Block party music fundraiser for New Earth Sanctuary from 12-6 pm featuring the Gasoline Lollipops and Big Paddy!! Food truck serving delicious vegan food: It's All Greek To Me!! Address of block party: 302 west Cleveland st. Lafayette co 80026. Presale tickets are $20 and $25 at the door.

Artist: New Earth Sanctuary Presents Stronger Together Music Series #4 Featuring the Gasoline Lollipops

Venue: 302 West Cleveland Street Lafayette, CO 80026

Dirtwire stands poised between ancient Mother Earth and modern technology, a blend of ethnomusicology and the psychedelic trance state, gut-bucket delta blues and what the band variously dubs “back-porch space cowboy blues, swamptronica, and electro-twang.” It’s a sound informed by Dirtwire’s travel ...more details.

Artist: Dirt Wire with Gone Gone Beyond and Blossomn

Venue: Boulder Theater

Doors 8pm/Show 9pm 16+ Dirtwire stands poised between ancient Mother Earth and modern technology, a blend of ethnomusicology and the psychedelic trance state, gut-bucket delta blues and what the band variously dubs “back-porch space cowboy blues, swamptronica, and electro-twang.” It’s a sound infor ...more details.

Artist: Dirtwire

Venue: Cervantes' Masterpiece Ballroom

Dirtwire stands poised between ancient Mother Earth and modern technology, a blend of ethnomusicology and the psychedelic trance state, gut-bucket delta blues and what the band variously dubs “back-porch space cowboy blues, swamptronica, and electro-twang.” It’s a sound informed by Dirtwire’s travel ...more details.

Artist: Dirt Wire with Gone Gone Beyond and Blossomn

Venue: Aggie Theatre

Doors 7pm/Show 8pm Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio—or as it is sometimes referred to, DLO3—specialize in the lost art of “feel good music.” The ingredients of this intoxicating cocktail include a big helping of the 1960s organ jazz stylings of Jimmy Smith and Baby Face Willette; a pinch of the snappy soul ...more details.

Artist: Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio

Venue: Cervantes' Other Side

The Sons of the Pioneers, “legends of Western music," singularly built a new genre and library of music that is an American original, one that has become synonymous with the American West, and that continues to enthrall generations of listeners worldwide. Although others have followed, although othe ...more details.

Artist: Sons of the Pioneers

Venue: Swallow Hill Music / Daniels Hall

16+ Doors 7pm, Show 8pm Esme Patterson is a Denver indie-folk, indie-rock, dream pop musician who is also known for her time in the local group Paper Bird, and her collaborations with Shakey Graves and William Elliot Whitmore. She began her solo career in 2012.

Artist: Esme Patterson

Venue: Globe Hall

Doors 7/Show 8; All Ages. Los Angeles bass producer/DJ Tsuruda is a classically trained musician who blends elements of experimental hip-hop with avant-garde electronics. First debuting in 2014, Tsuruda has captivated audiences with his dynamic sound and hypnotizing live sets, which have taken him ...more details.

Artist: Tsuruda and Chee

Venue: Aggie Theatre

Doors 7/Show 8- All Ages. Steve Forbert is one of the few artists who can mesmerize a crowd with nothing but a distinctive voice, an acoustic guitar and his trusty harmonica slung around his neck. More than four decades have passed since Forbert first made his way to New York City from Meridian, Mi ...more details.

Artist: Steve Forbert

Venue: Swallow Hill- Daniels Hall

Gates open at 11am, music from noon to 6pm followed by an After Party (ticketed). Entrance is at Gold Hill Mesa Drive and S. Raven Mine Drive-through the Breezeway. ENJOY A FULL DAY OF BLUES WITH THESE GREAT ACTS 12:00 - 12:50 ALVIN YOUNGBLOOD HART 1:05 - 1:55 CASS CLAYTON BAND 2:15 - ...more details.

Artist: Blues on the Mesa

Venue: Gold Hill Mesa Dr, Colorado Springs, CO 80905

Doors 7/Show 8; All Ages. Something downright mystical is happening on Colorado’s Front Range. The very roots of traditional acoustic music seem to sprout from the dirt, shaking their dust into the winds of change, to be breathed in and become the soul of musicians who craft their songs here. ...more details.

Artist: Wood Belly with House With a Yard, Pappy Longlegs

Venue: Aggie Theatre

7pm, All Ages. The Blue Canyon Boys are equal parts purists and innovators when it comes to Bluegrass: they stay true to the form’s roots while constantly reimagining their relationship to tradition. The result is a toe-tapping mix of haunting standards, genre-bending arrangements, and catchy origi ...more details.

Artist: Blue Canyon Boys and Cody Sisters

Venue: Broomfield Auditorium

Hailed as one of the most prodigious guitarists of his generation, Julian Lage has spent more than a decade searching through the myriad strains of American musical history via impeccable technique, free association and a spirit of infinite possibility. Though only 31, the New York-based musician bo ...more details.

Artist: Julian Lage

Venue: Fox Theatre

Brasstracks was co-founded by Ivan Jackson and Conor Rayne while studying jazz at New York’s Manhattan School of Music. Since forming in 2014, the duo have become one of music’s most in-demand horn/percussion duos, collaborating with the likes of Harry Styles, Anderson .Paak, Khalid, Mark Ronson and ...more details.

Artist: Brasstracks with TOBi

Venue: Fox Theatre

If David Byrne is one of the geniuses of modern times, then Start Making Sense is a tribute to genius. The musicians in this 7-piece Talking Heads Tribute take pride in faithfully recreating the music of Talking Heads entire career, including songs Talking Heads never performed live! Together they b ...more details.

Artist: Start Making Sense

Venue: The Fox Theatre

Charlie Parr is an incorruptible outsider who writes novelistic, multi-layered stories that shine a kaleidoscopic light on defiant, unseen characters thriving in the shadows all around us. Parr has a new record with only his name on it, and it isn’t shiny and perfect and commercial and catchy. It’s ...more details.

Artist: Charlie Parr

Venue: Globe Hall

Denver native and seventh-generation Coloradan and folk musician Jon Chandler will appear at Swallow Hill Music in conjunction with the release of his tenth recording, Homage. Jon will be joined by a superb cast of musical friends including Colorado Country Hall of Fame members Ernie Martinez, Lind ...more details.

Artist: Jon Chandler

Venue: Swallow Hill Music / Daniels Hall

Indie rock singer-songwriter Valley Maker plays at Globe Hall in October, touring in support of his new album When The Day Leaves.

Artist: Valley Maker

Venue: Globe Hall

Doors 8pm/Show 9pm-2am Manic Focus is the electronic music project of John “JmaC” McCarten, a Denver-based producer with roots in funk, soul, and new-era hip-hop. A multi-dimensional artist with a rowdy style that spans multiple genres, Manic Focus transcends sound waves by fusing soulful blues wit ...more details.

Artist: Manic Focus

Venue: Cervantes' Masterpiece Ballroom

Doors 7/Show 8- All Ages. Tickets purchased for the original 2020 show will remain valid for this rescheduled date. Returning to the studio as Watkins Family Hour, Sean and Sara Watkins consider brother sister a duo-centric record—yet one that feels bigger than just two people. With S ...more details.

Artist: Watkins Family Hour with Courtney Hartman

Venue: Swallow Hill Music at First Baptist Church 1373 Grant St. Denver

The High Kings are Finbarr Clancy, Darren Holden, Brian Dunphy and newest member Paul O’ Brien. The High Kings formed in June 2007 when David Kavanagh noticed a gap in the market for a band specialising in traditional Irish music, and asked these 4 musicians to join. Here in 2019 they continue to se ...more details.

Artist: The High Kings

Venue: The Boulder Theater

Doors 7, Show 8; All Ages Since the release of Kingfish, his Grammy-nominated 2019 Alligator Records debut, guitarist, vocalist and songwriter Christone “Kingfish” Ingram has quickly become the defining blues voice of his generation. From his hometown of Clarksdale, Mississippi to stages around the ...more details.

Artist: Christone "Kingfish" Ingram

Venue: Summit Music Hall

Doors 7/Show 8- All Ages. Tony is an evocative and soulful singer, a wide-ranging songwriter and a virtuoso multi-instrumentalist adept on banjo, cello-banjo, slide guitar and baritone ukulele who mixes and matches sounds and styles with the ?air of a master chef (he’s also an accomplished sculptor ...more details.

Artist: Tony Furtado

Venue: Swallow Hill- Daniels Hall

Doors 8, Show 9; All Ages With a driving drum corps battery, taiko drummers, an arsenal of electronics including synthesizers, theremin, vocoders, and other custom-made sonic devices, itchy-O completely engulfs an audience from every angle in an electric bog of music, ephemera, and spectacle. Laude ...more details.

Artist: Itchy-O Hallowmass 2021 Night 1

Venue: Summit Music Hall

Doors 8, Show 9; All Ages With a driving drum corps battery, taiko drummers, an arsenal of electronics including synthesizers, theremin, vocoders, and other custom-made sonic devices, itchy-O completely engulfs an audience from every angle in an electric bog of music, ephemera, and spectacle. Laude ...more details.

Artist: Itchy-O Hallowmass 2021 Night 2

Venue: Summit Music Hall

Doors 8, Show 9; Ages 16+ New Orleans funk powerhouse Dumpstaphunk released their new album Where Do We Go From Here on April 23, 2021 (via Mascot Label Group / The Funk Garage). The release marks the band’s first full length album in seven years, and undeniably the most powerful and politically po ...more details.

Artist: Dumpstaphunk

Venue: Cervantes' Other Side

Doors 8pm, Show 9pm; All Ages With a driving drum corps battery, taiko drummers, an arsenal of electronics including synthesizers, theremin, vocoders, and other custom-made sonic devices, itchy-O completely engulfs an audience from every angle in an electric bog of music, ephemera, and spectacle. L ...more details.

Artist: Itchy- O Hallowmass Night 3

Venue: Summit Music Hall

Doors 8, Show 9; Ages 16+ New Orleans funk powerhouse Dumpstaphunk released their new album Where Do We Go From Here on April 23, 2021 (via Mascot Label Group / The Funk Garage). The release marks the band’s first full length album in seven years, and undeniably the most powerful and politically po ...more details.

Artist: Dumpstaphunk

Venue: Cervantes' Other Side

The quartet Ragged Union builds its sound on a guitar-based rhythmic drive, from the obviously bluegrass, to old-time string band, and then to a boundary-less approach with changing feels, time signatures, and complex melodies - always an exciting intensity. Geoff Union - flat picker, singer, ...more details.

Artist: Bluegrass at the Audi: Ragged Union

Venue: Broomfield Auditorium

Doors 7/Show 8- All Ages. SLAID CLEAVES- Now twenty-five years into his storied career, Cleaves' songwriting has never been more potent than on his new album, Ghost on the Car Radio. The characters in Slaid Cleaves' songs live in unglamorous reality. They work dead-end jobs, they run out of money, ...more details.

Artist: Slaid Cleaves and Robbie Fulks

Venue: Swallow Hill- Daniels Hall

Doors 8:30, Show 9; All Ages Berlin-based duo Booka Shade, aka Walter Merziger and ArnoKammermeier, have carved out a reputation as one of the most celebrated electronic acts to come out of Europe over the past two decades. With their beginnings in Frankfurt and their sights originally on synth- ...more details.

Artist: Booka Shade

Venue: Fox Theatre

Doors 7/Show 8- All Ages. Thunder and Rain started as a duet in Golden, CO in 2013. They’ve released 2 full length albums and three EPs of all original music. Frontwoman Erinn Peet-Lukes writes the majority of the material with her co-writer and founding member of the band, RP Oates. Passing in ...more details.

Artist: Thunder and Rain with Grace Clark Band

Venue: Swallow Hill- Daniels Hall

Doors 7pm/Show 8pm, All Ages. Drawing on the energy of a rock band and the Laurel Canyon songwriting of the ‘70s, The Lil Smokies are reimagining their approach to roots music on Tornillo, named for the remote Texas town where the album was recorded. Produced by Bill Reynolds (The Avett Brothers, B ...more details.

Artist: Lil Smokies

Venue: Aggie Theatre

Doors 7pm/Show 8pm- All Ages. Drawing on the energy of a rock band and the Laurel Canyon songwriting of the ‘70s, The Lil Smokies are reimagining their approach to roots music on Tornillo, named for the remote Texas town where the album was recorded. Produced by Bill Reynolds (The Avett Brothers, B ...more details.

Artist: Lil Smokies

Venue: Fox Theatre

Doors 7pm/Show 8pm- All Ages. Drawing on the energy of a rock band and the Laurel Canyon songwriting of the ‘70s, The Lil Smokies are reimagining their approach to roots music on Tornillo, named for the remote Texas town where the album was recorded. Produced by Bill Reynolds (The Avett Brothers, B ...more details.

Artist: Lil Smokies

Venue: Fox Theatre

Denver-based LAPOMPE combines rustic gypsy swing with vintage blues and soulful originals to create a unique sound and style. The string quartet features two guitars, vocals, upright bass and violin and crafts a musical pulse brimming with energy. The band has been nominated by multiple publications ...more details.

Artist: LAPOMPE and Michele Castro

Venue: Swallow Hill Music / Daniels Hall

Doors 7, Show 8; 16+ Hailing from Houston, Texas, Robert Glasper is a jazz pianist with a knack for mellow, harmonically complex compositions that also reveal a subtle hip-hop influence. In 2012 the Robert Glasper Experiment (with a slew of guest vocalists) issued their first stand-alone album, Bla ...more details.

Artist: Robert Glasper and Cory Henry

Venue: Cervantes' Masterpiece Ballroom

Doors 7pm; Show 8pm El Ten Eleven is an American, Los Angeles-based, post-rock duo, known for combining guitar/bass doubleneck or fretless bass, with heavy looping, or vamping, and the utility of an effects pedal, over acoustic or electric drumming. Experiencing an unexpected tragedy or loss of ...more details.

Artist: El Ten Eleven

Venue: Aggie Theatre

Doors 7/Show 8- All Ages. FUNK YOU -http://funkyoumusic.com/. The nonet, featuring Gavin Hamilton (Lead Vocals), Evan Miller (Guitar), William Foster (Vocals, Keys), Will Clark (Vocals, Drums), Palmer Owens (Percussion), Mark ‘Earl’ Dykes (Vocals, Bass), Gnarly G (Saxophone), Josh Spilliards (Tro ...more details.

Artist: Funk You with The Runaway Grooms

Venue: Cervantes Other Side

7pm- All Ages. This new Colorado Springs bluegrass band - the four-piece, neotraditional bluegrass band, Red Mountain Boys, recently won second place in the prestigious RockyGrass Band Contest at the annual RockyGrass Festival in Lyons. The Red Mountain Boys have been creating and releasing music f ...more details.

Artist: Red Mountain Boys

Venue: Muse Performance Space,

7pm- All Ages. In January 2020, The Jet Set WON the Ullrgrass Band Competition. In February 2020, Midwinter Bluegrass was the last show The Jet Set was able to play before COVID shut down the scene in so many ways. During the "time off" in 2020 to present, The Jet Set has been working on more origi ...more details.

Artist: Ms. Amy and the Jet Set

Venue: Broomfield Auditorium

From the brimming light of the lead guitar on opener “Saturnine & Iron Jaw” to the mellow grunge unfolding in the finale “Rats in Ruin,” Nothing as the Ideal is a signature All Them Witches release, which of course means it sounds like nothing they’ve ever done before. The Nashville trio thrive on c ...more details.

Artist: All Them Witches with Blackwater Holylight

Venue: Aggie Theatre

Godspeed You! Black Emperor released a string of albums from 1997-2002 widely recognized as redefining what punk- and politically-informed music can be, where longform instrumental chamber rock compositions of immense feeling and power serve as soundtracks to late capitalist alienation and resistanc ...more details.

Artist: Godspeed You! Black Emperor

Venue: Gothic Theatre

Godspeed You! Black Emperor released a string of albums from 1997-2002 widely recognized as redefining what punk- and politically-informed music can be, where longform instrumental chamber rock compositions of immense feeling and power serve as soundtracks to late capitalist alienation and resistanc ...more details.

Artist: Godspeed You! Black Emperor

Venue: Boulder Theater

Greg can’t remember a time when he didn’t sing. His repertoire, from as far back as he can remember, has been straight off the LPs of the classic country vocalists: Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard, Lefty Frizzell, Webb Pierce, Bill Monroe, the Louvin Brothers, Charley Pride, the Chuck Wagon Gang, Lester ...more details.

Artist: Greg Blake

Venue: Muse Performance Space, Lafayette CO

“Great storytelling that delivers important messages straight to the heart, combined with instrumental virtuosity and tasteful musicianship has been the Hard Road Trio’s calling card for many years now. With the release of the Trio’s new eponymous CD, these Southwest musicians raise the level of the ...more details.

Artist: Bluegrass at the Audi: The Hard Road Trio

Venue: Broomfield Auditorium

Loudon Wainwright III is a singer songwriter and actor. In 1968 he began to write songs and in 1969 recorded his first album. His songs have been covered by Johnny Cash, Mose Allison, Rufus Wainwright, Bonnie Raitt, and Earl Scruggs among others. What if you could go back in time and have a dialogue ...more details.

Artist: Loudon Wainwright III

Venue: Swallow Hill Music / Daniels Hall