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Festival season is in full swing this weekend, with Vertex, featuring Alabama Shakes, Odezsa, Trey Anastasio Band, Duke Dumont and more; the Telluride Jazz Festival; and the ARISE Music Festival near Loveland. The weekend's lineup also includes Slipknot, Marilyn Manson and Of Mice and Men at the Pepsi Center, Jeff Beck and Buddy Guy at Fiddler's Green, and the Summer Slaughter Tour at Summit Music Hall. See the full list of our picks below.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 5
Vertex (also August 6 & 7)
$249.85 weekend pass, 12 p.m., Cottonwood Meadows, Buena Vista
Telluride Jazz Festival (also August 6 & 7)
$125-$675, 12 p.m., Telluride Town Park
ARISE Music Festival (also August 6 & 7)
$169 and up three-day pass, 12 p.m., Sunrise Ranch
Tedeschi Trucks Band
$43.50-$52.50, 7 p.m., Red Rocks
Keyshia Cole
$59-$125, 8 p.m., Bellco Theatre
Lindy on the Rocks and Vintage Jazz Festival (also August 6 & 7)
$10 and up, 9 p.m., City Hall
Summer Slaughter Tour 2016
$29.50-$34, 2 p.m., Summit Music Hall
Rebirth Brass Band
$19.99-$40, 8 p.m., Gothic Theatre
Jen Korte & the Loss
$10, 9 p.m., Oriental Theater
Junior Brown
Free, 6:30 p.m., downtown Louisville
Marcus Miller
$35-$45, 7 & 10 p.m., Soiled Dove Underground
SATURDAY, AUGUST 6
Slightly Stoopid
$21.25-$44.99, 7 p.m., Red Rocks Amphitheatre
“Weird Al” Yankovic
$36/$46, 7 p.m., Hudson Gardens
Loudon Wanwright III & Iris DeMent
$25-$32.50, 8 p.m., Boulder Theater
Reverend Horton Heat
$20-$35, 7:30 p.m., Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities
Marcus Roberts Trio
$10-$45, 7:30 p.m., The Riverwalk Center
Melvins
$20/$22, 9 p.m., Fox Theatre
Leftapalooza
$5-$12, 12 p.m., Roosevelt Park
Carbon Valley Music & Spirits Festival
free, 2 p.m., Centennial Park
Girls to the Front
$10-$12, 7 p.m., Marquis Theater
Robbie Fulks
$18-$20, 8 p.m., Swallow Hill
Dick Dale
$30-$95, 9 p.m., Ophelia's Electric Soapbox
SUNDAY, AUGUST 7
Slipknot
$49.50-$69.50, 7 p.m., Pepsi Center
Jeff Beck & Buddy Guy
$39.50-$99.50, 7:30 p.m., Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre
Michael Franti & Spearhead
$44.95-$55, 6 p.m., Red Rocks Amphitheatre
Culture Club
$49.50-$139.50, 8 p.m., Paramount Theatre
10th Anniversary of the Colorado Playlist
$15/$17.50, 7 p.m., Mishawaka Amphitheatre
Ms. Lisa Fischer & the Grand Baton
$25-$35, 8 p.m., Boulder Theater
Asleep at the Wheel
$29-$49, 7:30 p.m., Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities
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