Guests purchased tickets for 80 cents, the same price concert-goers paid in 1941. They were treated to a variety of sounds, ranging from the Emerald Society Pipes & Drums, a group of first responders who played bagpipes during the pandemic, to a 5th grader from Parker who is a piano sensation, not to mention energizing sounds from the D’Evelyn High School Marching Band, who also had the honor of performing for the virtual Inauguration Day celebration earlier this year. 

There was also a celebratory, cathartic howl, just like the ones that became a tradition during the pandemic. This time the crowd honored the first responders and frontline workers along with celebrating the 80th season at Red Rocks and the music that has returned to fill the nights.

All of this adds up to bragging rights for D’Evelyn High School seniors and members of the marching band, Linnea Guldbeck and Grace Kennedy.

“They can’t believe it. Because they’ve all come here for concerts,” said Guldbeck. 

“They’ve been saying, 'Wow, you can play on the same stage as Jimmy Buffett, Billie Eilish, and all these big names. It’s really cool,” added Kennedy.

The Jaguar Marching Band closed the evening celebration with memories to last a lifetime.