Denver will see some choice performers stopping in for the April festivities. Big name hip-hop and reggae acts concentrate around April 20, oddly enough. However, the surrounding weekends still hold bountiful promise for the avid show-goer. Behold a packed schedule spanning across the entire month. Here is a trimmed edition of Songkick’s Denver concerts for April, which addresses a multiplicity of genres and flavors.
This list exemplifies the broad expanse of sonic appreciation in Denver. The venues are incredibly unique, ranging from the dingy cobwebs of Broadway’s Hi-dive to the geological timeline of Red Rocks. The music culture of the Mile High City offers a distinct nightlife contrasting the adventurous wilderness due west in the Rockies and south in the Great Sand Dunes.
Highlights of April involve the inevitable heavy lineup during the most frenzied hippie day of the year in Colorado. Your 4/20 fix can be satiated with a range of performers during the midweek. On Tuesday the 19th, Red Rocks hosts the all-star rap game with flow aficionados like Redman, Ghostface, Joey Bada$$ and The Underachievers. Meanwhile, 1st Bank Center will charge top dollar for George Clinton, the magistrate of Parliament Funkadelic and Red Hot Chili Peppers producer on Freaky Styley. Wednesday the 20th provides a simple solve for most genre enthusiasts between Flosstradamus at Red Rocks or the active performers of Wu Tang at Cervantes. Afroman serves holiday leftovers on the 21st at Cervantes.
Other gemstones of April include a giant electronic music party at Cervantes with a dual venue event at the end of the month. Gary Clark Jr., blues proprietor, will grace the Ogden Theatre in a soul-raising sermon. Deer Tick is set to crash the Bluebird Theater with their latest album Negativity. Classic big band The Glenn Miller Orchestra will return to the deceased frontman’s college stomping grounds in Boulder, where they’ve built a tribute ballroom to the jazz extraordinaire. And, last but maybe least, Canada’s heartthrob, Justin Bieber, will capture the hearts of over 20,000 people at the gigaplex arena called the Pepsi Center. Tickets start at $180 or approximately nine trips to Colfax’s theater district.
Apr. 2: Iggy Pop at Ellie Caulkins Opera House
Apr. 3: Juelz Santana at Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom
Apr. 4: Justin Bieber at the Pepsi Center
Apr. 6: Gary Clark Jr. at the Ogden Theatre
Apr. 8: Lotus in Aspen
Apr. 9: Father John Misty at Ellie Caulkins Opera House
Apr. 10: Deer Tick at the Bluebird Theatre
Apr. 13: Iron Maiden at the Pepsi Center
Apr. 14 & 15: Flatbush Zombies, A$AP Twelvy and Remy Banks at Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom
Apr. 16: Glenn Miller Orchestra at the Glenn Miller Ballroom
Apr. 17: The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus at Marquis Theater
Apr. 19: Method Man, Redman, Ghostface Killah, Raekwon, Collie Buddz, Joey Bada$$, The Underachievers, Jarred Benton, Dizzy Wright, Stick Figure and Whiskey Blanket at Red Rocks
George Clinton at 1st Bank Center
Apr. 20th: Snoop Dogg, Future and Kevin Gates at Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre
Flosstradamus at Red Rocks
Redman, Method Man, Ghostface Killah and Raekwon at Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom
Apr. 21: Afroman at Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom
Apr. 22: Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors at the Gothic Theater
Apr. 26: Hudson Mohawke at Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom
Apr. 29: Giraffage, Louis the Child, Phutureprimitive, Blockhead, The Funk Hunters and others at Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom
