PrideFest, Gramatik and the Best Concerts in Denver This Weekend

While Telluride Bluegrass Festival, Country Jam and Sonic Bloom continue through the weekend, Denver PrideFest is at Civic Center Park on Saturday and Sunday with music headliner CeCe Penniston. Also on tap this weekend are Gramatik is Red Rocks tonight , Gordon Lightfoot is at the Paramount Theatre tonight, Esme Patterson...

By Westword Staff

June 17, 2016

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While Telluride Bluegrass Festival, Country Jam and Sonic Bloom continue through the weekend, Denver PrideFest is at Civic Center Park on Saturday and Sunday with music headliner CeCe Penniston. Also on tap this weekend are Gramatik at Red Rocks tonight, Gordon Lightfoot at the Paramount Theatre tonight, Esme Patterson at the Larimer Lounge on Saturday, and Bob Dylan and Mavis Staples at Red Rocks on Sunday. See the full list of our picks below.

FRIDAY, JUNE 17

Gramatik
$39.75-$75, 7 p.m. Red Rocks Amphitheatre

Country Jam (also June 18-19)
4-day pass $165 and up, 3 p.m. Country Jam Ranch

Telluride Bluegrass Festival (also June 18-19)
$80-$230, 11 a.m. Telluride Town Park

Club Cosplay
$20-$25, 8 p.m. City Hall

Stoney Larue
$12, 8:30 p.m. Grizzly Rose

Gordon Lightfoot
$35.50-$65.50, 8 p.m. Paramount Theatre

Blue October
$30/$35, 8:30 p.m. Ogden Theatre

Leo Kottke and Keller Williams
$35-$58, 7 p.m. Chautauqua Auditorium

Sonic Bloom (also June 18-19)
4-day pass $222-$444, 4 p.m. Hummingbird Ranch

Hi-Dive Hullabaloo (also June 18)
$10, 9:30 p.m., hi-dive

SATURDAY, JUNE 18

Denver PrideFest (also June 19)
free, 11 a.m. Civic Center Park

ODESZA
$42.50, 7:30 p.m. Red Rocks Amphitheatre

Toro y Moi DJ Set
$10-$15, 9 p.m. Club Vinyl

Girl Pride
$25.50-$30.50, 7p.m. Ogden Theatre

Tiger Army
$25-$28, 7 p.m. Summit Music Hall

Lil Jon DJ Set
9 p.m. Marquis Theater

Cricket on the Hill Reunion
free, 5:30 p.m., Herman's Hideaway

Esme Patterson
$13/$15, 9 p.m. Larimer Lounge

Jane Monheit (also June 19)
$35, 7 p.m. & 7 p.m., Dazzle

SUNDAY, JUNE 19

Bob Dylan & His Band
$49.50-$134.50, 7:30 p.m. Red Rocks Amphitheatre

Gladys Knight
$39/$49, 7:30 p.m. Hudson Gardens

George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic (also June 20)
$23-$120, 8 p.m. Ophelia's Electric Soapbox

The White Buffalo
$20-$22, 8 p.m. Summit Music Hall

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