Antero Midstream Partners 8-K Other Events

Exhibit 23.1

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Board of Directors and Unitholders

Antero Midstream Partners LP:

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statement (No. 333-200111) on Form S-8 of Antero Midstream Partners LP  of our report dated October 9, 2015, with respect to the combined consolidated balance sheets of Antero Midstream Partners LP and its accounting predecessor as of December 31, 2013 and 2014, and the related combined consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss), partners’ capital, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2014, which report appears in the Current Report on Form 8-K of Antero Midstream Partners LP dated October 9, 2015.

As discussed in Note 1 to the consolidated combined financial statements of Antero Midstream Partners LP, the balance sheets, and the related consolidated combined statements of operations, partners’ capital, and cash flows have been prepared on a combined basis of accounting.

/s/ KPMG LLP

Denver, Colorado

October 9, 2015