Author: Dylan Owens
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Huge new music and arts festival coming to Denver in September
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save It’s been months since music festival producer Superfly first announced its intention to throw a music-and-culture festival in Denver’s Overland Park Golf Course. On Thursday, the producer revealed two key details about the festival at…
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New Denver music venue opens, promises to be one-of-a-kind
Though Levitt Pavilion Denver became the seventh in a series of Levitt Pavilions across the country when it opened in Ruby Hill Park on Thursday, it is the largest of them all, not to mention one of a kind in Denver. With an adjustable capacity that can accommodate as many as 17,000 people, the $7 million, 63,450-square-foot amphitheater is the…
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Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Denver show has been postponed
The Red Hot Chili Peppers has postponed tonight’s Pepsi Center show until fall, citing lead singer Anthony Kiedis’ falling ill. The band has rescheduled its show for October 16, promoter AEG Presents announced in an email. “We are so sorry that we cannot come to Denver as planned,” the band wrote in a statement on Thursday morning. “Anthony has…
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A “game changer” for cycling, Denver will add a music festival to the Colorado Classic with Wilco, Death Cab for Cutie
Colorado — and America — is a cemetery for pro-cycling races, many withering away after failed attempts at financial stability. But a group of Coloradans is attempting something never done before that may keep their race’s heart beating for decades to come: charging for entry. “Our goal is sustainability and to achieve that, we need to change…
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Alone on Valentine’s Day? Tango with an isolation tank
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Close your eyes and picture the stereotypical Valentine’s evening. Maybe there’s a handsome couple dining window-side at a scarcely pronounceable French restaurant. A candlestick on the table between them dances with each sweet nothing they exchange. Between beats in conversation, they kiss. Now, open your eyes. Are you swooning? Angry? It probably depends on which side…
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Justin Bieber announces 2017 stadium tour, Denver concert
Two big concerts are coming to Denver in 2017. Guns N’ Roses, the ’80s rockers, have announced a slew of new shows in their Not In This Lifetime Tour, including a stadium show at Sports Authority Field at Mile High. The band will come through the Colorado venue on August 2. It was initially reported that the…
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Kanye West’s Saint Pablo tour is coming to Denver
It’s been eight years since Kanye West performed in Colorado. Next month, the drought is over. Kanye West has extended his Saint Pablo tour through the end of the year, including a date at Denver’s Pepsi Center on Nov. 28. Tickets to Denver’s leg of the Saint Pablo tour go on sale Oct. 22 via…
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Headliners announced for Buena Vista music festival
After getting its permit approved last week, Buena Vista’s four-day, 20,000-person music festival has chosen a name and released the initial lineup of its inaugural event. Madison House Presents’ August 5-7 festival is called Vertex, and will feature headline performances by jam ensemble Trey Anastasio Band, blues rockers the Alabama Shakes and DJ duo ODESZA.…
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Permit approved for 20,000-person Buena Vista music festival
After weeks of deliberation, the special events permit for Madison House Presents’ proposed 20,000-person musical festival in Buena Vista was approved this morning. The festival is set for August 4-7 on a 274-acre ranch near the Arkansas River. After hearing from local residents near the festival grounds, the Chaffee County Board of Commissioners shaved an…
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Pearl Jam to headline Colorado music festival
The 5th Annual RIDE festival returns to Telluride on July 9 and 10 this year with an ace up its sleeve. Nineties alt-rockers Pearl Jam will headline the festival this year, marking the band’s first performance in the scenic mountain town. They’ll be joined by Cage the Elephant, British blues rock band the Temperance Movement,…