rank your favorite venues

1) Town Park Stage, Telluride CO
went to a multi-day festival there a couple years ago...widespread panic, jason isbell, big head todd, etc. this is far and away my favorite



2) Gerald Ford Amphitheater, Vail CO
most recent, bob weir 2 nights late june.
small, beautiful, very nice (almost luxurious) with great sound, and a stunning setting



3) tipitinas, new orleans LA
old school, still my favorite indoor show venue. untold number shows i have seen there, my favorite was the "classic" NRBQ and the whole wheat horns



4) red rocks amphitheater, morrison CO
this will be most people's favorite, and it is awesome.
nothing quite like a sunset on the rocks. wish i could have seen the dead there but i have seen furthur/phil lesh/bobby/etc.



5) the gorge, george WA
hard to believe setting. if you've never been there, its on a cliff face on the edge of the columbia river gorge, and the sun sets behind the stage. would be higher, but its pretty hard to go to a show there unless you camp, and the staff trends from "aggressive" to "neo-nazi"