The Ten Best Concerts in Denver This Weekend

This weekend’s best shows include the Motet at Red Rocks, Garage Fest at the hi-dive and plenty of solid country shows. The full list of our picks follows.  FRIDAY, JUNE 5 The Motet$37.50/$45 6:45PM Red Rocks Amphitheatre Hi-Dive Garage Fest$10 7:30PM hi-dive Whitey Morgan & the 78’s$20-$25/VIP $75 8:00PM Summit…

Announcing the Westword Music Showcase Pre-Party

The Westword Music Showcase is just a few weeks away. Join us on Saturday, June 20, 2015, for Colorado’s largest one-day music festival. The Showcase is a celebration of our state’s vibrant music scene. Colorado is home to internationally renowned experimental bands, pioneering folk artists, Grammy winners and much, much more…

Reader: I’m Not a Vegetarian and I LOVE City, O City

As we reported yesterday, Dan Landes is selling WaterCourse Foods, the legendary vegetarian restaurant he founded seventeen years ago, but he’s keeping City, O’ City — a community gathering place and vegetarian restaurant even non-vegetarians can love. Says Jacob: I’m not a vegetarian and I LOVE City, O’ City. Go at…

Photos: Dubstep Fans in the Rain at Red Rocks

Bassnecter took up residence at Red Rocks over the weekend, and fans of the California DJ turned out in droves, even on a rainy Friday. As photographer Brandon Marshall proved, you can’t keep a bass fan down. Below, you’ll find a few fans making the most of it. …

Photos: Music and Merch at RiNo’s Final Friday Street Party

RiNo’s Final Friday, hosted by the MegaFauna boutique, returned on May 29 for another summer season of dancing in the streets to live music, shopping vendor booths and visiting local businesses along Walnut and Blake streets. The event continues every last Friday through August; find more information online. Photographer Danielle…

The Ten Best Concerts in Denver This Week

The Red Rocks season continues to bring big names to Colorado: Cage the Elephant, Old Crow Medicine Show and Ryan Adams this week. Elsewhere, Old 97’s plays the Gothic and Arcade Fire’s Will Butler is playing Larimer Lounge. The full list of our picks follows!  MONDAY, JUNE 1 Cage the…

Photos: The CSO Performs Alongside Colorado Bands

Last night, the Colorado Symphony Orchestra debuted its Turn Over the Keys series, wherein the ensemble serves as the backing band for a handful of local artists. The inaugural roster included Ian Cooke, Land Lines and Megan Burtt. We’ll have much more on the event in the coming days, but…

The Ten Best Concerts in Denver This Weekend

This weekend brings (another) massive EDM party to Red Rocks. Elsewhere, check out Bully and Speedy Ortiz at Lost Lake and Larimer Lounges, respectively, and the enduring Neil Diamond. The full list of our picks follows.  FRIDAY, MAY 29 Bassnectar$47.50-$55 7:00PM Red Rocks Amphitheatre All That Remains$10.67 7:00PM Fillmore Auditorium…

Photos: The People and Costumes of Denver Comic Con 2015

No pop-culture sub-genre was left unturned at Denver Comic Con, as evidenced by the sheer variety of costumery on parade at the Colorado Convention Center over Memorial Day weekend. From the classic comic superheroes and weapon-toting warrior babes to a host of fantasy franchise favorites and easily every kind of…

Pourtions Offers Other Options at the Pot-Friendly NATIV Hotel

Pourtions is now pouring at NATIV, the pot-friendly hotel at 1612 Wazee Street. As Lindsey Bartlett reported earlier today, the restaurant features a twenty-tap craft-beer wall with iPad controls so that you can serve yourself; you pay between thirty and fifty cents an ounce for everything from Dale’s Pale Ale…

The Eight Best Concerts in Denver This Week

The Colorado Symphony Orchestra debuts its new Turn Over the Keys series on Thursday (the organization will play alongside a handful of local bands). Also this week: Chromeo and the Decemberists at Red Rocks (different shows) and more. The full list of our picks follows. TUESDAY, MAY 26 Chromeo$39.95-$44.50 6:30PM…