Levitt Pavilion Denver on Tuesday revealed its first lineup of free concerts for 2026, including local hip hop, Grateful Dead and Fleetwood Mac tributes, and opera from Central City.
The nonprofit amphitheater in Ruby Hill Park, which opened in 2017, will this season present about 40 free, all-ages concerts and community events, according to executive director Meghan McNamara. The 2026 free-concert season is currently scheduled to kick off Saturday, May 23, with Rock de Mayo featuring Denver act iZCALLi (see the full list below).
People can RSVP in advance for the shows at , or walk in off the street, at least while there’s still lawn capacity at the 6,500-person venue (there usually is).
Levitt also presents a handful of paid shows each season to bolster its bottom line, including the previously announced Hip Hop on the Hill with Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Dizzy Wright, Lil Eazy-E, and Seuss Mace on (Friday, May 22) and, for the first time, The Great American Beer Festival, Oct. 10–11, which is going outdoors for the first time.
Check out the current list of free shows below.
Levitt Pavilion Denver 2026 free concerts
May 23 — Rock de Mayo ft. iZCALLi
May 29 — Between Friends, Fly by Midnight
May 30 — Brazilian Day
June 5 — The Sapphic Social Club presents Pride Kickoff with Tiana Major9
June 6 — Steph Strings
June 7 — Central City Opera Presents Drag Me to the Opera
June 12 — Fleetmac Wood
June 13 — Sunsquabi
June 20 — Lettuce
June 26 — The Bright Light Social Hour
June 27 — J. Roddy Walston & The Business
July 3– High Fade
July 4 — Flobots with Espiaille and DCI Tour
July 11 — Andy Frasco & The U.N., The Cultet
July 12 — Soul Rebel Reggae Fest with Black Uhuru
July 17 — LCAC & MSU Presents Las Cafeteras
JuLy 18 — Girls Rock Denver Showcase (headliner TBA)
July 31 — Dessa, Kayla Marque
Aug. 1 — Shakedown Street Presents Jerry Day
Aug. 2 — Boulder Philharmonic
Aug. 7 — Fiesta Colorado with Mariachi Sol De Mi Tierra, Chicano Heat
Aug. 8 — Afrik Impact Cultural Day Celebration ft. Élage Diouf
Aug. 9 — AMRC ft. Snotty Nose Rez Kids with Cary Morin and Sierra Spirit
Aug. 13 — Shwayze with Claire Wright
Aug. 14 — Rebirth Brass Band, Deltaphonic
Aug. 16 — Silverada with Blake Brown & The American Dust Choir
Aug. 22 –Inspector with Roka Hueka
Aug. 23 — Rainbow Girls
Aug. 29 — The Rock and Roll Playhouse Plays Music of Phish + More for Kids
Aug. 30 — Kyle Hollingsworth Band (of The String Cheese Incident)
Sept. 4 — Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears
Sept. 5 — Mo Lowda & the Humble
Sept. 11 — Chali 2na and Cut Chemist
Sept. 12 — Cool Vibes Reggae Fest with The Wailers
Sept. 13 — Gamelan Tunas Mekar presents Pasar Southeast Asia
Sept. 18 — La Santa Cecilia
Sept. 20 — Japan Fest with JA-NE Cultural Mixtape
Oct. 1 — Rez Metal with Soulfly
This article was updated with new concerts on Tuesday, April 7.
