Popular electronic dance-music artist and producer GRiZ will perform two free concerts in Denver on Sunday, Sept. 27, after too many fans were shut out of his Red Rocks Amphitheatre shows earlier this month, he said.
“I know how crazy it was getting red rocks tix, we had so so many ppl left out of the show that I had to do something for yall,” the Michigan artist, also known as Grant Kwiecinski, . “SO! Sunday, September 27 we are throwing our BIGGEST ever FREE SHOWS FOR THE PEOPLE at JUNKYARD!!!!”
GRiZ will perform at 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. at the Junkyard venue, an outdoor concert grounds just west of downtown, owned and operated by promoter Live Nation. However, GRiZ’s instantly sold-out Red Rocks shows, which took place Sept. 2-3, were promoted by AEG Presents (owned by Colorado billionaire Philip Anschutz), which promotes most of the concerts at Red Rocks.
“We have worked incredibly hard to put this together, the show is 100% free and we are also selling merch there where 100% of the profits go to local Denver charities!!!” GRiZ wrote. “Next year we will come back to denver with a more accommodating venue to make sure we all have a place to hang!!! CANNOT WAIT YALL!!!!”
It’s exceedingly rare for the world-renowned Red Rocks to be called anything other than a top venue or a privilege to play at, based on most artists’ comments. But saying that GRiZ’s fans need “a more accommodating” venue likely refers specifically to its 9,500-person capacity, which was still apparently not enough to satisfy demand, even with two back-to-back concerts.
GRiZ’s publicity team did not respond to a request for comment, nor did a Live Nation representative.
Ticket reservations for the Junkyard shows begin at 10 a.m. Friday, Sept. 18, “while supplies last.” Fans can sign up to receive a unique code to reserve passes for one of the Sept. 27 sets by visiting .
Tickets will be non-transferable, bucking the industry trend of post-purchase trading and lessening the chance that they’ll be sold for profit on secondary markets. The venue’s capacity is a little over a single Red Rocks show, or about 10,000 to 12,000, depending on the layout.
The shows at , 2323 W. Mulberry Pl. in Denver, will be the biggest free ones ever thrown by the 36-year-old artist, who regularly sells out every Denver show he books.
One dollar from every ticket sold for his Red Rocks shows was donated to the GRiZ Charity Network, supporting music education initiatives, harm reduction programs, and community-focused charitable efforts, promoters said.
“Doing good for the neighborhood,” GRiZ said in his post.
