Folsom Field hasn't hosted concerts since 2001. The sonic drought ends this summer with back-to-back shows by Dead & Company.
On July 11, 2001, the Dave Matthews听Band played an electrifying 2.5-hour set听at Folsom Field. The night was rainy, but听that didn鈥檛 stop a crowd of 40,000 from听showing up, or the band from going long.
By the time they finished a nearly听eight-minute encore of 鈥淎nts Marching,鈥澨齣t was 10:45, 15 minutes past the听curfew for outdoor concerts at Folsom.听CU-Boulder fined the band $15,000 鈥斕�$1,000 a minute 鈥� and concerts in the听stadium were suspended indefinitely.
Michael Goldman听(Pharm鈥�78) was in听the crowd that night, as he had been for听almost every Folsom concert since 1973,听when he attended a Leon Russell performance听as a freshman.
鈥淭he campus would be taken over听by whoever was playing,鈥� the Denver听pharmacist said, adding that the time听to revive Folsom as a concert venue 鈥渋s听definitely long overdue.鈥�
That day has arrived. The university听announced Feb. 8 that Dead & Company听鈥� three surviving members of the听Grateful Dead and John Mayer 鈥� will听play at Folsom on July 2 and 3, 2016, the听first concerts there in 15 years.
To read the full story, visit the .听
For information about this year's concerts, visit .
Photo by Michael Goldman.
