Summer feels a bit more like ‘summer’ when we can all head out to a free concert. Great live music with awesome bands are all over the Denver area every summer. It is some of the most fun you can have for FREE. Hang out and listen to music, create a fun picnic for the whole family, get outside and enjoy the weather. Nearly any day of the week in any part of the city you can find a free concert. (Thursday seems to be THE night this year that every one should be out). Most concerts are rain or shine, so be prepared for that Colorado weather.
Scroll down for our guide to summer fun in Denver and be sure to also checkout Film on the Rocks at Red Rocks, the ultimate family-friendly ampthitheater under the stars.
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June
June 13 – Kory Brunson Band at the Crescent in Greenwood Village
June 14 – The Long Run at Bands on the Bricks in Boulder
June 14 – Hand Turkey Band at Northglenn Summer Concert Series (Northglenn Rec Center)
June 15 – Nacho Men at Carson Park in Greenwood Village
June 15 – Cass Clayton Band at Clement Park in Littleton
June 15 – Titonic at Highlands Ranch Summer Concert Series
June 15 – Margarita Brothers at Thornton Twist & Shout Summer Concert Series
June 15 – Soul X at FlatIron Crossing Summer of Fun Concert Series
June 15 – Bonnie & Taylor Sims Band at Longmont Museum Summer Concert Series
June 15 – ZiMBiRA at Louisville Concerts in the Park
June 15 – Diamon Empire Band at Philip S Miller Park in Castle Rock
June 16 – Central City Opera at Levitt Pavilion
June 17 – That Eighties Band at Stapleton Concert Series
June 17 – Strange Famous Fest at the Levitt Pavilion
June 17 – That 80s Band at Concerts on the Green (29th & Roslyn)
June 18 – Kutandara Featuring Taffie at Levitt Pavilion
June 18 – Milestone at Green Valley Ranch
June 20 – Motones vs Jerseys at the Crescent in Greenwood Village
June 21 – Union Gray at the Streets of Southglenn
June 21 – Proclaiming Colorado’s Black History through Song at Broomfield Summer Concert Series
June 21 – Ten Years Gones at Northglenn Summer Concert Series (Northglenn Rec Center)
June 21 – The Goonies at Bands on the Bricks in Boulder
June 21 – Ladama at the Levitt Pavilion
June 21 – Juice O’The Barley at Co Museum Series in Littleton
June 22 – Tunisia at FlatIron Crossing Summer of Fun Concert Series
June 22 – Nothing But Nineties at Highlands Ranch Summer Concert Series
June 22 – Daddyblue at Woodglen Brookshire Park part of Thornton Twist & Shout Summer Concert Series
June 22 – Groove N’ Motion at Clement Park in Littleton
June 22 – Jax Jordening at Westlands Park in Greenwood Village
June 22 – Soccer Mommy at Levitt Pavilion
June 22 – 2MX2 at Longmont Museum Summer Concert Series
June 22 – That Eighties Band at Louisville Concerts in the Park
June 22 – Margarita Brothers at Sounds of Southlands
June 23 – The Delta Sonics at Belmar Summer Concert Series
June 24 – Izcalli at Levitt Pavilion
June 25 – Brazilian Day at Levitt Pavilion
June 27 – Soul X at the Crescent in Greenwood Village
June 28 – 5280s Band at Northglenn Summer Concert Series (Northglenn Rec Center)
June 28 – Ouel Bordel ! at Broomfield Summer Concert Series (Broomfield Library)
June 28 – Hazel Miller & The Collective at Bands on the Bricks in Boulder
June 28 — Kyle O’Brien and Friends (at Evergreen Lake Park)
June 29 – Petty Nicks Experience at Curtis Park
June 29 – The Radio Band at FlatIron Crossing Summer of Fun Concert Series
June 29 – Jacob Larson at Thornton Twist & Shout Summer Concert Series
June 29- The Grass Project at Clement Park in Littleton
June 29- Dear Marsha at Longmont Museum Summer Concert Series
June 29 – Groove N Motion at Louisville Concerts in the Park
June 29 – Hot Lunch at Sounds of Southlands
June 30 – Itchy-O at Levitt Pavilion
July
July 1 – Flobots at Levitt Pavilion
July 1 – Thumpin’ at Concerts on the Green (29th & Roslyn)
July 2 – Jenny and then Mexicats at the Levitt Pavilion
July 3 – That Eighties Band at Red, White and You at Clement Park in Littleton
July 5 – Chimbangle at Bands on the Bricks in Boulder
July 5 – The Coffis Brothers at Broomfield Summer Concert Series (Redpoint Ridge Park)
July 6 – Hot Lunch at FlatIron Crossing Summer of Fun Concert Series
July 6 – Delgres at the Levitt Pavilion
July 6 – Slap Jessi at Highlands Ranch Summer Concert Series
July 6 – Twenty Hands High at Longmont Museum Summer Concert Series
July 6 – Shakedown Street at Sounds of Southlands
July 7 – Wailing Souls at the Levitt Pavilion
July 8 Tenth Mountain Division Presents A Midsummer’s Nigh Jam at the Levitt Pavilion
July 8 – Stone Beat Invasion at The Orchard Town Center Concert Series
July 9 – Denver Municipal Band at the Levitt Pavilion
July 11 – Tunisia at the Crescent in Greenwood Village
July 12 – Narrow Gauge at Northglenn Summer Concert Series (Northglenn Rec Center)
July 12 – The Long Run at the Streets of Southglenn
July 12 – Chain Station at Bands on the Bricks in Boulder
July 12 – Jennifer Hartswick Band at Broomfield Summer Concert Series (Redpoint Ridge Park)
July 12 – Blood Brothers AT Buchanan Park Field Evergreen
July 13 – Juice O’the Barley at Thornton Twist & Shout Summer Concert Series
July 13 – That Eighties Band at FlatIron Crossing Summer of Fun Concert Series
July 13 – 5280s Band at Highlands Ranch Summer Concert Series
July 13 – Michael C Experience at Clement Park in Littleton
July 13 – Delta Sonics at Longmont Museum Summer Concert Series
July 13 – Quemando Salsa Band at Louisville Concerts in the Park
July 13 – Tunisia at Sounds of Southlands
July 14 – The Country Music Project at Belmar Summer Concert Series
July 15 – Thumpin at The Orchard Town Center Concert Series
July 16 – Color Field Present: The Dip at the Levitt Pavilion
July 18 – Radio Band at the Crescent in Greenwood Village
July 19 – Electrohornz at Northglenn Summer Concert Series (Northglenn Rec Center)
July 19 – The Sweet Lillies at Bands on the Bricks in Boulder
July 19 – Conjunto Colores at Broomfield Summer Concert Series (Midway Park)
July 20 – Hazel Miller & The Collective at Longmont Museum Summer Concert Series
July 20 – Paizley Park at Highlands Ranch Summer Concert Series
July 20 – Groove n’ Motion at Riverdale Park at Thornton Twist & Shout Summer Concert Series
July 20 – Wash Park Band at FlatIron Crossing Summer of Fun Concert Series
July 20- Roka Hueka at Clement Park in Littleton
July 20 – Selasee and the FaFa Family at Louisville Concerts in the Park
July 20 – Soul X at Sounds of Southlands
July 20 – Premium Diesel at Philip S Miller Park in Castle Rock
July 22 – Homeslice at The Orchard Town Center Concert Series
July 25 – Nothin But 90s at the Crescent in Greenwood Village
July 26 – Okee Dokee Brothers And Sonia De Los Santos at Broomfield Summer Concert Series (Midway Park)
July 26 – May Be Fern at Evergreen Lake Park
July 26 – That Eighties Band at the Streets of Southglenn
July 26 – JJ Brown’s Raw Soul Band at Bands on the Bricks in Boulder
July 27 – Thumpin at FlatIron Crossing Summer of Fun Concert Series
July 27 – The Radio Band at Fallbrook Farms Park at Thornton Twist & Shout Summer Concert Series
July 27 – The Country Music Project at Highlands Ranch Summer Concert Series
July 27 – Lookin Back at Clement Park in Littleton
July 27 – Gingerbomb at Longmont Museum Summer Concert Series
July 27 – Montage at Sounds of Southlands
July 28 – The Royal Street Ramblers at Belmar Summer Concert Series
July 29 – Funkiphino at Concerts on the Green (29th & Roslyn)
July 29 – Paizley Park at The Orchard Town Center Concert Series
July 30 – Hot Lunch at Green Valley Ranch
August
August 1 – Six Million Dollar Band at the Crescent in Greenwood Village
August 2 – Mighty Mystic at Bands on the Bricks in Boulder
August 3 – Michael Friedman Band at Clement Park in Littleton
August 3 – That Eighties Band at Sounds of Southlands
August 4 – Heartless Bastards at the Levitt Pavilion
August 5 – Shakedown Street at the Levitt Pavilion
August 5 – Jacob Larson Band at The Orchard Town Center Concert Series
August 6 – Slim Cessna’s Auto Club with Snakes at the Levitt Pavilion
August 8 – Syndicate at the Crescent in Greenwood Village
August 9 – Cass Clayton Band at Buchanan Field Park Evergreen
August 9 – Darling Revival at the Streets of Southglenn
August 10 – All My Relations Celebration at the Levitt Pavilion
August 10 – Lucky Catch at Clement Park in Littleton
August 11 – Novalima at the Levitt Pavilion
August 11 – Milestone at Belmar Summer Concert Series
August 12 – The Long Run at The Orchard Town Center Concert Series
August 12 – Colorado Dashiki Fest at the Levitt Pavilion
August 13 – John Weeks Band at Green Valley Ranch
August 13 – Mariachi Sol de mi Tierra at the Levitt Pavilion
August 15 – The Long Run at the Crescent in Greenwood Village
August 17 – The Radio Band at Philip S Miller Park in Castle Rock
August 19 – My Blue Sky at The Orchard Town Center Concert Series
August 23 – Still They Ride at the Streets of Southglenn
August 25 – Oakhurst at the Levitt Pavilion
August 25 – The John Weeks Band at Belmar Summer Concert Series
August 26 – That 80s Band at The Orchard Town Center Concert Series
August 27 – Japan Fest 2023 at the Levitt Pavilion
August 31 – Etana at the Levitt Pavilion
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