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Artopia, Westword’s annual celebration of art, culture and fashion, is at City Hall on Saturday, Lil Wayne headlines the Mile High Smoke Out at the Bellco Theatre tonight, while Hieroglyphics play shows at the Aggie Theatre and Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom. Stewart Copeland, former drummer of the Police, teams up with the Colorado Symphony on Saturday, and Reverend Horton Heat continues his five-night stand at Larimer Lounge on Friday and Saturday. See the rest of our picks below.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24
Lil Wayne
$45-$105, 8 p.m., Bellco Theatre
City Rock Fest
$17-$40, 6 p.m., Summit Music Hall
Sam Bush
$25-$32.50, 8 p.m., Boulder Theatre, Boulder
Trevor Hall
$27-$30, 9 p.m., Gothic Theatre, Englewood
MSTRKRFT
$20, 9 p.m., Beta
Hieroglyphics
$25/$30, 9 p.m., Aggie Theatre, Ft. Collins
MarchFourth and Pimps of Joytime
$20/$25, 9 p.m., Fox Theatre, Boulder
Said the Sky
$10-$14, 9 p.m., Bluebird Theater
Every Time I Die
$22-$25, 7 p.m., Marquis Theater
Railsplitters
$16, 7 p.m., Swallow Hill
Anthony Ruptak & The Midnight Friends
$10, 9 p.m., hi-dive
Reverend Horton Heat (also February 25)
$25-$30, 9 p.m., Larimer Lounge
Dead Horses
$12-$15, 8 p.m., Lost Lake Lounge
Orquesta Tipica Natural Tango
$15, 9 p.m., Mercury Cafe
Nicholas Payton Afro-Caribbean Mixtape (also February 25)
$25, 7 & 9 p.m., Dazzle
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25
Artopia 2017
$35-$125, 7 p.m., City Hall
RL Grime
$25-$45, 6:45 p.m., Balch Fieldhouse, CU Boulder
Activate 2017
$25, 7 p.m., Fillmore Auditorium
Stewart Copeland and the Colorado Symphony
$29-$89, 7:30 p.m., Boettcher Concert Hall
Thugfucker and Worthy
$15, 9 p.m., Club Vinyl
7th Annual Mardi Gras
$19.95/$25, 9 p.m., EXDO Event Center
Pimps of Joytime
$19.95/$25, 9 p.m., Ogden Theare
Max & Iggor Cavalera
$22-$25, 6 p.m., Summit Music Hall
Ott & the All-Seeing I
$22/$25, 9 p.m., Boulder Theater, Boulder
Hieroglyphics
$28/$32, 9 p.m., Cervantes’ Masterpiece Ballroom
Screeching Weasel
$25/$30, 8 p.m., Gothic Theatre, Englewood
Billy Strings
$10-$15, 9 p.m., Bluebird Theater
Common Kings
$10-$24, 7 p.m., Marquis Theater
Clay Kirkland’s Beat The Reaper XI
$18, 8 p.m., Swallow Hill
Freddy Jones Band
$20-$30, 8 p.m., Soiled Dove Underground
Tomahawk Fox
$10, 9 p.m., hi-dive
2017 Big Band Boogie Bash
$12/$16, 1 p.m., Mercury Cafe
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 26
Against Me!
$20-$22, 6 p.m., Aggie Theare, Ft. Collins
Electric Guest
$17, 8 p.m., Bluebird Theater
“Night Train to Saudade”
$10-$20, 7:30 p.m., Dairy Arts Center
AmandasChronicles
$35-$95, 12 p.m., Marquis Theater
Fall of Scylla
$10, 8 p.m., Moon Room at Summit Music Hall
Palehorse/Palerider
$5-$10, 8 p.m., Larimer Lounge
Jello Biafra’s Incredibly Strange Dance Party
$10, 9 p.m., Lions Lair