Bud Light Rocks the Boat Free Concert Series
Bud Light Rocks the Boat Free Concert Series is a Steamboat winter tradition with free concerts throughout the end of the ski season. Walk right off the slopes and into Gondola Square to see some of your favorite artists perform on the brand new Steamboat Stage. The free concerts start around 3 PM, so be sure not to miss it!
2013 Rocks the Boat Free Concert Series Lineup:
Date: Saturday, November 24, 2012
Time: Concert starts around 2:00 P.M.
Where: Steamboat Stage in Gondola Square
To describe how the Dirty Dozen Brass Band has arrived at its 35th Anniversary, trumpet player Gregory Davis employs a tried-and true New Orleans-centric analogy: "It ends up being like a pot of gumbo – you drop in a little okra, drop in a little shrimp, you drop in some crabs. Before you know it, you’ve mixed in all these different ingredients and you’ve got a beautiful soup. That was our approach to music early on and it still is today."
Date: Saturday, January 12, 2013
Time: Concert starts around 2:00 P.M.
Where: Steamboat Stage in Gondola Square
Robert Randolph and the Family Band is an American funk and soul band led by pedal steel guitarist Robert Randolph. Other band members include drummer Marcus Randolph, bass guitarist Danyel Morgan, vocalist Lenesha Randolph, keyboardist and guitarist Brett Andrew Haas, and one of three rotating rhythm guitarists: Joey Williams of Blind Boys of Alabama, Adam "Shmeeans" Smirnoff, and Cousin Ray-Ray. Jason Crosby (keyboards and fiddle) and John Ginty (organ) are former members. Rolling Stone included Robert on their list of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time.
Date: Monday, January 21, 2013
Time: Concert starts around 3:30 P.M.
Where: Steamboat Stage in Gondola Square
Mixing elements of gospel, bluegrass, arena rock, soul and more than a touch of outlaw country, Blackberry Smoke has earned a passionate fanbase that continues to grow as the band itself evolves. The band is as blue collar as the bandanas its members wear.
Date: Saturday, February 9, 2013
Time: Concert starts around 3:00 P.M.
Where: Steamboat Stage in Gondola Square
“Anders Osborne is a triple threat as a singer, songwriter, and instrumentalist. He can play the gutbucket bluesman and hot guitar slinger, and he can play the sensitive, soulful singer/songwriter, and he’s excellent at both. Mastering either genre puts you in select company. Mastering both is mind-bogglingly great.” –Paste
Date: Saturday, March 16, 2013
Time: Concert starts around 3:00 P.M.
Where: Steamboat Stage in Gondola Square
The Aggrolites are more than a band, they are a movement unto themselves. They carry a banner - one created with their own hands. This banner reads, “Dirty Reggae,” and represents their signature fusion of reggae, soul, grit and determination. For seven magnificent years, this dirty reggae bunch has rolled from city to city, across the pond and up main street USA. They rally the kids, the parents, the students, the cops, the bosses and the drifters. The people come, they relish in The Aggrolites, the dirty reggae and the joy that comes with it all. The liberating rhythms and catchy grooves demand a return trip.
Date: Saturday, March 23, 2012
Time: Concert starts around 3:00 P.M.
Where: Steamboat Stage in Gondola Square
Emerging from the pubs and clubs of Leeds, England, their hometown in 2009, The Dunwells are brothers Joseph Dunwell (vocals, guitar) and David Dunwell (guitar, piano, banjo) along with cousins Jonny Lamb (vocals, drums) and Rob Clayton (bass) and longtime best mate Dave Hanson (guitar, pedal steel). “We are genuinely best mates,” explains singer, songwriter and guitarist Joseph Dunwell. “We sometimes bicker and fight, but then we hug and make up and go out for a drink.” Their stellar musicianship, classic roots songwriting and soaring harmony vocals have already made instant but lasting impressions on scores of fans.
Date: Saturday, March 30, 2013
Time: Concert starts around 3:00 P.M.
Where: Steamboat Stage in Gondola Square
MarchFourth Marching Band (M4 to its fans) is a kaleidoscope of musical and visual energy that inspires dancing in an atmosphere of celebration.
Date: Sunday, April 14, 2013
Time: Concert starts around 2:00 P.M.
Where: Steamboat Stage in Gondola Square
Looking back over the past 25 years of rootsy, Americana, string-based music, the impact of Leftover Salmon is impossible to deny. Formed in Boulder, CO in 1989 the group was one of the first bluegrass bands to add drums and tour rock & roll bars, helping Salmon become a pillar of the jam band scene and unwitting architects of the jam grass genre.
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