London-based producer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist SBTRKT, who’s slated to release a new album in September, will headline the Ogden Theatre on Monday, October 20. General admission tickets ($35) go on sale on Thursday, July 31 at 10 a.m., and early bird tickets are $30 this weekend. After playing Larimer Lounge…
OneRepublic, who just played Red Rocks Amphitheatre in May, return to the venue on Monday, September 1, and tickets ($39.50-$44.50) go on sale on Friday, July 25 at 10 a.m. Beats Antique, who have played the Ogden Theatre and Fillmore Auditorium on past visits to the area, are set to…
New York-based filmmaker Bill Morrison had already made two short films using Bill Frisell’s pre-recorded music, but Morrison wanted to work with the well-known jazz guitarist on a longer project. That effort would become The Great Flood, a documentary that they started collaborating on a few years ago and released…
New York-based filmmaker Bill Morrison made two short films using Bill Frisell’s pre-recorded music, but Morrison wanted to work with the well-known jazz guitarist on a longer project. That effort would become The Great Flood, a documentary they began collaborating on in 2011 and released in 2013. Using film footage…
While the folks behind Riot Fest were recently denied a temporary-use permit to hold the event at May Farms in Byers the third week in September, organizers will reportedly have a new venue announced in the coming days. Sure, it’s a major pain in the ass for everyone involved to…
In support of its seventeenth album, Redeemer of Souls, released July 8, the legendary Judas Priest brings its fall North American tour to the 1ST Bank Center on Wednesday, November 19 with Steel Panther opening. General admission and reserved tickets ($45 to $65) go on sale on Friday, July 18…
Jonathan Bitz says the process of opening Syntax Physic Opera has been heavy, it’s been emotional and it’s been by far the hardest thing he’s ever done. He was hoping to have his music venue and eatery at 554 South Broadway (which most recently housed the Bar and the Atrium)…
Before he moved to Colorado in the late ’90s to help open the Whole Foods store on Pearl Street in Boulder, Louis Karp opened Waterloo Records in Austin, a spot that went on to become one of the most successful independent record stores in the nation. Karp also had a…
British synth pop trio London Grammar, who opened for Coldplay last May, headline the Gothic Theatre on Tuesday, November 25, and general admission tickets ($22) go on sale on Saturday, July 12 at 10 a.m. Ambient musician and producer Tycho will be at the Boulder Theater with Christopher Willits opening…
While there are only a handful of shows on sale this week, there were a fair amount of gigs that were announced recently, including a pair of Against Me! shows, including one at the Black Sheep on Friday, August 8 and the other at the Aggie Theatre on Saturday, August…
Drake and Lil Wayne bring their 30-plus date co-headlining tour to Red Rocks on Wednesday, September10. Tickets, which run from $49.50 to $149.50, go on sale on Saturday, June 28 at 10 a.m. This year’s installment of the Rockstar Energy Uproar Festival with Godsmack, Seether, Skillet, Buckcherry and Pop Evil…
Although Ambrose Akinmusire’s latest Blue Note effort, the imagined savior is far easier to paint, is primarily an instrumental release (save for a few songs with guest vocalists), the forward-thinking jazz trumpeter sometimes writes backstories for his compositions. It was something that was partly inspired by Syd Field’s book, Screenplay:…
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, who are set to release Hypnotic Eye in July, visit Red Rocks for a two-night stint on Tuesday, September 30 & Wednesday, October 1. Steve Winwood opens both nights. Tickets ($51.50-$127) go on sale on Friday, June 20 at 10 a.m. Phantogram returns to the…
While Ruby Hill Park is a popular sledding spot during the winter months, starting June 2016 the park (near South Platte River Drive and West Florida Avenue) will be home to fifty free concerts a year. Work will begin on the 7,500-person Levitt Pavilion next spring. “Our entire mission is…
Ryan Adams, Father John Misty, Ray LaMontagne, Train and more are part of this year’s FMQB Triple A Conference’s concerts at the Fox Theatre from Wednesday, August 6 to Friday, August 8. Tickets for the shows, which are $49.50 and include three acts per night, go on sale on Friday,…
Not too long after the Hard Rock Café opened in 1998 on the 16th Street Mall, the Fray played one of its first gigs there. John Lindsay, Hard Rock Denver’s senior sales and marketing manager, said the guys in the band walked up the mall begging people to come to…
Hugh Evans used to have three indoor soccer fields housed in about 80,000 square feet where heran the Colorado Clash soccer club. There was also an 18,000 square-foot party room where large bands from Mexico would sometimes play. But after the building was bought by some pot growers and Evans…
Eric Halborg is best known in Denver music for his work fronting the Swayback, a hard-driving rock band that has toured the country and attained unusual success here at home. He’s got another band these days; called Dragondeer, it’s an outlet for the kinds of blues and jam bands he…
Note: Dragondeer will release its new EP with a show this Saturday at Lost Lake Lounge. The band will also be featured in the debut of Open Music Sessions at Denver Open Media’s studio’s on Kalamath Street this Friday. Details on that series are coming shortly, but you can RSVP…
Widespread Panic is slated for a three-night run at Red Rocks near the end of this month, but the band will also do a three-night Halloween run at 1STBANK Center from Friday, October 31, through Sunday, November 2. Tickets ($55.75-$61) go on sale Friday, August 8, at 10 a.m. After…
With his virtuosic playing and two-handed approach, Victor Wooten has long been a pacesetter on the electric bass. From his work with Béla Fleck & the Flecktones to a vibrant solo career launched with his outstanding 1996 debut, A Show of Hands, Wooten has proven the broad potential of the…
Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre in Englewood is one of the largest concert venues in the state; it can hold more than 17,000 people. Recently, AEG Live Rocky Mountains took over management of the venue and is working to complete a $6 million renovation ahead of this summer’s concert schedule. Read about…
