Upcoming Live Music Calendar

• Wednesday, August 26, 2026 | 06:00 pm
• Morgan McHugh
• (Folk)
• Gold Hill Inn Beer Garden
• www.morganmchugh.com

Free show. No cover charge.

Morgan McHugh is a Colorado based folk singer-songwriter whose introspective music enthralls and captivates audiences. Originally from Bellingham, Washington, he’s spent the last year touring throughout the western U.S. playing house concerts, pubs, and music clubs. Sharing stages with recognized artists like Noah Gundersen, Sam Weber, Anna Tivel, and Two Runner, Morgan’s resonant vocal range and intricate guitar work earns high praise from fellow musicians as well as attentive audiences with his songs of the road, heartbreak, and the universality of the human condition.

• Friday, August 28, 2026 | 08:00 pm
• Drunken Hearted String Band
• (Americana/Bluegrass)
• Gold Hill Inn Barroom Stage
• www.thedrunkenhearts.com

$20 cash cover charge.

Drunken Hearted String Band is the acoustic roots incarnation of Colorado's Drunken Hearts, stripping the band down to its rawest and most intimate form - fiddles, strings, and soulful voices wrapped around Andrew McConathy's poetic songwriting. Expect a mix of original Drunken Hearts material reimagined in a rootsy, unplugged arrangement alongside carefully chosen covers, all delivered with the same outlaw heart and Americana spirit that has made the Drunken Hearts a cornerstone of the Colorado music scene.

• Saturday, August 29, 2026 | 12:00 pm
• Restaurant & Beer Garden Closed
• (Private Event)
• Gold Hill Inn Barroom Stage

Both the Restaurant and the Beer Garden will be closed for a private party. We apologize for any inconvenience.

• Sunday, August 30, 2026 | 06:00 pm
• Cristina Vane
• (Americana)
• Gold Hill Inn Beer Garden
• www.cristinavane.com

Purchase Advance Tickets

More than a mere practitioner of her craft, Cristina Vane has a breadth and depth of serious musical skill compiled from countless miles across all kinds of geography. On her third studio album ‘Hear My Call,’ the pairing of a lifetime pursuit and growing treasure trove of songs makes for a record that demands to be heard.

• Wednesday, September 02, 2026 | 06:00 pm
• David Howley & Kort McCumber
• (Folk)
• Gold Hill Inn Beer Garden
• www.davidhowleymusic.com

$20 cash cover charge.

David Howley is an award-winning folk artist from Ireland, blending traditional Irish music with modern folk. Founder of Billboard World #1 band We Banjo 3, he has performed with renowned artists like The Chieftains, Billy Strings, and Mumford & Sons.

Kort McCumber (one half of acclaimed folk duo Moors & McCumber) is an award-winning Americana singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist whose rich blend of American roots music and Celtic-inspired influences, compelling storytelling, and dynamic performances have captivated audiences on stages throughout the United States and across Europe.

• Thursday, September 03, 2026 | 07:00 pm
• Willy Tea Taylor
• (Folk)
• Gold Hill Inn Barroom Stage
• willyteataylor.com

w/ special guest Mike Clark. $15 cash cover charge.

Willy Tea Taylor is a father, brother, and son. His remarkable ability to write subjects in a simple yet profound way makes his songs a great place to lose yourself. Much of that comes from his upbringing surrounded by rolling hills and horses in a small town in California known as the “Cowboy Capital of the World”.

• Friday, September 04, 2026 | 08:00 pm
• Patchwork Jack
• (Folk)
• Gold Hill Inn Barroom Stage
• www.patchworkjack.com

$20 cash cover charge.

What ails ye o' wanderer? Whatever it may be, Patchwork Jack's got the remedy. This merry band of westerners (both north and south american) thread together such influences as Texas country, Latin ballads, and Romani swing.

• Saturday, September 05, 2026 | 06:00 pm
• Jon Blackdog Ridnell
• (Singer/Songwriter)
• Gold Hill Inn Beer Garden

w/Chuck Sitero, Chris Elliot and Eric Thorin. $10 cash cover charge.

Jon Blackdog Ridnell is back with a new album featuring George Porter jr, Johnny Vidacovich and other Nola luninaries. Spending half his time in Nola these days the sounds of the city are showing in his new music. Keep an ear out.

• Sunday, September 06, 2026 | 05:30 pm
• Espresso!
• (Gypsy Jazz)
• Gold Hill Inn Beer Garden

$10 cash cover charge.

Espresso! plays American Swing and fiery Gypsy Jazz in and around Boulder, Colorado. Upbeat, classy music.

• Monday, September 07, 2026 | 12:00 pm
• Labor Day Cajun Cookout & Concert 2026
• (Soul/Funk)
• Gold Hill Inn Beer Garden

Featuring:
Banshee Tree
Rob Pate & d'lovelies
Hundred Pound Housecat

Menu includes:
Pan-Fried Catfish and Jambalaya with all the fixins.

$30 cash at the door for music - $20 more for food
Kids under 12 half price.

Please no dogs, outside food or alcohol.
Please park responsibly in town!

• Thursday, September 10, 2026 | 06:00 pm
• Great Aunt
• (Country/Folk)
• Gold Hill Inn Beer Garden
• greatauntmusic.com

$10 cash cover charge.

Great Aunt is an Australian country folk duo based in Wiradjuri Country, Central West NSW. Winners of the 2024 Folk Alliance Australia Artist of the Year (Duo) award, the pair is known for their soaring harmonies and unique instrument pairings.

• Friday, September 11, 2026 | 08:00 pm
• Rapidgrass
• (Bluegrass/Americana)
• Gold Hill Inn Barroom Stage
• www.rapidgrass.com

$20 cash cover charge.

Independent, home grown mountain music born in Colorado. We are inspired and influenced by country, jazz, bluegrass, gypsy-swing & classical music.

• Sunday, September 13, 2026 | 07:00 pm
• Before the Sun
• (Folk)
• Gold Hill Inn Barroom Stage
• www.beforethesunband.com

$10 cash cover charge.

Before The Sun is a folk quartet from Denver, Colorado known for their original songwriting, soaring vocal harmony, thoughtful instrumental arrangements, and hilarious stage presence. They play together with the goal of bringing audiences into the magic of acoustic music, and they seek at every turn to write and perform songs that uplift those around them.

• Wednesday, September 16, 2026 | 06:30 pm
• Fly in the Ointment
• (Jazz)
• Gold Hill Inn Barroom Stage

Free show. No cover charge.

A delightful gathering of veteran old jazz farts, led by Phil "Fly" McClard (tenor sax) & Douglass Shaw (piano), joined by Tim Hoy (drums), Ken Aikin (trumpet and flugelhorn), and Steve Johnson (bass). Collectively, they have about 237 gig years of experience, hitting their stride when they began terrorizing the downtown Boulder music scene in the late '70s. An eclectic mix of originals and re imagined jazz standards as well as under played gems by Pat Metheny, Bill Evans, Keith Jarrett and Charlie Haden.

• Friday, September 18, 2026 | 08:00 pm
• Stomp Street Heist
• (Bluegrass/Americana)
• Gold Hill Inn Barroom Stage

$20 cash cover charge.

A High-spirited Molotov cocktail of bluegrass, vintage bank robber songs and Irish party music.

• Saturday, September 19, 2026 | 06:30 pm
• Redhorn
• (Jazz)
• Gold Hill Inn Barroom Stage
• redhornmusic.com/home

$10 cash cover charge.

Redhorn is a jazz quintet. We love to pay homage to the legends of Blue Note Records (the "Motown" of jazz), focusing on tunes from the early 60’s, featuring cool horn harmonies and rich chords. And we also love more modern jazz compositions made popular by players like John Scofield, Bill Frizell, and Medeski, Martin, and Wood. Our music is fun and interesting to listen to for both seasoned jazz fans and anybody who just likes good music!

• Sunday, September 20, 2026 | 07:00 pm
• Mollie O’Brien, Rich Moore, Lucy Moore and Bradley Morse
• (Folk)
• Gold Hill Inn Barroom Stage
• www.mollieobrien.com

$20 cash cover charge.

Take two people with 45 years of performing together and apart, just one guitar and one voice, 16 recordings covering the entire American Roots universe, and unpretentious musicality. Add their daughter to the mix -- another singer with uncommon range and emotion - and a virtuosic bass player who really listens and you’ve got Colorado’s Mollie O’Brien, Rich Moore, Lucy Moore and Brad Morse.

• Sunday, October 18, 2026 | 07:00 pm
• Willis Alan Ramsey
• (Folk)
• Gold Hill Inn Barroom Stage

Gold Hill Inn Presents An Evening With Willis Alan Ramsey. Advance tickets $35.

Purchase Advance Tickets

Ramsey's debut in 1972 earned scores of accolades from artists ranging from The Allman Brothers to Lyle Lovett. The album was mined by many artists for their own recordings including Jimmy Buffett's "The Ballad of Spider John", Jimmie Dale Gilmore's "Goodbye Old Missoula",. Shawn Colvin's "Satin Sheets", Captain & Tennille's "Muskrat Candlelight/Love", Jerry Jeff Walker's "Northeast Texas Women", Waylon Jennings' "Satin Sheets", New Grass Revival's "Watermelon Man", and many more.