_Mitch Kline (via friendsofcheese.com)_

This weekend, The String Cheese Incident returned to the famed Red Rocks Amphitheatre in their home state of Colorado for three nights of music that featured a number of guests, with the host band bringing out members of their opening acts for some second-set and encore performances all three nights.

On Sunday evening, SCI wrapped up the run with a supporting set from Rising Appalachia. Later on, member of that group would join Cheese for an encore of folk and gospel standard “I’ll Fly Away,” which also featured Jillian Nershi—wife and sometimes collaborator of SCI’s Bill—and Bonnie Paine of Elephant Revival, who began an indefinite hiatus earlier this year. Paine also joined the band on stage during Sunday’s second set for “My One and Only.”

Friday and Saturday’s shows also offered a few guest spots, with Beats Antique’s David Satori helping SCI kick off Friday’s second set with “Bhangra Saanjh” and The Motet’s Lyle Divinsky singing on “Get To You” (the vocalist also appears on the studio version of the tune). Divinsky and Friday’s opener JJ Grey also came out for Friday’s encore, a cover of The Meters classic (and ’80s Grateful Dead cover regular) “Hey Pocky A-Way.” Saturday brought more second-set guests, with vocalist Ruby Chase sitting in on her and SCI’s collaborative track “Otherside.” Chase and openers The Main Squeeze also helped out on the night’s encore, a cover of Led Zeppelin’s “Kashmir.”

See all three setlists from the Red Rocks run below, along with a couple of pro-shot videos of the collaborations via nugs.net. String Cheese Incident are now on break from tour for a bit before returning for Austin, TX’s new Waterloo Festival in September, plus some festival and headlining dates later in the fall. See the band’s schedule here.

The String Cheese Incident
Red Rocks Amphitheatre • Morrison, CO

Sunday:

Set I: The Hobo Song, Road Home, Doin’ My Time, Restless Wind, Manga, Cedar Laurels > Eye Know Why

Set II: Vertigo, Round The Wheel > 100 Year Flood, My One and Only*, Howard, Close Your Eyes > Valley Of The Jig

Enc: I’ll Fly Away^

Notes: *with Bonnie Paine
^with Bonnie Paine, Jillian Nershi and Rising Appalachia

Saturday:

Set I: Miss Brown’s Teahouse, Betray The Dark, Birdland > Fearless > Freight Train Boogie > Wheel Hoss > Birdland, Big Shoes, Rosie

Set II: Otherside*, The Big Reveal, Joyful Sound > Rumble, Love Is Like A Train > Nothing But Flowers, Desert Dawn > Impressions > Desert Dawn

Enc: Kashmir^

Notes: *w/ Ruby Chase
^w/ Ruby Chase and The Main Squeeze

Friday:

Set I: Can’t Stop Now, Song in my Head > Way Back Home, BAM, Sweet Spot, Black and White > Bumpin Reel

Set II: Bhangra Saanjh*, Get To You^, On the Road, Midnight Moonlight, Dirk > Rivertrance > Colorado Bluebird Sky

Enc: Hey Pocky Way+

Notes: *w/ Dave Satori
^w/ Lyle Divinsky
+w/ Lyle Divinsky and JJ Grey

Source: friendsofcheese.com