Mile High Adds: Gordo, Mraz...

JASON MRAZ, LUPE FIASCO, MIKE GORDON, HILL COUNTRY REVUE
STEPHEN KELLOGG & THE SIXERS, FERRAS, THE WHIGS, ERIC HUTCHINSON
CONFIRMED TO PERFORM AT THE MILE HIGH MUSIC FESTIVAL

Mike Gordon
"Regarded as a breakout [festival] hit" (New York Times/April 2008), the first annual Mile High Music Festival is proud to announce the addition of Jason Mraz, Lupe Fiasco, Mike Gordon, Hill Country Review, Stephen Kellogg & The Sixers, Ferras, The Whigs, and Eric Hutchinson to an already stellar lineup of artists confirmed to perform on July 19 and 20 at the Outer Fields at Dick's Sporting Goods Park. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers will headline on Saturday, July 19; Dave Matthews Band will top the bill on Sunday, July 20. Colorado has never before seen a music festival of this magnitude: hosting five stages (some tented), food from many of Denver's top restaurants, an artists' village, misting tents and more. Single-day and two-day passes are on sale now at www.MileHighMusicFestival.com.

Lineup:

Saturday 7/19
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
O.A.R.
Michael Franti and Spearhead
Steve Winwood
Spoon
Jason Mraz
moe.
Citizen Cope
Lupe Fiasco
Andrew Bird
Mike Gordon
Josh Ritter
State Radio
JJ Grey & Mofro
Bob Schneider
Hill Country Revue
Newton Faulkner
Meese
Stephen Kellogg & the Sixers
Born In The Flood
Eric Hutchinson
Railbenders

Sunday 7/20
Dave Matthews Band
John Mayer
The Black Crowes
Rodrigo y Gabriela
Flogging Molly
Colbie Caillat
OneRepublic
The Roots
Leftover Salmon
Martin Sexton Flobots
Ingrid Michaelson
Grace Potter and the Nocturnals
Tea Leaf Green
Brett Dennen
Rose Hill Drive
The New Mastersounds
Ferras
The Whigs
Serena Ryder
The Photo Atlas

97.3 KBCO Presents The Mile High Music Festival

97.3 KBCO is proud to present the largest festival to ever hit Colorado! 2008 marks the first ever Mile High Music Festival at the Fields at Dick's Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City, Colorado on Saturday July 19 and Sunday July 20!

Saturday, July 19
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Steve Winwood
Michael Franti & Spearhead
O.A.R. (Of A Revolution)
Spoon
moe.
Citizen Cope
Brett Dennen
Newton Faulkner
Andrew Bird
Josh Ritter
State Radio
JJ Grey & Mofro
Bob Schneider
Meese
Born in the Flood
Railbenders

Sunday, July 20
Dave Matthews Band
John Mayer
The Black Crowes
Rodrigo y Gabriela
Colbie Caillat
Ingrid Michaelson
OneRepublic
Flogging Molly
The Roots
Leftover Salmon
Martin Sexton
Flobots
Grace Potter & The Nocturnals
Tea Leaf Green
Rose Hill Drive
The New Mastersounds
Serena Ryder
The Photo Atlas
and more to come!

Ticket prices are $150.00 (plus service charges) for a 2-Day Pass. A limited number of Single Day Tickets will be available for $85.00 (plus service charges) while supplies last. 2-Day VIP Packages are also available for $495.

If you're a KBCO Interactive Member, you can pick up 2-Day Passes or Single Day Passes, which will have a limited availability in the pre-sale. If you're not already a KBCO Interactive Member, click here to sign up.

Pre-sale tickets will go on sale Wednesday, March 19 at 10 a.m.! Click here for pre-sale information.

http://www.milehighmusicfestival.com/

[Published on: 4/16/08]
 

Comments

DMB41 Tue 3/18/2008 12:18PM
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DMB41

Sick! So glad this is happening. I expect the Roots to come sit in with DMB for a few songs. Grace Potter is a nice surprise

rejunkulous Tue 3/18/2008 12:28PM
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rejunkulous

lets get some Emergency Broadcast there.

Brooklynn starstarstarstarstar Tue 3/18/2008 12:30PM
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Brooklynn

I love colorado ;) this should be fun

FreeHawk Tue 3/18/2008 12:34PM
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FreeHawk

damn theres alot of festivals this summer.Good lineup in my book.Bob Schneider deserves some props.He had everyone groovin at AllGood last year.

Waker Tue 3/18/2008 12:42PM
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Waker

Finally a festival in Colorado, decent lineup, but WHERE'S PANIC!!! had to say it.

Grateful Dread Tue 3/18/2008 12:49PM
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Grateful Dread

I hear ya FreeHawk. There really are a shit-ton of festivals going on this summer. If you don't get a chance to see Phil and Friends then you probably didn't get to any festivals because he's playing goddang everywhere. The market is flooded yet ticket prices continue to go up. Why don't the laws of simple economics apply here? What the F?

moejoerisin Tue 3/18/2008 12:59PM
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moejoerisin

i'll probably be going to the first night of this since it is up the street from me, but will forsake the second day (and better supporting acts) so i don't have to deal with the dmb / john mayer crowd. and no disrespect, dlifhsen, but i think the likelihood of any of the roots guest performing w/ dmb is zero.

DMB311 Tue 3/18/2008 01:06PM
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DMB311

it happened the 2nd night of alpine last year. the entire roots band and blackthought came out and sat in on the song eh-hee. so you never know...

MFF0RD7 starstarstarstar Tue 3/18/2008 01:14PM
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MFF0RD7

i hope jazz aspen snowmass (labor day weekend) has a good lineup this year

phishr82 Tue 3/18/2008 01:22PM
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i agree with ya moejoerisin, i;ll prolly just hit up the first night. it'll suck to miss TLG and Martin Sexton, but not much of a DMB or John Mayer fan.

jackstraw1984 Tue 3/18/2008 01:35PM
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jackstraw1984

i want to live in colorado.

bnaylor Tue 3/18/2008 01:44PM
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wheres claypool? he needs to be added to continue his festival tradition. Overall i guess it's fine. i feel that Denver could of brought some better acts though. hope you all have fun ill be at Rothbury. PS whers is Panic?

thewormisgod starstarstarstar Tue 3/18/2008 01:48PM
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^^ how did you get your hands on the special 3 week rothbury package??

pixie129 starstarstarstarstar Tue 3/18/2008 01:49PM
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Love love love it...right on and right in my back yard!!!! WOW what a line up for both days....FYI...DMB and the Roots always jam together when they tour! Cant wait to see The Black Crowes jam with Luther.... Rod y Gab will be awesome as always I am sure.

SwaniDank starstarstar Tue 3/18/2008 01:58PM
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SwaniDank

This looks like a really festival, seeing as I live in Denver and its overmy birthday. But just a small warning- Commerce City is made up of a bunch of oil refineries and various other pollution spewing factories. Colorado is such a beautiful place, I do not know why they picked this area. Otherwise, should be great!

marcsmall1 Tue 3/18/2008 02:07PM
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Lineup looks OK....a little too poppy and mainstream for me....but it should still be fun.....looking forard to Leftover, The Crowes, Winwood....Not so much for DMB or Mayer.....whatever.....should be a lot of money to be made there

siren Tue 3/18/2008 02:11PM
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looks like a good time to me.

CeilingFan247 Tue 3/18/2008 02:12PM
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Can anyone tell me if this is a camping fest?

Tim Dwenger Tue 3/18/2008 02:22PM
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Tim Dwenger

Don't think there will be any on-site camping and you won't want to camp anywhere right near the festival grounds. This festival was originally slated to be held downtown in City Park, however, The Denver City Zoo spoke out against the festival and forced it to be moved out to the current location. I will still go, but I am boycotting the Zoo and I encourage you to do the same.

Can't wait for The New Mastersounds on Sunday afternoon!!! That's reason enough to brave the DMB/John Mayer crowd.

werewolf Tue 3/18/2008 02:26PM
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werewolf

Im going fo'sho.

Drewski Tue 3/18/2008 02:29PM
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Drewski

"should be a lot of money to be made there"

- why are u a prostitute? god kidz, be smart!

Bonnaroo to Rothbury to ACL starstarstarstarstar Tue 3/18/2008 03:02PM
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Bonnaroo to Rothbury to ACL

Man, exceot for tom Petty and Moe this looks amazing!!!

Wild Turkey starstarstarstar Tue 3/18/2008 04:35PM
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Oh well, i was looking forward to a full show from moe. and the crows at red rocks this summer. not real sure about driving to commerce city for a show, it is kind of a dump. why not a few stages in lodo without the big names? i just hope they do it right. Winwood should be cool, cope and dennen, grace...

cuttyfives Tue 3/18/2008 04:59PM
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there is real tight john mayer/Just Blaze video on youtube...mayer rips apart some great blaze shiet.

fsu420 Tue 3/18/2008 05:15PM
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the fields at Dicks Sporting Goods? sounds like a real class act location. with all of the gorgeous spots in colorado this was the winner? o well CO kidz enjoy some more tunes. spoiled bastards...

Chaloupka starstarstar Tue 3/18/2008 06:56PM
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Chaloupka

Yeah, not to happy with the location.

kolmah Tue 3/18/2008 06:59PM
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kolmah

there's just too damn many festival choices popping up this summer.

overall Tue 3/18/2008 07:42PM
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overall

Looks like a decent lineup. But it seems odd, especially in a year when new megafests seem to be sprouting up each week, that Coran Capshaw would help create one that competes with Bonnaroo.

Click on the story link and look at the bottom of the event poster. It looks like Starr Hill Presents has partnered with AEG to pitch this little party.

Capshaw, Dave Matthews' manager, founder of ATO records, owner of Red Light Management, and chief of MusicToday (even though he sold a controlling interest to Clear Channel), is also the head of Starr Hill Presents AND a company called Axis Concerts, LLC, a Virginia entity that serves as the financial arm of Bonnaroo.

I wonder how the folks at AC and Superfly feel about this.

Louisville Slugger Tue 3/18/2008 08:33PM
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Louisville Slugger

The Fields at Dick's Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City? Powered by SanDisk? Who's gonna sponsor the shitters? Sanitation brought to you by Bechtel? Good to see that they're resisting the corporate influences and keeping these festivals grassroots.

moephishH2O starstarstarstarstar Tue 3/18/2008 09:26PM
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moephishH2O

Fuck yeah! Sounds like a good time!

marcsmall1 Tue 3/18/2008 11:20PM
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moeMan1 starstarstarstar Wed 3/19/2008 08:41AM
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moeMan1

i will still go to this but i am extremely pissed this is not going down in City Park. the whole point of this festival was suupposed to be a festival for denver molded after Austin city limits. the little bitches that live around city park complained that it would be too loud and destroyed what would have resulted in millions of dollars being pumped back into the park for beautification and renovations. complete idiots. but i will still go out to the sespool that is commerce city.

Potatohead starstarstarstar Wed 3/19/2008 09:05AM
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They can't do the festy in downtown Denver because the Zoo complained the noise would harm the animals (http://www.denverpost.com/search/ci_8102180) - what's wrong with you complainers that have to go 11 miles northeast?! Be happy Denver gets anything. The festy looks ok, but questionable for $150 when most of these bands come thru town regularly anyway, only to see them at Dicks with a rep for poor accoustics - hopefully they can do something to improve that.

mlmegs starstarstarstarstar Wed 3/19/2008 11:31AM
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It's not the neighbors around City Park, it's the Zoo right in the middle. It was determined that hte animals couldn't handle the stress of the music no matter how many sound barriers they put up. Main reason it didn't happen there.

Still in our back yard!

CeilingFan247 Wed 3/19/2008 03:52PM
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You gotta respect the animals. And anyone boycotting a zoo over something like that... that would just be a silly idea.

Bummer about no on-site camping. Anyone have any good tips on a place to camp near there? Colorado peeps? Hotels are too expensive for me.

Wild Turkey Wed 3/19/2008 03:56PM
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Poor little furry refugees, i'd be pissed if i were locked in a cage and forced to listen to a few of these bands. City park was almost as poor a choice as Dicks. Was the rent to high at Invesco? It is the "Mile High Fest" after all. Denver parks are just not set up for this kind of crowd. There is nothing in Denver like Zilker park. Lodo fest was the Bomb!

TheDestroyer Wed 3/19/2008 09:31PM
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The event is on the soccer fields next to the stadium. no bands are playing in the stadium

DMB41 starstarstarstarstar Thu 3/20/2008 12:20PM
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DMB41

I live about 10 minutes from the site, and there is not any good place to camp. If you dont mind driving about 45 minutes, you can camp out by Red Rocks. That would be the best bet. Unfortunately, commerce city and the surrounding areas won't be a pleasant place to camp - although I can't really say I agree with the Commerce City bashing going on already. I'll take a festi there over nothing any day.

moeMan1 Thu 3/20/2008 12:54PM
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moeMan1

you know whats funny now that i think about it. Umphrey's plays the green apple fest @ the zoo in Chicago and the animals obviously dont mind it! So why on earth did this prick from the denver zoo come up with this ridiculous excuse to not have this in city park.

groovatronics starstarstarstar Thu 3/20/2008 03:20PM
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of coarse it's poppy, it's KBCO.

but does anyone have info. on camping?

and for those who asked, there definitely wouldn't be good camping directly IN commerce city, but like under 20 min. away? for sure. i'm talkin straight-up beauty like rocky mtn. nat'l park, arapahoe nat'l park, or like around keystone and you could just drive there.

moeMan1 Thu 3/20/2008 03:50PM
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moeMan1

http://www.campcolorado.com

if you dont mind driving into the mountains a little i would suggest looking around Blackhawk and central city there is some great places up there. Pickle Gulch is one of my fav's

Wild Turkey Thu 3/20/2008 03:55PM
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Any drive to camping will be 40min+ as far as i know. RMNP over an hour... For the time and cost in gas just stay at a hotel near the airport like 5-10min away. you could almost walk from rennaisance.