Levitt Pavilion Adds More Music to Free Summer Concert Lineup!

Jennifer Hartswick, Chali 2na and more have been added to the free concerts!

April 11, 2023

Image: Levitt Pavilion at Ruby Hill Park.

Levitt Pavilion at Ruby Hill Park. Joel Rekiel, @joelrekiel

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Levitt Pavilion, which just won a 2023 Best of Denver award for Best Outdoor Venue, has quite the 2023 season to look forward to. For the past six years, the nonprofit has hosted free concerts on the sprawling, lush green grass of Ruby Hill Park, and it's become a major summer destination for music lovers.

And Levitt has announced more concerts for its 2023 Free Summer Concert Series, as well as its roster of ticketed concerts for the summer. Tickets for those shows, as well as RSVP and limited VIP tickets for Levitt's Free Summer Concert Series, are on sale now.

Here's the lineup for the summer (* indicates support to be added; ^ indicates the artist performs in Spanish):

Fishbone*
May 6

Etana*
May 11

Son Little*
May 19

The Slackers*
May 20

Son Rompe Pera*^
May 27

Orkesta Mendoza (with Los Mocochetes) with Alliance for Music Education Equity resource fair
May 28

Central City Opera*
June 4

Strange Famous Fest, featuring Sage Francis and SFR labelmates
June 17

Brazilian Day, featuring Ginga and Bateria
June 25

The Wailing Souls*
June 7

Jenny and the Mexicats (with Pink Hawks)
July 2

Delgres (with Joe Johnson)
July 6

Denver Municipal Band (with tien sieh)
July 9

All My Relations Celebration featuring Halluci Nation, Samantha Craine and Frank Wahn
August 10

Novalima (with Siembra)
August 11

Oakhurst
August 25

Soul Rebel Festival presents Black Uhuru
September 9

Jennifer Hartswick (with The Cody Sisters)
September 21

Chali 2na/Cut Chemist (with Stay Tuned)
September 23

Gamelan Tunas Mekar (with Mokomba Ensemble)
September 24

Lineup for ticketed concerts:

Violent Femmes: performing debut album Violent Femmes with Jesse Ahern
May 21

Garbage and Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, with special guest Metric
June 15

CAKE
June 23

Bittersweet Daze, with Cavetown, mxmtoon, Ricky Montgomery and grentperez
June 26

Yellowcard, with Anberlin, This Wild Life and Emo Nite Brooklyn
August 8

Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue and Ziggy Marley with Mavis Staples and Robert Randolph Band
August 8

Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova of the Swell Season
August 20

Find more information at levittdenver.org.

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