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Rebirth Brass Band – October 27th – Cervantes’ Ballroom

Estimated read time 5 min read

Halloween weekend in Denver is a big deal. Every major venue is packed with costumed music lovers and this year the hallowed theme of the revelers All Saints’ Day preparation was the sanctity of Funk. The Motet packed The Ogden for two nights recreating the sounds of Parliament Funkadelic, March Fourth Marching Band brought their fun and Funk filled vibe to The Gothic, and at Cervantes’ Masterpiece Ballroom, Rebirth Brass Band marched the saints in with New Orleans Brass Band Funk.

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CR Gruver Continues A Colorado Thanksgiving Tradition With The Seventh Edition Of The Last Waltz Revisited

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On Thanksgiving Day in 1976, a coked-up film director who had just scored massive success with his films “Mean Streets” and “Taxi Driver,” stepped away from the cityscape of New York and traveled to the Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco to train his lens on a band for the first time. Over the course of a nine-hour event, he helped to close one chapter of rock and roll, and to ultimately define every rock movie that ever followed.

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PICK OF THE WEEK: Polytoxic’s “The Last Waltz Revisited” – Wednesday, November 23rd – The Ogden Theatre

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Back in 2005, Denver’s number one jamband, Polytoxic, wanted to put on a show that could showcase all the great local musicians they had been playing with for the past few years. They decided to re-enact The Band’s The Last Waltz. Surprising the band and fans alike, the show became the biggest they had ever thrown. So big, in fact, they decided to do it again, and again, and again . . .

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The Felice Brothers – October 17th – The Hi-Dive

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The Felice Brothers didn’t chat with the crowd last Monday at The Hi-Dive; there was a lot of agitation and rawness coming from the stage, as if their Americana punk was being played in a boxing ring. These guys are proud, authentic, tough, brilliant, raw, emotional, and real Catskill thugs. Their energy was infectious and intimidating. They played as if they preferred no one to be there, and we danced like we wouldn’t want to be anywhere else.

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Dr. John & Mavis Staples – June 14th – Denver Botanic Gardens

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A nearly perfect day gave way to a beautiful night during a great evening of music from two 70+ year old Grammy winners at The Botanic Gardens. While both performers showed us why they had become the legends they are, when all was said and done the sheer power and inspirational nature of Mavis Staples’ set overpowered a more laid back and mellow performance from Dr. John.

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String Cheese Incident To Release 21 Track Compilation from 2011 Winter Carnival

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Denver Botanic Gardens Releases STELLAR Concert Schedule

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The Denver Botanic […]