CU Denver Alumni Summer 2022 Music
Jun 15, 2022
Lolita
Lolita Castaneda ‘15 graduated from the College of Arts & Media with her bachelor’s degree in music and performs under the name Lolita.
Saturday, June 18 | Juneteenth Music Festival Denver 2022 at Five Points in Denver
Wednesday, June 22 | Sounds Exciting! Summer Concert Series: Roka Hueka w/ Lolita at Heritage Lakewood Belmar Park in Lakewood
Saturday, July 9 | 2MX2 & Lolita with Kid Astronaut at the Aggie Theatre in Fort Collins
Grace DeVine
Catherine Sall ‘21 graduated from the College of Arts & Media with her bachelor’s degree in music and performs under the name Grace DeVine.
Grace DeVine embodies elements across genres, time periods, and tastes to create a sonically super-natural brand of pop music.
Saturday, June 25 | Estes Park Pride
Wildermiss
Emma Cole ‘16 and Caleb Thoemke ‘16 both graduated from the College of Arts & Media with their bachelor’s degrees in music.
Wildermiss is an indie rock band from Denver, Colorado. Emma Cole sings and plays synth, Joshua Hester plays guitar, and Caleb Thoemke plays drums. They have sold out all of their hometown headlining shows since 2017 and steadily gained momentum nationwide with multiple support tours and festival spots.
Thursday, June 30 | Meow Wolf, Convergence Station
Friday, July 1 | Black Sheep, Colorado Springs
Sunday, July 3 | Washington’s FoCo, Fort Collins
Fresh Fruit!
Ronan Andrew Dowling ‘21 graduated from the College of Arts & Media with his bachelor’s degree in music and performs under the name Ronan Andrews.
His band Fresh Fruit! is a Denver-based group engaging listeners in their “smooth soul butter.”
Sunday, July 3 | Globe Hall
The Milk Blossoms
Michelle Ghun ‘16 graduated from the College of Arts & Media with her bachelor’s degree in music and performs under the name Michelle Rocqet. Harmony Rose Sheehan ‘19 graduated from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences with her bachelor's degree in creative writing and performs under the name Harmony Rose.
Their band combines ukulele, expressive beat boxing and piano to create experimental pop music. They have been featured on Colorado Public Radio's Open Air, Film on the Rocks, Colorado Public TV's 'Sounds on 29th' and has won "Best Pop Band" for the 2018 Westword Music Awards and “Best Experimental” band for the 2016 Westword Music Awards.
Friday, July 29 – Sunday, July 31 | Underground Music Showcase