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314 E. 13th Ave. Denver, CO 80206

303-861-7070

http://www.benderstavern.com

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Best Boylesque Night
Award Winner 2012

314 E. 13th Ave. Denver CO 80206

Features: ATM, Patio/Sidewalk Dining
Entertainment: Live Entertainment

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In a location previously occupied by Onyx and Club 314 (and even an incarnation of the Mercury Cafe, decades ago), Bender's Tavern has successfully morphed into a full-fledged music venue. The music room, which can hold about 300 people, has hosted a number of national and international touring acts, including Jucifer, Scott H. Biram, Sham 69 and Gito Gito Hustler, along with plenty of local rock, punk, metal and blues bands. In the other section of the bar, there's karaoke, open mike and the occasional DJ during the week. Bender's also sports a spacious backyard patio with plenty of room to get your smoke on.

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Reader: Jerry Garcia mural no trade for Johnny Cash

By Patricia Calhoun | Mon, November 12, 2012

Denver lost two institutions last week: Bender's went dark after an eight-year run -- Quixote's True Blue is moving into the space -- and the mural of Johnny Cash that graced the side of the building,... More »
$Last call for Bender\'s Tavern is tomorrow night$

Last call for Bender's Tavern is tomorrow night

By Dave Herrera | Tue, October 30, 2012

Lest it get lost in all the hubub of Halloween, be advised: Tomorrow night marks a significant and bittersweet moment in the Denver music scene. It's the last call for Bender's Tavern, which is slat... More »
$Quixote\'s True Blue slated to move into Bender\'s Tavern space at 314 E. 13th next month$

Quixote's True Blue slated to move into Bender's Tavern space at 314 E. 13th next month

By Jon Solomon | Sat, October 20, 2012

Quixote's True Blue has relocated a few times since first starting out sixteen years ago on 9150 East Colfax in Aurora as a place where Deadheads and kindred spirits could gather after the passing o... More »
$The Cutthroat Drifters bring their heavy boogie to Bender\'s Tavern$

The Cutthroat Drifters bring their heavy boogie to Bender's Tavern

By Tom Murphy | Thu, September 27, 2012

Mining the past is nothing new, and goodness knows we've heard enough of the usual classic-rock canon being reinvented for the modern era with little being added. Some may see the Cutthroat Drifters (due Saturday, September 29, at Bender's... More »
Kristin Rand, of the all-female comedy group Ladyface, talks standup versus sketch

By Josiah M. Hesse | Fri, September 21, 2012

Now celebrating its one year anniversary, Denver's all-female sketch comedy group, Ladyface, has become a strong counterweight to the booming male stand-up scene, often hosting the boys from Grawlix a... More »
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2012 | Best Boylesque Night

Leave it to local burlesque madame and emcee Cora Vette to start a nationwide revolution in boylesque. She's been traveling the country over the past year to perform at boylesque shows, talking about why men putting on fabulous costumes and then taking them off is awesome and generally advocating for the concept. And Denver has definitely benefited from her efforts with the monthly revue, now at Bender's. Featuring Cisco Yocisco, Phoenix Rising, Nite Fury, JoJo Justin Tyme, token lady... More »
2009 | Best Club Night

You know a DJ's got mad skills when he's flown in every week just to host a club night. Such is the life of DJ Klaw, whose main gig is manning the decks at motocross champion Carey Hart's club in Vegas. Around the same time that Hart and Klaw unveiled Mommy's Little Monster at Wasted Space in Vegas's Hard Rock Hotel, Klaw launched a similar night at Bender's Tavern on Thursdays. Taking its name from Social Distortion's 1983 debut, Mommy's Little Monster features Klaw and residents DJs... More »
2008 | Best Club Night

One of the fliers for Night of the Living Shred shows a picture of two naked chicks with skateboards. But while you'll probably see some skateboard videos Thursday nights at Bender's Tavern, naked chicks not so much. Still, the young rocker boys and girls do sometimes let their hair down in more ways than one. It's hard not to, what with guys like DJs Wesley Wayne and Parris on the turntables throwing down everything from '80s metal to old-school hip-hop and a whole lot more. For the past... More »
2007 | Best Club Night for Hooking Up

Thursdays at Bender's is like a salmon migration. In a sea of dyed black locks and thick mascara, sweaty hormones bubble to the surface as twenty-somethings shamelessly grope each other on the dance floor. Every week, the two-room club is packed, with Balls Deep Karaoke hosted by Jermaine Smith on one side and Night of the Living Shred holding its own on the other. Shred, however, is where the rocker boys and the girls who like rocker boys come together under the sweet tunes of DJs Wesley... More »
2006 | BEST MIDWEEK CLUB NIGHT

Who is the man known as DJ Wesley Wayne? From practically out of nowhere, he's stormed Denver's indie club scene with guerrilla guest sets and oddball residencies like Sputnik's What We Do Is Secret. But none of that prepared anyone for Night of the Living Shred, a Thursday-night blowout at Bender's that Wayne helms alongside his Pirate Sound System partner, DJ Parris. Spinning everything from hair metal and vintage punk to electro and hip-hop -- plus a few surprises that will leave your jaw... More »
2006 | BEST KARAOKE NIGHT

There are 6,000 songs in the QuickSand Karaoke catalogue, and every single one of them leads to trouble. Nowhere is this more apparent than on Thursday nights at Bender's, when the place transforms from a cool Capitol Hill music venue into a frantic den of karaoke insanity. Show up early if you want to sing, because by 10 p.m., the competition for stage time is fierce: Everyone in Cap Hill, it seems, has the same pressing need to sing -- badly, drunkenly, obsessively -- to scores of slushy... More »
2005 | Best Karaoke Night

With an elevated stage surrounded by vintage vinyl, Bender's 13th Avenue Tavern is the best place to experience bar culture's most self-indulgent pastime. New Wave/Indie Karaoke Night -- hosted Tuesday and Thursday nights by ebullient wiseacre Keith Houston and his lovely assistant, Laura Benson -- welcomes seasoned hams and budding exhibitionists alike to wrap their pipes around a tune or twelve. Whether you're drunk enough to take on Sinatra or the Sex Pistols (both versions of "My Way"... More »
2005 | Best New Club (Since March 2004)

Before an enormous black-and-white mural of Johnny Cash graced the east-facing facade of Bender's 13th Avenue Tavern, the run-down, windowless structure was home to a string of short-lived hip-hop and goth-oriented night spots: Tongues Untied, Club Onyx and Club 314. Enter Tyson Murray, upright-bassist for local country powerhouse the Railbenders, and an entrepreneur with a vision beyond mere turntables and gossamer. In addition to hosting a weekly movie series, karaoke nights and outdoor... More »

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tannaruzicka | Denver, CO | 307 Reviews

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| Thu, May 20, 2010

Karaoke night on Thursday nights! Awesome.
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Grace83 | Denver, CO | 35 Reviews

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| Mon, September 6, 2010

Wear black :-)
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JamesB7 | Broomfield, CO | 161 Reviews

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| Tue, March 16, 2010

Ummm, yes please. Near the Capitol building. Live music often and plenty of PBR draft to go around.
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