Trey Anastasio Unveils June Symphony Shows, with Red Rocks Return
Trey Anastasio, photo by Jake Silco
Just days after wrapping up Phish’s action-packed Riviera Maya run, Trey Anastasio has announced a pair of symphony shows for this summer.
The iconic Phish frontman will revive his orchestral format first at Morrison, Colo.’s Red Rocks Amphitheater on June 7. Anastasio’s first symphonic show at the hallowed outdoor stage – and his first appearance at the venue since 2022 – will feature accompaniment from the esteemed Colorado Symphony, with whom he last shared a spotlight in 2012. A ticket request period for the Red Rocks show is live now and will continue through Wednesday, Feb. 4 at 12 p.m. ET. Entrants will be notified of their ticket status by Thursday, Feb. 5 at 11:59 p.m. ET, and a general on-sale will open on Friday, Feb. 6 at 10 a.m. MT.
On June 10, Anastasio will arrive in Kansas City, Mo., for his first performance at the Helzberg Hall at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts. There, the singer-songwriter and guitarist will be joined by new collaborators, the Kansas City Symphony. Tickets for the Kansas City show will become available through a presale on Wednesday, Feb. 4 at 10 a.m. CT (PASSWORD: lizards), with a general on-sale to follow on Friday, Feb. 6 at 10 a.m. CT.
Anastasio’s summer symphony shows will be the first of their kind since a standalone orchestral engagement at Vienna, Va.’s Wolf Trap in June 2024, which itself was his first presentation of the pioneering program since 2017. There’s been no shortage of opportunities to catch the artist in innovative configurations since, including his most recent solo performances in the Beacon Jams at New York’s Beacon Theatre.
“The expanded version of the Rescue Squad string section from that November 6 show were the top, first-seat string players on Broadway,” Anastasio said of the orchestral component to his original 2020 Beacon Jams streams in a recent Relix feature. “They were out of work because Broadway was decimated by COVID, so when they got the call, they were psyched. Orchestras and Broadway got destroyed by COVID. Broadway still hasn’t totally come back since COVID, unfortunately. There are something like 92,000 employees on Broadway. It’s a huge part of New York, way bigger than most people know, because Broadway also feeds the cabs, the airports and the restaurants. People come to New York and a lot of times, they start with a Broadway ticket.” Read more here.
