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If there ever was a weekend to embrace your inner hippie, this Fourth of July weekend is it. While there are big shows like Dead & Company and Umphrey’s McGee (each in town for two-night stands), Dead tribute acts Dark Star Orchestra and Shakedown Street will be here, along with Blues Traveler’s annual Fourth of July show at Red Rocks. Also this weekend, Salt-N-Pepa will head up the I Love the ’90s show at Fiddler’s Green, and Selena Gomez hits the Pepsi Center stage. See the full list of our picks below.
FRIDAY, JULY 1
I Love the ’90s: Salt-N-Pepa with Spinderella / Vanilla Ice / Kid ‘N Play / Tone Loc / Rob Base / Young MC
$22.50-$80, 7:30 p.m. Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre
Beats Antique
$29.95-$45, 7 p.m. Red Rocks Amphitheatre
Dark Star Orchestra
$26.50/$30, 9 p.m. Ogden Theatre
Casey Veggies & Sir Michael Rocks Taveoker Party
$25-$50, 7 p.m. Summit Music Hall
Shakedown Street
free, 9 p.m. Boulder Theater
Rubedo’s ‘Independence Day’ II
$7-$15, 7 p.m. Bluebird Theater
SATURDAY, JULY 2
Dead & Company (also July 3)
$30-$119.50, 6:30 p.m. Folsom Field
Selena Gomez
$33.50-$125, 8 p.m. Pepsi Center
Umphrey’s McGee (also July 3)
$42.50/$45, 5:45 p.m. Red Rocks Amphitheatre
Juan MacLean Honey Soundsystem
$10, 9 p.m. Club Vinyl
Megaladon
$10-$30, 7 p.m. Summit Music Hall
Thievery Corporation
$45/$50, 11 p.m. Boulder Theater
Coco Montoya
$20, 8:30 p.m. Oriental Theater
Eric Krasno Band
$30, 11:30 p.m. Fox Theatre
Cherry Creek Arts Festival (also July 3 & 4)
free, 10 a.m. Cherry Creek North
Boulder Art & Jazz Fest (also July 3 & 4)
free, 11 a.m. Boulder Bandshell
SUNDAY, JULY 3
Super Diamond
$10-$26, 7:30 p.m. Hudson Gardens
Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe
$25, 11:59 p.m. Boulder Theater
Tom Hamilton’s American Babies & Friends
$20/$25, 11 p.m. Fox Theatre
Independence Bash feat. BeatBreaker
7 p.m. Tavern Downtown
MONDAY, JULY 4
Blues Traveler
$39.95-$44.95, 7 p.m. Red Rocks Amphitheatre
The Colorado Symphony’s Family Friendly Fourth of July
$18.50-$36.75, 7:30 p.m. Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre
Firefall
$10-$22, 7:30 p.m. Hudson Gardens
Brian Fallon & the Crowes
$22.50-$25, 7 p.m. Summit Music Hall
Xavier Rudd
$28/$30, 9 p.m. Fox Theatre
Evergreen Music Festival
free-$10, 10 a.m., Buchanan Park