If the music of Rusted Root has any transformative powers, one may be to turn any environment into its own whirling outdoor music festival.

A rock and world jam show is set to come to Grand Junction featuring a band that had one of its songs sent to Mars in 2004. Rusted Root and guests Tight Thump and The Conifer will perform at 7:30 p.m.

Multi-instrumentalist group Rusted Root integrates jam-heavy rock with a fusion of acoustic, rock, world and other music genres. The group released “Cruel Sun” in 1992. But it wasn’t until 1994’s ...