Outdoor concert series in the Pikes Peak region this summer
Light music
By Edie Adelstein @edieadelstein
In this town, all you need is a blanket to enjoy outdoor music in the summertime. Of course for some gigs you’ll need a few bucks, and you’ll probably want a snack and a beverage, but for the audiophile in all of us, it doesn’t get any easier than this.
Below you’ll find a calendar of as many local en plein air concerts as we could find. (What we missed, please send to edie@csindy.com.) And unless otherwise noted, rejoice: The concerts are actually free.
So get your lawn loungers ready. You’re going to be busy.
Acacia Park Summer Concert Series
6 p.m., Saturdays
Acacia Park, 115 E. Platte Ave.
886-0088
June 1: Kings of Space
June 8: Edith Makes a Paper Chain, Moonhoney Gypsy Tango Cabaret
June 15: The Lazy Spacemen, Estelline
June 22: J. Miller Band and Jake Loggins
Aug. 3: The Haunted Windchimes
Aug. 10: El Toro de la Muerte, We Are Not a Glum Lot
Aug. 17: Levi Weaver, The Alan Joseph Trio
Aug. 24: Mark's Midnight Carnival, Joe Uveges
Colorado Springs
Philharmonic Summer Symphony
7:30 p.m.
June 26: Colorado Springs Together at Mountain Shadows Park (5151 Flying W Ranch Road)
July 4: Independence Day at Memorial Park (1605 E. Pikes Peak Ave.)
July 20: America the Beautiful at Security Service Field (4385 Tutt Blvd.)
July 27: Faithfully: a Symphonic Tribute to the Music of Journey at Bear Creek Regional Park (21st and Rio Grande streets)
First and Main Free Summer Concert Series
5 p.m., Fridays
First & Main Town Center, 3650 New Center Point
June 7: Bop Skizzum
June 14: Manuel Molina and his International Combo
June 21: Mad Dog & the Smokin' Js
June 28: Monument Hill
July 5: Velvet Rut
July 12: Oakhurst
July 19: Jake Loggins Band
July 26: That Eighties Band
First Friday Concert Series
GOCA 121, 121 S. Tejon St.
6:30 p.m., June 7, Aug. 2
TBD
Jazz in the Garden
Grace and St. Stephens Episcopal Church, 601 N. Tejon St.
7 p.m., every other Friday
May 31: Mango Fan Django
June 14: Claire Anderson and Kevin Rorke
June 28: Chamber Orchestra of the Springs
July 12: Side by Side
July 26: Mistura Bela
Aug. 9: New Vintage JazzAug. 30: Jerry Teske Trio
Hillside Gardens Groove in the Garden
6:30 p.m., Wednesdays
Hillside Gardens, 1006 S. Institute St.
$5, includes a drink
May 15: B.J. Estares and Route 61
May 22: Out of Nowhere
May 29: George Sisneros
June 5: John Wise & Tribe
June 12: Benjamin Pratt
June 19: John Stone
June 26: Burn the Maps
July 3: Redraw the Farm
July 10: Joe Uveges
July 17: Mistura Bela
July 24: 21/3
July 31: Skean Dubh
Aug. 7: Chuck Pyle
Aug. 14: Mango Fan Django
Aug. 21: The Hollands
Aug. 28: Robert Beard
Sept. 4: Edith Makes a Paper Chain
Sept. 11: The Mitguards
Sept. 18: Old Friends and Memories
Sept. 25: Big Jim Adam, Bill Snyder and John Stilwagen
29th annual Jazz in the Parks
6 p.m., Wednesdays
June 5: Springs Contemporary Jazz Big Band at Bancroft Park (2408 W. Colorado Ave.)
June 12: Thin Air Jazz at Bear Creek Regional Park
June 19: Double McGuffin at Acacia Park
June 26: No concert
July 3: The Changing Times with Al Eberhardt at "The Glen" at Broadmoor Community Church (315 Lake Ave.)
July 10: Springs City Jazz Band with Laura Davis at Foothills Park (853 Allegheny Drive)
July 17: Pete Meese & Friends at Fountain Creek Regional Park (2010 Duckwood Road, Fountain)
July 24: Swing Connection with Laura Davis at Bear Creek Regional Park
July 31: JoRiCa!!! + 1 with John Turner at America the Beautiful Park (126 Cimino Drive)
Aug. 7: Buddy Gordon Sextet at the Grand Lawn at Cordera (11894 Grand Lawn Circle)
Aug. 14: BLT Jazz Quartet with Tony Gulizia at Bear Creek Regional Park
Aug. 21: Wayne Wilkinson Quintet featuring Thomas Dawson at Bancroft Park
Aug. 28: United States Air Force Academy Band Falconaires and the Falconaires Alumni Band at Bear Creek Regional Park
Library Lawn Concert Series
Manitou Springs Public Library, 701 Manitou Ave., Manitou Springs
6 p.m., Tuesdays
ppld.org/manitou-springs-library
June 4: Mango Fan Django
June 11: Jerry Barlow
June 18: The Storys
June 25: Adam & Stilwagen
July 2: Tricia Parish
July 9: High Wheeler
July 16: Out of Nowhere
July 23: Molly Boyles and Lipstick Voodoo
July 30: The Mitguards
Aug. 6: Two-Hour Delay
Aug 13: Michael Reese
Paint the Town Blue
5:30 p.m., Thursdays
Bancroft Park, 2408 W. Colorado Ave.
July 11: Grant Sabin Band
July 18: Lobo, Lenny & Fingers
July 25: Luke Ellington Band
Aug. 1: BJ Estares & Route 61
Aug. 8: Austin Young Band
Aug. 15: Molly Boyles and Lipstick Voodoo
Aug. 22: Paint the Town Blue Jam
Raven Nest House Concert Series
7 p.m., one Friday per month, May to September
Raven Nest at Aspen Valley Ranch, 1150 S. West Road, Woodland Park
$5 to $10, reservations recommended
May 24: Cahalen Morrison and Eli West
June 28: Out of Nowhere
July 26: Waiting on Trial
Aug. 23: The Sister BrothersSept. 6: Brendan Hannigan
Secret Garden Concert Series
The Secret Garden, 420 S. 19th St.
7 p.m., Tuesdays and Fridays
$5
May 21: Tribe
May 28: Edith Makes a Paper Chain
June 4: Chuck Pyle
June 11: Out of Nowhere
June 18: Nostalgics
June 25: Joe Uveges
July 2: The Mitguards
July 9: Kings of Clubs
July 16: Jim Adam and John Stilwagen
July 23: BJ Estares & Route 61
July 30: David Correa & Cascada
Aug. 6: Phil Volan & Joleen Bell
Aug. 13: Two Hour Delay
Aug. 20: The Hollands
Aug. 27: 21/3
Sept. 3: High Wheeler
Sept. 10: Mango fan Django
Sept. 17: Braithwaite, Uveges & Sokol
2013 Summer Concert Series
Soda Springs Park, 1016 Manitou Ave., Manitou Springs
7 p.m., Mondays and select Thursdays
685-5089
June 3: Colorado Springs Concert Band
June 10: Colorado Springs Jazz Ensemble
June 17: Little London Winds
June 20: Fountain Creek Brass Band
June 24: Little London Winds
July 1: Little London Winds
July 8: Little London Winds
July 11: Fountain Creek Brass Band
July 15: Little London Winds
July 22: Little London Winds
July 25: Fountain Creek Brass Band
July 29: Little London Winds
Aug. 5: Little London Winds
Aug. 8: Fountain Creek Brass Band
Aug. 12: Little London Winds
Wolf Ranch Summer Concert Series
6 p.m., Wednesdays
Wolf Ranch's Gateway Park, Powers and Tutt boulevards
June 5: Margarita Brothers Band
June 12: Dixie Leadfoot
June 19: Big Jim Adam
June 26: USAF Academy Band's Falconaires Jazz Ensemble
July 3: Thumpin'
July 10: Lobo Loggins
July 17: Skean Dubh
July 24: 17th Avenue Allstars
July 31: Exit West
Aug. 7: 6035
Aug. 14: Narrow Gauge
Aug. 21: Manuel Molina World Music Trio
Aug. 28: Chuck Hughes Band
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