Wed, Apr 23
|Front Range Barbeque
Pretend Friend @ Front Range BBQ
OCC
Time & Location
Apr 23, 2025, 6:30 PM
Front Range Barbeque, 2330 W Colorado Ave, Colorado Springs, CO 80904, USA
About the event
Pretend Friend brings their progressive bluegrass from Wichita, Kansas!
Pretend Friend is a nationally touring progressive bluegrass and folk band based in Wichita, Kansas. Focused on creating original music, Pretend Friend melds captivating lyrics and soulful melodies into timeless songs. The blending of traditional familiarity with improvised jams, driving bluegrass, vocal harmonies, and anthemic choruses only begins to encompass the soundscape created by the genre-bending acoustic group. Pretend Friend has opened for acts such as Bela Fleck’s My Bluegrass Heart, Yonder Mountain String Band, Fruition, and Arkansauce, and their high-energy sets have been sought after by festivals such as Walnut Valley Festival, Blue Ox Music Festival, Hillberry Music Festival, Kaw River Roots Fest, McAwesome Fest, Lake Erie Folk Fest, and more.
Come by for some improv jams and groovy harmonies!
$5 cover goes to the band