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ILLENIUM Announces Holiday Food Drive, Special Club Performance
If your version of a winter wonderland is on a dancefloor, you’re in luck thanks to ILLENIUM. The Grammy-nominated producer and guitarist has announced “Saint Nick’s Holiday Food Drive,” a special club night where electronic music and charity collide. It’s going down at Denver’s Mirus Gallery and Temple Nightclub on Friday, December 23rd. The holiday-themed festivities kick off at 3pm, when ILLENIUM will host a two-hour photo-op for fans of all ages. Clubbers 21 and up can then head into Temple for the show, which will feature a number of “special guest DJs” before wrapping up with a big performance by the Fallen Embers artist, who recently revealed he’s recording his fifth studio album. ILLENIUM. Christian Wade/EDM.com Sc...
Concert Venues Are Still Closing After the Pandemic — My Local Club Just Shut Down
DENVER — Tennyson’s Tap was the kind of music club where, on packed nights, the lone frazzled employee serving drinks, running sound and manning the door might ask one of the bands to help out and collect the $5 cover charge. I know because I sang in one of those bands, Smaldone Faces, and our bassist Luke and I pretty much let everyone in for free. The Tap, at 4335 W. 38th St. in Denver, specialized in whiskey and scruffy musicians of every conceivable genre — my two bands that played there did country, punk and metal covers, and we opened for screamo indie-rockers, jazzy improvisationalists and dreadlocked funk-and-reggae combos. The bar smelled like cigarettes and beer, and had a capacity of about 90, but when we drew our crowds of 20 or 30 people, it roared like Springsteen at the Roxy...
Look Inside Meow Wolf’s 2022 Vortex Festival, a Surrealist Escape In Denver
Different city, same Meow Wolf. Teeming rain in Denver couldn’t stop the brand’s flagship music festival, Vortex, from making a statement in 2022. Moving the fest from New Mexico to the Mile High City for the first time, Meow Wolf proved their prestige is immutable. Vortex made a splash over the weekend at The Junkyard, a new open-air venue promising immersive live music experiences in Denver. Attendees of the event found themselves in an adult playground where—at any turn—Alice in Wonderland syndrome could’ve set in. Revered for conceptualizing experiential activations that distort reality, Meow Wolf enthralled and titillated at The Junkyard. You’d be hard-pressed to find a more vibrant community. Attendees of Meow Wolf’s Vortex festival pose f...
Here’s What to Expect at the Mind-Bending Denver Debut of Meow Wolf’s Vortex Festival
There’s nothing in the world quite like a Meow Wolf event. The renowned entertainment brand is now gearing up for the Denver debut of Vortex, its fan-favorite music and arts festival which originally launched in Taos, New Mexico. And in 2022, it’s clear that Meow Wolf remains hellbent on pushing the limits of the live music experience. Scheduled for August 5th to 7th, the mind-bending fest aims to encapsulate rave culture in its own unique way at the intersection of dance music and surrealism. Culinary delights, stupefying art installations and fantastical creatures are just a few of the experiential activations you’ll encounter at Vortex, which is as much of an adult playground as it is a music festival. “There will be three days of endless entertainment, talented ...
Here’s What to Expect at the Mind-Bending Denver Debut of Meow Wolf’s Vortex Festival
There’s nothing in the world quite like a Meow Wolf event. The renowned entertainment brand is now gearing up for the Denver debut of Vortex, its fan-favorite music and arts festival which originally launched in Taos, New Mexico. And in 2022, it’s clear that Meow Wolf remains hellbent on pushing the limits of the live music experience. Scheduled for August 5th to 7th, the mind-bending fest aims to encapsulate rave culture in its own unique way at the intersection of dance music and surrealism. Culinary delights, stupefying art installations and fantastical creatures are just a few of the experiential activations you’ll encounter at Vortex, which is as much of an adult playground as it is a music festival. “There will be three days of endless entertainment, talented ...
ILLENIUM Is Bringing His Three-Set “Trilogy” Show to Denver In Summer 2023
ILLENIUM is bringing the biggest show in his career to Denver in 2023. Last year, the Grammy-nominated producer took the stage at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas for the massive outing, “Trilogy.” Now, with two years to plan his return, he’s taking things to the next level with its sophomore edition in Colorado. Performing for four hours straight, ILLENIUM threw down three sets representing each of his first three albums, Ashes, Awake and Ascend. He then followed with a bonus preview set consisting of songs from his then-unreleased album, Fallen Embers. Considering the fact that he now has four albums under his belt, it’s not yet clear how he will handle the incorporation of Fallen Embers now that it’s been released. Like last year’s event at th...
Excision, Above & Beyond, More Announced for Denver’s Global Dance Festival 2022
After making its grand return to the spotlight after a pandemic-induced year off, Global Dance Festival is looking to double down with a stacked 2022 lineup. Covering many of dance music’s most popular sub-genres, organizers are bringing talent from all over the world to Empower Field at Mile High, the home of the Denver Broncos. Slated to take the stage this summer in the high-altitude stadium nestled in the Rocky Mountains are Excision, Above & Beyond, Liquid Stranger, Lane 8, Oliver Heldens, Adventure Club, AC Slater, Cosmic Gate, Sully, Wooli and many more. In the previous iterations of the festival, fans were treated to multiple stages, each representing the different genres represented in the lineup. For example, in 2021, the Summit Stage served as the “main stageR...
Meow Wolf’s Vortex Festival Is Moving to Denver
Meow Wolf‘s Vortex festival is officially headed to Denver. The event, which originally started in Taos, New Mexico, is produced in partnership with Live Nation and will take place August 5th to 7th. In addition to the move, organizers have also announced a huge lineup, with headliners Neil Francis, Duke Dumont, Toro y Moi, Bob Moses, 100 Gecs and more. Didi Bethurum, Meow Wolf’s Vice President of Marketing, told the Santa Fe Reporter that they’ve relocated to Denver due in part to the notion that their audience is expanding. This year’s Vortex festival in Denver will feature two stages, live performers, food and drinks trucks, and experiential art installations, among other interactive experiences that have made the arts production company such a hit. Meow Wo...
Denver Officials Permanently Shut Down Beta Nightclub Due to Hazardous Conditions: Report
It’s a new year, and the same old story for Denver’s Beta Nightclub. Once again, the beloved venue’s future is left hanging in the balance. Though the club has historically been instrumental in fostering Denver’s electronic music community, the downtown establishment has sustained a long series of closures, reopenings, and even a rebrand as Beta 2.0 in late 2019. Despite its various woes, the club persisted, though a new directive from the City of Denver has once again forced operations to grind to a halt—perhaps permanently. According to reporting by the Denver Post, Beta Nightclub began to fall under scrutiny upon law enforcement’s investigation of increasingly prevalent reports of violence happening in the area. Police testimony from DPD Officer...
Ya Think? White Supremacist Identified As Man Behind Denver Mass Shooting
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Helen H. Richardson/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images / Getty The prime suspect in the deadly mass shooting that took place in and around Denver, Colorado has been identified by law enforcement, confirming to observers that he was a rabid white supremacist with a visible social media presence. According to reports, law enforcement officials in Denver, Colorado identified Lyndon McLeod as the prime suspect responsible for the shooting spree that left five dead in the city and the suburban neighborhood of Lakewood on Monday (December 27th) after not offering information on him for 24 hours. McLeod was subsequently killed in a shootout with officers in Lakewood that same afternoon. Paul Pazen, chief of the Denver Police Department in a press c...
Space Laces Announces Dates of First-Ever “Vaultage” Performance
Following the release of Space Laces‘ remarkable “Vaultage 003 “mix, the bass music virtuoso is getting ready to serve up a very special live performance. This February, Zomboy will debut a new two-day event, Rotten Reunion, in Denver alongside Space Laces, Akeos, and BRUER. While that lineup in and of itself is enough to get even the most seasoned bass music veteran excited, Space Laces will be taking things to the next level with his first-ever “Vaultage” set. Telling fans to expect the unexpected, he took to Twitter to share a short trailer teasing what’s to come. Not much is known about the performance at this time, but fans should expect a memorable set from one of the most gifted sound designers in the electronic music scene. As...
GRiZ and CloZee to Perform Meow Wolf’s First Denver Events at New Perplexiplex Venue
GRiZ and CloZee have been tapped by Meow Wolf to launch Convergence Station, the celebrated brand’s highly anticipated Denver venture. which will take place in the immersive “Perplexiplex” venue. GRiZ will take the stage at the immersive “Perplexiplex” venue and light it up with his signature electro-funk sounds and live saxophone beginning at 9:30PM on Saturday, September 18th. “When the news broke that Meow Wolf was opening a location in Denver, GRiZ got in touch with me and said that he had to be the one to play opening night,” said GRiZ’s manager, Keith LeWinter of Red Light Management. “Watching Meow Wolf take shape as the perfect cross-section of art, adventure, music, and mystery through the lens of close fr...
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