Project Pabst will bring Nathaniel Rateliff, Courtney Barnett, Charles Bradley and many more to Denver on May 21. Image courtesy of Project Pabst.
After two years in Portland, Pabst Blue Ribbon’s Project Pabst music festival is expanding to four cities in 2016, including Atlanta, Philadelphia and Denver.
On May 21, the festival will host a block party in RiNo featuring , , Violent Femmes, Charles Bradley, Big K.R.I.T., FIDLAR and more. The festival will also takeover to-be-announced clubs around the city on the night of May 20 to showcase bands like Rocket from the Crypt, Pentagram, Red Fang and others. See the full lineups for both nights below.
The event will also include an old-school “PBRcade,” an interactive spray paint exhibit and a mobile recording studio so folks can cut their impromptu PBR-inspired reveries directly to 45 RPM records. (Eat your heart out, South Broadway.)
Additionally, PBR has commissioned custom 16-ounce cans from artists living in each city hosting a chapter of Project Pabst. Denver’s can was designed by , and it’s pretty damn special:
When asked why the company decided to expand to Denver, PBR’s Matt Slesser said: “Denver has long been a huge supporter of PBR. We wanted to find a way to say thank you and couldn’t think of a better way than gathering a bunch of bands we love, getting some cold PBR’s and a 30 foot unicorn, and having a party.”
Tickets to Denver’s Project Pabst are $40 at early-bird pricing and $55 for general admission. They’re on sale right now via .
Lineup: Denver’s 2016 Project Pabst music festival
May 21 (Block Party)
Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats
Courtney Barnett
Violent Femmes
Charles Bradley
Big K.R.I.T.
Fidlar
Baroness
Metz
The Coathangers
K Flay
Small Black
May 20 (Club Shows)
Rocket from the Crypt
Pentagram
Red Fang
Dead Meadow
The Giraffes
