Best Place to Chill After Rehearsal

The Walnut Room is a massive extension of Soundstructure Studios — a popular, musician-friendly rehearsal space on a formerly barren fringe of the Ballpark neighborhood — with its own restaurant, bar and performance venue. Since it opened, the room has netted a reputation as one of the best-sounding rooms in town, with a huge stage and spot-on sound crew. With its fine wood bar, red neon sign and generous drink specials, the Walnut Room is more than just another cool venue in an invigorated part of town. Rather, it signals a sea change in the way Denver thinks about local music: Here’s a venue dedicated entirely to supporting and showcasing musicians while giving them a place to hang out and build community.