Upcoming Live Music Calendar
Live music alternates between the Beer Garden and the Barroom. Some showtimes subject to weather--check here before you leave.
The town of Gold Hill has limited parking so carpool if you can, and please park responsibly in town. Be prepared to walk a distance from where you park.
May 2026
- Sunday, May 17, 2026 | 07:00 pm
- Emily Barnes
- (Folk)
- Gold Hill Inn Barroom Stage
- www.emilybarnesmusic.com
$10 cash cover charge.
Emily Barnes is a contemporary folk singer-songwriter known for her haunting voice and vividly drawn characters. Hailing from the tiny town of Johnsonburg, NJ, she’s built a grassroots following through heartfelt performances and honest storytelling.
- Wednesday, May 20, 2026 | 06:30 pm
- Redhorn
- (Jazz)
- Gold Hill Inn Barroom Stage
- redhornmusic.com/home
Moved inside due to weather. Free show. No cover charge.
Redhorn is a jazz quintet. We love to pay homage to the legends of Blue Note Records (the "Motown" of jazz), focusing on tunes from the early 60’s, featuring cool horn harmonies and rich chords. And we also love more modern jazz compositions made popular by players like John Scofield, Bill Frizell, and Medeski, Martin, and Wood. Our music is fun and interesting to listen to for both seasoned jazz fans and anybody who just likes good music!
- Friday, May 22, 2026 | 08:00 pm
- Brandywine and the Mighty Fines
- (Bluegrass/Americana)
- Gold Hill Inn Barroom Stage
- www.themightyfines.com
$20 cash cover charge.
A lively cross between bluegrass, country, and Americana, Brandywine and the Mighty Fines connects to audiences through thoughtful songwriting and clever mashups. Playing a mix of originals and classics from the Dead to Dolly, the Mighty Fines will find you shuffling your feet and daydreaming of other times and places.
$15 cash cover charge.
Avasso is a band of folk & jazz musicians from Gold Hill, Colorado. As self pronounced landlocked pirates, they bring theatrical ship wrecked fun to original compositions and lyricism.
- Sunday, May 24, 2026 | 06:00 pm
- Ryan Dart
- (Americana)
- Gold Hill Inn Beer Garden
- www.ryandartmusic.com
Free show. No cover charge.
Farmer. Father. Musician. Ryan Dart’s music draws from love, loss, and hard work in the shadow of the Rocky Mountains. A fourth-generation Colorado native raised below the poverty line in western Arkansas, Dart was shaped by songwriting giants—Dylan, Cash, Van Zandt—and old rhythm and blues. As a grandson of the Dust Bowl that comes from a long line of farmers, his connection to the earth runs deep.
- Monday, May 25, 2026 | 12:00 pm
- Memorial Day Mountain Festival & Barbeque 2026
- (Roots Rock/Americana)
- Gold Hill Inn Beer Garden
Gold Hill Inn Presents
Memorial Day Mountain
Music Fest & Barbecue
Featuring:
The Gasoline Lollipops
The Silo Sisters
Kate Farmer
Menu features:
Smoked salmon and apple cider beef brisket
w/ all the fixins
$30 (cash) for music / $20 (cash) more for food
½ price for kids under 12
Please, no coolers, dogs, or outside alcohol.
Carpool if you can and park responsibly in town.
- Friday, May 29, 2026 | 08:00 pm
- Front Porch
- (Bluegrass/Old-Time)
- Gold Hill Inn Barroom Stage
- front-porch-music.com
$20 cash cover.
Contemporary bluegrass and old time mayhem from Northwest Arkansas.
- Saturday, May 30, 2026 | 06:00 pm
- Colin Cutler
- (Americana)
- Gold Hill Inn Beer Garden
- www.colincutlermusic.com
$10 cash cover charge.
Folk? Country? Blues? Rock and Roll? Sugar, vinegar, or spice? When Colin Cutler shows up from North Carolina, it's all homegrown and on the table.
- Sunday, May 31, 2026 | 06:00 pm
- Broken Compass Bluegrass
- (Bluegrass)
- Gold Hill Inn Beer Garden
- www.brokencompassbluegrass.com
$15 cash cover charge.
Broken Compass Bluegrass emerged in 2021 and has quickly gained recognition for their tight arrangements, tasteful picking, and standout songwriting. Hailing from Northern California, the band features Kyle Ledson, Django Ruckrich, Mei Lin Heirendt, and Sam Jacobs. Though young in years, each member is a seasoned performer, accomplished multi-instrumentalist, and prolific songwriter. Together, they’ve established themselves as one of California’s most exciting and fast-rising string bands.
June 2026
- Thursday, June 04, 2026 | 06:00 pm
- Slocan Ramblers
- (Bluegrass)
- Gold Hill Inn Beer Garden
- slocanramblers.com
$20 cash cover charge.
The Slocan Ramblers (featured on the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville TN, 2020 IBMA Momentum Band of the Year Award Winner & 2019 Juno Award Nominee) are Canada’s bluegrass band to watch. Rooted in tradition, fearlessly creative and possessing a bold, dynamic sound, The Slocans have become a leading light of today’s acoustic music scene. With a reputation for energetic live shows, impeccable musicianship and an uncanny ability to convert anyone within earshot into a lifelong fan, The Slocans have been winning over audiences from Merlefest to RockyGrass and everywhere in between.
- Friday, June 05, 2026 | 08:00 pm
- Jake Leg
- (Bluegrass)
- Gold Hill Inn Barroom Stage
- jakelegmusic.com
$20 cash cover charge.
With decades of experience playing and performing between them, Jake Leg brings a high level of musicianship and individuality to their particular brand of bluegrass. Their set features original songs that explore the grittier side of bluegrass (and beyond), as well as instrumentals that thrive on improvisatory exploration.
- Sunday, June 07, 2026 | 06:00 pm
- Band of Andys
- (Americana/Bluegrass)
- Gold Hill Inn Beer Garden
$25 cash cover charge.
- Wednesday, June 10, 2026 | 05:30 pm
- Ostevetto
- (Jazz)
- Gold Hill Inn Beer Garden
Free show. No cover charge.
Ostevetto has been a fixture on the front range jazz scene for over 20 years. Ostevetto models itself around the classic piano trio format, a conversational jazz style pioneered by Bill Evans, and stylistically encompassing compositions centered around the 1960s, including Miles Davis, Bill Evans, John Coltrane, Chick Corea, Keith Jarrett, and many others.
- Friday, June 12, 2026 | 08:00 pm
- David Lawrence & the Spoonful
- (Americana)
- Gold Hill Inn Barroom Stage
- davidlawspoonful.com
$20 cash cover charge.
David Lawrence, has called Colorado home for over a decade. Whether performing solo or with his full band, The Spoonful, David brings a unique blend of finger-picking Delta blues, roots-Americana, soulful vocals, and his style of Gypsy-infused jazz guitar.
- Saturday, June 13, 2026 | 06:00 pm
- All She Wrote
- (Folk)
- Gold Hill Inn Beer Garden
- aswband.com
$10 cash cover charge.
Whether you’re twirling to a twisted fiddle tune or stilling yourself inside a harmony-laced original, All She Wrote invites you to feel deeply and move freely. Their music may leave you dancing, dreaming, or discovering something within yourself you didn’t know was waiting to be heard. With strong voices, fiddle, guitar, and mandolin, Annie McDougall (she/her), Dakota Rose (she/her), and Sammy Rose Blackmore (they/them) weave together Bluegrass, Folk, and Old Time music that is both grounded and otherworldly.
$10 cash cover charge.
Featuring 5 of Colorado's most sought after Traditional Irish musicians, The Lilt Collective brings a joyous evening of tunes and songs from The Emerald Isle. Performing are Jessie Burns, former member of Gaelic Storm (fiddle) , Johnny B Connolly, former member of Solas (button accordion), Marty Smith (bouzouki and Vocals), Pete Strickler (banjo) and Eric Thorin (Bass). Get ready for some foot stomping, heart soaring music for all the family.
- Thursday, June 18, 2026 | 06:00 pm
- The Lowest Pair
- (Folk)
- Gold Hill Inn Beer Garden
- concertedefforts.com/artist/lowest-pair/
$15 cash cover charge.
On their 8th album Always As Young As We’ll Ever Be, the Lowest Pair prove that over the last dozen years together, they’ve become some of modern roots music’s most mesmerizing, thoughtful purveyors. Produced by Tucker Martine (The Decemberists), the 10-track album puts the duo’s stark lyricism, string-driven arrangements, and raw compatibility on brilliant display and as a result, Always As Young As We’ll Ever Be pulses with life.
- Friday, June 19, 2026 | 08:00 pm
- High Lonesome
- (Bluegrass)
- Gold Hill Inn Barroom Stage
- highlonesomenewgrass.com/home
$20 cash cover charge.
“Bristling with vocal, instrumental and songwriting talent with hard-driving live shows that are just plain danceable fun, High Lonesome is the latest breath of fresh music to spring from Colorado’s legendary bluegrass scene," this is how Veteran Bluegrass journalist, John Lehndorff described the band in his review of High Lonesome's debut self-titled album. Named "Ten of the Top Colorado Bluegrass Bands” in Denver Westword 2024 & 2025 by Nick Hutchinson, this Front Range band combines a pleasing mash of dobro, fiddle, guitar, bass, and mandolin. High Lonesome seeks to put a new spin on good old hard-driving bluegrass by way of tight harmonies, melodic original material, and an expansive reach that takes in music from various realms, including jazz and jam influences as well as traditional bluegrass.
- Saturday, June 20, 2026 | 06:00 pm
- Gus Miller & Rachel Cole
- (Americana/Bluegrass)
- Gold Hill Inn Beer Garden
Join us June 20th at Gold Hill for a special night of Americana, bluegrass, and roots music as Austin, Texas duo Down River (Rachel Cole & Gus Miller) join forces with The Good For Nothin Thunder Mountain Boys.
$10 cash cover charge.
- Sunday, June 21, 2026 | 06:00 pm
- Strangebyrds
- (Folk/Rock)
- Gold Hill Inn Beer Garden
- www.strangebyrds.com
$10 cash cover charge.
Strangebyrds are internationally recognized singer/songwriters who have made award- winning music together for 24 years and who hail from the mighty little town of Rollinsville, Colorado.
- Wednesday, June 24, 2026 | 06:00 pm
- The Desert Nudes
- (Western)
- Gold Hill Inn Beer Garden
- www.thedesertnudes.com
$10 cash cover charge.
The Desert Nudes play music that is equally at home around a campfire and on a big stage. Largely drawing from the deep well of Western and cowboy songs, these fellas set the tone for an always fun and laid back musical experience with an emphasis on vocal harmonies. Featuring André Bohren (Johnny Sketch & the Dirty Notes, Spencer Bohren, Alex McMurray, The Walrus) on guitar and vocals, David Pomerleau (Johnny Sketch & the Dirty Notes, Spencer Bohren, The Walrus) on bass and vocals, and John Paul Carmody (South Jones, Colin Davis & Night People) on guitar and vocals, The Desert Nudes bring an impeccable vocal blend augmented by stellar musicianship to a genre that is nostalgic and undeniably fun.
- Friday, June 26, 2026 | 08:00 pm
- The Litch Brothers
- (Bluegrass)
- Gold Hill Inn Barroom Stage
- www.litchbrothers.com
$20 cash cover charge.
The Litch Brothers got their first break while busking at a fish market as kids when Brandi Carlile invited them to play with her to a sold-out crowd at Benaroya Hall. Since then, their affinity for bluegrass has only grown. Skaggs and Rice was one of the few records in their family's truck that carried them around the small Pacific Northwest island where they grew up.
- Sunday, June 28, 2026 | 06:00 pm
- Montana Sand
- (Acoustic/Indie)
- Gold Hill Inn Beer Garden
- www.montanasand.com
Free show. No cover charge.
Montana Sand is a group of multi-instrumentalists fronted by singer-songwriter AJ Montana Keyser. The group draws their influence from a wide variety of genres, including but not limited to country, indie acoustic soul, folk, rock, bluegrass, and roots music--genres that have been the backbone to Denver’s music scene for decades.
July 2026
- Wednesday, July 01, 2026 | 07:00 pm
- Andrew Duhon
- (Americana)
- Gold Hill Inn Barroom Stage
- www.andrewduhon.com
$20 cash cover charge.
Andrew Duhon is a songwriter from New Orleans whose ability to craft a 3-minute novel has earned him comparisons to John Prine and Jim Croce, while the powerful soul of his voice evokes a youthful Van Morrison.
- Friday, July 03, 2026 | 06:00 pm
- Rachel Sumner & Traveling Light
- (Bluegrass)
- Gold Hill Inn Beer Garden
- rachelsumnermusic.com/home
$20 cash cover charge.
Rachel Sumner & Traveling Light are a Boston-based string band making music that blends folk tradition with feminist storytelling, poetic detail, and just enough grit. At the center is Sumner’s songwriting—rooted in history, myth, and personal reckoning—carried by close harmonies, upright bass, acoustic guitar, and fiddle. The trio features Kat Wallace on fiddle and vocals and Mike Siegel on upright bass and vocals, whose playing brings both tension and tenderness to the sound.
- Saturday, July 18, 2026 | 06:00 pm
- Cold Chocolate
- (Americana)
- Gold Hill Inn Beer Garden
- www.coldchocolatemusic.com
$15 cash cover charge.
Cold Chocolate is a genre-bending Americana band that fuses folk, funk, and bluegrass to create a unique sound all their own. Featuring Ethan Robbins on guitar/mandolin and Ariel Bernstein on drums/banjo, this power duo from Boston is impressing audiences throughout New England and beyond. Punctuated by tight harmonies and skillful musicianship, and with a focus on songwriting, Cold Chocolate has quickly gained recognition for their original music and high-energy shows.
- Sunday, July 26, 2026 | 06:00 pm
- Chatham Rabbits
- (Folk/Bluegrass)
- Gold Hill Inn Beer Garden
- www.chathamrabbits.com
$20 cash cover charge.
Partners in life and music, Sarah and Austin McCombie have captured the adoration of fans nationwide and praise from Garden & Gun, American Songwriter, Paste and No Depression. Amid an impressive touring schedule, the two have already released four full-length records and somehow find energy to run their farm in their home state of North Carolina, a work ethic and connection to community that comes through in their songwriting.