MORRISON, Colo. — Music has returned to Red Rocks Amphitheater, in the form of a three-night virtual concert series at the iconic venue.
"Red Rocks Unpaused" features free, live music at venue Sept. 1-3 starting each night at 8 p.m.
Nathaniel Rateliff & The Nightsweats played Tuesday night, and Lil Baby played Wednesday with singer and rapper Megan Thee Stallion.
Award-winning country artist Sam Hunt will play the venue with special guest Brett Young on Thursday, Sept. 3.
Denver Arts & Venues partnered with Visible to put on the concert series, and said the goal is for the venue to become a canvas for artist-audience interaction.
"The effects of COVID-19 have been devastating for venues everywhere, but we’re hoping this provides fans of the artists and the venue with a chance to have some virtual good times," Red Rocks spokesman Brian Kitts said.
Fans can tune-in free of charge on Twitter’s Live Event Page or at this link.
Special features, according to Denver Arts & Venues, include:
- Audience chat messages displayed on the faces of the amphitheatre’s defining monoliths for artists to see and react to
- Audience ability to help set off pyrotechnics
- Viewers’ voice affects the show’s lighting and color schemes
- Viewer ability to vote and choose the final encore song
- Interchangeable camera views - letting the audience customize and choose the “seat” from which they’re viewing the show
- Audience polling that changes the outcome of the light show.
“The imagination and willingness to do this from the Visible team has been incredible,” Kitts said. “The right sponsor, great artists and an iconic venue have all come together in a fun and unique way.”
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