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Coors Field hosts first summer concert: What to know this weekend

The "Piano Man" Billy Joel will perform the first of four concerts planned this summer at Coors Field in Denver.

DENVER — The summer concert season has officially arrived at Colorado's biggest ballpark. 

Live Nation and the Colorado Rockies announced a new concert coming to Coors Field in 2024. Billy Joel will take the stage Friday, July 12.

Joel last performed in Denver — also at Coors Field — in 2019. 

Joel is the sixth best-selling recording artist and the fourth-best-selling solo artist with over 160 million records sold worldwide. 

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Billy Joel in Denver

  • Friday, July 12
  • Coors Field

Concert timeline

  • Coors Field parking lots open at 5:30 p.m.
  • All Coors Field gates open at 6:30 p.m.
  • Concert start time is 8 p.m.

Tickets

Ticketmaster.com is the official source for Billy Joel tickets at Coors Field.

Bag and food policy

No outside food or beverages will be allowed in the gates at Coors Field.

No bags will be allowed except purses and medical supplies.

Parking passes

Tailgating is not be permitted in the Coors Field parking lots.

Ticketmaster.com is the official source for Coors Field parking lot passes.

Coors Field concerts in 2024

Joel's concert is the first of four concerts scheduled at Coors Field this summer.

Previously announced acts at the 54,000-seat Denver venue include Kane Brown; Green Day; and Journey and Def Leppard, who will all perform over a weekend in September.

The announcement for Joel's Colorado concert was made in early January at the downtown Denver ballpark while nearby, cattle, horses and wagons paraded through the streets for the annual National Western Stock Show Parade.

Credit: Evan Agostini/Invision/AP
Musician Billy Joel performs during his 100th lifetime performance at Madison Square Garden on Wednesday, July 18, 2018, in New York.

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