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The Global Dance Festival, featuring Knife Party, Dash Berlin, AutoErotique, Boombox Cartel, Bear Grillz and more, returns to Red Rocks tonight, Friday, July 8, through Sunday, July 10. The RIDE Festival, featuring headliner Pearl Jam, is in Telluride tomorrow and Sunday, while Channel 93.3’s Big Gig is at Fiddler’s Green, with Cage the Elephant, Young the Giant, X-Ambassadors, Misterwives and more. See the full list of our picks below.
FRIDAY, JULY 8
Randy Rogers Band and Pat Green
$28, 6:30 p.m. Sports Authority Field on Mile High
Global Dance Festival (also July 9 & 10)
$180-$300 3-day pass, 5 p.m. Red Rocks Amphitheatre
When Doves Cry – A Special Tribute to Prince
$10-$20, 9 p.m. Cervantes’ Masterpiece Ballroom
Jake Shimabukuro
$27-$40, 7:30 p.m. Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities
Wye Oak
$18-$22, 9 p.m. Bluebird Theater
Puddle of Mudd
$23-$28, 7 p.m. Buffalo Rose
The Falcon
$15-$17, 7 p.m. Marquis Theater
Darrell Scott
$25-$30, 8 p.m. Soiled Dove Underground
John Doe (also July 9)
$22.50, 9 p.m. Lion’s Lair
Colorado Irish Festival (also July 9 & 10)
$10-$75, 5 p.m. Clement Park
SATURDAY, JULY 9
Drums Along the Rockies
$15-$85, 6:30 p.m. Sports Authority Field at Mile High
Channel 93.3’s Big Gig
22.50-$65 8 p.m. Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre
The RIDE Festival (also July 10)
$265 two-day pass, 12 p.m. Telluride Town Park
Dragged Into Sunlight
$13-$15, 7 p.m. Bluebird Theater
Otherwise
$15-$17, 7 p.m. Marquis Theater
Grayson Capps & Corky Hughes
$17-$20, 7:30 p.m. The Walnut Room
Breckenridge Brewery Hootenanny
$26-$60, 11 a.m. Breckenridge Brewery
Colorado Goth Fest (also July 10)
$30-$60, 7:30 p.m. Zodiac Bar & Venue
SUNDAY, JULY 10
The B-52’s
$33-$43, 7:30 p.m. Hudson Gardens
case/lang/veirs
$85-$90, 6:30 p.m. Denver Botanic Gardens
Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams
$20, 8 p.m. Soiled Dove Underground
Tommy Emmanuel
$59.50, 7:30 p.m. The Stanley Hotel