
Your complete guide to 2025 summer music festivals in Colorado
From underground music in Denver to under-the-stars performances in Durango, this summer offers a bit of everything.

Listen: ‘Echoes of Curtis Park’ brings Five Points history to the stage — via a cosmic radio DJ
The production’s “KMSZ Mestizo Radio” broadcasts real, and reimagined, pieces of Denver’s Chicano and Mexicano history.

Colorado Arts Spotlight: Season announcements from Boulder Ballet, Canyon Concert Ballet and Wonderbound, plus a debut event for young artists and more
Your weekly arts and culture news briefs, catching you up on the latest across Colorado — plus, things to do.

Colorado Arts Spotlight: Jazz for mental health, Denver Fashion Week, Indigenous arts leadership, a ‘Bruce Lee and Beyond’ film series and more
Your weekly arts and culture news briefs, catching you up on the latest across Colorado — plus, things to do.

Colorado Arts Spotlight: Local filmmakers debut pilot episodes at SeriesFest, DCPA and Pikes Peak Center announce upcoming shows, Governor’s Creative Leadership awards and more
Your weekly arts and culture news briefs, catching you up on the latest across Colorado — plus, things to do.

These Colorado filmmakers are hoping to make it big. SeriesFest in Denver is their first stop
From a documentary series about Native American comedians to a show about love-at-first pickleball, four pilots with local ties will debut at the festival.

The 2025 Underground Music Showcase lineup is here
Colorado’s largest and longest-running music festival is back, baby.

Colorado Arts Spotlight: SeriesFest is back, plus new Redline grantees, Día del Niño celebrations, a cult film series and Unsent Show
Your weekly arts and culture news briefs, catching you up on the latest across Colorado — plus, things to do.

Colorado Arts Spotlight: A new director for Opera Colorado, local band ‘Tennis’ calling it quits, Spirituals in schools and more
Your weekly arts and culture news briefs, catching you up on the latest across Colorado — plus, things to do.

Colorado Arts Spotlight: Sundance incentives signed into law, new music venue coming to Centennial, punk album from local artist Gregg Deal and more
Your weekly arts and culture news briefs, catching you up on the latest across Colorado — plus, things to do.

Colorado Arts Spotlight: Boulder Arts Week, Arvada Center summer concerts and a ‘Tearjerker’ film series in Denver
Your weekly arts and culture news briefs, catching you up on the latest across Colorado — plus, things to do.

Colorado wins Sundance Film Festival bid
The move follows a bid from the state and Boulder officials to woo one of the biggest independent film festivals in the world.

Colorado Arts Spotlight: Aspen Shortsfest, a new summer music festival and art created by formerly homeless adults
Your weekly arts and culture news briefs, catching you up on the latest across Colorado — plus, things to do.

Colorado Arts Spotlight: Funding wins and woes for local arts and culture organizations, plus season announcements for the DCPA and Colorado Symphony
Your weekly arts and culture news briefs, catching you up on the latest across Colorado — plus, things to do.

Colorado Arts Spotlight: BIFF, a new music and beer festival, Arvada Center’s upcoming season schedule and more
Learn fascinating history from Denver’s Brown Palace Hotel, explore the lineup of a new “extreme music” festival and find things to do this weekend.

Here’s the Red Rocks 2025 concert lineup (so far)
This year’s lineup includes all the usual suspects, plus special performances with the Colorado Symphony, comedy and more.