The 26th annual Rocky Mountain Folks Festival is at Planet Bluegrass Ranch in Lyons this weekend and includes a stellar lineup, including the Decemberists, Andrew Bird, Conor Oberst, Lucinda Williams, Passenger and Mavis Staples. Also this weekend: Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats headline Red Rocks, Josh Groban is at the Pepsi Center tonight, Journey and the Doobie Brothers are there tomorrow, the KOOL Koncert (featuring Huey Lewis & the News, the Go-Go's, Kool & the Gang and the Fixx) is tomorrow at Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre, and the Epilogues play their farewell show tonight at Summit Music Hall. See the full list of our picks below.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 19
Josh Groban
$49.50-$149.50, 7:30 p.m., Pepsi Center
Grace Potter
$42.50-$49.95, 7:30 p.m., Red Rocks Amphitheatre
Rocky Mountain Folks Festival (also August 20 and 21)
$65-$150, 12 p.m. Planet Bluegrass Ranch
Genuine Jazz & Wine (also August 20 and 21)
$195 weekend pass, 12 p.m., Copper Mountain Resort
Make America Rock Again Tour
$35 and up, 8 p.m., Paramount Theatre
The Epilogues
$12-$15, 7 p.m., Summit Music Festival
Stanley Jordan
$30, 9 p.m., Oriental Theater
Terry Bozzio (also August 20)
$20-$25, 8 p.m., Soiled Dove Underground
Roberta Gambarini (also August 20)
$30, 7 and 9 p.m., Dazzle
Goose Fest (also August 20 and 21)
$10-$30, 7 p.m., Goosetown Tavern
SATURDAY, AUGUST 20
Journey and the Doobie Brothers
$39.50-$135, 7 p.m., Pepsi Center
KOOL Koncert: Huey Lewis And The News, The Go-Go's, Kool & the Gang, The Fixx
$10.50-$79.50, 5 p.m., Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre
Yonder Mountain String Band and Drive-By Truckers
$42-$44.95, 6:30 p.m., Red Rocks Amphitheatre
Periphery
$20-$22, 7 p.m., Summit Music Hall
Micky & the Motorcars
$12-$14, 8 p.m., Marquis Theater
On Tap with KBCO
$30, 1:30 p.m., Breckenridge Brewery
SUNDAY, AUGUST 21
Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats
$40-$45 , 7 p.m., Red Rocks Amphitheatre
98 Degrees
$15-$79.50, 7:30 p.m., 1STBANK Center
Gin Blossoms
$26-$36, 7 p.m., Hudson Gardens
Reckless Kelly
$17.50-$20, 7:30 p.m., Gothic Theatre
Strange Americans
$10-$12, 9 p.m., Larimer Lounge
Hockey Dad
$10-$12, 9 p.m., hi-dive
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