Climax Lounge

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2004 | Best Old-School Video Arcade

Sure, the front of the Climax Lounge is one of Denver's finest black-box live-music venues, but the vintage video arcade in the back lounge is where we like to spend our spare change. The selection of early- to mid-1980s games is truly a hall of fame: Donkey Kong, Pac Man, Centipede, Galaga, Qix, Tempest, Gorf and Tron (light cycles rock, dude!), all for just a quarter a play. If only they had Dig-Dug, we'd be in retro-vidiot heaven. More »
2003 | Best Rock-and-Roll Game Night

Most evenings at the Climax Lounge, the game area in a back room is open to everyone. But every Thursday night, novices are advised to step aside and let the experts do their thing. Boasting one of Denver's only competitive p-ball competitions, the Lounge has become a sporting destination for indie rockers, punks and pinball wizards who like to ping and pong metallic balls around -- and who take said activity very seriously. Cheap beer, good music and free admission are among the attributes... More »

Review: Spatula at Climax Lounge, 2/10/12

By Tom Murphy | Sat, February 11, 2012

SPATULA @ CLIMAX LOUNGE | 2/10/12Almost without warning, King Lexie looked like she was either wheeled or aided on to stage, her bulging belly indicating a ripe pregnancy. Joining her were Summer Snov... More »
Spatula: "I think that was the swan song, and we landed like an albatross."

By Tom Murphy | Wed, February 8, 2012

Spatula (due this Friday, February 10, at the Climax Lounge) was a band you often heard about between 2004 and 2005, if you did not actually see it. The band was musical, but more to the point, it w... More »
The New Climax Lounge celebrates forty years on September 9

By Jon Solomon | Thu, August 25, 2011

The Climax Lounge (2217 Welton Street), which got its start four decades ago as an after-hours joint, has a colorful past. In the '90s, as the Raven, it hosted punk-rock acts; the Fray and M. Ward have played there. But over the past few years, th... More »

2004 | Best Old-School Video Arcade