Red Rocks Park and Amphitheatre
A naturally formed sandstone amphitheatre 15 miles west of Denver — the only acoustically perfect open-air venue carved by geology, and a free-to-visit park during the day.
- Altitude
- 1,859 m
- Coordinates
- 39.665°, -105.206°
Current Weather
Red Rocks Park & Amphitheatre is Colorado's most distinctive concert venue and one of the most acclaimed live-music spaces in the world. The amphitheatre sits between two 300-foot red sandstone monoliths — Ship Rock and Creation Rock — that form a naturally near-perfect acoustic shell. The Beatles played here in 1964; U2 filmed Under a Blood Red Sky here in 1983. The 9,525-seat venue hosts more than 150 concerts each summer. Outside concert times, the park is free and open daily for visitors to walk the Trading Post Trail, hike the Red Rocks Trail (a leg of the longer Dakota Ridge route), and use the seating bowl as one of Denver's most popular outdoor workout spots. The Colorado Music Hall of Fame and the visitor center provide context. Just 15 miles west of downtown Denver, off I-70 in Morrison.