Steamboat Springs Free Summer Concert Series
The Steamboat Springs Free Summer Concert Series is a Steamboat summer tradition with five free concerts throughout the summer. Come down to the Howelsen Hill amphitheatre, in the heart of downtown Steamboat Springs, for a night of free live music.
Recent artists include: Big Head Todd and the Monsters, Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, Little Feat, John Hiatt, North Mississippi Allstars, Steel Pulse, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Keb Mo and the String Cheese Incident among others.
The 2008 concert line-up:
The Steamboat free summer concert series not only provides great entertainment but is also the time to catch up with old friends, make new ones, dance to music and have good old fashioned fun.Don’t forget your picnic blanket, chair and dancing shoes!
The free concerts start at 5:00 p.m. with an opening band and then the main act to follow. There will be food vendors, kids activities and beer sales at the concert. No alcohol or dogs can be brought into the concert.
There's no better price or place for a concert in the summertime!
Michael Franti In Steamboat Springs, July 18, 2008
Michael Franti first gained notoriety in the late '80s with the industrial group The Beatnigs, which crafted a relentless barrage of noise and political lyrics. Built around innovative samples and Franti's stridently booming voice, Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy then attracted attention as a peer of Public Enemy in the early '90s. Franti now leads the San Francisco-based Spearhead, and his ability to provoke debate hasn't waned since his revolutionary beginnings.
Since the release of their first album in 2000, Franti and Spearhead have toured relentlessly, headlining hundreds of shows as well as sharing the stage with acts as diverse as Dave Matthews, Ani DiFranco, Trey Anastasio and KRS-One. Michael Franti & Spearhead's latest album, Yell Fire!, draws on Franti's recent travels to Iraq, Israel and Pakistan.
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