One of our favorite things about living in Colorado is the easy access to the world’s best music venue! (Seriously – if you haven’t seen a show there, you’ve got to put it on your ‘to do’ list for 2016!) Red Rocks Amphitheater just announced their 2016 lineup and we want to know who you are most looking forward to seeing!
Here’s a handy list so you can keep this star-packed schedule straight:
Friday, Jan. 29 – Winter on the Rocks: Adventure Club & Big Grams
Tuesday, April 19 – 420 Eve on the Rocks: Method Man & Redman, Ghostface Killah & Raekwon and special guests
Monday, May 2 – The 1975 with The Japanese House
Friday, May 6 – JJ Grey & Mofro and the Infamous Stringdusters with Fruition
Saturday, May 7 – Papadosio with Ott & the All-Seeing I, OPIUO, Dirtwire and more
Friday, May 13 – Thievery Corporation
Saturday, May 14 – Global Dub Festival with DATSIK, Bro Safari and more to be announced
Saturday, May 21 – Dada Life
Sunday, May 22 – Elephant Revival with Josh Ritter & The Royal City Band and Rising Appalachia
Friday, May 27 – The Devil Makes Three with Shakey Graves
Saturday, May 28 and Sunday, May 29 – My Morning Jacket
Tuesday, May 31 – M83
Thursday, June 2 – Chromeo & Jamie XX with Four Tet
Saturday, June 4 – The Disco Biscuits with Ghostland Observatory and Twiddle
Thursday, June 9 – Brit Floyd
Saturday, June 11 – Big Head Todd and the Monsters with Dwight Yoakam
Sunday, June 12 – The Polish Ambassador
Tuesday, June 28 – Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals with City and Colour
Thursday, June 30 – Zeds Dead
Saturday, July 2, and Sunday, July 3 – Umphrey’s McGee with Zappa Plays Zappa and Sinkane
Tuesday, July 12, and Wednesday, July 13 – Twenty One Pilots
Monday, July 18 – Sufjan Stevens with RHYE
Wednesday, July 20 – Portugal. The Man with Glass Animals
Friday, July 22 – The Motet with Medeski, Martin & Wood and Vulfpeck
Saturday, July 23 – Greensky Bluegrass with Leftover Salmon
Friday, Aug. 5 – Tedeschi Trucks Band with Los Lobos and North Mississippi Allstars
Sunday, Aug. 21 – Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats with Shovels and Rope
Sunday, Aug. 28 – The Head and the Heart with The Tallest Man on Earth
Tuesday, Aug. 30 – Heart, Joan Jett and Cheap Trick
Wednesday, Aug. 31 – Tame Impala with Mac DeMarco
Sunday, Sept. 4 – Gregory Alan Isakov with Ani DiFranco
Wednesday, Sept. 14 – Jason Isbell and Lucero
In addition to concerts, Red Rocks also hosts Film on the Rocks, Yoga on the Rocks and other events. See the schedule and purchase tickets here: http://redrocksonline.com/.
To see who played last year (and an awesome slideshow): http://on9news.tv/1Cyqmi9.
If you want to see anyone who’s ever played Red Rocks: http://bit.ly/1JIbQJ6
9NEWS will continue to update this list to include more shows coming to Red Rocks this season.
