: Bruce Hornsby and The Noisemakers
Aug. 19: Calexico and Iron & Wine
Aug. 25: José González
Jazz in the Park
Free admission; City Park Pavilion, enter at East 21st Avenue and York Street;
June 2: Emma Hayes & The Hip
June 9: Joe Smith & The Spicy Pickles
June 16: Hazel Miller
June 23: Dotsero
June 30: Buckner FunkenJazz
July 7: Invisible Bird
July 14: Conjunto Colores
July 21: Brass Band Extravaganza
July 28: Freddy Rodriguez & The Jazz Connection
Aug. 4: The Heavy Heavies feat. Venus Cruz
