From the billboards to the Twitter posts, there’s been a bit of a buzz for the last few months about Chloe, Francois Safieddine’s new high-profile club and restaurant, which is slated to open Friday, July 22, in the former Ruth’s Chris Steak House space at 1445 Market Street. The spot…
Great news for fans of the Foggy Mountain Fuckers, who closed up shop in 2005: We’ve received confirmation that this beloved band of diesel-fueled shitkickers is slated to play a rare reunion show on Saturday, July 16 at 3 Kings Tavern, with All Capitals, the Landgrabbers and the Bonnie Situation…
Our weekly salute to promoters who keep their feet on the street and their fingers away (at least partially) from Facebook to promote their concerts, Flier of the Week has morphed into Fliers of the Week, a collection of fliers we spotted around town for live music this week. If…
Oooh, baby, baby, baby, baby! Get up on this! Salt-n-Pepa’s here… Erm, they’re going to be rather, on Saturday, December 17 at the Gothic Theatre for Jammin’ 101.5’s T’was the Jam Before Christmas. Tickets for the holiday soiree go on sale this Friday, November 4 at 10 a.m. and range…
As the musical Rock of Ages wraps up its Denver run, the Rockaway Tavern (2036 Broadway) is hosting an “Impromtu” closing night party tonight with American Idol contestant and Rock of Ages star and Constantine Maroulis and comedian Jim Breuer. Jerri Theil, who is hosting the party with Lynn Ryan,…
Because of the old piece of folded-paper designer Tony Farfalla’s used as a background, this sucker looks like something you’d dig up out of some crazed Renaissance doctors hand if Maurice Sendack travelled back in time to create handbills for exorcisms, and the double-headed demon certainly helps add to the…
Cannons will be joined by Glass Hits and Sleeping with In Gethesemene at Illegal Pete’s this Thursday, June 16 for a free show, and to celebrate the occasion, Cause Medic Ink dropped a lovely silkscreened flier off. The flier comes in a variety of colors to boot, which makes it…
Here’s what’s good in the Mile High City this week: In concert news, the Avett Brothers announced another Colorado date on July 8 at the Boulder Theater the night before their sold-out Red Rocks show, the FMQB Triple A Conference is returning to the Fox, Diana Ross is due at…
Rose Hill Drive fans bemoaning the fact that the band has been mostly dormant for the past few years, rejoice! The indefinite, self-imposed hiatus has come to an end, and your heroes have returned — with new music. The former power trio (now a quartet, with the addition of bassist…
We just received word on the lineup and dates for this year’s FMQB Triple A Conference taking place this fall. This year’s summit is slated to kick off on Wednesday, August 10 and culiminate on Friday, August 12, with performances at the Fox Theatre by Brett Dennen, Matt Nathanson, DeVotchka,…
As partners in Strong Survive Promotionz for the past five years, independent concert promoters Travis Ragan and Ivan Ovchinnikov have booked shows at a number of venues around Denver, but they’ve never gotten a cut of the bar sales. So when they found out that the Roxy Theatre, an old…
As the Colorado Symphony Orchestra continues on without a music director, Austrian Christian Arming is slated to guest-conduct the season finale concerts this weekend. The all-Wagner greatest-hits program includes selections from Lohengrin, Flying Dutchman, Die Meistersinger, and Die Walkure, which is part of the Ring Cycle…
Last night, the Sub.Mission crew kicked off its Electronic Tuesdays series, and for the next three weeks, it will be packing the Other Side full of electronic music from nearly two dozen different DJs. Generally speaking, when you have that many artists spread over a series of dates, it’s difficult…
Update: We just received word that tickets for Devo’s performance on July 30 at the first annual Denver County Fair go on sale this morning at 10 a.m. So that’s what Barry Fey was working on. In news that’s sure to inspire the nerdiest of our pals to spontaneously bust…
Anyone who missed Bright Eyes’ show last night at the Fillmore will get another chance to see Conor Oberst and company, as the Boulder Theater just announced a date with the band on Tuesday, August 9. Tickets ($30 in advance and $35 day of show) go on sale this Friday,…
Update: Whoa! Stop the presses. So we were just getting ready to send word via Twitter that tomorrow night’s show had been canceled (see original post below), and we stopped by John Grant’s Twitter page, which led us to his Facebook page and that’s where learned the actual reason his…
After working in the action-sports industry for years and setting a Guinness World Record for longest journey on a mini-motorcycle, Ryan Galbraith and Chris Stinson have now embarked on a different journey: Cheapskates Action Sports Bar, which opened last week in the former home of Bliss Café at 7501 Grandview…
Due an unspecified family emergency in the Bright Eyes camp, the Fillmore show originally slated for Friday has been moved to Sunday. Bummer news if you have to work that night or otherwise can’t make it, but at least the show wasn’t canceled. We just received official word from our…
After more than a decade-long run, 5 Degrees (1475 Lawrence Street) is closing this weekend with a final bash on Saturday, June 4, with $20 for all-you-can-drink wells and $50 of bottle service. The building that houses the club is under construction to make way for University of Colorado Denver…
Joe Triscari’s Moon Light Speed Press screen printing is quickly becoming one of our favorite concert flier makers in town, and Triscari and Josh Everingham’s Il Cattivo CD release flier proves once again they’ve got the screening skills to keep up with the already lovely artwork…
If you happened to miss the Disco Biscuits shows at the Ogden this past week or didn’t get up to Red Rocks last night for Bisco Inferno — or if you just can’t get enough of those crazy Biscuits: The Disco Biscuits have been added to the lineup for the…
When Sub.Mission decided to bring some of the most popular international dubstep stars, Flux Pavilion and Doctor P., to Denver, apparently, they didn’t realize how high the demand is here for good bass music. Initially, the Sub.Mission folks booked the Exdo event center for the show. When the demand for…
