Top 10 Music Events of the Summer
07 Jun 2016
In summertime, there’s no better place to be than Boulder County when it comes to live music.
Story and Photos by Philip Emma Many people live here because of the area’s unmatched music scene. With some of the world’s best music venues and a plethora of wise hard-core music fans, bands of every genre always make it a point to come to our area to perform, sometimes more than once. The events below are the summer’s best concerts that weren’t sold out at press time.
Also See Summer Music Roundup 2016Phish at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park, Sept. 2-4. There is no better end-of-summer Labor Day event or local concert than this one. After seeing this band 200 times, I know there’s nothing that compares to these three nights. This is the sixth year in a row that Phish has closed their tour here with this run, and patrons are even offered the option of camping on the grounds. Dick’s Sporting Good Park is a large open-air stadium, so fans can choose the field or a seat around the edges of the stadium. It is a great venue for this band.
If you’re at a concert of any kind, there’s a pretty good chance that Philip Emma is there too. From his first show on the Victory Tour with Michael Jackson to just about every music festival of the last 20 years, his journey through listening to music has made him the on-the-street advocate for artists everywhere. He teaches middle school in Lafayette, works at the Oscar-winning recording studio Coupe Studios in Boulder, writes and photographs for the Grateful Web, and is the father of a budding piano player.
