Phish returns to Dick's Sporting Goods Park for its eighth annual three-night Labor Day run this weekend. A Taste of Colorado kicks off on Saturday with REO Speedwagon, George Thorogood & the Destroyers and Firefall, while Leann Rimes, David Nail and Mitchell Tenpenny headline on Sunday and Smash Mouth, Sugar Ray, Everclear and Soul Asylum headline on Monday. See our full picks below.


FRIDAY, AUGUST 31

Phish (also September 1 and 2)
$65-$85, 7:30 p.m., Dick's Sporting Goods Park

Atmosphere
$42.75-$69.50, 6 p.m, Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison

Inspector
Free/VIP $30, 6 p.m., Levitt Pavilion Denver

Cycles
$12-$15, 11 p.m., Cervantes' Masterpiece Ballroom

Test Kitchen
$15-$20, 8 p.m., Gothic Theatre, Englewood

SALES
$17.50, 9 p.m., Bluebird Theater

Miguel Espinoza Flamenco Fusion
$15, 7:30 p.m., The Muse Performance Space, Lafayette

Sympathy F (album release)
$5, 9:30 p.m., Goosetown


SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1

A Taste of Colorado (also September 2 and 3)
Free, 11 a.m., Civic Center Park

Gramatik
$29.50-$75, 6 p.m., Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison

Ultra 80's Live!
$15-$150, 8 p.m., Oriental Theater

The Rippingtons Featuring Russ Freeman
$40-$45, 7 p.m., Soiled Dove Underground

Dreadnought
$10, 9:30 p.m., hi-dive

Big Business
$13-$15, 9:30 p.m., Larimer Lounge

Swingin' Utters
$5-$17, 9 p.m., Streets of London Pub

Mary Louise Lee Tribute to Aretha Franklin
$40-$50, 8 p.m., Clocktower Cabaret


SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 2

Jason Mraz
$49.50-$99.50, 7:30 p.m., Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison

Parkway Drive
$33.50, 7 p.m., Ogden Theatre

Jinx Jones
$12, 8 p.m., Oriental Theater

Liz Brasher
$10-$12, 8 p.m., Larimer Lounge

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