The Bluebird Theater on East Colfax is the AEG-run 500-capacity 1915 cinema turned indie music room, with a tiered floor, balcony and tight sight lines between Adams and Cook.
Tip: Doors typically 19:00 with show at 20:00. The balcony rail upstairs is the best seat; floor general admission fills fast.
Address: 3317 East Colfax Avenue, Denver, CO 80206
The Ogden Theatre on East Colfax is the 1917 vaudeville house turned 1,600-capacity rock room at Colfax and Ogden, on the National Register and a fixture of the AEG calendar.
Tip: Doors generally 20:00 for an 21:00 show. The mezzanine carries the best sight line; floor is general admission and steep at the front.
The Ogden Theatre on East Colfax is the 1917 vaudeville house turned 1,600-capacity rock room at Colfax and Ogden, on the National Register and a fixture of the AEG calendar.
Tip: Doors generally 20:00 for an 21:00 show. The mezzanine carries the best sight line; floor is general admission and steep at the front.
Larimer Lounge in RiNo has run touring indie rock since 2002 as the kind of small Denver club where The Lumineers and Nathaniel Rateliff played their early sets.
Tip: Doors typically 19:00 for an 20:00 show. The back patio opens through the warm months; sound is best from the centre of the floor.
Globe Hall on Logan Street is the northern RiNo Slavic dance-hall turned live music room and Texas-style BBQ kitchen, with a backyard patio and Americana, country and indie bookings.
Tip: Show nights only, 17:00 onward with the kitchen open until it sells out. The smoked brisket and pulled pork tacos are the food order.
Cervantes' Masterpiece Ballroom on Welton Street sits inside the old Casino Cabaret on Five Points' main strip, the room that hosted Duke Ellington and Count Basie in the 1940s.
Tip: The Other Side room runs a second show most nights; combo tickets work the corridor between rooms and run roughly $25 to $45.
Hi-Dive on South Broadway has been the musician-owned Baker rock club since 2003, the small room that gave The War on Drugs, Vampire Weekend and the Lumineers early Denver sets.
Tip: Open daily 16:00 to 02:00 with $2 Rainier and $4 well happy hour 16:00 to 19:00. Doors typically 19:00 for a 20:00 show.
54thirty atop Le Méridien Denver Downtown is the city's highest open-air rooftop bar, 20 floors above California Street with fire-pit booths and a full Front Range view.
Tip: Sunday and Friday-Saturday open earlier at midday; weather closes the deck below freezing. Reserve a fire-pit booth via the website on busy nights.