The Best Concerts in Denver This Weekend

Excision, Justin Moore and Three 6 Mafia play Denver this week.

March 6, 2020

Image: Excision plays two nights at 1STBANK Center this weekend.

Excision plays two nights at 1STBANK Center this weekend. Miles Chrisinger

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Canadian producer and DJ Excision returns to 1STBANK Center for two nights this weekend, with a bunch of EDM artists opening each night. Country singers Justin Moore and Tracy Lawrence bring their Late Nights and Longnecks Tour to the Mission Ballroom, while hip-hop group Three 6 Mafia is at the Fillmore Auditorium. Also on tap this week are Murder by Death at the Ogden Theatre, Dale Watson at the Oriental Theater, and Z-Trip and DJ Qbert at Cervantes' Masterpiece Ballroom. Here's our full list of this weekend's best concert picks:

FRIDAY, MARCH 6

Excision (also March 7)
$53.75-$120, 6 p.m., 1STBANK Center

Justin Moore and Tracy Lawrence
$49.95-$99.95, 8 p.m., Mission Ballroom

Three 6 Mafia
$49.85-$74.75, 7 p.m., Fillmore Auditorium

Ben Rector
$36.50-$75, 8 p.m., Paramount Theatre

Murder by Death
$25.75-$30, 8 p.m., Ogden Theatre

Cult of Luna
$25, 7 p.m., Summit

MK
TBA, 9 p.m., The Church

Cryptic Wisdom
$15, 7 p.m., Marquis Theater

J2B2
$24-$26, 8 p.m., Swallow Hill Music

Young Dubliners
$30-$40, 8 p.m., Soiled Dove Underground

Kool Keith
$15-$32, 9 p.m., Ophelia's Electric Soapbox

Christian French (also March 7)
$15-$45, 9 p.m., Larimer Lounge

SATURDAY, MARCH 7

Lane 8
$33.50-$76, 8 p.m., Mission Ballroom

Amanda Miguel and Diego Verdaguer
$45-$129, 8 p.m., Paramount Theatre

Best Coast
$22-$25, 8 p.m., Ogden Theatre

Z-Trip and DJ Qbert
$22-$25, 9 p.m., Cervantes' Masterpiece Ballroom

ZZ Ward
$25-$30, 9 p.m., Gothic Theatre, Englewood

Dale Watson
$16, 8 p.m., Oriental Theater

Colony House
$18-$20, 9 p.m., Bluebird Theater

Have Mercy
$18, 6:30 p.m., Marquis Theater

All My Friends Are Skeletons
$15-$17, 9 p.m., Globe Hall

Shalom-Entaschen
$15-$25, 7 p.m., The People's Building

The Trujillo Company

$10, 9 p.m., hi-dive

SUNDAY, MARCH 8

David Wilcox
$30-$32, 7 p.m., Swallow Hill Music

Joseph Huber
$13-$15, Lost Lake

Avourneen
$20-$30, 7 p.m., The Clocktower Cabaret

Looking for more to do? Visit Westword's concert calendar online. Have an event you want us to include on this list? Send the details to [email protected].

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