Tag: Underground Music Showcase
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Lineup announced for Underground Music Showcase’s first RiNo festival
A long-running Denver underground music festival has announced the lineup for its first festival in the RiNo Art District. The Underground Music Showcase has been going strong since 2001, but fears began to spring up after funding came into question after last year’s festival. The RiNo Art District Business Improvement District stepped in in February…
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From Kyle Clark to my parents: The case for journalists caring out loud
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The face of 9News has raised $18 million through 304 uninterrupted weekly giving campaigns for Colorado nonprofits and causes since 2020, including rebuilding the just-torched City Park bandshell “See a need, meet a need.” That’s Kyle Clark’s mantra when it comes to community service. Kyle Clark sounds a lot like my dad. There was a…
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Slim Cessna’s band says Amen after 33 years of fiery country rock
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Arts news: Since 1933, 26 band members sat in as members of one of Denver’s most beloved and least exclusive musical clubs One of my favorite concert reviews was chronicling the triumphant Denver reunion of Slim Cessna’s Auto Club 3½ years after the beloved band scattered throughout the country, seemingly harkening its end. The year…
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Will Denver’s dueling underground music fests face off at once?
Less than a year ago, local music fans collectively pondered whether the summer music festival might be dead in Denver. (To our credit, we opined in this space: “Categorically not.” Actually, our exact words were: “Don’t be daft, punk!”) But the venerable Underground Music Showcase had announced that its 25th year – and 20th in…
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Denver’s Underground Music Showcase returns this summer, but moves
Despite tearful goodbyes, the Underground Music Showcase won’t miss a beat. The three-day South Broadway music festival will return in the summer of 2026 at a new location — the River North Art District — despite fears last year that the longest-running music event in Denver had reached its end. Those fears were legitimate, with…
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One last song: Dressy Bessy sends UMS out with a bang
A crowd of sweaty, yearning concertgoers screamed for one more song as Dressy Bessy apprehensively unplugged their equipment Sunday night at one of the last shows of the 2025 Underground Music Showcase. Singer and rhythm guitarist, Tammy Ealom, stood grinning at the crowd, egging her three bandmates to plug back in. The last few moments…
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Final Underground Music Showcase gets loud and local this weekend
A last hoorah will shake the buildings on South Broadway this weekend. The Underground Music Showcase (UMS) returns for its 2025 iteration on Friday, displaying more than 200 bands across 12 indoor venues and four outdoor stages throughout a nearly 1-mile stretch. Artists headlining the event include All them Witches, Flyana Boss, Devotchka and “a very…
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2025 Underground Music Showcase will be the last ‘in its current form’
The UMS is going out loud. Since 2001, the Underground Music Showcase has brought thousands of underground bands out into the light. But organizers announced Tuesday that the iconic summer festival’s upcoming 25th trip around the sun will be its last — ”at least in its current form,” said Jami Duffy, executive director of both the…
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Underground Music Showcase releases 2025 artist lineup
Headliners include All Them Witches, Devotchka and more
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Underground Music Showcase highlights gumbo of local genres
Splattered over a mile of stages and participating venues, the Underground Music Showcase (UMS) opened Friday night for its 24th birthday with an synthesis of sound. Over 700 artists — making up around 250 bands — are scheduled on the four outdoor stages and 10 indoor venues over three days. Over 80% of the artists are based…