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Backyard Beats at Sweetwater Park

Bust out the lawn chairs and the coolers, it's time to Party!

This FREE concert series has featured many great regional bands along with some nationally touring acts such as The Samples, Freddy Jones Band, The Band of Heathens and The SteelDrivers, to name a few!  

Saturday, May 25, 2024
Sweetwater Park
5 - 8 p.m.

Get ready to welcome summer in Lone Tree with a free concert at Sweetwater Park with headliner, Larger Than Life, America’s #1 Boyband Experience. Get ready for your favorite 90’s boyband tunes along with beloved classics from the Jackson Five, The Temptations, and more!  

Embrace the community spirit as we come together to celebrate the beginning of summer and highlight some of our locally-grown Lone Tree organizations and small businesses. Find out what’s happening in Lone Tree over the summer while enjoying games, kids activities, live music and food trucks.  Performances from South Suburban Parks and Recreation groups prior to headliner.  

Interested in being one of our participating Lone Tree businesses at the event? Apply to be a vendor below. 

Saturday, August 10, 2024
Sweetwater Park
5 - 8 p.m.

Join us in Lone Tree to close out the summer and get a little South in your mouth! Food trucks will be featuring mouth-watering selections of some of your favorite dishes from south of the Colorado border.

Each truck will have a diverse menu of items to chose from; with each item varying in ticket price. Tasting tickets will be available for purchase at the event, $10 will get you a strip of 15 tickets. $1 of each ticket strip sale will benefit the Highlands Ranch High School Band Boosters. We encourage you to taste around and vote for your favorite truck. The truck with the most votes at the end of the night will be crowned People’s Choice and win $500.

While noshing on your southern eats, get ready for a relentless dance party like no other from Diggin Dirt. The blazing horns, searing guitars and charismatic front man will make you think you are in the presence of James Brown or Sly and the Family Stone! The night will also have plenty of activities for the lil’ ones to enjoy!

*Tasting tickets will be available for purchase on the day of the event. All food items must be purchased with tasting tickets, no cash or credit will be accepted at the trucks.  

Lyric, a community by Shea Homes

Thank you to our event sponsor!

Entertainment

LOVE LOCAL
HEADLINER
Saturday, May 25th
6:30 p.m.

SOUTHERN STREET EATS
HEADLINER
Saturday, August 10th
6:30 p.m.

SOUTHERN STREET EATS
OPENER
Saturday, August 10th
5 p.m.

Food Trucks

MAY 25TH
AUGUST 10TH

FAQ's

Items Allowed

  • Blankets and Tarps
  • Lawn or Camping Chairs
  • Canopies or Tents, must be properly secured
  • Strollers or Wagons
  • Small propane grills
  • Coolers
  • Plastic or Aluminum
  • Well behaved dogs on leash

Prohibited Items

  • Glass
  • Weapons
  • Smoking of any kind must be outside park
  • Charcoal Grills
  • Drones
  • Fireworks
  • Illegal Drugs
  • Unlicensed or Unapproved Vending
  • Professional Photography or Videography

Street parking is available on the perimeter of Sweetwater Park.  The HUB parking lot is also available during events and easily connects to the Willow Creek Trail just at the edge of the Cook Creek Pool parking lot.  The Willow Creek Trail leads you directly into Sweetwater Park. 

We encourage Lone Tree Residents to take LINK On Demand, which will pick you up at your home and take you directly to the park.  For more info on how to utilize LINK On Demand, click the link.

Handicap Parking will be available across from the entrance into the park, at the intersection of Lodgepole and Sweetwater Rd.  Follow the posted signs.  Golf cart shuttles will be driving around the entrance to help escort folks needing extra assistance into the park.

  • Kids activities – crafts, inflatable games, yard games, playground
  • Portable Restrooms
  • Trash
  • Food for purchase through the food trucks 
  • Drinks for purchase through the food trucks

City Events are RAIN OR SHINE, so come properly prepared for any type of weather. 

Events that are cut short or cancelled due to dangerous weather will not be rescheduled.

Cancellation will only occur if there is lightning in the area or extreme hail. 

Tasting tickets for the August 10th Backyard Beats: Southern Street Eats will be available for purchase on the day of the event. All food items must be purchased with tasting tickets – no cash or credit will be accepted at the food trucks.

Each truck will have a diverse menu of items to chose from, including smaller tasting dishes for fewer tickets to allow you to sample from multiple trucks. 

Sales can be found at the Info Tent – look for the large INFO flag attached to the tent. Cash or credit will be accepted. $10 will get you a strip of 15 tickets. $1 of each ticket strip sale will benefit the Highlands Ranch High School Band Boosters.

Backyard Beats <3 Local kicked off summer in Lone Tree in 2023 with a fantastic performance by Mary Louise Lee Band