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June 8
Broomfield Community Center [map]
280 Lamar St.
11 a.m. - 10 p.m.
admission is free
For more information and a full list of bands go to http://www.ci.broomfield.co.us/recreation/special/broomstock.shtml

Broomfield hopes to ease the lazy summer blues with its second annual Broomstock concert.

The festival features 33 bands, all from Colorado, on two stages. Acts such as Shades of Amber, A Novel Form and No Plot Kill will perform throughout the day, starting at 11 a.m. Signal to Noise will headline the second stage at 9 p.m., and Fear Before the March of Flames headlines the main stage at 9:30 p.m.

Pizza will be available for $1. There will be volleyball, BMX demos and an arts show. Get there early, wear sunscreen and drink lots of free soda.
Cassie Hood/hoodc@mscd.edu

June 10
Red Rocks Amphitheater [map]
7:30 p.m.
$41 general admission
$46 reserved seating

Boulder-bred Big Head Todd and the Monsters will be landing at Red Rocks on June 10, with the audience warmed up by Grace Potter and the Nocturnals.

Having years ago vaulted themselves out of the Boulder bubble, Big Head proved time and again they belong in the spotlight as a premiere purveyor of blues, rock and roll, and jam-band funk. Big Head reappeared on the national radar last year when they were commissioned by NASA to write “Blue Sky,” a theme song for the shuttle launch.

Grace and the Nocturnals have a similar, if more subdued sound, filled with Hammond organ, slide guitar and killer, soulful vocals by the intoxicating Ms. Potter.
Geof Wollerman/gwollerm@mscd.edu

June 17
Gothic Theatre [map]
9 p.m., doors open at 8
$14.75
16+

Jerry Garcia might be dead, but his band is still on tour, prompting some to ask again, over ten years later, “Just who are the Grateful Dead, and why are they following me?”

This show is one to avoid anyone who can’t stand hippies, but for fans who never got a chance to see the originals in action the Jerry Garcia Band is as close as they’ll ever get—and at $15 it’s a steal.

Led by Melvin Seals, keyboardist and original JGB member, and backed up by Stu Allen, Marty Holland, Sam Howard, Gloria Jones and Shirley Starks, JGB is full of long-standing talent. Expect the parents’ friends to come out of the woodwork for this one, but don’t think it’s just a bunch of decrepit-sounding granola ballads: these guys and gals tear it up.
Geof Wollerman/gwollerm@mscd.edu

June 22
Bluebird Theater [map]
9 p.m., doors open at 8
$15 in advance, $17 at the door
16+

Contemporary country’s biggest outlaw, Hank Williams III is coming to Denver in support of his latest album, Straight to Hell.

Throughout his career, Williams has distanced himself from the Nashville pop country scene with lyrics like “I’m here to put the dick in Dixie and the cunt back in country.” A typical set begins with a mix of Hank III originals along with covers of his father’s (Hank Williams Jr.) and grandfather’s (Hank Williams) songs.

From there, his band transforms into the hellbilly group Assjack.

Punk legend G.G. Allin’s former band The Murder Junkies is opening for Williams.
Matt Gunn/gunnma@mscd.edu