The Flaming Lips, Florence and the Best Shows in Denver This Week

It's a stellar lineup of shows this week with the Flaming Lips and the Colorado Symphony performing The Soft Bulletin in its entirety at Red Rocks, Tom Petty and Mudcrutch at the Ogden Theatre, Florence + the Machine at the Pepsi Center, Leon Bridges at the Paramount Theatre and Brett Dennen...

By Westword Staff

May 23, 2016

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There's a stellar lineup of shows around town this week, with the Flaming Lips and the Colorado Symphony performing The Soft Bulletin in its entirety at Red Rocks, Tom Petty and Mudcrutch at the Ogden Theatre, Florence + the Machine at the Pepsi Center, Leon Bridges at the Paramount Theatre, and Brett Dennen at the Gothic. See the full list of our picks below.

MONDAY, MAY 23

Aesop Rock
$23/$25, 9 p.m., Cervantes' Masterpiece Ballroom

Night Snipers
$50, 8 p.m., Gothic Theatre

Queensryche
$25/$30, 8 p.m., Fox Theatre

Julieta Venegas (also May 24)
$40-$45, 9 p.m. La Rumba

Le Butcherettes
$13, 9 p.m. Lost Lake Lounge

TUESDAY, MAY 24

Lamb of God
$33.50-$38.50, 7 p.m., Red Rocks Amphitheatre

Andrew Bird
$36-$47.50, 8 p.m. Paramount Theatre

Snarky Puppy
$26/$28, 8 p.m., Ogden Theatre

Matt Corby
$20/$22.50, 8 p.m., Boulder Theater

Brett Dennen
$25/$27, 8 p.m. Gothic Theatre

Nada Surf
$27, 8 p.m. Bluebird Theater

Butcher Babies
$14-$16, 7 p.m., Marquis Theater

WEDNESDAY, MAY 25

Leon Bridges
$29.95-$39.95, 8 p.m., Paramount Theatre

Chelsea Wolfe
$15-$19, 8 p.m. Gothic Theatre

Prong
$13-$15, 8 p.m., Bluebird Theater

Speedy Ortiz
$13-$15, 7 p.m. Marquis Theater

THURSDAY, MAY 26

Florence + the Machine
$40.50-$80.50, 7:30 p.m. Pepsi Center

Flaming Lips and the Colorado Symphony
$39.95-$59.75, 7:30 p.m., Red Rocks Amphitheatre

Mudcrutch
$84.50, 8 p.m. Ogden Theatre

IAMSU
$20/$22, 9 p.m., Cervantes' Masterpiece Ballroom

Lee Ann Womack
$70-$75, 7:30 p.m. PACE Center

Voivod
$18-$20, 7 p.m. Marquis Theater

Peach Kelli Pop
$8-$10, 9 p.m. hi-dive

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