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.
July 2025
- Wednesday, July 16, 2025 | 06:00 pm
- A Tale of Two
- (Folk)
- Gold Hill Inn Beer Garden
- www.taleoftwomusic.com/
Free show. No cover charge.
2024 AMERICANAFEST Official Showcase Artist “Official Showcase Artist: 2022 Folk Alliance International Conference” & 2022 Kerrville "New Folk Songwriting Contest Finalist."
Combining the best of Americana and blues melodies with timeless Southern storytelling, award winning vocalist Stephanie Adlington and guitarist Aaron Lessard draw influence from the likes of Tom Waits and Ray LaMontagne, along with bedrock artists such as Patsy Cline and Hank Williams Sr. Not unlike the artists who inspired them, the duo’s songs frequently dabble in stories of revenge, drinking and feature sinners of all stripes and persuasions.
Oozing an infectious stage presence and chemistry that carries over from the music to the back and forth banter between songs, “A Tale Of Two” offers a different kind of Americana – storytelling by a swampy pair of retro raconteurs spinning blues arias with soul, intrigue and power.
- Friday, July 18, 2025 | 08:00 pm
- The Pickpockets
- (Bluegrass)
- Gold Hill Inn Barroom Stage
- www.pickpocketsbluegrass.com
$15 cash cover charge.
As bluegrass continues to grow and bend as a genre, The Pickpockets are at the forefront, pushing the roots of bluegrass into new territories. The five-piece string band from Salt Lake City takes you into an inviting world of heartfelt lyrics, catchy melodies and gripping solos. Using an expansive repertoire and ever-growing sound, they continue to immerse audiences in new styles, new genres, and unforgettable grooves. With traditional instruments and future outlooks, The Pickpockets are breathing new life into a timeless tradition: bluegrass.
- Saturday, July 19, 2025 | 12:00 pm
- Restaurant & Beer Garden Closed
- (Private Event)
- Gold Hill Inn Beer Garden
Both the Restaurant and the Beer Garden will be closed for a private party. We apologize for any inconvenience.
- Sunday, July 20, 2025 | 11:30 am
- KGNU Charles Sawtelle Memorial Mountain Jam 2025
- (Bluegrass/Americana)
- Gold Hill Inn Beer Garden
The KGNU Charles Sawtelle Memorial Mountain Jam, aka “The Charles,” is named in honor of Hot Rize guitarist Charles Sawtelle who co-founded the event in 1989. After his passing in 1999, the station renamed the event in his memory.
Celebrating its 37th anniversary, “The Charles” is a family-friendly mini-festival of Bluegrass and Americana music. It targets music lovers who relish the fresh mountain air and like to listen to stellar acoustic music in a spectacular outdoor setting that only a former Colorado mining town like Gold Hill can provide.
Featuring:
All-Star Jam with Rebecca Frazier, Becky Byller, Ned Lubercki and Eric Thorin.
Tod Livingston Unit featuring Dave Richey
Foggy Mountain Spaceship
No dogs, coolers, or outside alchohol. Low back chairs ok.
Proceeds from this event benefit KGNU, your independent community-powered, listener-supported community radio station, broadcasting since 1978.
kgnu.org/spotlight/charles-sawtelle-memorial-mountain-jam-2025
- Sunday, July 20, 2025 | 06:00 pm
- Ragged Union
- (Bluegrass)
- Gold Hill Inn Beer Garden
- www.raggedunionbluegrass.com
$10 cash cover charge.
Like many bands these days, there’s something borrowed and something new about Ragged Union’s sound. There are recognizable bluegrass melodies and country lyric themes alongside non-traditional lyric, rhythmic and arrangement ideas, breakneck grassy duet numbers, and slower country-funk tunes.
- Wednesday, July 23, 2025 | 05:30 pm
- Fly in the Ointment
- (Jazz)
- Gold Hill Inn Beer Garden
Free show. No cover charge.
A delightful gathering of veteran old jazz farts, led by Phil "Fly" McClard (tenor sax) & Douglass Shaw (piano), joined by Tim Hoy (drums) and Steve Johnson (bass). Collectively, they have about 237 gig years of experience, hitting their stride when they began terrorizing the downtown Boulder music scene in the late '70s. An eclectic mix of originals and re imagined jazz standards as well as under played gems by Pat Metheny, Keith Jarrett and Charlie Haden.
- Friday, July 25, 2025 | 08:00 pm
- The River Arkansas
- (Americana/Honky Tonk)
- Gold Hill Inn Barroom Stage
- riverarkansas.com
$15 cash cover charge.
It may be low hanging fruit to compare The River Arkansas’s music to a river, but a band that delivers indie Americana and honky-tonk swing that erupts like turbulent rapids, curves into country calmness, and crashes smooth blues-rock upon the shore is deserving of the name sharing that sort of kindred power.
Free show. No cover charge.
Many Mountains is a Folk-Rock Duo from Colorado. Forming in 2013, KR Nelson and Dustin Moran bring a genre-bending sound to folk-rock through their unique song arrangements and writing styles.
- Sunday, July 27, 2025 | 06:00 pm
- Megan Burtt
- (Folk)
- Gold Hill Inn Beer Garden
- www.meganburtt.com
$10 cash cover charge.
Megan Burtt is an international touring singer/songwriter decorated with national recognition. She is the winner of the Kerrville NewFolk, Rocky Mountain Folk Festival and Westword Music Award and a finalist in Mountain NewSong, Songwriter Serenade and Great American Song Contest.
- Wednesday, July 30, 2025 | 06:00 pm
- Ley Line
- (Folk)
- Gold Hill Inn Beer Garden
- www.leylinesound.com
$20 cash cover charge.
Ley Line is inspired by a deep appreciation for folk music and the way it travels and evolves across borders and generations. The members of Ley Line draw influences from Brazil, Latin America, West Africa and beyond and seamlessly connect it to the roots of American folk music. Their multilingual compositions prove the point that music is a universal language that connects us all.
August 2025
- Friday, August 01, 2025 | 08:00 pm
- Off the Rails
- (Bluegrass)
- Gold Hill Inn Barroom Stage
- www.officialofftherails.com
$20 cash cover charge.
Off The Rails is an electrifying American Bluegrass band from Nashville, Tennessee. Off The Rails embodies the heart and tradition of Bluegrass while infusing it with a fresh, innovative spirit that promises an unforgettable live music experience.
$10 cash cover charge.
The NoGo Gilbillies are Dave "Pump" Solzberg on the upright bass, Dave Pullins on the mandolin, Paul Sink on the acoustic guitar and Adam Pause on the 5 string banjo. Having all been in larger, more prolific and well travelled bands such as Mountain Standard Time, The Fox Street All-Stars, Moonshiner and The Stanleytones, this new situation was the best thing for everyone. Today, all the reasons that they started playing together still ring true and it is very evident in the music that flows between them and on to anyone who lends an attentive ear!
$10 cash cover charge. Formerly of Big Richard and Sound of Honey, Emma stops by to play some Bluegrass and Country music.
Emma Rose is a bass player/songwriter currently residing on the Front Range. With roots in bluegrass and folk and branches in modern soul music, Emma writes songs with feelings of both. She also plays upright bass in bluegrass outfits.
- Wednesday, August 06, 2025 | 06:00 pm
- David Howley
- (Folk)
- Gold Hill Inn Beer Garden
- www.davidhowleymusic.com
$15 cash cover charge. Special guest Kort McCumber.
David Howley is an award-winning folk artist from Ireland, blending traditional Irish music with modern folk. Founder of Billboard World #1 band We Banjo 3, he has performed with renowned artists like The Chieftains, Billy Strings, and Mumford & Sons.
$15 cash cover charge.
Bear Hat is an eclectic five-piece acoustic ensemble hailing from the majestic mountain communities of Boulder, Colorado. Inspired by the rugged beauty of their surroundings, this group of talented musicians combines their diverse backgrounds and instruments to create a sound that is truly unique. Consisting of mandolin, guitar, banjo, flute & upright bass, Bear Hat weaves together original material and tasteful covers to create an exhilarating blend of Bluegrass, Old Time, Swing, Blues, and Rock 'n' Roll. Buckle up -- Bear Hat is feelin' grizzly.
- Saturday, August 09, 2025 | 06:00 pm
- Mighty Holler
- (Bluegrass)
- Gold Hill Inn Beer Garden
- mightyholler.com
$10 cash cover charge.
Mighty Holler is what happens when a couple of couples get together to make music they love—and just can’t stop. This husband-and-wife duo ×2 brings a lively, connected energy to the stage, mixing up old-time, bluegrass, and roots with a dash of fresh attitude and a whole lot of fun.
Whether they’re putting a twist on a classic or picking their original tunes, Mighty Holler serves up old time sounds for modern crowds with driving jams and sweet harmonies. Come for the tunes, stay for the holler.
- Sunday, August 10, 2025 | 06:00 pm
- Derek Dames Ohl
- (Country/Blues)
- Gold Hill Inn Beer Garden
- derekdamesohlmuzak.com
Free show. No cover charge.
In his spare time from rock 'n' roll outfit Flash Mountain, Derek Dames Ohl keeps his roots close with a six string on his back, sharing songs sounds ranging from country to blues at every bar or dive that will host. Derek takes pride in keeping the American roots music tradition alive, and he is sure to keep every listener on their toes.
- Wednesday, August 13, 2025 | 06:00 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, August 15, 2025 | 08:00 pm
- The Two Tracks
- (Americana)
- Gold Hill Inn Barroom Stage
- www.thetwotracks.com
$15 cash cover charge.
Cutting undeniable grooves in the road of Americana music with their new release Cheers to Solitude, Sheridan, Wyoming quartet The Two Tracks bend genres into a sound both unique and immediately familiar, laced with a hint of that "high lonesome" tradition.
- Saturday, August 16, 2025 | 06:00 pm
- Lucy Moore and the Night Children
- (Folk)
- Gold Hill Inn Beer Garden
- lucymooremusic.com
$10 cash cover charge.
Lucy Moore is a singer and multi-instrumentalist making music in Lyons, Colorado, with her band the Night Children, playing some of the thousands of beloved songs in her lifelong collection, one handful at a time. As a fully-grown kid of Colorado musicians (Mollie O'Brien and Rich Moore are her parents, and Tim O'Brien is her uncle), Lucy loves the Gold Hill Inn maybe more than anywhere else on Earth.
$1o cash cover charge.
Poorfree is an acoustic band from the mountains of Boulder County, known for its energy-infused performances, original songs and an eclectic mix of covers. The Americana-tinged sound, featuring acoustic guitars, flute and drums, traverses diverse musical genres.
- Thursday, August 21, 2025 | 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, August 22, 2025 | 08:00 pm
- That Damn Sasquatch
- (Bluegrass)
- Gold Hill Inn Barroom Stage
- www.thatdamnsasquatch.com
$15 cash cover charge.
That Damn Sasquatch is a Denver based band with a wide variety of musical interests and instrumentation. While blending the genres of Bluegrass, Country, Blues, Zydeco, and Rock, the band’s mixture of versatile originals and eclectic covers ensure every show is an amazing and unique performance.
- Saturday, August 23, 2025 | 06:00 pm
- New Family Dog
- (Acoustic/Americana)
- Gold Hill Inn Beer Garden
- www.newfamilydog.com
$10 cash cover charge. Special guest Dave Johnston (Yonder Mountain String Band).
Another Jon and Miles Ridnell project featuring upright bass and acoustic guitar. This entity has a large repertoire of songs ranging in styles from blues, country, bluegrass, and bordering on classic rock.
- Sunday, August 24, 2025 | 06:00 pm
- Thunder and Rain
- (Americana)
- Gold Hill Inn Beer Garden
- thunderandrainmusic.com
$10 cash cover charge.
Lead singer/songwriter Erinn Peet Lukes has an angelic voice that soars over a blanket of acoustic sound. Thunder and Rain's music lives somewhere in between folk, country, bluegrass, and pop, made cohesive by Peet-Lukes' "nimble, yet devastating" vocals, heartfelt lyricism and a high level of musicianship from Amelia Ransom on fiddle and Laura Ray on banjo.
- Thursday, August 28, 2025 | 05:30 pm
- Front Porch
- (Bluegrass/Old-Time)
- Gold Hill Inn Beer Garden
- front-porch-music.com
$10 cash cover charge.
Contemporary bluegrass and old time mayhem from Northwest Arkansas.
- Friday, August 29, 2025 | 08:00 pm
- Matt Skinner Band
- (Americana/Honky Tonk)
- Gold Hill Inn Barroom Stage
- www.mattskinnerband.com
$15 cash cover charge. Special guest Jeremy Garrett.
Veteran Texas singer-songwriter and guitarist Matt Skinner brings his four-piece electric lineup to the Gold Hill Inn. It will be a dance-friendly night, featuring stellar vocals, hot picking and great original songs mixed with some outlaw country classics.
- Sunday, August 31, 2025 | 05:30 pm
- Martin Gilmore Trio
- (Bluegrass/Americana)
- Gold Hill Inn Beer Garden
- www.martingilmore.com
$10 cash cover charge.
The Martin Gilmore Band is an Americana group from Denver, Colorado. Their sound centers around acoustic bluegrass and folk music, but they incorporate jazz, swing, country, and blues. Their diverse style, instrumental skill, and solid songwriting make for a dynamic sound and entertaining show.