South Pearl Street Music Festivals celebrate summer, music and craft beer
DENVER – What happens when you mix a warm summer afternoon, ice-cold draft beer, and some fun, funky music? You get the South Pearl Street Music Festivals. Celebrate summer with BrewGrass on June 8, and Blues & Brews on August 10, in the 1200 block of S. Pearl Street in Denver.
Brewgrass, held on June 8, features some of the best in bluegrass and Americana music. Headlining the day is Mountain Standard Time, Nederland’s own bluegrass fusion group. For Blues & Brews on August 10, the slide guitar boogies and raw-boned Chicago shuffles will come from headliners Lil’ Ed & the Blues Imperials. Both headliners will close each day of fantastic music.
Entering its seventh year, and produced in partnership with Swallow Hill Music, the music festivals have become a neighborhood tradition and real shindigs. Some of Colorado’s favorite breweries will be on-site including Great Divide, New Belgium, Oskar Blues, Denver Beer Co and Lone Tree Brewing. Paired with food vendors Brava Pizza, Brothers BBQ, and The Goods Smoke & Grill, and more, the question remains – is it a music festival with really good beer or a beer festival with really good music?
Full event details and line-up are listed below. Thank you for supporting live music with Swallow Hill Music and the South Pearl Street Merchant’s Association!
BrewGrass
Saturday, June 8, 12pm-10pm – $5
Featuring Mountain Standard Time, The Black Lillies, Humming House, Whitewater Ramble, Jonas Friddle & the Majority, Trout Steak Revival, Blue Canyon Boys
Blues & Brews
Saturday, August 10, 12pm-10pm – $5
Featuring Lil’ Ed & the Blues Imperials, Mac Arnold & Plate Full o’ Blues, Dan Treanor’s Afrosippi Band w/ Erica Brown, Delta Sonics w/ Ken Saydak, John Long Band, Jockamo, Bad Brad & the Fat Cats
Swallow Hill Music’s
FULL CONCERT SCHEDULE
All shows at 8pm @ 71 E. Yale Ave. unless otherwise indicated
Thu May 9 Spare Parts – Discovery Series – 7:30pm
Fri May 10 Ellis Paul w/ David Berkley
Fri May 10 Rose Red Elk: Red Feather Woman – World Music Night
Sat May 11 René Heredia’s Flamenco Fantasty Theatre Dance Concert
Sat May 11 Somethin’ About Lulu
Sun May 12 Family Concert Series: Los Bohemios – 4pm
Thu May 16 Mark Foster – Discovery Series – 7:30pm
Fri May 17 Mary Huckins & Rebecca Folsom w/special guest Kristi Bartleson
Sat May 18 Bill Payne (of Little Feat) w/ special Guest Dennis McNally (Grateful Dead publicist):
Tracing Footsteps – A Journal of Music, Photography & Tales from the Road
Sat May 18 Virginia Anderson w/ Scoundrels & Friends – “Top of the Hill” Faculty Concert Series
Fri May 24 Joe Pug and Anais Mitchell & Jefferson Hamer @ L2 Arts & Culture Center
Fri May 24 Bill Staines
Thu May 30 Jami Lynn & Dylan James – Discovery Series – 7:30pm
Fri May 31 Peppino D’Agostino
Fri May 31 Gretchen Peters
Sat June 1 Over the Rhine @ L2 Arts & Culture Center
Sat June 1 The Mile Markers – Album Release
Sun June 2 Denver Folklore Center’s 2nd Annual 50th Anniversary Celebration – Sunday in the Park with Friends @ Four Mile Historic Park – 3pm
Fri June 7 The Duhks w/ Howlin’ Brothers
Sat June 8 BrewGrass @ 1200 Block of S. Pearl St. – noon-10pm
Fri June 14 Peter Mulvey and Dave McGraw & Mandy Fer
Sat June 15 Pokey LaFarge @ L2 Arts & Culture Center
Sat June 15 Mark Morris – “Top of the Hill Faculty” Concert Series
Mon June 17 Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell @ Denver Botanic Gardens – 7pm
Tue June 18 Tony Bennett w/ Antonia Bennett @ Denver Botanic Gardens – 7pm
Wed June 19 Tony Bennett w/ Antonia Bennett @ Denver Botanic Gardens – 7pm
Fri June 21 Eliza Gilkyson w/ very special guest Amy Speace
Sat June 22 Danielle Ate the Sandwich w/ Victor & Penny
Sat June 22 Woody Pines
Tue June 25 Josh Rouse (solo) w/ Jami Lunde @ the Walnut Room
Fri June 28 Solomon Cook
Fri June 28 Raul Midón
Sat June 29 Hot Club of Detroit
Sat Jun 29 The Stormcellars
Tue July 9 Lindi Ortega @ The Walnut Room
Fri July 12 David Wax Museum
Sat July 13 David Byrne & St. Vincent @ Denver Botanic Gardens – Chatfield – 7pm
Sun July 14 Arlo Guthrie w/ The Trishas @ Denver Botanic Gardens – 7pm
Thu July 18 Bruce Hornsby & the Noisemakers @ Denver Botanic Gardens – 7pm
Fri July 19 Tift Merritt
Sat July 20 Steve Martin and The Steep Canyon Rangers feat. Edie Brickell @ Denver Botanic Gardens -7pm
Sat July 20 aka Laser Bunny – “Top of the Hill” Faculty Concert Series
Sat July 21 Mara Levine w/ Jeff Scroggins & Colorado – World Music Night
Wed July 24 Elephant Revival and Carolina Chocolate Drops @ Denver Botanic Gardens – 7pm
Fri July 26 Trout Fishing in America
Fri July 26 Darryl Purpose
Fri Aug 2 Sierra Hull w/ Blackberry Bushes String Band
Sun Aug 4 Indigo Girls w/ Von Grey @ Denver Botanic Gardens – 7pm
Tue Aug 6 Bruce Cockburn and Suzanne Vega @ Denver Botanic Gardens – 7pm
Tue Aug 6 Vieux Farka Touré w/ New World Citizen Band @ the Walnut Room
Sat Aug 10 Blues & Brews @ 1200 Block of S. Pearl St. – noon-10pm
Mon Aug 12 Josh Ritter & the Royal City Band @ Denver Botanic Gardens – 7pm
Fri Aug 16 Shawn Phillips
Sat Aug 17 Lee Avenue – “Top of the Hill” Faculty Concert Series
Fri Aug 23 Special Consensus w/ Blue Canyon Boys
Sat Aug 24 Brian Ashley Jones
Tue Aug 27 Baskery @ the Walnut Room
Wed Aug 28 Michael McDonald w/ Hazel Miller Band @ Denver Botanic Gardens – 7pm
Fri Aug 30 Chris Isaak @ Denver Botanic Gardens – 7pm
Tue Sept 3 Melissa Etheridge @ Denver Botanic Gardens – 7pm
Fri Sept 13 Karla Bonoff w/ David Berkeley
Fri Sept 13 Folk Ragout – World Music Night
Sat Sept 14 Darden Smith
Sat Sept 21 Martin Gilmore – “Top of the Hill” Faculty Concert Series
Fri Sept 27 Danny Shafer – Album Release
Fri Oct 11 The Steel Wheels
Sat Oc 19 Star Edwards – “Top of the Hill” Faculty Concert Series
Fri Oct 25 Brewer & Shipley
Thu Oct 31 Sarah McQuaid – Discovery Series – 7:30pm
Sat Nov 2 Nora Jane Struthers & The Party Line
Tue Nov 5 Nitin Sawhney Trio @ L2 Arts & Culture Center
Fri Nov 8 David Wilcox @ L2 Arts & Culture Center
Sat Nov 9 Robin & Linda Williams
Sat Nov 16 Maura O’Connell – Farewell Tour
Sat Nov 23 John McEuen & Alpin Hong
Sat Dec 7 Kindred Spirits
Sun Dec 8 Jews Do Dylan – A Tribute to Bob Dylan by Jewish Musicians @ L2 Arts & Culture Center – 7pm
Fri Dec 13 New Time Ensemble – World Music Night
Sat Dec 14 Turtle Island Quartet – Have You Ever Been? Workshop at 4pm!
About Swallow Hill Music:
Swallow Hill Music has been helping people make and enjoy music since 1979. As it celebrates its 34th year, it serves over 120,000 people annually and is proud to be known as one of the largest non-profit organizations in the United States to serve as a source for connecting people to diverse music traditions both on the stage and in the classroom. Three concert venues at its facility on 71 E. Yale Ave. offer more than 200 performances a year, featuring local, national and international talent. In addition, Swallow Hill Music presents and produces its annual Rootsfest celebration, one of the largest annual ukulele festivals in the world, Denver Ukefest, concerts at the L2 Arts & Culture Center in Capitol Hill, at Four Mile Historic Park, at the Old South Pearl St. summer street fairs, and at Denver Botanic Gardens for its long-running and esteemed Summer Concert Series. A faculty of 60+ instructors provide music education to over 5,000 students who participate in hundreds of classes, workshops and private lessons for instruments and interests of all kinds. The Swallow Hill Music School also reaches over 15,000 students through educational K-12 outreach programs in schools across the Front Range. For more information on all available programs, please visit www.swallowhillmusic.org.
