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3317 E. Colfax Ave. Denver, CO 80218

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Best Show Completely Enshrouded in Fog
Award Winner 2010

Entertainment: Live Entertainment

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The Bluebird Theater started hosting live music in 1994, and it didn't take long for the theater, built in 1913, to become one of the city's best midsized venues. With sculpted capitals, restored Victorian-style paintings and a vaulted ceiling, the place is as much a work of art as any of the touring and local bands that grace its stage. The marquee regularly lights up Colfax with some of the most important names in independent music, as well as lauded locals ready to make the leap from clubs to a bigger stage. In 2006, AEG Live took over the room and made significant upgrades to the production aspects of the place.

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Signal Path (CD release)

9:00 p.m. May 25

When Signal Path first started out, over a decade ago, the goal was to bring elements of the jam scene into the realm of electronic music. "We were...
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Horse Feathers

9:00 p.m. May 26

In 1932, the Marx Brothers released one of their classics, a movie called Horse Feathers. The music of the Portland, Oregon, group of the same name...
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Mt Eden

9:00 p.m. May 27
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Rue

7:30 p.m. May 28

With Clusterfolk and Courtesy Bandits
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Blitzen Trapper

8:00 p.m. May 29

Like Midlake, Cotton Jones and Sub Pop labelmates Fleet Foxes, Blitzen Trapper is a key player in the current outpouring of poignant lo-fi rock inf...

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2010 | Best Show Completely Enshrouded in Fog

Avant-garde metal band Sunn O))) finally came to Denver and played a packed house at the Bluebird. Before the show, the stage crew filled the theater with a nearly impenetrable layer of fog; those lucky enough to make it to the foot of the stage could see the mighty Attila Csihar of Mayhem come on stage dressed alternately as a wizard and as a tree spirit while the band, shrouded in robes like Lovecraftian sorcerers, laid down crushing, cavernously dark riffs from beyond the walls of sleep.... More »
2010 | Best Farewell Show

The members of Everything Absent or Distorted always played like they were going down in flames, so when they finally did, it was quite the spectacle -- never mind that the breakup was for logistical reasons and totally amicable. So maybe there was a little too much booze, and maybe some of it got on some electronics, and that might have been one of several examples of the rock and roll overtaking the music. Didn't really matter: The members of EAoD left us with a reminder of why we... More »
2009 | Best Local Concert

Band reunions that take place more than a decade down the line are generally sad affairs that tend to accentuate the passage of time rather than causing it to stand still. But even though the original members of the Fluid -- John Robinson, Garrett Shavlik, James Clower, Rick Kulwicki and Matt Bischoff -- hadn't played together since the early '90s, they marked Sub Pop Records' twentieth anniversary by making a racket every bit as thrilling as the stuff they churned out in their... More »
2003 | Best Midsized Venue in Denver

There probably are people who miss the Bluebird Theater's days as a porn theater, but we doubt many of them are music lovers. Unlike skin flicks -- which arguably should be viewed in the privacy of your home, trailer or motel room -- the live-music experience is genuinely enhanced by a proper theater-style environment, and that's just what the 'Bird provides. With sculpted capitals, restored Victorian-style paintings and a vaulted ceiling, the place is as much a work of art as any of the... More »

All signs point to go for Signal Path

By Britt Chester | Thu, May 24, 2012

When Signal Path first started out, over a decade ago, the goal was to bring elements of the jam scene into the realm of electronic music. "We were all living in Missoula at the time," remembers guitarist Ryan Burnett, "and we all had this vision ... More »
Weekend's best dance and party bets: Global Dub Festival, Subb-an, Drumcell and more

By Ru Johnson and Amber Taufen | Fri, May 18, 2012
Currensy on the whole "weed rap" tag: "I hate that it even has a name like that. Am I high? Of course. I don't make 'weed rap.'"

By Ru Johnson | Thu, May 17, 2012

Curren$y has been getting high before it was cool to get high. The New Orleans rapper is releasing his second album this year. Yes, it's only May, but The Stoned Immaculate is set for release in ear... More »
The Lumineers at Bluebird Theater, 5/11/12

By Tom Murphy | Sat, May 12, 2012

THE LUMINEERS @ BLUEBIRD THEATER | 5/11/12 Wesley Schulz announced that the band was going to perform a Sawmill Joe song and it was obvious much of the crowd knew what was coming, as The Lumineers ... More »
The Lumineers shed light on life in Denver and their evolving sound

By Tom Murphy | Thu, May 10, 2012

Wesley Schultz has never been to the Bluebird Theater. Not for a show, anyway. And he's never been to Red Rocks, either. Since moving to Denver from New York, he's purposely avoided both. "I think it's superstitious or something," he explains. "If... More »
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livemountainmusic | Denver, CO | 13 Reviews

| Mon, October 5, 2009

Nice theater, catch Head for the Hills there on 11/20/09
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tannaruzicka | Denver, CO | 307 Reviews

| Tue, April 27, 2010

For prime seating get their at least 30 minutes before the show starts.
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JaclynA | Los Angeles, CA | 73 Reviews

| Tue, July 8, 2008

I love seeing shows here- the bartenders are cool too.
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