The Best Shows in Denver This Week, January 9-12

Gregory Alan Isakov plays the first of two nights with the Colorado Symphony on Thursday at Boettcher Concert Hall, while Cervantes' Masterpiece Ballroom brings in two big names in hip-hop this week: Waka Flocka Flame on Tuesday and T.I. on Wednesday. This week's lineup also includes Squirrel Nut Zippers at the Gothic Theatre on Wednesday, Russian rapper Basta at the Gothic the following night, and Walshy Fire (of Major Lazer) at Ophelia's Electric Soapbox on Wednesday. See our full list of picks below.

MONDAY, JANUARY 9

Judo Chop
9 p.m., Be On Key Psychedelic Ripple

Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra
7 p.m., Dazzle

TUESDAY, JANUARY 10

Waka Flocka Flame
$23/$25, 7:30 p.m., Cervantes' Masterpiece Ballroom

American Aquarium
$13-$15, 8 p.m., Bluebird Theater

Mike & the Moonpies
$10-$12, 9 p.m., hi-dive

Ian Levy Quartet
$10-$12, 7 p.m., Dazzle

Bigwheel Electrosoul
Free, 10 p.m., Appaloosa Grill

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11

T.I.
$49-$55, 8 p.m., Cervantes' Masterpiece Ballroom

Squirrel Nut Zippers
$19.99-$40, 9 p.m., Gothic Theatre, Englewood

The Expendables
$22-$25, 8 p.m., The Black Sheep, Colorado Springs

Walshy Fire
$20-$30, 9 p.m., Ophelia's Electric Soapbox

Naked Walrus
$10,  7 p.m., Moon Room at Summit Music Hall

THURSDAY, JANUARY 12

Gregory Alan Isakov & the Colorado Symphony (also January 13)
$29-$89, 7:30 p.m., Boettcher Concert Hall

Cody Johnson
$15, 8 p.m., Grizzly Rose

Basta
$80, 8 p.m., Gothic Theatre, Englewood

The Harlem Quartet
$10-$25, 7:30 p.m., Newman Center

Infected Mushroom
$25/$28, 9 p.m., Aggie Theatre, Ft. Collins

Doyle Bramhall II
$15/$20, 8 p.m., Cervantes' Other Side

SkullkiD
$10, 7 p.m., Marquis Theater

The Scones
$16, 7 p.m., Swallow Hill

Andy Goessling (of Railroad Earth)
$17/$20, 7:30 p.m., Chautauqua Community House