Danielle Lirette
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Snow Tha Product headlines the Mission Ballroom tonight, while Thievery Corporation is at the Fillmore Auditorium. This weekend’s lineup also includes Ripe at the Ogden Theatre; iZCALLi hosting La Posada, which also includes Los Reyes del Huepa and Neoma, at Ophelia’s Electric Soapbox; and saxophonist Javon Jackson bringing a phenomenal band that includes Randy Brecker, Jimmy Cobb, George Cables and Eddie Gomez to Dazzle for two nights. Here’s our full list of this weekend’s best concert picks:
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20Snow Tha Product
$26.95-$79.95, 8 p.m., Mission Ballroom
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Thievery Corporation
$44.75-$99.75, 7 p.m., Fillmore Auditorium
Starship and the Romantics
$49.50-$99.50, 7:30 p.m., Paramount Theatre
The Lil Smokies
$25.75-$75, 8 p.m., Ogden Theatre
Pnuma
$22-$25, 9 p.m., Cervantes’ Masterpiece Ballroom
The Railbenders
$20-$25, 9 p.m., Bluebird Theater
Faceman’s Parade of Lights
$11-$26, 8:30 p.m., Ophelia’s Electric Soapbox
Emerald Siam
$10, 9 p.m., hi-dive
Javon Jackson “Jazz By 5” (also December 21)
$20-$60, 6:30 & 9 p.m., Dazzle
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 21
Jade Cicada
$19.95-$75, 8 p.m., Mission Ballroom
Parade of Lasers
$24.25-$34.25, 7 p.m., Fillmore Auditorium
Face Holiday Show
$20-$45, 7:30 p.m., Paramount Theatre
Ripe
$23-$75, 9 p.m., Ogden Theatre
Lola Black XXXmas
$10-$15, 8 p.m., Gothic Theatre, Englewood
Charlie Parr
$20-$24, 9 p.m., Bluebird Theater
Frank Zappa’s Birthday Party
$12-$15, 9 p.m., Cervantes’ Other Side
Colorado Hardcore Holiday Party and Toy Drive
$10, 7 p.m., Marquis Theater
In the Company of Serpents
$15-$25, 7 p.m., hi-dive
iZCALLi
$10-$30, 9 p.m., Ophelia’s Electric Soapbox
Jim Dalton (Railbenders), Jesse Dayton, Johnny Hickman (Cracker)
$20, 9 p.m., Larimer Lounge
Klezfest
$25, 6 & 9 p.m., Mercury Cafe
Bodies We’ve Buried
$10, 9 p.m., Globe Hall
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 22
Jinx Jones Rockabilly Christmas Show
$10-$15, 7:30 p.m., Oriental Theater
Winterfest
$20, 8 p.m., Cervantes’ Other Side
A Krowd Ktrl Kristmas
$12, 8 p.m., Larimer Lounge
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