Name: Daniel Rodriguez w/ Nathaniel Riley
Start: 2025-09-11T18:30:00-06:00
End: 2025-09-11T20:30:00-06:00
Location: Fort Collins Nursery

Daniel Rodriguez w/ Nathaniel Riley

Fort Collins Nursery is a year-round garden center, helping people with their gardens and landscapes since 1932. We offer a variety of fun events to educate our customers and to celebrate our plant-loving community.

Fort Collins Nursery

Join us for an epic night of music featuring Daniel Rodriguez with Nathaniel Riley in a beautiful and intimate concert setting.

2025 Rock Garden Concert Series

For three epic nights, Fort Collins Nursery will transform from a retail space to a stunning and unique concert venue appropriately dubbed “The Rock Garden.” Each concert is a fundraising event benefiting a wonderful, local non-profit organization.

<h1>Daniel Rodriguez</h1><h3>w/ Nathaniel Riley</h3><p><br></p><ul><li>Date: Thursday, September 11</li><li>Doors: 5:30pm</li><li>Show: 6:30pm</li><li>Tickets: $25 Adv/ $30 Door/ Kids 12 &amp; Under Free</li><li>Audience members are encouraged to bring lawn chairs for additional seating</li><li>Well-behaved pets on leashes are welcome!</li></ul><h3><br></h3><h3>Artist Details:</h3><p><br></p><h3>Daniel Rodriguez</h3><p>Whether it was personal heartbreak or the seismic shift in his daily life when exiting his longtime band, Elephant Revival, Daniel Rodriguez's latest album, Harboring Pearls, is a snapshot of a singer-songwriter simply trying to navigate the choppy waters of existence to the best of his ability.“ I preserved my own sanity. I preserved my own integrity,” Rodriguez says. “There’s something about not being comfortable, knowing my integrity and ethics, knowing my path and where I’m headed —I’m fueled by not choosing to be comfortable.” Captured by producer David Baron at his Sun Mountain, situated atop a ridge amid the ancient Catskill Mountains of Woodstock, New York, Harboring Pearls was co-produced by Wesley Schultz, lead singer for indie-folk juggernaut The Lumineers.“Now? It’s just me and the storm,” Rodriguez says. “All the chips are in on this one piece of art. Am I crazy? Do I trust myself? What I am doing? It’s this lingering feeling that I have no idea where it’s headed, but I need to go wherever it’s headed.”That internal, more so existential quest of self, of purpose and pursuit, lies at the core of Harboring Pearls. Numbers like of “El Dorado,” “Anything and Everything” and “Graduation” paint vivid indie-folk pictures of Rodriguez’s journey unfolding in real time.“ It’s about transcendence, and that’s been such a wild process,” Rodriguez says. “There’s been this pressure cooking with the songs. A lot of coal being compressing into diamonds.” And what resulted was this steadfast platform of trust and radiance offered by Schultz, one where Rodriguez felt comfortable standing on, the culmination of those sessions being this cultivation of truth and sacrifice the lies within each selection of Harboring Pearls. “You’re on your own and these are your pearls,” Rodriguez says of this latest batch of tunes. “And you’ve been harboring them for so long. It’s time to pass them out.” <a href="https://www.drodriguezmusic.com" title="https://www.drodriguezmusic.com" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"><strong><strong>Learn More</strong></strong></a></p>

<h3><strong><strong>w/ Nathaniel Riley</strong></strong></h3><p>Nathaniel Riley, a folk singer/songwriter from South Dakota, put in his time working the small family farm and recording melancholic melodies in his basement. Treading with years of grief that constructed a cloud full of songs that Nathaniel lugged to Colorado began the process of his debut full length album, “<em><em>Bird Songs</em></em>”</p><p>Nathaniel’s songscapes lean on your heartstrings, unpacking melodies like a nostalgic lucid dream. Acoustically driven, wistful lyricism and ambient instrumentation provide the bedrock for his contemporary folktales. Compiling miles of desolation, heartache, introspection and memories of the forest and the prairie’s whistle that convey him to persist. Empowering his songs their role, to be a beacon on the hill.</p><p>The sound and songs arrived abundantly, easily and honestly. Nathaniel began recording his album “<em><em>Bird Songs”,</em></em> with Aaron Youngberg at Swingfingers Recording Studios in Fort Collins, Colorado in September of 2020.</p><p>Darren Garvey came on as a producer for the record, bringing a grass-roots perspective and an experimental, contemporary ear.</p><p>“I always loved pushing the boundaries of genres and wanted to create something familiar to myself in a couple different ways. One of which was to bring ambient ethereal sounds to the record that may not be commonly found on records claiming to be primarily folk,” says Riley.</p><p>“I love the process of recording and the almost immortal aspect it provides,” Riley says. “You will forever hear the person’s skin on the strings, the breath before they sing. Living proof of somebody being alive, and it remains there, like a little memory box of sound forever. Itself, never changing.” <a href="https://www.nathanielrileymusic.com/" title="https://www.nathanielrileymusic.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"><strong><strong>Learn More</strong></strong></a></p>

<h3>Venue Details:</h3><p>This summer marks the 10th season of Fort Collins Nursery’s Rock Garden Concert Series. For one epic night, Fort Collins Nursery will transform from a retail space to a stunning and unique concert venue appropriately dubbed “The Rock Garden.” Audience members can relax under the evening sky, nestled along the banks of Dry Creek and the Cache la Poudre River, surrounded by beautiful plants, trees and wildlife. In addition to great music, this concert will feature a beer and wine tent and food truck.</p>

<h3>Benefit Details:</h3><p>The concert is a fundraising event benefiting <a href="https://www.thematthewshouse.org" title="https://www.thematthewshouse.org" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"><strong><strong>The Matthews House</strong></strong></a> and funds raised will support their mission to empower youth and families by building trusting relationships and providing resources to disrupt the cycles of poverty and abuse. 100% of the event profit from ticket sales and all donations from wine and beer sales go directly to The Matthews House.</p><p><br></p><h3>Concert Details:</h3><ul><li>Lineup: Daniel Rodriguez w/ Nathaniel Riley</li><li>Food: Schmickels Hot Dog Cart</li><li>Drinks: Wine &amp; Beer provided by Odell Brewing Co.</li><li>Audience members are encouraged to bring lawn chairs for additional seating</li><li>Well-behaved pets on leashes are welcome!</li></ul><p><br></p><h3>Live Auction Items: (All Proceeds benefit The Matthews House)</h3><ul><li>Digital Audio Mastering for ONE full length album from <a href="https://treelinesound.com/" title="https://treelinesound.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Treeline Sound</a>: Valued at $600</li><li>Pair of VIP weekend passes to the <a href="https://www.bluebirdmusicfestival.org/events" title="https://www.bluebirdmusicfestival.org/events" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Bluebird Music Festival’s ‘Northern Flight’ shows</a> (Oct. 9-11): Valued at $238</li><li><a href="https://www.chipperslanes.com/" title="https://www.chipperslanes.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Chippers Lanes</a> ‘Fun Night Out’ package for 6: Valued at $156</li><li>In-home Whiskey Tasting for 11 from <a href="https://wilburstotalbeverage.com/" title="https://wilburstotalbeverage.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Wilbur’s Total Beverage</a>: Valued at $900</li></ul><p><a href="https://fortcollinsnursery.com/event/daniel-rodriguez/" title="https://fortcollinsnursery.com/event/trace-bundy/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">More Information Here</a></p>

<h3>Sponsors &amp; Community Partners:</h3>

<h3><a href="https://bohemianfoundation.org" title="https://bohemianfoundation.org" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"><strong><strong>Bohemian Foundation</strong></strong></a></h3><h3><a href="https://www.dsconstructors.com" title="https://www.dsconstructors.com" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"><strong><strong>DS Constructors LLC</strong></strong></a></h3><h3><a href="https://houskaautomotive.com" title="https://houskaautomotive.com" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"><strong><strong>Houska Automotive</strong></strong></a></h3><h3><a href="https://coloradosound.org" title="https://coloradosound.org" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"><strong><strong>105.5 The Colorado Sound</strong></strong></a></h3><h3><a href="https://northfortynews.com" title="https://northfortynews.com" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"><strong><strong>North Forty News</strong></strong></a></h3><h3><a href="https://www.odellbrewing.com/locations/fort-collins/" title="https://www.odellbrewing.com/locations/fort-collins/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"><strong><strong>Odell Brewing Co.</strong></strong></a></h3><h3><a href="https://fortcollinsnursery.com" title="https://fortcollinsnursery.com" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"><strong><strong>Fort Collins Nursery</strong></strong></a></h3><h3><a href="https://www.thematthewshouse.org" title="https://www.thematthewshouse.org" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"><strong><strong>The Matthews House</strong></strong></a></h3>

<h3>Weather:</h3><p>This show will proceed rain or shine and would only be canceled in the event of extreme or dangerous weather. An event cancelation would only be made close enough to the event time to make an accurate decision. Any important updates would be made to our event page <a href="https://fortcollinsnursery.com/event/daniel-rodriguez/" title="https://fortcollinsnursery.com/event/daniel-rodriguez/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"><strong><strong>here</strong></strong></a>.</p>

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