A Taste of Colorado 2018 Presented Over 50 Restaurants and Food Trucks Denver hosted their 35th installment of the music and food festival on September 1-3 known as A Taste of Colorado. An estimated crowd of 500,000 people were in attendance this past weekend. REO Speedwagon, George Thorogood, and additional acts performed classic rock music on Friday evening. Mitchell Tenpenny, David Nail, and Leann Rimes brought out the country on Saturday. Alternative and pop-rock was on stage Sunday with Smash Mouth, Sugar Ray, Everclear, and Soul Asylum. Mitchell Tenpenny at A Taste of Colorado 2018 in downtown Denver on