The Nine Best Concerts in Colorado This Weekend

This weekend's biggest event is Mumford & Sons' Gentlemen of the Road Stopover in Salida, featuring the Flaming Lips, Jenny Lewis, Blake Mills and more. Elsewhere, Steve Earle visits Boulder, Yonder Mountain String Band plays Red Rocks and more. See the full list of our picks below. ALL WEEKEND Gentlemen...

By Westword Staff

August 21, 2015

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This weekend's biggest event is Mumford & Sons' Gentlemen of the Road Stopover in Salida, featuring the Flaming Lips, Jenny Lewis, Blake Mills and more. Elsewhere, Steve Earle visits Boulder, Yonder Mountain String Band plays Red Rocks and more. See the full list of our picks below.

ALL WEEKEND

Gentlemen of the Road Stopover
$199 All Day Vandaveer Ranch

FRIDAY, AUGUST 21

Yonder Mountain String Band
$38.95-$44.95 6 p.m. Red Rocks Amphitheatre

Steve Earle & the Dukes
$35-$55 8 p.m. Chautauqua Auditorium

Authority Zero
$13/$15 7 p.m. Marquis Theater

Dar Williams
$25 8 p.m. Swallow Hill Music Hall

SATURDAY, AUGUST 22

Orquesta Buena Vista Social Club
$71-$76 6:30 p.m. Denver Botanic Gardens

Lance Bass
TBA All Day Tracks

SUNDAY, AUGUST 23

"Weird Al" Yankovic
$39.50-$69.50 4 p.m. Paramount Theatre

George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic
$32 9 p.m. Ogden Theatre

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