If you’re a music lover, music festival Colorado is the place for you. The state’s festivals offer a broad spectrum of genres and styles, all set amid stunning backdrops. Find yourself surrounded by soaring peaks or quaint mountain towns, and let the tunes transport you to another time or space.

The six-week Colorado Music Festival summer performance season calls Boulder’s Chautauqua Auditorium home, with its world-class festival orchestra led by Peter Oundjian. The lineup is always diverse, and a mix of classical and popular styles will keep you coming back week after week. From June through August, expect the first hearing of a new composition by renowned composer Matthew Aucoin on June 30, or the premiere of soprano Renee Fleming in the two-act opera “Girl of the Golden West.”

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In September, dance music fans will gather at Denver’s Empower Field at Mile High for a three-day Electronic Music Showcase. The event offers a stellar lineup of DJs, with sets from Remi Wolf and Claude Vonstroke among others. In addition to the music, EMF will include a beer fest with 30+ local breweries, artisans and food trucks, skate park activation and family-friendly activities.

Country lovers will love a mountain-set festival such as Telluride’s Seven Peaks Music Festival (June) or Villa Grove’s Seven Peaks Music & Camping (Sept.). Or, pitch a tent at the annual Beanstalk Festival in Fort Collins, where choice touring acts and musicians from the jam scene unite awe-inspiring mountains and the rushing Colorado River.