For more than 125 years jazz music has wafted across Denver’s City Park. This summer is no exception with City Park Jazz, Sundays from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., June 2 through August 4 at the Bandstand by City Park Pavilion on Ferril Lake. The 10-concert series is FREE with about 5,000 jazz fans attending each performance. For a map to the location, scroll to the bottom of this post. Here’s the calendar:
Hazel Miller
June 2 — Emma Mayes & The Hip
June 9 — Joe Smith & The Spicy Pickles
June 16 — Hazel Miller
June 23 — Dotsero
June 30 — Buckner FunkenJazz
July 7 — Invisible Bird
July 14 — Conjunto Colores
July 21 — Brass Band Extravaganza (note time: 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.) featuring Badda Boom Brass Band, Tivoli Club Brass Band and Guerrilla Fanfare
July 28 — Freddy Rodriguez & the Jazz Connection
August 4 — The Heavy Heavies featuring Venus Cruz
Dotsero
People can pack picnics (coolers with wheels are especially recommended) or purchase food on-site. Twenty local food and fashion trucks will be at the park.
Those in the know suggest you bring blankets or folding chairs and umbrellas or raingear in case of a Colorado shower. Concerts are held rain or shine.
Free parking is available at the Denver Zoo and Denver Museum of Nature & Science lots and garage.
A special lot adjacent to the Bandstand for seniors and the handicapped is available after 4 p.m. through the entrance from Colorado Blvd at 22nd or 23rd and following the road along the north side of the lake.
For more music events, check out our Mile High Summer Concerts Guide.
