Independence Day isn’t the only thing to celebrate this week. Embrace the thriving Mile High music scene with shows of every kind kicking off the month of July. Celebrate a local bands album release, catch that national show you’ve been anticipating all year and even set time aside for an all day, or even weekend, music festival. Denver’s music scene never lets us down, so don’t let it down — get out and explore these upcoming concerts.
Monday, July 3
Recommended: Zeds Dead w/ Ghastly, REZZ, Camo & Krooked, Nebbra, GG Magree, Pham @ Red Rocks
Canadian electronic duo, Zeds Dead, will shake Red Rocks on July 3 alongside six powerful opening acts. Zeds Dead and the openers joining them are known for putting on absolutely electric performances, with innovative light and stage technology perfectly accompanying the progressive and diverse style all of the acts employ to make every single audience member jump up and down at the right moments.
Also see…
Shakewell + Ramirez + Germ, Swizzy J, Sysco and Father P @ Cervantes’ Other Side
Rumble Young Man Rumble with The Leshen and Stasis of Seasons @ Larimer Lounge
Bud Bronson & The Good Timers with Panther Martin and Vic ‘n’ the Narwhals @ Hi-Dive
Low Hanging Fruit w/ King Sayles, S.iah, Philososmith @ Globe Hall
Seeyouspacecowboy, Hapless, Faim, Euth @ Seventh Circle Music Collective
Red White and Blow w/ BlowUpDollz, Iron Tear, Revyval @ Herman’s Hideaway
Tuesday, July 4
Recommended: Train w/ O.A.R. and Natasha Bedingfield @ Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre
This Fourth of July Train will play Fiddlers Green Amphitheatre and joining them is O.A.R. Train just released their newest album, A Girl, a Bottle, a Boat, in January, the album is proof that the band can still produce top notch music without founding member and now ex-lead guitarist, Jimmy Stafford. The album, which debuted number eight on Billboard’s Top 200 during its first week is sure to make you want to go dance around outside with a big smile this Independence Day.
Also see…
Blues Traveler w/ Rusted Root, Spin Doctors & The Samples @ Red Rocks
Gamma Death Wave w/ Meeting House and Flyin’ Hot Saucers @ Lost Lake
Fasor 4th of July Party w/ CRL CRRL @ Lion’s Lair
DJ Clark Thomas @ Ophelia’s Electric Soapbox
Product of Hate, IKILLYA, Insurgence and more @ Herman’s Hideaway
Wednesday, July 5
Recommended: Guitar Wolf w/ Issac Rother and the Phantoms and Poison Rites @ The Moon Room at Summit Music Hall
On July 5, Japanese rock band, Guitar Wolf will play The Moon Room at Summit Music Hall. Joining the hard rocking band is Isaac Rother and the Phantoms as well as Poison Rites. Guitar Wolf is known for their piercing vocals and screaming guitar riffs. Guitar Wolf is credited with creating the sub-genre Jet Rock and Roll which describes the band’s incredibly powerful and fast style perfectly.
Also see…
Flume w/ Baauer, Touch Sensitive @ Red Rocks
Toxic Kid with Ballistic Biscuit @ Lost Lake
Bondax w/ Congo Sanchez, Aaron Bordas, Mikey Thunder & Jubee @ Cervantes’ Other Side
Diana with Nicholas Krgovich @ Larimer Lounge
Fit For An Autopsy, Tombs, Moon Tooth and It’s Always Sunny in Tijuana @ The Marquis Theater
Salaam/Shalom – A Celebration of Arabic and Jewish Music @ Dazzle Jazz
Ben Markley Trio @ Nocturne Jazz
eHpH, TETRAKROMA, and The Proto Whats? @ 3 Kings Tavern
Freewheel Trio w/ Circus No.9, Your Friendly Neighborhood @ Globe Hall
Dave Honig @ Ophelia’s Electric Soapbox
The Cherry Tops, The StickUps, Fast Eddy @ Seventh Circle Music Collective
Jessie Davis w/ Teledonna, Ross and the Geezers @ Herman’s Hideaway
Thursday, July 6
Recommended: Queen w/ Adam Lambert @ Pepsi Center
This Thursday, let Queen and Adam Lambert rock you at the Pepsi Center. Watch original Queen members, Brian May and Roger Taylor play the classics while Lambert hits those high notes as he steps into the role of lead singer. Also on stage will be Spike Edney on the keyboard. Edney was a regular on Queen’s tours. On Bass will be Neil Fairclough and Roger Taylor’s son, and Rufus Tiger Taylor will play percussion. While right now the group is only touring, there have been some hints and rumors surrounding the idea of them recording some original material so keep an eye out for that.
Also see…
Phil Wiggins & George Kilby Jr. Trio @ Dazzle Jazz
Adam Bodine Tiro @ Nocturne Jazz
Duke Robillard @ The Oriental
American Grandma w/ Toothbone and Coo Coo Bad Brains @ Lion’s Lair
Jukebox Spiders @ 3 Kings Tavern
SAMVEGA w/ Today’s Paramount, Admiral, Alex Restivo, Vomit Countdown @ Seventh Circle Music Collective
Rodina w/ Joe Tatton of the New Mastersounds @ Ophelia’s Electric Soapbox
Almost, Maine, From Thin Air, Rain in July, I’m Glad It’s You and Not My Weekend @ The Marquis Theater
The Knock w/ Kitty Crimes, Venus Cruz & What Young Men Do and Grim & Darling @ Larimer Lounge
The Haunted Windchimes w/ Thunder & Rain and The River Arkansas @ Cervantes’ Other Side
TOW’RS w/ Edison and I Was A Fire @ The Moon Room at Summit Music Hall
Maggie Koerner w/ RL Cole @ Globe Hall
Pink Martini w/ the Colorado Symphony Orchestra, Rufus Wainwright @ Red Rocks
Jacuzzi Boys with Dirty Few and Shiii Whaaa @ Lost Lake
Thou w/ Cloud Rat, Moloch, False and Primitive Man @ Hi-Dive
The Barbelfish Balkan Band @ Soiled Dove Underground
Felix Cartal with Ghosts @ Beta Nightclub
Friday, July 7
Recommended: The Avett Brothers with Dr. John & The Nite Trippers @ Red Rocks
The Avett Brothers will have Red Rocks Amphitheatre stomping and singing for an entire three-day run starting July 7 and ending July 9. Joining them will be Dr. John and the Nite Trippers on July 7, Chatham County Line on July 8 and Shovels & Rope on July 9. The band’s most recent album, True Sadness, released in June of 2016 topped out at number three on Billboard’s top 200. Despite the name, the album is not sad but almost has a hopeful quality to it making it the perfect album to listen to while surrounded by the scenery that is Red Rocks.
Get tickets here. Note – Official tickets for July 7 and 8 are sold out, but tickets are still available for July 9 for their performance with Shovels & Rope.
Also see…
Skism with Space Laces and Slabs @ Beta Nightclub
This Wild Life @ The Bluebird
Rival Sons w/ Nate Cook @ The Gothic
Chris Travis @ The Roxy
Guilty Pleasures @ Hi-Dive
The Munsens with Oryx and Ghosts of Glaciers @ Lost Lake
Grayson Capps @ The Walnut Room
J.D. Wells and the Blood, Siveria @ Globe Hall
Frank and Deans, Reno Divorce @ Seventh Circle Music Collective
California Voodoo w/ Shakedown Street @ Be On Key Psychadelic Ripple
Pig with Ghostfeeder, Julien-K and DJ Slave1 @ Summit Music Hall
Town Mountain with Tenth Mountain Division and Good Gravy! @ Cervantes’ Other Side
Stone, Broken Teeth, Lonely Bones, Uneasy Peace and Lockjaw @ The Marquis Theater
Pat Green @ Grizzly Rose
SKSS w/ Fasplants and the Hacks @ Lion’s Lair
“Richardson” Richardson, Opsiden @ Seventh Circle Music Collective
The Matt Skellenger Group @ Dazzle Jazz
Trio + 1 @ Nocturne Jazz
Dave Devine Trio (late show) @ Dazzle Jazz
Halloween in July Fest w/ Assemblage 23 @ Bar Standard
Pat Green @ The Grizzly Rose
Hot Apostles w/ Ryan Chrys and The Rough Cut and Jane Doe @ 3 Kings Tavern
Roka Hueka w/ Alcapones and Roots, Rice & Beans @ Ophelia’s Electric Soapbox
Marcia Ball @ Soiled Dove Underground
Saturday, July 8
Recommended: Ghost B.C. @ The Fillmore
Swedish rock band, Ghost B.C. will be performing at the Fillmore Auditorium on July 8. Ghost’s most recent album, Meloria, released in 2015 won Best Hard Rock/ Metal Album at the 2015 Grammis Award (Swedish music awards) and lead single off the album, “Cirice” won Best Metal Performance at the 2016 Grammys. Making this concert even better, joining Ghost B.C. is local Denver “doom-rock” band Khemmis.
Also see…
The Avett Brothers w/ Chatham County Line @ Red Rocks
Citizen Dan @ The Oriental
Jofoke Salutes Joe Keel @ Dazzle Jazz
Joshua Trinidad & Ian Argys, The Peter Sommer Quartet @ Nocturne Jazz
Dryer Fire w/ Piranha Solution, Sinister Pig, Theft Under A Thousand @ Lion’s Lair
California Voodoo w/ Shakedown Street @ Be On Key Psychadelic Ripple
Ford Theater Reunion w/ Granny Tweed and Special Guests @ 3 Kings Tavern
Dead Rabbitts, I Set My Friends On Fire, Set to Stun, Northern Ghost, Mosaic @ The Marquis Theater
Blue Lane Fronteirs, Bloomers @ Seventh Circle Music Collective
OmegaMode with Aweminus b2b Definitive, Crowell b2b Codd Dubbz, Joof b2b Morf, UVS Gang and Art @ Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom
Wendy Clark Band @ Herman’s Hideaway
Denver Vintage Reggae Society @ Goosetown Tavern
Radio Moscow with Petyr @ Larimer Lounge
A-Mac & The Height with Robby Wicks Band, Lola Rising and Dear Me @ The Bluebird
Birdtalker w/ Austin Manuel @ Globe Hall
Get Scared with Famous Last Words and World War Me @ The Moon Room at Summit Music Hall
Land Lines with Modern Leisure and Nasty Nachos @ Lost Lake
Charlie Parr with Patrick Dethlefs and Wolf van Elfmand @ Hi-Dive
Phora @ The Roxy
Caney Creek Company w/ Fireside Collective @ The Walnut Room
Pierce Fulton @ Beta Nightclub
Sunday, July 9
Recommended: The Adam Bodine Trio @ Dazzle Jazz (day show)
On July 9 head over to Dazzle Jazz to hear some original compositions by Denver’s own Adam Bodine Trio. Known for a level of creativity not often found, Bodine takes jazz to places one might not expect. In 2013 the group released an entire album of Nirvana covers which somehow rock, but in a jazzy sense. As unique and progressive as the group’s recorded works are, they are best known for their live shows, which features heavy improvisation making it so you can’t fully understand the magic of the band without experiencing them first hand. Check out the new Dazzle @ Baur’s over Sunday brunch.
Also see…
Scuba @ Beta Nightclub
Ghostradio w/ Ghost Lit Kingdom, Before the Bulb and How Strange @ Lost Lake
Moonrise Nation w/ Montropo and Shark Dreams @ The Moon Room at Summit Music Hall
The Avett Brothers w/ Shovels and Rope @ Red Rocks
Otherwise and Through Fire @ The Marquis Theater
The Healthy Herd w/ Bryan McPherson and Luke Callen @ Lion’s Lair
Dr. Lonnie Smith’s Evolution (late show) @ Dazzle Jazz
Toi Et Moi @ Ophelia’s Electric Soapbox
Road to Velorama w/ Bear Antler, Many Mountains, The Threadbarons, Tyler Imbrey & The Ghost Review, The Dirty Circuits, The Midnight Club, Compliments to the One and The Hits @ Larimer Lounge
Uncle Lucius w/ Vandoliers @ Soiled Dove Underground
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