The 1300 block of Pearl Street belongs to a different city on Wednesday evenings in July. Folding chairs stake out territory before six. The line for the beer garden bends past the courthouse fountain. And somewhere above the plaza, the last western light catches the Flatirons while a headliner works through a second set.
If you have lived in Boulder for more than a summer, you know the scene. What you may not know is that this July marks the 30th season of Bands on the Bricks, and the four Wednesdays still on the calendar sit inside an unusually dense stretch of free outdoor music that quietly reshuffles when the series wraps on July 29.
What is actually on the plaza this month
The performance plaza sits directly in front of the historic Boulder County Courthouse, on the 1300 block of Pearl Street Mall between 13th and 14th.
