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Concerts

Five Points Debuts a New Festival This Weekend

By Emily FergusonSeptember 12, 2025

The Five Points Jazz Festival may be silenced, but this new event aims to fill Welton Street with the same spirit and even more genres of music.

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Critic's Notebook

SarahFest Should Be the DIY Event of the Summer This Weekend

By Emily FergusonSeptember 11, 2025

SarahFest is a BIPOC, femme-forward festival showcasing badass Denver bands and celebrating all the Sarahs.

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Bars & Breweries

Prost! Colorado Celebrates Oktoberfest…in September!

By Cynthia BarnesSeptember 11, 2025

Hoist a stein to weeks of beery fun.

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Concerts

Colorado Springs Is About to Be Hit With a Tornado of Bands

By Justin CriadoSeptember 9, 2025

What’s Left Fest welcomes over 100 bands to Colorado Springs on Saturday, September 13, and Sunday, September 14.

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Concerts

An Iconic Colorado Band Is Reuniting for Salida Music Festival

By Mary Beth SkylisSeptember 4, 2025

Smalltown for the Cause has an extra-special headliner this year.

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Concerts

Psychs Peak Isn’t Riding the Psych-Rock Wave – It’s Building It

By Emily FergusonSeptember 2, 2025

If you missed out on Field of Vision, never fear: Psychs Peak is bringing the genre to the mountains this weekend.

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Visual Arts

SPARK to Make Its U.S. Debut at the Breckenridge International Festival of Arts

By Abigail BlissAugust 15, 2025

Tonight through Sunday, this immersive installation by Studio Roosegaarde will showcase a safer, more sustainable alternative to fireworks.

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Opinion | Community Voice

Let UMS End. Then Let It Get Free.

By Antonio ParésJuly 20, 2025

The Underground Music Showcase will celebrate its 25th anniversary next weekend, then end in its current form. Maybe it’s time.

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A Q&A With Zeds Dead’s Hooks Ahead of Their Fifth Annual Deadbeats Backyard Jamboree

By Cleo MirzaJune 5, 2025

We sat down with Hooks to talk Fourth of July, white whale remixes, and what to expect from the event that is sure to offer maximum party vibes.

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