A year after opening the 1UP in LoDo, business was so good Jourdan Adler took over the former Monkey Bar and opened it as the 2UP last June. Now, inspired by the success of arcade bars, Jesse Gossett and Mike Boselli took over the former Round Midnight space, which closed…
How about a little Best Coast on your burrito with a side of Tennis? While this sounds more like a dish (See what we did there? Uh-huh, clever us) suited more for summer than fall, props are nonetheless due to the talent coordinators at Chipotle’s Cultivate festival, who put together…
If you’re up early, you’ve probably already noticed that we put the paddles to Heavy Rotation and brought that feature back to life. We’ve done the same with another dormant feature, Flier of the Week. Starting today, we’ll once again be paying tribute to the tried and true, time-tested method…
After opening Rock-A-Billies in Arvada nearly two year ago, Jimmy Nigg is gearing up to open a second location in the Slam Bar space in Greenwood Village early next month and plans to have a grand opening the weekend of September 14. Since Slam Bar isn’t open for lunch, he’s…
See Also: – Photos: The costumed ravers of Skylab 2011 at the Denver Coliseum – Review: Skylab lifts the Coliseum into deep space, 09/25/10 – Slide show: People of Skylab 2010 If you haven’t consumed enough electronic music this summer already, brace yourself: There’s more on tap this fall. Plenty…
Westword and Backbeat rolled out a new user profile platform dubbed My Voice Nation and your voice and opinion in our comment sections will now be amplified through a fancy, new commenting program called Livefyre (“live fire”). Read all about it below…
As part of the Who’s first tour in four years, the band is taking its 1973 album Quadrophenia on a 36-city North American tour that stops at the Pepsi Center on Tuesday, February 12. In addition to performing the album live, the touring band, which also includes Pete Townshend’s younger…
See Also: Grizzly Rock opening in former After the Gold Rush/Club Arriba spot Voice Places: The Grizzly Rose Voice Places: The Grizzly Rock When Grizzly Rose owner Scott Durland took over the former After the Gold Rush space last year, he was originally hoping to open Grizzly Rock in its…
My, my, my, happy Monday, ’90s alt-rock revivalists! The time to rejoice is now, for we’ve just learned that Afghan Whigs are coming back to Denver on Tuesday, October 30 at the Ogden Theatre! Tickets ($36.50-$40) to see the reconvened outfit, which is certainly no stranger to Denver (portions of…
After a decade at 255 S. Broadway, Barker Lounge is moving to 475 Santa Fe Drive, once home to the Continental Club, One Eyed Jacks and most recently the NV Lounge. Barker manager Preston Carter says the bar just shut its old location last Sunday after losing its lease and…
Denver’s summer concert season is proving to be every bit as hot as anticipated, and the fall is shaping up to be just as heated with new dates from Ice Cube, Snoop Dogg and E-40, who are due back in town at the end of August, followed by Rascal Flatts…
After an eight-year run at La Rumba, Lipgloss, one of the city’s longest running dance nights, just moved to to Beauty Bar. But before Lipgloss moved into La Rumba, the spot was home to Oxygen, which was awarded the Best Gay Bar for Gay Men in 2003 in Westword’s Best…
Last week, we reported that the Rockstar Lounge had closed after a year-and-a-half run. Starting tonight, the folks behind Pristeen Events, who have been hosting dance parties over the last year, are starting temporary teen nights dubbed Club Hollywood in the space that was once home to Zen Ultra Lounge…
If you were planning to head up the Mishawaka Amphitheatre to see Walkers & Pimps of Joytime, the Motet, Dubskin, Richard Thompson or Bruce Hornsby, all outfits slated to appear between tomorrow and next Friday, you might want to make some other plans. We just received word from Roger Menell…
A fresh batch of new shows announced this week, including Wiz Khalifa and Mac Miller at Red Rocks, the Head and the Heart and Blitzen Trapper at the Boulder Theater, Kimbra at the Ogden Theatre, Shinedown and Godsmack at Comfort Dental, and Steve Vai at the Ogden. Page down for…
When half-brothers Patrick Wilson and Nicholas Blake were looking for a concept for their new club, they found inspiration in Nickelback’s “Rockstar” video. When we spoke with them back in November 2010 when the club first opened, the brothers told us they were opening the Rockstar Lounge with the idea…
On Wednesday, September 12, you’ll have a chance to become part of history and help the Melvins weasel their way into the Guinness World Records book, which they hope to do by playing shows in all fifty states plus one in the District of Columbia in just 51 days. One…
The Denver Doom Fest, which was held last December at the Larimer Lounge, has expanded to two days this year and will take place on Friday, October 5 and Saturday, October 6 at 3 Kings Tavern. While the lineup features some returning acts from last year, such as Royal Talons,…
Things might be slowing down a bit with the bigger concert announcements, but there was still a fair amount of activity during the last week, including Jane’s Addiction at the Pikes Peak Center in Colorado Springs, Swans and Xiu Xiu at the Gothic Theatre, and Aaron Freeman (aka Gene Ween)…
The Colorado Music Hall of Fame has announced plans for its next induction event. On Saturday, September 8 at the Boulder Theater, the Astronuats, Sugarloaf, Flash Cadillac and KIMN Radio will join the Hall’s most recent inductees, Barry Fey and Harry Tuft, alongside the inaugural inductees John Denver and Red…
While the concert announcements have started tapering off a bit, there’s still some big shows that have been announced, including Gotye’s Red Rocks show in August, Channel 93.3’s Big Gig in September featuring Silversun Pickups, 3OH!3, the Hives, the Wombats and others at Red Rocks. Also, Matisyahu and the Dirty…
And it don’t stop. Another batch of great shows announced this week, including Rise Against, who’s due for a pair of back-to-back nights at the Fillmore in September, as well as Peter Gabriel, who will be performing his album So in its entirety a few nights later at Red Rocks…
