Music

One of Denver’s premier event venues, City Hall will host Westword Music Showcase performers on two of its stages: the main stage and the amphitheatre.

EDC Las Vegas 2017 is Andre Benz’s first music festival — but with his Trap Nation art car, he’s already making a big splash.

“It’s not a band like most bands,” says King Crimson bassist Tony Levin.

Khalil Arcady, who performs a mix of neo-soul, indie, alternative and hip-hop as Sur Ellz, has been looping his own voice since 2012, but only recently has he mastered the craft, he says. It comes fully alive in two music videos, shot by Kontagium, that Arcady has released.

A few days ago, Rob Ingraham, saxophonist for New Orleans-based roots-rock/soul group the Revivalists, was passing through customs, returning to the U.S. after a string of shows in Canada.

Ryan Adams plays at the Fox Theatre tonight before headlining Red Rocks the following night. The Moody Blues play Fiddler’s Green on Tuesday, Shooter Jennings is at the Summit Music Hall and Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band plays the first of two nights at Globe Hall.

You’d be hard-pressed to find a spot in Denver that has more hometown pride than Stoney’s Bar and Grill.

Denver’s hottest club for all things Latin, La Rumba has been a staple of the Denver club scene since 1997, earning a loyal following of dance and music lovers.

And at the center of the spotlight is an EDC muse known as MsEasy

Youth on Record is a non-profit social-justice organization that gives local kids a creative outlet to help them realize their potential, working through schools in some of Denver’s most vulnerable areas.

Housed in what used to be Jonas Bros. Furs, the modern-day-speakeasy-themed Bar Standard is one of the best spots in Denver for live DJs.

Pop sensation Lorde, who’s dropping her second album today, also announced she will be headed out on a 2018 North American tour that starts in Milwaukee on March 1 and ends in Nashville on April 15. Her tour will hit Denver’s Pepsi Center on March 5, 2018.

What started fifteen years ago as a simple farmers’ market has evolved into a flourishing hub for the Denver community, thanks to Civic Center Conservancy, a local nonprofit working to activate Denver’s historic Civic Center Park. The Conservancy, which is a beneficiary of the Westword Music Showcase, hosts weekly events that start in April and run through October in Civic Center Park.

San Francisco-based, psychedelic doom band Acid King, which will be headlining the second night of the independent rock event Electric Funeral Fest, at 3 Kings Tavern, was started by guitarist and singer Lori S. in 1993.

Although there’s a lot of festival action happening around the state this weekend like the Telluride Bluegrass Festival and Country Jam Sonic Bloom, we’re sticking with shows that are closer to home for this weekend’s picks, like Denver PrideFest, which features headliners Jennifer Holliday and DJ Audé, Electric Funeral Fest, which is at 3 Kings Tavern and hi-dive, and Freedom Fest, which features Warrant, Winger, Lita Ford, Lynch Mob and more.

Join us on Saturday, June 24, for the 23nd Westword Music Showcase, featuring  Shakey Graves, the Revivalists, Cut Copy, Bob Moses, COIN and A R I Z O N A, plus dozens of local bands and artists.

Although Alejandro Rose-Garcia isn’t a Colorado native, it’s easy to mistake him for one given his easygoing manner and sincere love of the outdoors.