Denver’s iconic City Park bandstand, home of the popular City Park Jazz summer music series along Ferril Lake, was burned beyond repair in a fire overnight, fire officials said Thursday.
The fire was reported early Thursday morning and rendered the structure, built in 1929, a “total loss,” City Park Jazz officials said in a post on Facebook.
Denver Fire Department crews were called to the fire at 2:40 a.m. and found it fully engulfed in flames, Division Chief Robert Murphy said.
Workers look over the burned remains of the bandstand at City Park after an overnight fire on Thursday, March 26, 2026, at City Park in Denver. (Photo by Timothy Hurst/The Denver Post)
Fire investigators are still sorting through the wreckage to figure out what happened and are “a ways out” from determining the cause, he said.
“Obviously it’s suspicious that it caught on fire in the middle of the night,” Murphy said.
Officials Denver Parks and Recreation did not immediately respond to a request for comment about the fire.
An investigator looks over the burned remains of the bandstand at City Park after an overnight fire on Thursday, March 26, 2026, at City Park in Denver. (Photo by Timothy Hurst/The Denver Post)
Concert organizers are not deterred from celebrating the music series’ 40th season, City Park Jazz officials said in a statement.
“The City Park Jazz Board of Directors is already working through our options and we’ll be partnering closely with the city to ensure we can do everything in our power to have this incredible celebration of community again this summer,” officials said Thursday morning.
This is a developing story.
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