‘Playful’ bears join crowd at sold-out Red Rocks show in Colorado. ‘Awesome sight’
A couple of unexpected guests showed up to Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Colorado the night of a sold-out concert, photos show.
Two “playful” bears filed out of the iconic venue as people started filtering in for the sold-out Russ show Tuesday, July 8.
Jon Amundson snapped a photo of one of the bears walking around a corner toward a line of people in a parking lot waiting to get inside the venue. Several people in the photo seem to have spotted the bear and stand frozen, perhaps waiting to see where it heads next.
Amundson shared the photo to his Facebook page that night.
“Been to Red Rocks 100 times, finally seen a bear,” he said in the post. “There was 2 actually. Awesome.”
The bears didn’t seem fazed by the crowd, Amundson told McClatchy News via Facebook Messenger.
“They were very relaxed, not skittish. Very playful with each other,” he said. “They walked across the road, didn’t run. As you can see all the people in the background didn’t seem to bother the bears too much. It was an awesome sight that’s for sure.”
The bears had just walked down a ramp out of the venue before he took the photo.
“Never seen 1 in 7 years,” a security guard who has worked at the venue said in the comments on Amundson’s Facebook post. “That’s a first.”
Red Rocks Park and Amphitheatre is about a 15-mile drive southwest from Denver.
This story was originally published July 10, 2025 at 2:21 PM with the headline "‘Playful’ bears join crowd at sold-out Red Rocks show in Colorado. ‘Awesome sight’."
