{"id":2453633,"date":"2020-01-23T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-23T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/?p=319537"},"modified":"2020-01-23T16:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-01-23T23:00:00","slug":"x-games-aspen-music-guide-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/x-games-aspen-music-guide-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"X Games Aspen: Music Guide 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"
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X Games has given Aspen some of its most memorable musical moments in recent years.<\/p>\n

Since the ESPN event started hosting concerts in its temporary, 5,000-person arena off Panda Peak at Buttermilk Ski Area, it has brought in Twenty One Pilots<\/a> as the duo was peaking as the most popular band in the U.S. in 2016 and it landed The Chainsmokers<\/a> a year later as \u201cCloser\u201d was the most-played song in the country. X Games booked LCD Soundsystem<\/a> on its momentous \u201cAmerican Dream\u201d reunion tour in 2018 and last year brought Lil Wayne to Buttermilk<\/a> hot off his comeback release \u201cTha Carter V.\u201d<\/p>\n

X Games also birthed Belly Up Aspen, the intimate 450-capacity club that opened its doors during X Games weekend in 2005 and has gone on to become one of the best-known small venues in the U.S. Belly Up has built its \u201cBXV\u201d anniversary season around X Games, hosting the headliners from Buttermilk for more intimate shows and also bringing The Chainsmokers back to town for the club\u2019s official anniversary party on Thursday.<\/p>\n

For live pop music in Aspen, X Games is arguably now outpacing New Year\u2019s Eve week and the long Labor Day festival weekend in its star power and its number of shows.<\/p>\n

The 2020 headliners are hip-hop duo Rae Sremmurd, DJs Illenium and Alesso and R&B singer Bazzi, each playing the big Buttermilk venue as well as Belly Up.<\/p>\n

New on the scene this year, The Snow Lodge at the base of Aspen Mountain is hosting daily apr\u00e8s-ski shows from 4 to 6 p.m. The slopeside venue came out of the gate strong with The Chainsmokers on Wednesday and indie-pop band Flor on Thursday.<\/p>\n

The late-night post-competition party scene downtown, of which Eric\u2019s has long been the epicenter, also has DJ options at the Living Room at the W, Bootsy Bellows and Escobar. For X Games revelers looking to dance but not ready to hit the bus lines, Studio X is hosting DJs every night after the on-snow competitions end. They\u2019re scheduled to play Friday from 9 to 11:30 p.m., Saturday from 10 to 11:30 and Sunday from 7:30 to 9:30.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, there will be less music on ESPN\u2019s X Games broadcast in 2020. After a one-year run, the on-air music and culture commentator Hannah Rad is off the X Games team and hasn\u2019t been replaced. ESPN hasn\u2019t produced the artist interviews, \u201cSportsCenter\u201d featurettes and concert preview coverage that, in years prior, had built hype for the X Games shows.<\/p>\n

So, the concerts are expected to have a less prominent place on ESPN this year, while ticket sales also are lagging off of 2019. All four shows were sold out going into the weekend last year, when headliners included Lil Wayne, the Chainsmokers and Kygo. As of press time, the only show at the Buttermilk venue that had sold out was Denver-based Illenium\u2019s Saturday afternoon performance.<\/p>\n

Illenium also sold out his Wednesday night slot at Belly Up downtown, as did The Chainsmokers\u2019 Thursday night Belly Up show and Alesso\u2019s on Friday. Tickets are still available for Rae Sremmurd\u2019s Saturday night performance at Belly Up and Bazzi\u2019s on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a day-by-day rundown of the weekend\u2019s music options:<\/p>\n

FRIDAY, JAN. 24<\/p>\n

The big show at Buttermilk is hip-hop duo Rae Sremmurd (10 p.m.), the platinum-selling brothers and Mike Will Made-It collaborators behind the inescapable \u201cBlack Beatles\u201d and other recent monster hits like \u201cSwang,\u201d \u201cNo Type\u201d and \u201cCome Get Her.\u201d<\/p>\n

As Rae Sremmurd\u2019s Swae Lee and Slim Jxmmi kick off the outdoor shows at the X Games venue, the Swedish DJ superstar Alesso will be downtown at Belly Up (10 p.m.) for a sold-out show in the warmer and more intimate confines of Aspen\u2019s premier music venue.<\/p>\n

Friday\u2019s big apr\u00e8s-ski show is at the base of Ajaz, where the uplifting synth-pop duo St. Lucia will play the Snow Lodge (4 to 6 p.m.)<\/p>\n

SATURDAY, JAN. 25<\/p>\n

The most-anticipated show of the weekend comes Saturday afternoon at the Buttermilk venue as Denver hero Illenium plays his main stage gig (4:30 p.m.). The DJ has been a regular in these parts, and at Belly Up, for many years since his days as a University of Colorado-Denver music student. Seemingly the rest of the world fell for him, too, with his breakout hit LP \u201cAscend,\u201d released in August. Now he\u2019s playing to a capacity crowd of some 5,000 fans at Buttermilk in a blow-out homecoming show.<\/p>\n

After the on-snow action wraps up with the women\u2019s snowboard superpipe finals, Alesso takes the stage at the Buttermilk venue (9:30 p.m.) and Rae Sremmurd takes it inside for their Belly Up gig (10 p.m.).<\/p>\n

The Snow Lodge at the base of Ajax\u2019s afternoon set will feature a DJ set by Sofi Tukker, the ascendant pop\/house duo behind the Grammy-nominated \u201cDrinkee\u201d and \u201cBest Friend,\u201d which became an unexpected hit after it was featured in a 2017 iPhone commercial.<\/p>\n

SUNDAY, JAN. 26<\/p>\n

It\u2019s Bazzi day, with a doubleheader from the 22-year-old singer and multi-instrumentalist at Buttermilk (4:30 p.m.) and Belly Up (9:30 p.m.).<\/p>\n

In between the two doses of Bazzi\u2019s sexy R&B, Sunday will be the big locals\u2019 night at X Games, as Aspen\u2019s Alex Ferreira vies for a repeat gold in the ski superpipe event.<\/p>\n

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