Colorado’s 20 biggest concert venues 4

Our favorite venues 9

The best mountain towns for live music 12

Before you go: tips for Red Rocks 15

The biggest Colorado bands 17

Memories of the Rainbow Music Hall 20

Colorado music venues that we miss 23

Tried and true: our favorite sounds, sites 24

A band named Barbara is taking off 28

Where you can dine before the show 31

Classical music, outdoors for the summer 34

All we wanna do is dance, dance, dance 37

Live music on the radio ..................................... 41

Ralph Malph lives in

Colorado. (And he sings, too) 44

Two small festivals that

you should check out 47

Evergreen draws jazz fans 50

Tidbits: what you may not know 52

Iconic Colorado songs 55

Our favorite cover bands 58

Chris Stapleton coming to Ball Arena 63

Country star Lainey Wilson

is having a good run 64

CREDITS

On the cover: A large crowd gathers to watch Larkin Poe open for Sheryl Crow at Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison on June 10.

Photographer: AAron Ontiveroz, The Denver Post

Editor: Barbara Ellis

Designer: Kevin Bottrell

Copy editors: Jonathan Shikes, Donovan Henderson, Barbara Ellis, TJ Hutchinson, Maureen Burnett and George Tanner