The Best Concerts in Denver This Week

Vampire Weekend, Tyler, the Creator and Illenium play Denver this week.

October 7, 2019

Image: Tyler, The Creator headlines Red Rocks Amphitheatre tonight.

Tyler, The Creator headlines Red Rocks Amphitheatre tonight. Miles Chrisinger

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Vampire Weekend brings its Father of the Bride tour to Red Rocks on Tuesday and Wednesday, while Tyler, the Creator is at the venue tonight and Illenium kicks off a three-night run there on Thursday. Also on tap this week are Stereolab, touring for the first time in a decade, at the Ogden Theatre, Tame Impala at Mission Ballroom tonight and tomorrow, and the Raconteurs at Mission Ballroom on Wednesday. Here's our full list of picks:

MONDAY, OCTOBER 7

Tyler, the Creator
$49.50-$85, 7 p.m., Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison

Tame Impala (also October 8)
$65-$125, 8 p.m., Mission Ballroom

Stereolab
$28-$32, 8 p.m., Ogden Theatre

Claudio Simonetti's Goblin
$25, 8 p.m., Oriental Theater

Boy Harsher
$14-$16, 8 p.m., Marquis Theater

White Reaper
$15-$18, 8 p.m., Larimer Lounge

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8

Vampire Weekend (also October 9)
$49.50-$99.50, 7 p.m., Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison

Sum 41
$35, 8 p.m., Ogden Theatre

SG Lewis
$20-$25, 8 p.m., Gothic Theatre, Englewood

Jesse Malin and Joseph Arthur
$18, 9 p.m., Larimer Lounge

Dead End Kids
$20, 8 p.m., Lost Lake

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9

Maná
$29.50-$239.50, 8 p.m., Pepsi Center

The Raconteurs
$69.50-$109.50, 8 p.m., Mission Ballroom

James Blake
$39.75-$59.75, 7 p.m., Fillmore Auditorium

Mary Chapin Carpenter and Shawn Colvin
$45-$89.50, 7 p.m., Paramount Theatre

Obituary and Abbath
$27.50-$30, 6 p.m., Summit

Jade Bird
$18.75-$20, 8 p.m., Bluebird Theater

Max Weinberg's Jukebox
$45-$55, 8 p.m., Soiled Dove Underground

Jakob Ogawa
$15, 8 p.m., Larimer Lounge

Cecile McLorin Salvant (also October 10)
$20-$60, 6:30 p.m., Dazzle

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10

Illenium
$44.50-$85, 6 p.m., Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison

Yelawolf
$26.95-$89.95, 8 p.m., Mission Ballroom

Cigarettes After Sex
$25-$30, 8 p.m., Ogden Theatre

Scotty Sire
$20-$25, 7 p.m., Summit

Delta Rae
$25-$28, 8 p.m., Bluebird Theater

The Rocket Summer
$17-$20, 7:30 p.m., Marquis Theater

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