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While Thanksgiving and Black Friday steal all the headlines, the holiday that’s really worth celebrating this week is Thanksgiving Eve, the biggest party night of the year next to New Year’s Eve. It’s the ultimate ruse: You can go way too hard raging all night with your old friends — who, oddly, all happen to be back in town — and the next day you can either hair-of-the-dog it, chugging a box of wine with Grandma, or you can sleep the whole thing off on the couch and blame it on the tryptophan. See? Told ya. Perfect! With that in mind, we’ve put together a comprehensive list of all the music, good times and inevitable debauchery that awaits you tomorrow night. Keep reading to see what’s good, and, as always, feel free to chime in if we happened to miss anything.
See also:
– Seven reasons to give thanks on Thanksgiving Eve
– The ten best concerts of the week: Nov. 19-23
– The five best jazz shows in Denver this month
BEAUTY BAR
608 E. 13th Avenue
King Britt. No cover, thanks to Skyy Vodka, Jim Beam and Red Bull. 21+. (720-542-8024)
BETA
1909 Blake Street
New Boyz, Pries, M!nt, DJ Bedz, and Myke Charles. 18+, $20, doors open at 9 p.m. (303-383-1909)
BLUEBIRD THEATER
3317 E. Colfax Avenue
Archnemesis with Ill-Mannered and Dynohunter at the Bluebird Theater. Doors at 8:00 p.m., $18 advance tickets, $20 at door, 16+ show. (303-377-1666)
CASSELMAN’S BAR & VENUE
2620 Walnut Street
EC Twins with support from DJ Travis Bickle and DJ AlreadySweaty. Drink specials include $1 jungle juice and PBRs, and there will also be live piercing, tattooing, go-go dancers and much more entertainment. $10 advance tickets, $15 at the door, 18+, doors at 8 p.m. (720-242-8923)
CERVANTE’S MASTERPIECE BALLROOM
2637 Welton Street
Wick-It The Instigator with Unlimited Gravity vs. Project Aspect, Samples, Mikey Thunder, Mile High Sound Orchestra & Proper Motion. This show is free unless you are under 21, in which case it’ll run ya $10. Doors open at 8 p.m. (303-297-1772)
CONTINENTAL ROOM & LOUNGE
6635 E. Evans Avenue
Reckless Red. No cover. (303-759-5536)
THE CHURCH
1160 Lincoln Street
Markus Schulz. Doors open at 9 p.m., $25-$40. (303-832-2383)
CITY HALL
1144 Broadway
Trap-A-Holics, Ishe, Vinnie Maniscalco, Filthy Disco, The Digital Connection, Seth Abrumz and KSMASH for free. Doors open at 9:00 p.m., free cover for 21+, $10 for 18+. (303-832-8628)
CLUB VINYL
1082 Broadway
Wasted Wednesday: Glow stick party (electro, moombahton, moombacre, nu house). 18+, $5-$20. (303-860-8469)
FUNKY BUDDHA LOUNGE
776 Lincoln Street
Second Annual Brown Sugar pre-Thanksgiving Celebration with KDJ Above and DJ SD, plus live performance by Big Wheel Electro Soul. 21+, Free. (303-832-5075)
THE GRIZZLY ROSE
5450 N. Valley Highway
Jason Eady. 18+, doors 6 p.m., $10. (303-295-1330)
HERMAN’S HIDEAWAY
1578 S. Broadway
High Features, Bianca Mikahn, Dragon E, XSavior, and Deon Wilson. $2-$4, doors at 7 p.m., 21+. (303-777-2535)
HI-DIVE
7 S. Broadway
Flashbulb Fires, A Mouthful of Thunder and Navy. $5, doors at 8 p.m., 21+. (720-570-4500)
HOWL AT THE MOON
1735 19th Street
Howl at the Moon’s Thanksgiving Eve Bash! Dueling pianos all night long. Doors open at 7 p.m. with $15 Bottomless Cup (online only! $20 at the door) until midnight, and enjoy $4 Fireball Shots. (303-291-0880)
LARIMER LOUNGE
2721 Larimer Street
Drainbabies with My Black Cloud, The Hacks, and Party Like Thieves. 21+, $8, doors at 7 p.m. (303-291-1007)
THE LIVING ROOM
1055 Broadway
DJ Max Renn. 21+, free. (303-339-6636)
MARQUIS THEATER
2009 Larimer Street
Earth with Stebmo and the Kevin Costner Suicide Pact, all ages, $12-$14, 8 p.m. (303-292-0805)
MEADOWLARK
2701 Larimer Street
Option4, Bedrockk (DJ set), Dawn Safari, and RUMTUM, 21+, $5, November 21. (303-293-0251)
NORAD DANCE BAR
821 22nd Street
Gimme What You Got with Diluzional. 21+. (303-297-7884)
OGDEN THEATRE
935 E. Colfax Avenue
Polytoxic’s The Last Waltz Revisited, 16+, doors 8:00 p.m., $25. (303-832-1874)
ORIENTAL THEATER
4335 w. 44th Avenue
Gypsy Soul, a tribute to Jimi Hendrix & Band of Gypsys featuring Dewey, Emellio, Chris Harris, Mitch Chmara, DJ Difrent, with the Cutthroat Drifters & the Late Train, vocal performances by Dae Dai, Lady Emerald, Byron Jonez, Mr Midas, Lord of Word, c1 and Bumpy Chill. 18+ (bar with ID), 9 p.m., $10 (720-420-0030)
PARAMOUNT THEATRE
1621 Glenarm Place
Australian Pink Floyd. $45-$50, doors at 8 p.m. (303-623-0106)
QUIXOTE’S TRUE BLUE
314 E. 14TH
Steal Your Face with members of Shakedown Street and American Beauty. All ages (bar with ID), $10, 7 p.m.
THE ROXY THEATRE
2549 Welton Street
Mr Zipperface CD release show, with Scum, Smallz One, Insane Poetry, Dejangles, Hex Rated, TWGW, Rhayne, BVK, Genocide, Kraziak, Dylan Da Maniac, Gorehop Queen and more. All ages, $7 (includes new Scum CD). (720-242-9782)
3 KINGS TAVERN
60 S. Broadway
Boldtype’s ten year anniversary with Dead Ringer, Allout Helter, Red Stinger, and King Rat.
THE TOAD TAVERN
5302 S. Federal Circle
Pre-Thanksgiving Bash with Bobby Miller Band, Zobomaze, Saturn Soul Revival. 21+, $5 ($3 with ticket), 8 p.m. (303-795-6877)
TRACKS
3500 Walnut Street
Throwback with DJ Markie and DJs from the original Tracks 2000. 21+, 9 p.m., free drinks from 9-10 p.m. $5 after 10 p.m. (303-863-7326)
THE WALNUT ROOM
3131 Walnut Street
Grant Sabin, with Mike Clark & the Sugar Sounds and Joe Johnson. 21+, 7 p.m., $5.00. (303-292-1700)
