5280: 12 of the Best Outdoor Music Venues Around Denver and Beyond
5280 | Barbara O'Neil & Karyna Balch | July 24, 2025
Grab your lawn chair—and maybe a rain jacket, too. Festival season is here, and the Centennial State has an abundance of picturesque outdoor venues where music lovers can catch a concert under the stars. Whether you’re looking for an intimate performance by your favorite local jazz artists at City Park or hoping to relive your pop-punk phase with All Time Low in a world-class amphitheater, here are our favorite spots to catch some sweet sounds this summer, along the Front Range and beyond.
Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities: Best for: High-quality, community-focused access to the arts
Capacity: 1,500
If you go: As part of the Arvada Center’s acknowledgement that its facilities are built upon the ancestral lands of the Tsétsėhéstaestse (Cheyenne), Hinono’eiteen (Arapaho), Nuche (Ute), and Oceti Sakowin (Lakota) nations, it offers complimentary tickets to Native individuals. Contact the box office at (720) 898-7200 for further information.
Hot picks for summer 2025: Ozomatli, the Robert Cray Band, the Wallflowers
In pursuit of something a little more posh? This Arvada nonprofit regularly hosts some of the Denver area’s most essential ensembles, including the Colorado Jazz Repertory Orchestra and the Colorado Symphony. Conveniently located a couple of miles up Wadsworth Boulevard from Olde Town Arvada, the center has an exciting lineup for each year’s Summer Concert Series in the Center’s outdoor amphitheater. Prefer show tunes to rock music? The venue’s (indoor) theater season kicks off in September with the Mousetrap. 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada
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