Break out the lawn chairs. Throw a blanket on the grass. Kick off your shoes. If you’re a lover of live music, Colorado Springs has you covered. You can get a free outdoor summer concert almost every day of the week, no matter what your favorite style is. Here’s your guide to outdoor summer concerts in 2026, organized by day of the week. Please be sure to verify all times and dates with concert organizers as details may change.
Pro Tips: Always bring your lawn chair, blanket or preferred seating. Be prepared for changes in the weather. And check back as we update the list with new concerts.
Monday Summer Concerts
Black Forest Jazz in the Park
Mondays, June 15 – Aug. 3, 6 p.m.
Black Forest Community Center, 12530 Black Forest Rd.
June 15: Front Range Big Band
June 29: TBA
July 6: Kicks Big Band
July 13: TBA
July 20: TBA
July 27: TBA
Aug. 3: TBA
bfcommunityclub.org
Manitou Springs Little London Winds Concerts
Mondays, June 15 – Aug. 10, 7 p.m.
Soda Springs Park, 42 Park Ave., Manitou Springs
See below for Manitou’s Friday Summer Concert Series with varied artists.
June 15: The Rhythm Is Gonna Get You
June 22: Surprises
June 29: Let Freedom Ring
July 6: Tales as Old as Time: A Disney Concert
July 13: The Great American West
July 20: Tunes in G
July 27: Now Featuring
Aug. 3: A Musical Passport
Aug. 10: People’s Choice
Monument Valley Park Musical Mondays
Mondays in July, 6:30 p.m.
Monument Valley Park, lawn west of the Fine Arts Center, 30 W. Dale St.
July 6: Funkology (Funk, Dance and R&B)
July 13: Guitar Sam and His Band (Classic Rock)
July 20: WireWood Station (Americana)
July 27: TBD
Tuesdays
Old Colorado City Summer Concert Series
Presented by Dizzy Charlie’s and the Pikes Peak Blues Community
Tuesdays, June 2 – Sept. 29, 5:30 p.m.
Bancroft Park, 2408 W. Colorado Ave.
Bonus: Free popcorn.
June 2: Heavy Devils
June 9: Stevie P. & the Hard Road
June 16: Treo
June 23: Hurricane Dave and the Stormchasers
June 30: Ute Pass Playboys
July 7: John Long
July 14: High Drive Bluegrass
July 21: Stone Fish
July 28: Truth Project Band
Aug. 4: Dina Baker and the King Stan Band
Aug. 11: El Paso County Outlaw Band
Aug. 18: Hoodoo Honey
Aug. 25: Randy Stephen and the Groovemakers
Sept. 1: Joe Sciallo and & the Deep End
Sept. 8: Grapefruit Moon
Sept. 15: UTurn Brass Band
Sept. 29: Runners Band
Music and Blooms at Gather Mountain Blooms
This one isn’t free, but $10 admission includes you-pick flowers from the fields.
Tuesdays in June and July, 5:30-8 p.m.
Gather Mountain Blooms, 5210 S. U.S. Hwy. 85
June 2: Old Dangerfield
June 9: A Carpenter’s Daughter
June 16: Patchwork Jack
June 23: All That Chicken
June 30: Michael & Dawn Moon
July 7: A Carpenter’s Daughter
July 14: Mateo Y Las Manos Pesadas
July 21: Frog & Fiddle
July 28: 5-Foot Betty
Wednesday Summer Concerts
Hillside Gardens and Event Center Summer Concert Series
Wednesdays, May 20 – Oct. 7, 5-8:30 p.m.
OK, so this concert series is NOT FREE. Note that admission is $18. It includes one beverage and three bands each night. But we’re including the popular concerts anyway for their great garden setting.
1006 S. Institute St.
May 20: Rafiel & the Roomshakers, John Wise & the Tribe, Brandon Henderson & Taylor Biskup
May 27: Tiny Pockets, El Paso County Outlaws, Roma Ransom
June 3: SofaKillers, Wylie Jones, Manitou Strings
June 10: ICONS, SOAPDISH, Steelhenge
June 17: A Brother’s Fountain, Red Rocks Rebellion, John Wise & the Tribe
June 24: Martini Shot, Roma Ransom, Blue Frog
July 1: Graham Good & the Painters, Mimic, Stone Gray
July 8: Spinphony, Grizzly Gopher, 3 Car Garage
July 15: Zeppelin Alive, Trevor Michael/Bridger Teton, John Wise & the Tribe
July 22: Ryan Flores, DJ Rocky Ross, Jeremy Facknitz
July 29: Martini Shot, Early Nelson & the Company, Brandon Henderson & Taylor Biskup
Aug. 5: WireWood Station, Sugarbritches, Starburn
Aug. 12: SOAPDISH, Roma Ransom, Patchwork Jack, Will Overman
Aug. 19: Ryan Flores, El Paso County Outlaws, Brother Ryan
Aug. 26: Graham Good & the Painters, Red Rocks Rebellion, John Wise & the Tribe
Sept. 2: Spinphony, Hand Turkey, Patchwork Jack
Sept. 9: WireWood Station, Rafiel & the Roomshakers, Redd & the Paper Flowers
Sept. 16: Nube Nueve, Grits & Greens, Sturtz
Sept. 23: Grizzly Gopher, The Galentines, Roma Ransom
Sept. 30: SofaKillers, Here Sometimes, TBD
Oct. 7: Collective Groove, John Wise & the Tribe, Roma Ransom
Manitou Springs Library Lawn Concert Series
Wednesdays June 3 – July 22, 6-7:30 p.m.
701 Manitou Ave.
June 3: Roma Ransom
June 10: Crystal and the Curious
June 17: The Mitguards
June 24: Manitou Strings
July 1: Patchwork Jack
July 8: Academy Jazz Ensemble
July 15: Jeremy Facknitz
July 22: Grapefruit Moon
ppld.org/library-lawn-concerts
Monument Concerts in the Park
Wednesdays June 3 – July 29 (excluding July 1), 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Multiple food trucks each week
Limbach Park, 151 Front St., Monument
June 3: Vinyl Nation
June 10: Hot Boots Band
June 17: Winchester Road
June 24: Voodoo Mountain
July 8: Mimic
July 15: Skin&Bones
July 22: Ashtonz
July 29: Mojo Filter
Springs Contemporary Jazz Big Band Series
Biweekly Wednesdays June 10–Sept. 23, 6 p.m.
Bancroft Park, Old Colorado City, 2408 W. Colorado Ave.
June 10: Springs Contemporary Jazz Big Band
June 24: Springs Contemporary Jazz Big Band
July 8: Springs Contemporary Jazz Big Band
July 22: Springs Contemporary Jazz Big Band
Aug. 12: Springs Contemporary Jazz Big Band
Aug. 26: Springs Contemporary Jazz Big Band
Sept. 9: Springs Contemporary Jazz Big Band
Sept. 23: Springs Contemporary Jazz Big Band
Thursdays
Banning Lewis Ranch Summer Concerts
Biweekly Thursdays, May 28 – July 30, 6-8 p.m.
Food trucks on site. No pets please.
Vista Water Park at Banning Lewis Ranch, 8833 Vista Del Pico Blvd.
May 28: Paradise Cove (yacht rock, pop variety)
June 11: Buckstein (Americana, pop, country, variety)
June 25: The Burroughs (dance, funk, soul, pop)
July 4: Tiny Pockets 4-6 p.m. (pop, variety, contemporary/retro) and Funkology 7-9 p.m. (dance classics, pop, variety)
July 16: Traveling Wilburys Revue (pop classics)
July 30: The Martini Shot (pop, rock, variety)
Creekwalk Live Music in the Amphitheater
Biweekly Thursdays, May 28 – Aug. 20, 6-8 p.m.
Creekwalk, 100 E. Cheyenne Road
May 28: The Long Run
June 11: Martini Shot
June 25: Selasee
July 9: The Inman Brothers Band
July 23: Soul School
Aug. 6: Grass It Up
Aug. 20: Spinphony
Downtown Summer Music Series
Thursdays, June 4 – Sept. 24, 6-8 p.m.
Acacia Park
Read more about the new concert series in downtown’s historic Acacia Park bandshell.
June 4: Chronic Funk Disorder (funk, fusion)
June 11: The 719 Band (funk, fusion)
June 18: Funkology (funk, fusion)
June 25: Rafiel & the Roomshakers (funk, fusion, blues, rock)
July 2: Soapdish (rock)
July 9: Deborah Stafford & the Nightstalkers (blues)
July 16: Dizzy with a Dame (blues, jazz, swing)
July 23: Tasty House (blues, funk, fusion)
July 30: Shakin’ Like Sammy
Aug. 6: Jacob Larson Band (funk, fusion, rock)
Aug. 13: Delta Sonics (blues)
Aug. 20: Reid Poole & the Night Owls (jazz, swing, blues)
Aug. 27: Collective Groove (funk, fusion, soul)
Sept. 10: Good for Nothin’ Band (rock, funk, fusion)
Sept. 17: Falconaires (jazz, swing)
Sept. 24: Val Chilmer (funk, fusion, rock, pop)
Pleasant Valley Neighborhood Music in Westmoor Park
Thursdays, June 11 – July 9, 6 p.m.
Food truck at each show. Dogs are welcome.
Westmoor Park, 3315 Water St.
June 11: El Paso County Outlaws Band
June 18: Tenderfoot Bluegrass, plus a car show
June 25: Frog & Fiddle
July 9: Kenya Reese
Fridays
Bristol Brewing Music in the Yard
Fridays in June and July, 6-8 p.m.
Bristol Brewing Company in the Schoolyard at Ivywild, 1604 S. Cascade Ave.
Dogs welcome.
June 5: Rafiel & the Roomshakers
June 12: SOAPDISH
June 19: Wirewood Station
June 26: The Fuzzheads
July 3: The El Paso County Outlaw Band
July 10: The River Arkansas
July 17: Sofakillers
July 24: Red Rocks Rebellion
July 31: Ty Gibbs
Buffalo Lodge Bicycle Resort Live at the Lodge
Fridays and Saturdays, Buffalo Lodge Bicycle Resort patio, 6 p.m.
Food truck on-site with each show.
2 El Paso Blvd.
May 22: Tenderfoot Bluegrass
May 29: Midnight Hippies
June 5: Tiny Pockets
June 12: Spur
June 19: Uncle Tio
June 26: Grapefruit Moon
July 3: Midnight Hippies
July 10: Melody Ranch
July 17: Paul Blankenship
July 24: The High Life Cajun Band
July 31: The Mitguards
Aug. 7: All That Chicken
Aug. 14: Grapefruit Moon
Aug. 21: Edith Makes a Paperchain
Aug. 28: Manitou Strings
Sept. 4: TBA
Live at the Lodge continues with bands to be announced.
First & Main Summer Concert Series
Fridays June 5 – July 17, 5-7 p.m.
First & Main Town Center, 3650 New Center Point
June 5: Rafiel & the Roomshakers
June 12: The Runners Band
June 19: Steelhenge
June 26: SofaKillers
July 3: Funkology
July 10: Soapdish
July 17: Sun Jr.
Grace and St. Stephen’s Jazz in the Garden
Biweekly Fridays May 29 – Aug. 21, 7 p.m.
Grace and St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, 601 N. Tejon St.
May 29: Look’ee Here
June 12: Tony Exum Jr.
June 26: Hennessy 6
July 10: Henrique De Almeida & The Truth Project Band
July 24: Jeremy Facknitz Band
Aug. 7: U.S. Air Force Academy Falconaires
Aug. 21: Wayne Wilkinson Trio
Music Under the Mountains at The Promenade Shops at Briargate
Fridays June 26 – July 31, 5-7 p.m.
Pikes Peak Patio next to Ted’s Montana Grill at The Promenade Shops at Briargate, 1685 Briargate Pkwy.
June 26: The Martini Shot
July 3: The Runners
July 10: Final Eyes
July 17: Mimic
July 24: Grizzly Gopher
July 31: SofaKillers
thepromenadeshopsatbriargate.com
Palmer Lake Concerts on the Village Green
Fridays in August, 6-7 p.m.
Village Green in front of Palmer Lake Town Hall, 42 Valley Crescent St., Palmer Lake
Aug. 14: Edie Carey
Aug. 21: Tenderfoot Bluegrass
Aug. 28: Peak Big Band
University Village Free Summer Concert Series
Fridays June 5 – Aug. 14, 7-8:30 p.m.
University Village Colorado Shopping Center North Plaza between Hacienda Colorado and Smashburger, 5246 N. Nevada Ave.
June 5: Dotsero (contemporary jazz instrumental, jazz, pop)
June 12: Inman Brothers Band (Americana, pop, rock)
June 19: Ryan Shupe and the Rubberband (pop, rock, Americana)
June 26: The Burroughs (soul, dance, funk)
July 3: No Concert
July 10: Virgi Dart (cumbia, English and Spanish)
July 17: Incindio Band (Spanish pop, dance, world music)
July 24: Madeline Hawthorn (Americana, folk, rock)
July 31: Thunderstorm Artist (singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, Season 18 finalist of The Voice)
Aug. 7: Soul School (dance party, pop, funk, R&B)
Aug. 14: The Martini Shot (pop, rock, variety)
Saturday Summer Concerts
Gold Hill Mesa Music on the Mesa
Select Saturdays June 13-Sept. 19, 4-7 p.m. unless otherwise noted
Gold Hill Mesa Community Center Lawn, 142 S. Raven Mine Dr.
June 13: Groove Goddess (R&B, soul, funk)
July 18: Funkology (funk)
Aug. 15: The Peak Big Band (jazz, swing)
Sept. 5: Soapdish (power pop, rock)
Sept. 12: Boots on the Mesa Festival, 12-6:30 p.m. (country)
Ryan Crys and the Rough Cuts
Ashlee & the Longshot Revival
The Jason Wulf Band
Sept. 19: The Tony Luke Band
Sept. 26: Rock’n on the Mesa Festival, 12-6 p.m. (rock)
Steely Dead
Zeppelin Alive
Grizzly Gopher
Buffalo Lodge Bicycle Resort Live at the Lodge
Fridays and Saturdays, Buffalo Lodge Bicycle Resort patio, 6 p.m.
Food truck on-site with each show.
2 El Paso Blvd.
May 23: Countrywyde
June 6: Tasty House Band
June 13: Buffalo Lodge Bicycle Resort 10th Anniversary Party
June 20: The Mitguards
June 27: Stone Gray
July 4: Tenderfoot Bluegrass
July 11: Joe Sciallo and the Deep End
July 18: Tiny Pockets
July 25: John Spengler and Frienemies
Aug. 1: Revelry and Co
Aug. 8: A Carpenter’s Daughter
Aug. 15: Uncle Tio
Aug. 22: Tiny Pockets
Aug. 29: John Wise and Tribe
Sept. 5: TBA
Live at the Lodge continues with bands to be announced.
Greenways Park Free Summer Concerts
Monthly Saturdays, June 13 – Sept. 19, 6-8 p.m.
Greenways Park at Sand Creek, 3641 Greenways Main Blvd.
June 13: SofaKillers (variety, dance)
July 18: WireWood Station (pop, Americana, variety)
Aug. 15: Martini Shot (pop, rock, variety, old- and new-school
Sept. 19: Dotsero (pop, jazz with vocals)
Palmer Lake Pub Parking Lot Parties
Saturdays, June 6 – July 31, 4 p.m.
Palmer Lake Pub, 876 Hwy. 105, Palmer Lake
June 6: Playing With Smoke Band
June 13: TBA
*FRIDAY, June 19: Street Deacons special charity event
June 20: The Runners
June 27: WireWood Station
July 11: The Runners
July 18: Skin & Bones
July 25: Cirkus
Woodmen Hills Summer Concert Series
Monthly Saturdays, June 13 – Oct. 10, 4-7 p.m. unless noted
Woodmen Hills Recreation Center East, 9205 Meridian Ranch Blvd., Peyton
June 13: Midnight Hippies
July 18: Playing With Smoke
Aug. 8: Wastin Sole
Oct. 10: Fall Festival with Stevie P and the Hard Road, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.
Sundays
Goat Patch Summer Music Series at Lincoln Center
Sundays, May 3 – Oct. 4, 6-9 p.m.
Goat Patch Brewing Lincoln Center, 2727 N. Cascade Ave. #123
May 3: Tenderfoot Bluegrass
May 10: All That Chicken
May 17: Poudre Valley Playboys
May 24: Clay Cutler
May 31: Roma Ransom
June 7: Tiny Pockets
June 14: SofaKillers
June 21: John Spengler & The Frenemies
June 28: Chinaflower Suncats
July 5: Countrywyde
July 12: My Girlfriend’s Garage
July 19: Roma Ransom and Patchwork Jack
July 26: Ryan Flores
Aug. 2: Skin & Bones
Aug. 9: Stone Gray
Aug. 16: Soapdish
Aug. 23: Mojo Filter
Aug. 30: The Constant Tourists
Sept. 6: Paige Lynn
Sept. 13: Patchwork Jack
Sept. 20: High Life Cajun Band
Sept. 27: no show listed
Oct. 4: David Chapa
Goat Patch Summer Music Series at Monument
Sundays, 2-5 p.m.,
Goat Patch Brewing Monument, 1756 Lake Woodmoor Dr., Monument
May 3: Countrywyde
May 10: Patchwork Jack
May 10: MeadowGrass PreFest 2-9 p.m.
May 17: Rafiel & the Roomshakers
May 24: Paige Lynn
May 31: Stone Gray
June 7: Swamp Rats
June 14: Deuces Wyld
June 21: Pourly Edukated
June 28: High Life Cajun Band
July 5: Soapdish
July 12: Clay Cutler
July 19: SofaKillers
July 26: Chinaflower Suncats
Aug. 2: Tiny Pockets
Aug. 9: BJ Estares & Route 61
Aug. 16: no show listed
Aug. 23: All That Chicken
Aug. 30: David Chapa
Sept. 6: Roma Ransom
Sept. 13: Mojo Filter
Sept. 20: no show listed
Sept. 27: The Constant Tourists
Oct. 4: Poudre Valley Playboys
goatpatchbrewing.com/monument-events
Various Days
More festivals, musical events and summer concerts.
More festivals, musical events and summer concerts.
Colorado College Summer Music Festival
Days, times and venues vary June 6-26. Some performances require ticket purchase, but some are free. Here’s a listing of some of the free concerts.
Colorado College: Packard Hall (5 W. Cache La Poudre St.) and Celeste Theatre, Cornerstone Arts Center (825 N. Cascade Ave.)
June 15: Music at Midday, 12:15 p.m. in Packard Hall
June 17: Music at Midday, 12:15 p.m. in Packard Hall
June 18: Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf, featuring Bill Bowers and Virginia Barron, 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. in Celeste Theatre, Cornerstone Arts Center
June 18: Piano Extravaganza six hands performance by Susan Grace, John Novacek and William Wolfram, 5:45 p.m. in Packard Hall
June 19: Music at Midday, 12:15 p.m. in Packard Hall
June 20: Fellow Concerto Readings, 2 p.m. in Celeste Theatre
June 21: Faculty/Fellow Concert, 4 p.m. at 1st Congregational Church, 20 E. St. Vrain St.
June 22: Music at Midday, 12:15 p.m. in Packard Hall
June 24: Music at Midday, 12:15 p.m. in Packard Hall
June 25: Music at Midday, 12:15 p.m. in Packard Hall
June 25: Grande Orquesta Navarre with Festival Artist Susan Cahill (bass), DeVotchKa’s Tom Hagerman (violin, accordion), Evan Orman (bandoneon, cello), Nadya Hill (voice) and Sara Parkinson (piano), 5:45 p.m. in Packard Hall
June 26: Music at Midday, 12:15 p.m. in Packard Hall
WestFax Springs Beats in the Beer Garden
WestFax Brewing Company, Colorado Springs, 3043 W. Pikes Peak Ave.
May 23: Harriette & the Harmony, 6-9 p.m.
May 24: WireWood Station, 6-9 p.m.
June 19: Live Sequence
July 3: Rafiel & the Room Shakers (4th of July Weekend)
July 17: Evie Valentine (WestFax Springs 2 Year Anniversary Weekend)
July 18: TBD (WestFax Springs 2 Year Anniversary Weekend)
Aug. 14: The Terra Surfers
Sept. 19: Tiny Pockets (Oktoberfest)
Oct. 17: TBD (Picklefest)
June Jubilee
June 20-21, 11 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Acacia Park in Downtown Colorado Springs
Celebrate art, music, culture, the summer solstice and Father’s Day at this art and music festival.
coloradoevents.org/June-jubilee
