Underground Music Showcase Announces 2025 Lineup

All Them Witches, DeVotchKa and Flyana Boss will headline the festival, which will include more than 200 acts.

April 24, 2025

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The Underground Music Showcase is one of Denver's premiere music festivals. Jordan Altergott (@jordanaltergott)

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The Underground Music Showcase is turning 25 this year, a major milestone for one of our favorite festivals in Denver. It's a chance to get to know the venues stretched along Broadway and South Broadway, while discovering the immense talent of our local artists. The 2024 UMS was incredible, and we're looking forward to seeing last year's standout artists take the stage again as well as see others for the first time.

The UMS, which will happen from July 25 to 27, has just announced its lineup for this year, and it's looking extra sweet, with headliners including All Them Witches, Flyana Boss and the legendary Denver band DeVotchKa. Plus, there are all the talented local acts, including UMS mainstays Colfax Speed Queens, the Velveteers, Rootbeer Richie & the Reveille, Bluebook, Cheap Perfume, Izcalli, Dragondeer and so much more.

More than 200 artists are performing this year, with the entire lineup listed on the UMS website. You'll definitely want to catch those local legacy acts along with other notable Denver musicians including Chris Cart3r, Barbara, DNA Picasso, Bison Bone, Boot Gun, Cherry Spit, Corsicana, DOGTAGS, Halle Tomlinson, Horse Bitch, Tiny Tomboy, Izcalli...There are so many of note that it's hard to keep track. And that's the best part about the UMS: You know you're going to see the greatest in the scene.

While dates and stages won't be listed until a later date, just seeing these acts on the bill is enough to make you buy tickets, which are on sale now at undergroundmusicshowcase.com.

Find more concerts on our Denver concert calendar.

Emily Ferguson has been the music and culture editor atWestword since November 2021. In her role, Emily writes and edits profiles of local and national musicians, previews of upcoming performances and guides to the best of Denver’s entertainment scene. Her previous work experience includes contributing to the arts sections of the Wall Street Journal, The Spectator and the Free Beacon. While attending the College of Charleston, Emily was a fire performer and worked at music festivals.

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