You could spend about one third of the calendar year seeing concerts at Red Rocks. The legendary outdoor venue has a record 119 concerts scheduled for this summer season. If you had the time, the money and the dedication, you could be up in the foothills almost every night, red monoliths to each side, the Denver skyline sprawled in the distance and music rolling up the amphitheater steps from the musicians on stage.
It sounds like a pretty good life, spending the summer seeing everything from classic rock, to country, to EDM, indie and metal music. But even then, you’d only be seeing a fraction of the music Colorado has to offer from May through September.
While the likes of Alt-J, Neil Young, My Morning Jacket, Chromeo, Van Halen and Alabama Shakes take the stage at Red Rocks, Taylor Swift, Tame Impala, U2, Speedy Ortiz and D’Angelo will fill some of the biggest and most intimate venues in the state.
To help you sift through the hundreds of Colorado summer 2015 concerts, we’ve put together this curated guide to shows this season. You can also see our picks of the 15 best shows this summer and our festival guide.
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Colorado Music Festival Guide 2015
Pop Concerts
Purity Ring, May 19, Gothic Theatre
Bette Midler, May 20, Pepsi Center
Lindsey Stirling, May 28, Red Rocks
Glass Animals, May 30, Gothic Theatre
Neil Diamond, May 31, Pepsi Center
Cage the Elephant, June 1, Red Rocks
Tears for Fears, June 14, Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre
Ben Folds, June 21, Red Rocks
Ed Sheeran, June 29-30, Red Rocks
Blues Traveler, July 4, Red Rocks
Steely Dan, July 6, Red Rocks
Brian Wilson, July 8, 1stBank Center
Awolnation, July 11, Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre
Griswolds, July 12, Larimer Lounge
Meghan Trainor, July 18, Fillmore Auditorium
Ryn Weaver, July 19, Bluebird Theater
Imagine Dragons, July 27, Pepsi Center
Charli XCX, July 29, Fillmore Auditorium
Fall Out Boy, July 29, Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre
Hozier, Aug. 2, Red Rocks
Florence + the Machine, Aug. 3, Red Rocks
Sam Smith, Aug. 4, Red Rocks
Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, Aug. 5, Paramount Theatre
Walk the Moon, Aug. 6, Red Rocks
Lord Huron, Aug. 6, Mishawaka Amphitheatre
Kelly Clarkson, Aug. 6, Pepsi Center
Idina Menzel, Aug. 11, Red Rocks
Weird Al Yankovic, Aug. 23, Paramount Theatre
Dave Matthews Band, Aug. 28-29, Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre
Hall & Oates, Sept. 1, Red Rocks
Taylor Swift, Sept. 5-6, Pepsi Center
Billy Joel, Sept. 16, Pepsi Center
Rock Concerts
Temples, May 27, Bluebird Theater
Tame Impala, May 30, Ogden Theatre
Speedy Ortiz, May 30, Larimer Lounge
Will Butler, June 1, Bluebird Theater
Ryan Adams, June 4, Red Rocks
U2, June 6-7, Pepsi Center
Tedeschi Trucks Band, June 13, Red Rocks
Peter Frampton, June 16, Red Rocks
Belle and Sebastian, June 17, Red Rocks
Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, June 18, Hudson Gardens
Death Grips, June 24, Ogden Theatre
Neil Young, July 8-9, Red Rocks
Rush, July 11, Pepsi Center
Wilco, July 14, Red Rocks
Death Cab for Cutie, July 15, Red Rocks
Buddy Guy, July 15, Paramount Theatre
Morrissey, July 16, Red Rocks
Say Anything, July 19, Summit Music Hall
Van Halen, July 20, Red Rocks
Cayucas, July 20, Larimer Lounge
DeVotchKa, July 23, Red Rocks
TV on the Radio, July 26, Boulder Theater
Alt-J, July 27, Red Rocks
Chicago, July 28, Pepsi Center
Lyle Lovett, July 28, Red Rocks
Lower Dens, July 29, Larimer Lounge
Los Lobos, July 30, Arvada Center
Motley Crue, July 31, Pepsi Center
Unknown Mortal Orchestra, July 31, Bluebird Theater
The Kills, Aug. 5, Ogden Theatre
John Fogerty, Aug. 8, Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre
Metz, Aug. 11, Larimer Lounge
My Morning Jacket, Aug. 14, Red Rocks
Alabama Shakes, Aug. 16, Red Rocks
Foo Fighters, Aug. 16-17, Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre
Jackson Browne, Aug. 18, Red Rocks
Incubus, Aug. 24, Red Rocks
Yes, Aug. 30, Denver Botanic Gardens — Chatfield
Social Distortion, Sept. 2, Fillmore Auditorium
Grace Potter, Sept. 19, Red Rocks
Country Concerts
Luke Bryan, June 6, Sports Authority Field at Mile High
Zac Brown Band, July 3, Coors Field
Darius Rucker, July 17, Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre
Lady Antebellum, July 26, Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre
Kenny Chesney, Aug. 8, Sports Authority Field at Mile High
Dierks Bently, Aug. 13, Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre
Shania Twain, Aug. 14, Pepsi Center
Tim McGraw, Sept. 9-10, Red Rocks
Brad Paisley, Sept. 18, Pepsi Center
Folk/Jam/String Concerts
The Mountain Goats, May 26, Gothic Theatre
The Decemberists, May 27, Red Rocks
Old Crow Medicine Show, June 3, Red Rocks
Lettuce, June 5, Red Rocks
Steep Canyon Rangers, June 18, Arvada Center
Ry Cooder, Sharon White, Ricky Skaggs, June 19, Chautauqua
Widespread Panic, June 26-27, Red Rocks
Umphrey’s McGee, July 3, Red Rocks
The Avett Brothers, July 10-12, Red Rocks
Indigo Girls, July 15, Chautauqua
The String Cheese Incident, July 24-26, Red Rocks
Bela Fleck, Aug. 9, Denver Botanic Gardens — York Street
Damien Rice, Aug. 10, Red Rocks
Brandi Carlile, Aug. 15, Red Rocks
Yonder Mountain String Band, Aug. 21, Red Rocks
Jenny Lewis, Aug. 21, Fox Theatre
Buena Vista Social Club, Aug. 22, Denver Botanic Gardens — York Street
Trampled by Turtles, Aug. 29, Red Rocks
Punch Brothers, Sept. 1, Chautauqua
Phish, Sept. 4-6, Dick’s Sporting Goods Park
Railroad Earth, Sept. 18, Red Rocks
Electronic Concerts
Chromeo, May 26, Red Rocks
Passion Pit, May 26, Ogden Theatre
Hot Chip, May 28, Ogden Theatre
Bassnectar, May 29-31, Red Rocks
Zeds Dead, July 2, Red Rocks
Tanlines, July 3, Larimer Lounge
Jamie XX, July 21, 1up Colfax
Chet Faker, Aug. 4, Gothic Theatre
Pretty Lights, Aug. 7-8, Red Rocks
Griz, Sept. 4, Red Rocks
STS9, Sept. 11-12, Red Rocks
Hip-hop/R&B Concerts
Juicy J, May 30, Fillmore Auditorium
Yung Lean, June 5, Cervantes’ Masterpiece Ballroom
D’Angelo, June 10, Ogden Theatre
Sage Francis, June 19, Cervantes’ Masterpiece Ballroom
Geto Boys, June 24, Summit Music Hall
Tyler the Creator, June 24, Fox Theatre
Jurassic 5, July 17-18, Ogden Theatre
Nicki Minaj, Aug. 11, Pepsi Center
George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic, Aug. 23, Ogden Theatre
J. Cole, Aug. 25, Red Rocks
Atmosphere, Aug. 28, Red Rocks
