PHOTOS: Outside Days Kicks Off Opening Night with Death Cab for Cutie

Ben Gibbard, lead singer of Death Cab for Cutie, perform on opening night of Outside Days on Auraria Campus in Denver on Thursday, May 28, 2026.

(Stephen Swofford, Denver Gazette)

A fan rides an air mattress over the crowd as Goth Babe performs at Outside Days on Auraria Campus in Denver on Friday, May 29, 2026.

(Stephen Swofford, Denver Gazette)

Goth Babe performs on opening night of Outside Days on Auraria Campus in Denver on Thursday, May 28, 2026.

(Stephen Swofford, Denver Gazette)

Ben Gibbard, lead singer of Death Cab for Cutie, perform on opening night of Outside Days on Auraria Campus in Denver on Thursday, May 28, 2026.

(Stephen Swofford, Denver Gazette)

Ben Gibbard, lead singer of Death Cab for Cutie, perform on opening night of Outside Days on Auraria Campus in Denver on Thursday, May 28, 2026.

(Stephen Swofford, Denver Gazette)

Goth Babe performs on opening night of Outside Days on Auraria Campus in Denver on Thursday, May 28, 2026.

(Stephen Swofford, Denver Gazette)

Ben Gibbard, lead singer of Death Cab for Cutie, perform on opening night of Outside Days on Auraria Campus in Denver on Thursday, May 28, 2026.

(Stephen Swofford, Denver Gazette)

Emma Cole, lead singer of Wildermiss, performs on opening night of Outside Days on Auraria Campus in Denver on Thursday, May 28, 2026.

(Stephen Swofford, Denver Gazette)

Goth Babe performs on opening night of Outside Days on Auraria Campus in Denver on Thursday, May 28, 2026.

(Stephen Swofford, Denver Gazette)

Michelle Zauner, lead vocalist for Japanese Breakfast, performs at Outside Days on Auraria Campus in Denver on Friday, May 29, 2026.

(Stephen Swofford, Denver Gazette)

Ben Gibbard, lead singer of Death Cab for Cutie, perform on opening night of Outside Days on Auraria Campus in Denver on Thursday, May 28, 2026.

(Stephen Swofford, Denver Gazette)

Japanese Breakfast performs on opening night of Outside Days on Auraria Campus in Denver on Thursday, May 28, 2026.

(Stephen Swofford, Denver Gazette)

Joshua Hester, guitar, left, and Emma Cole, lead singer of Wildermiss, perform on opening night of Outside Days on Auraria Campus in Denver on Thursday, May 28, 2026.

(Stephen Swofford, Denver Gazette)

Wilderness performs at Outside Days on Auraria Campus in Denver on Friday, May 29, 2026.

(Stephen Swofford, Denver Gazette)

Wilderness performs at Outside Days on Auraria Campus in Denver on Friday, May 29, 2026.

(Stephen Swofford, Denver Gazette)

Michelle Zauner, lead vocalist for Japanese Breakfast, performs on opening night of Outside Days on Auraria Campus in Denver on Thursday, May 28, 2026.

(Stephen Swofford, Denver Gazette)

Goth Babe performs on opening night of Outside Days on Auraria Campus in Denver on Thursday, May 28, 2026.

(Stephen Swofford, Denver Gazette)

Fans cheer as Goth Babe performs at Outside Days on Auraria Campus in Denver on Friday, May 29, 2026.

(Stephen Swofford, Denver Gazette)

Charlie Webster, 11, climbs a rock wall at Outside Days on Auraria Campus in Denver on Friday, May 29, 2026.

(Stephen Swofford, Denver Gazette)

Ben Gibbard, lead singer of Death Cab for Cutie, perform on opening night of Outside Days on Auraria Campus in Denver on Thursday, May 28, 2026.

(Stephen Swofford, Denver Gazette)

Ben Gibbard, lead singer of Death Cab for Cutie, perform on opening night of Outside Days on Auraria Campus in Denver on Thursday, May 28, 2026.

(Stephen Swofford, Denver Gazette)

Goth Babe performs on opening night of Outside Days on Auraria Campus in Denver on Thursday, May 28, 2026.

(Stephen Swofford, Denver Gazette)

A fan dances to Death Cab for Cutie at Outside Days on Auraria Campus in Denver on Friday, May 29, 2026.

(Stephen Swofford, Denver Gazette)

Japanese Breakfast performs on opening night of Outside Days on Auraria Campus in Denver on Thursday, May 28, 2026.

(Stephen Swofford, Denver Gazette)

Ben Gibbard, lead singer of Death Cab for Cutie, perform on opening night of Outside Days on Auraria Campus in Denver on Thursday, May 28, 2026.

(Stephen Swofford, Denver Gazette)

A tech tests the drums during set up for Goth Babe at Outside Days on Auraria Campus in Denver on Friday, May 29, 2026.

(Stephen Swofford, Denver Gazette)

Ben Gibbard, lead singer of Death Cab for Cutie, perform on opening night of Outside Days on Auraria Campus in Denver on Thursday, May 28, 2026.

(Stephen Swofford, Denver Gazette)

Japanese Breakfast performs on opening night of Outside Days on Auraria Campus in Denver on Thursday, May 28, 2026.

(Stephen Swofford, Denver Gazette)

Ben Gibbard, lead singer of Death Cab for Cutie, perform on opening night of Outside Days on Auraria Campus in Denver on Thursday, May 28, 2026.

(Stephen Swofford, Denver Gazette)

People test out a jeep track at Outside Days on Auraria Campus in Denver on Friday, May 29, 2026.

(Stephen Swofford, Denver Gazette)