Colorado Music Experience

09/08/2026

Forty years ago, Whitney Houston performed at Red Rocks Park and Amphitheatre. Were you there in 1986?

(photo by Bill Warren)

09/03/2026

Forty years ago, The Smiths performed at the CU Events Center. Were you there in 1986?

09/02/2026

🎶Happy birthday to Stephen Egerton, guitarist for ALL, the Fort Collins-based punk band (and Descendents, FLAG, and various one-off projects).

09/01/2026

In 1968, the Jimi Hendrix Experience performed at Red Rocks Park and Amphitheatre. Vanilla Fudge and Soft Machine were also on the concert bill.


Read more about the show on the CoME website: https://colomusic.org/blog/jimi-hendrixs-colorado-connection-red-rocks-amphitheatre/

08/31/2026

🎶Happy birthday to Rick Roberts, founding member and lead singer of Firefall, one of the biggest-selling bands to ever call Colorado home.


➡https://colomusic.org/blog/rick-roberts-colorado/

08/30/2026

Thirty years ago, The Smashing Pumpkins s performed at McNichols Arena in Denver. With 𝘔𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘯 𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘯𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘚𝘢𝘥𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴, the band had bragging rights to the best-selling double-CD release of all time. Were you there in 1996?

08/30/2026

🎶Happy birthday to esteemed jazz saxophonist Gerald Albright. After playing for decades with many famous artists in Los Angeles, Albright moved his family to Colorado in 2005.

08/28/2026

R.I.P. Tim Curry, the British-born actor who had a brief stint as a rock singer in the late ’70s. CoME director G. Brown spoke to the 𝘙𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘺 𝘏𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘳 𝘗𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘸 icon over the years and has written a remembrance.

Tim Curry, the British-actor who had a brief stint as a rock singer in the late ’70s, died on August 25, 2026. He was 80.

08/28/2026

🎶August at CoME: A tribute to Glen Hansard's magical Telluride performances, plus Harry Tuft's 90th birthday and remembering Bonnie Tyler, Frank Beard & Dolly Parton.

🎶See link in comments to read.

08/27/2026

Forty years ago, the Monkees’ 20th Anniversary Tour stopped at Red Rocks Park and Amphitheatre. Were you there in 1986?