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Upcoming Live Music Calendar

Live music alternates between the Beer Garden and the Barroom. Some showtimes subject to weather--check here before you leave.

The town of Gold Hill has limited parking so carpool if you can, and please park responsibly in town. Be prepared to walk a distance from where you park.

May 2025

Bonnie & Taylor Sims
  • Friday, May 23, 2025 | 08:00 pm
  • Bonnie & Taylor Sims
  • (Americana)
  • Gold Hill Inn Barroom Stage
  • www.bonnieandtaylor.com

$20 cash cover charge.

Platinum recording artists Bonnie & Taylor are one of Colorado's most powerful and dynamic musical duos. From the soul shaking harmonies and masterful songwriting to the endearing onstage moments, Bonnie & Taylor have captivated audiences all across the world.

Silas Herman & the Tone Unit
  • Saturday, May 24, 2025 | 05:00 pm
  • Silas Herman & the Tone Unit
  • (Bluegrass/Jamgrass)
  • Gold Hill Inn Beer Garden
  • silasherman.com

$20 cash cover charge.

With a passion for music deeply rooted in his upbringing in the mountains of Colorado, Silas Herman has honed his skills to captivate audiences with his soulful melodies and heartfelt performances. Silas will be joined by some of Colorado's finest pickers bringing original and traditional bluegrass and jamgrass music to the stage for an epic night at The Gold Hill Inn!

Danny Shafer

Free show. No cover charge.

Danny Shafer has based his life, living and reputation on making sure the song comes first. Through relentless touring and constant songwriting for 25 years he has earned himself a position as a lifelong modern troubadour. Growing up behind the wheel has had its ups and downs but has also brought Danny Shafer closer to the people and topics that make songs come alive. Boulder, Colorado’s Daily Camera writes; “Shafer is like the characters about whom he sings, people in search of something.”

Memorial Day Mountain Festival & Barbeque 2025
  • Monday, May 26, 2025 | 12:00 pm
  • Memorial Day Mountain Festival & Barbeque 2025
  • (Roots Rock/Americana)
  • Gold Hill Inn Beer Garden

Featuring:
The Gasoline Lollipops
Bear Hat
Gus Miller & Rachel Cole

Menu features:
Smoked salmon and apple cider beef brisket
w/ all the fixins

$30 for music / $20 more for food
½ price for kids under 12

Please, no coolers, dogs, or outside alcohol.
Carpool if you can and park responsibly in town.

High Lonesome

$15 cash cover charge.

“Bristling with vocal, instrumental and songwriting talent with hard-driving live shows that are just plain danceable fun, High Lonesome is the latest breath of fresh music to spring from Colorado’s legendary bluegrass scene," this is how Veteran Bluegrass journalist, John Lehndorff described the band in his review of High Lonesome's debut self-titled album. Named "Ten of the Top Colorado Bluegrass Bands” in Denver Westword 2024 & 2025 by Nick Hutchinson, this Front Range band combines a pleasing mash of dobro, fiddle, guitar, bass, and mandolin. High Lonesome seeks to put a new spin on good old hard-driving bluegrass by way of tight harmonies, melodic original material, and an expansive reach that takes in music from various realms, including jazz and jam influences as well as traditional bluegrass.

June 2025

The Cody Sisters

$10 cash cover charge.

The Cody Sisters Band has established themselves as a force in the United States and the UK for fans of acoustic, folk, and bluegrass music. Their passion is in creating new music with their award winning instrumentation, their stunningly emotional original lyrics, and their beautiful sister harmonies. Seeing them is quite an experience as they blend Americana, Gypsy Jazz, Folk, and Modern Bluegrass together in a completely unique way creating a Modern Americana/Roots sound.

Andy Thorn & Friends
  • Thursday, June 05, 2025 | 06:00 pm
  • Andy Thorn & Friends
  • (Bluegrass/Americana)
  • Gold Hill Inn Beer Garden
  • www.andythornmusic.com

$20 cash cover charge.

Banjo player extraordinaire Andy Thorn of Leftover Salmon teams up with Adam Ajala of Yonder Mountain String Band, plus other very special guests, to bring an outdoor evening featuring some of the finest pickers around!

David Lawrence & the Spoonful
  • Friday, June 06, 2025 | 08:00 pm
  • David Lawrence & the Spoonful
  • (Americana)
  • Gold Hill Inn Barroom Stage
  • davidlawspoonful.com

$15 cash cover charge.

David Lawrence, has called Colorado home for over a decade. Whether performing solo or with his full band, The Spoonful, David brings a unique blend of finger-picking Delta blues, roots-Americana, soulful vocals, and his style of Gypsy-infused jazz guitar.

King Manzi
  • Wednesday, June 11, 2025 | 06:00 pm
  • King Manzi
  • (Folk Rock)
  • Gold Hill Inn Beer Garden
  • www.kingmanzi.com

Free show. No cover charge.

King Manzi is a musical duo. If you're fond of harmony rich and melodically magical sounds à la the Eagles, Jackson Browne, and Neil Young, you've found a surefire way to scratch that itch. Their new record, Bolder Than Before (out May 30th), was recorded live to tape in Los Angeles and is a love letter to the dusty trails and open highways of the Southwest. They are currently on their “Blue Highways” tour playing exclusively in small cities and towns across the US.

Jake Leg
  • Friday, June 13, 2025 | 08:00 pm
  • Jake Leg
  • (Bluegrass)
  • Gold Hill Inn Barroom Stage
  • jakelegmusic.com

$15 cash cover charge.

With decades of experience playing and performing between them, Jake Leg brings a high level of musicianship and individuality to their particular brand of bluegrass. Their set features original songs that explore the grittier side of bluegrass (and beyond), as well as instrumentals that thrive on improvisatory exploration.

Foggy Memory Boys
  • Saturday, June 14, 2025 | 06:30 pm
  • Foggy Memory Boys
  • (Bluegrass)
  • Gold Hill Inn Beer Garden
  • foggymemory.com

Free show. No cover charge.

Drawing from a deep well of musical experience, the Boys have a unique perspective on string band music, contorting the sound into a New Mexican Wild-grass like nothing else out there. It's structured around strong lyrical content, powerful melodies, and a musical bond that only a band of true brothers can create.

Brother and the Hayes

$10 cash cover.

Brother (David Bingaman) and The Hayes (Jennie Hayes Kurtz) are siblings hailing from Dallas, Texas. Growing up, Jennie Hayes sang in the choir while David taught himself to play guitar by listening to blues musicians like Stevie Ray Vaughan and Ligntin’ Hopkins. They both became interested in folk music and songwriting in college and began to collaborate while attending the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. David and Jennie Hayes found that their love for the blues, traditional country music, and bluegrass was the perfect vehicle for their playful, honest, and story-driven songwriting.

Rachel Sumner & Traveling Light
  • Wednesday, June 18, 2025 | 06:00 pm
  • Rachel Sumner & Traveling Light
  • (Bluegrass)
  • Gold Hill Inn Beer Garden
  • rachelsumnermusic.com/home

Free show. No cover charge.

Fresh off their 2023 win at the Thomas Point Bluegrass Festival band competition, Rachel Sumner & Traveling Light are shaking up the bluegrass world with their fresh take on traditional music. Led by John Lennon Award-winning songwriter Sumner, the string band's dynamic sound showcases bold chord progressions, unforgettable stories, and mesmerizing musicianship from fiddler Kat Wallace and bassist Mike Siegel. With their grassy roots, Rachel Sumner & Traveling Light create a sound that's both timeless and utterly unique, captivating audiences with every note they play.

Blue Canyon Boys
  • Friday, June 20, 2025 | 08:00 pm
  • Blue Canyon Boys
  • (Bluegrass)
  • Gold Hill Inn Barroom Stage
  • bluecanyonboys.com

$15 cash cover charge.

The Blue Canyon Boys are equal parts purists and innovators when it comes to Bluegrass: they stay true to the form’s roots while constantly re-imagining their relationship to tradition. The result is a toe-tapping mix of haunting standards, genre-bending arrangements, and catchy original numbers—all built on the bedrock of their collective bluegrass mastery.

Flamy Grant
  • Sunday, June 22, 2025 | 07:00 pm
  • Flamy Grant
  • (Americana)
  • Gold Hill Inn Barroom Stage
  • www.flamygrant.com

$25 cover charge.

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Shame-slaying, hip-swaying, chart-topping drag queen Flamy Grant is a powerhouse vocalist and award-winning songwriter based in Asheville, NC. With over 1.2 million streams on digital platforms, Flamy blends country, folk, gospel, and roots music to deliver a theatrical, therapeutic, and wholly original experience of intrepid storytelling, all shared through the evocative art of drag.

Big Love Car Wash
  • Wednesday, June 25, 2025 | 06:00 pm
  • Big Love Car Wash
  • (Americana)
  • Gold Hill Inn Beer Garden
  • www.biglovecarwash.com

Free show. No cover charge.

The first time they performed together, the members of Big Love Car Wash knew they were musical soulmates. On their debut album, Daydream (June 6, 2025), the Austin-based quartet meld bluegrass, folk, jazz, and rock influences into 16 Americana tracks rooted in tradition, yet boldly exploratory. Their live shows carry this mission outward, bringing heart-forward stories to life with boundless energy.

Wood Belly
  • Friday, June 27, 2025 | 08:00 pm
  • Wood Belly
  • (Bluegrass/Americana)
  • Gold Hill Inn Barroom Stage
  • www.woodbellymusic.com

$20 cash cover charge.

Honest, soulful, and bearing a sound all their own, Wood Belly sprouted from the roots of bluegrass to notch a unique home in the broader Americana scene and continues to captivate audiences across the country en route. With an unrelenting dedication to original songwriting, harmony singing, and artful arrangements, the quintet is forging a sound that is based in newgrass and flavored with alt-country, rock, and just enough jam to glue it all together.

Laurie Dameron Duo
  • Sunday, June 29, 2025 | 05:00 pm
  • Laurie Dameron Duo
  • (Folk/Blues)
  • Gold Hill Inn Beer Garden
  • www.lauriedameron.com

Free show. No cover charge.

Billboard Magazine award recipient Laurie Dameron, has been playing the guitar for nearly 50 years and singing even longer. She has performed a broad repertoire of folk, blues, and jazz for hundreds of venues in and out of Colorado over the past 25 years.

July 2025

The Little Mercies Band
  • Wednesday, July 02, 2025 | 06:00 pm
  • The Little Mercies Band
  • (Folk)
  • Gold Hill Inn Beer Garden
  • thelittlemercies.com

The Little Mercies are a super trio of multi-instrumentalist, multi-award winning songwriters known for their powerful vocal harmonies, raging twin fiddles, and tear-wrenching lyrics. United from diverse musical backgrounds by their love for oldtime music, their versatility allows them to cross and combine multiple genres and perform for an array of audiences from listening rooms to contra dances, including headlining folk festivals.

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