Raves Will Take Over Civic Center Park in New Concert Series

The Greek Amphitheatre will be getting a big sendoff this summer before the City of Denver begins renovating Civic Center Park. AEG has announced its Civic Center Park concert series, which will bring such artists as Jamie XX, Gorgon City and more to the amphitheater for three days in August and a date in September.

"These things always happen in a unique way," says Don Strasburg, the co-president of AEG Rocky Mountains who recently spoke to us about the entertainment group's new pop-up venue, Project 70.

"My AEG team, we all sat down, looked at the site and realized what an incredible place — the middle of downtown Denver, where people go to celebrate, where people go to protest, right with the backdrop of the City and County building and the Capitol."

He jokes "it's not always brain surgery" to know a good venue when you see it. Plus, AEG has already thrown successful shows in that area, from Dom Dolla to Zeds Dead's annual Backyard Jamboree over the Fourth of July.
The Civic Center Park concert series at the Greek Amphitheatre will include Jamie XX on August 6; Gorgon City on August 8; a Boiler Room set on August 9 featuring Anais Sasha, Charlie Sparks, Chippy Nonstop, Gano Joanna Kuchta and Nico Moreno; and Sammy Virji on September 15, with a "full park dance-floor takeover." Strasburg says the Boiler Room idea was inspired by the venue itself. "We saw how cool it is and recognized how neat it would be to do some shows and Boiler Room was a great example," he says."

"Artists are always looking for a different, creative venue," he adds. "They're artists — they thrive on creativity. The opportunity to do a creative site often resonates, and we're always in discussion with so many different artists and the ones that find an idea like this interesting we will work together with."

He says Jamie XX, known for his production work as well as his role in the indie band the xx, "is absolutely phenomenal."

"The opportunity to see Jamie XX, one of the most creative contemporary artists out there today, at the Greek Theatre? That's going to be sick," he concludes.

Get tickets to the Civic Center Park concert series at civiccenterpark.org.