The Mile High Music Fest returns to Dick's with Tool, Widespread Panic and the Fray.
With so many music festivals to fill up your summer and drain your pocketbook, we put together a handy rundown of Denver's fests, in order of their appearance on your calendar. Which are you looking most forward to? What should concertgoers know about each? Use the comments section below -- and enjoy the summer.
Built to Spill headlines this year's Showcase.Westword Music Showcase
Dates: June 13
Venue: Numerou
Update: Just in case you haven't been keeping tabs, this year's Monolith line-up has been shaping up rather nicely. On May 18, the masterminds of Monolith began revealing the line-up for the third annual two-day indie-centric music festival every two hours on Twitter and Facebook. Some folks found this approach tedious, while others enjoyed the surprise. Either way, we're pretty impressed with the acts that have been announced -- including the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and the Mars Volta, which was just a
The Flaming Lips know all about putting on a hell of a show, and the Monolith Festival gig at Red Rocks in 2007 was one most phenomenal things to happen to that venue in the last few years. Lets hope for a repeat performance when the Lips return to Red Rocks Sunday, August 23 with Explosions in the Sky and Star Death & the White Dwarfs, which features Wayne Coyne's nephew Dennis. Tickets, which run from $36.75 to $46.50, go on sale Saturday, June 20 at 10 a.m. And as an added bonus, all tick
Update: Early bird tickets are gone. If you snoozed, you losed (yes, we know that's not a word, but "lost" didn't rhyme). On a related note, Monolith, which added Chromeo to the line-up last week, earned a nod from Outside Magazine as one of the best summer music fests. Yay, Monolith!For a limited time only (i.e. until they are all gone) you can get two-day tickets to Monolith for just $75 -- and I mean just $75: no bullshit fees added on. The deal is that Esurance, one of the presenting sponso
​If you haven't yet scored tickets for the Monolith Festival, which is just over a week off, now might be the ideal time to get them and save a few bucks. Esurance, one of the festivals sponsors, just released a block of 400 $99 two-day passes (no service fees) that are only available for the next 48 hours. Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Of Montreal, Girl Talk, Dandy Warhols and Phoenix are just a few of the stellar acts that will be at Red Rocks Saturday and Sunday, September 12 and 13.
Joe Tone
As the Guy Who Sits in the Media Tent and Updates Our Live Music Fest Coverage, there are two perks to my job:
1. Proximity to free food.
2. Opportunity to pick which photos we use in our slideshows and live-review blogs.
Monolith, like Mile High before it, served up scores of photos that captured the weekend perfectly. Here are my Ten Favorite. Be sure to click the photos to enlarge them:
