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The American state of Colorado has many music scenes and venues, especially in the larger cities like Denver and Colorado Springs.

Colorado's orchestras include the Colorado Springs Symphony, Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra, Grand Junction Symphony Orchestra, Telluride Chamber Orchestra, Pikes Peak Philharmonic, Pueblo Symphony (affiliated with Colorado State University-Pueblo, Music Department) [1], Colorado Symphony Orchestra and the Fort Collins Symphony Orchestra.

Music festivals in modern Colorado include the Strings in the Mountains Music Festival and Colorado Music Fest in Pueblo held between June-July every year, as well as the Colorado Music Festival, held at the Chautauqua Auditorium in Boulder from June through August. There are many music festivals in modern Colorado. The CHUN People's Fair is arguably the largest local music festival, with estimated attendance over 200,000 (according to the People's Fair website). Telluride hosts three festivals a year. Planet Bluegrass in Lyons hosts three major events a year. Fort Collins plays host to Bohemian Nights @ New West Fest, at which over 50 local acts perform on multiple stages. Denver's Westword Magazine holds an annual local music festival that over 80 acts perform at, which precedes the Westword Music Awards.

Folk and traditional music in Colorado has been an intricate part of the local popular culture in the last century. Popular modern bluegrass bands include The Blue Canyon Boys and High Plains Tradition. The Colorado Bluegrass Music Society exists to promote Coloradan bluegrass music, and publishes a magazine called Pow'r Pickin'.

Today, such organizations as the Colorado Music Business Organization, Colorado Music Company and others exists to promote Coloradan music.^{[citation needed]}

There are also online communities developed to promote Colorado music, such as COStandUp.com (that opened January 1, 2009) that is dedicated to the publishing of articles surrounding the Colorado hip-hop scene. ^[1][2]

Contents 1 Colorado Bands and Artists 2 List of Colorado music venues 2.1 Arvada 2.2 Aspen 2.3 Aurora 2.4 Boulder 2.5 Colorado Springs 2.6 Denver 2.7 Englewood 2.8 Evergreen 2.9 Fort Collins 2.10 Golden 2.11 Greenwood Village 2.12 Lakewood 2.13 Littleton 2.14 Lyons 2.15 Morrison 3 See also 4 References

Colorado Bands and Artists

Local bands and musicians as well as those often associated with Colorado include:

• 16 Horsepower (Indie-Gothic-Country-Rock)
• 3OH!3 (Hip-Hop)
• 3 The Hard Way^[3] (Hip-Hop)
• Antonia Brico (Classical)
• The Apples in Stereo (Indie/Pop)
• The Astronauts (Surf)
• Big Head Todd and the Monsters (Rock)
• Cephalic Carnage (Grindcore/Death Metal)
• The Czars (Rock/Indie/Alternative)
• DeVotchKa (Indie/Alternative - Post Rock)
• Dianne Reeves (Jazz)
• Dressy Bessy (Indie)
• Drop Dead, Gorgeous (Metal/Screamo)
• Es Nine^[4] (Hip Hop Producer)
• Fear Before the March of Flames (Metalcore)
• Firefall (rock)
• Five Iron Frenzy (Ska)
• Flobots
• The Fray (Alternative)
• Horse (Metal)
• India.Arie (R&B/Soul)
• Jill Sobule (Folk)
• John Denver (Folk)
• Judy Collins (Folk)
• Kan'Nal (Indie/Alternative)
• Loveland Opera Theatre(Opera)
• The Minders (Indie)
• OneRepublic (Pop/Rock)
• Opera Colorado (Opera)^{[citation needed]}
• Philip Bailey (R&B/Funk)
• Playalitical (Rap/Hip-Hop)
• The Photo Atlas (Rock/Pop - Indie/Alternative)
• The Pseudo Dates (Indie rock / indie pop)
• Roper (Pop/Punk)
• Rose Hill Drive^{[citation needed]}
• Slim Cessna's Auto Club (Indie-Gothic-Country-Rock)
• Somo (Rap/Hip-Hop)
• String Cheese Incident (Rock)
• The Procussions (Hip-Hop)^{[citation needed]}
• The Subdudes
• Tag Team (Rap/Hip-Hop)
• Tickle Me Pink (Indie/Rock)
• Tommy Bolin
• Ultrachronic (Modern Rock)^{[citation needed]}
• Vaux (Alternative)
• Velvet Acid Christ (electronica/industrial)
• Yerkish (Progressive Rock)
• Yonder Mountain String Band (Bluegrass)
• YTCracker (Nerdcore/Hip-Hop)^{[citation needed]}
• Ze (Rap/Hip-Hop)^{[citation needed]}
• Zephyr (Punk)
• Zome (Rap/Hip-Hop)^{[citation needed]}

List of Colorado music venues

Arvada

• 12 Volt Tavern, 7514 Grandview Ave.
• D-Note, 7519 Grandview Ave.

Aspen

• Belly Up Aspen, 450 S. Galena St.

Aurora

• Iliff Park Saloon

Boulder

• Boulder Theater [2], 2032 14th St.
• Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St.
• The Laughing Goat
• Macky Auditorium, CU-Boulder campus

Colorado Springs

• Black Sheep, 2106 E. Platte Ave.
• The Rocket Room
• Triple Nickel Tavern
• World Arena, 3185 Venetucci Blvd.

Denver

• Bender's Tavern [3], 314 E. 13th Ave.
• Bluebird Theater [4], 3317 E. Colfax Ave.
• Cervantes' Masterpiece Ballroom, 2637 Welton St.
• Climax Lounge, 2217 Welton St.
• Club Inferno, 1601 W. Evans Ave.
• Fillmore Auditorium, 1510 Clarkson St.
• Grizzly Rose [5], 5450 N. Valley Hwy
• Herman's Hideaway, 1578 S. Broadway
• Hi-Dive [6], 7 S. Broadway
• Horseshoe Lounge
• Larimer Lounge [7], 2721 Larimer St.
• Lincoln's Roadhouse
• Lion's Lair [8], 2022 E. Colfax Ave.
• Magness Arena, 2240 E. Buchtel Blvd.
• The Marquis Theater, 2009 Larimer St.
• The Meadowlark, 2701 Larimer St.
• Ogden Theatre [9], 935 E. Colfax Ave.
• Old Curtis Street Bar, 2100 Curtis St.
• Oriental Theater
• Owsley's Golden Road, 2151 Lawrence St.
• Pepsi Center, 1000 Chopper Pl.
• Quixote's True Blue Café
• Skylark Lounge
• Soiled Dove Underground, 7401 E. 1st Ave.
• Swallow Hill Music Hall, 71 E. Yale Ave.
• Temple Buell Theatre
• 3 Kings Tavern, 60 S. Broadway
• The Walnut Room [10], 3131 Walnut St.

Englewood

• Gothic Theatre [11], 3263 S. Broadway
• Moe's Original BBQ, 3295 S. Broadway

Evergreen

• The Little Bear, 27895 Highway 74

Fort Collins

• Aggie Theatre [12], 204 S. College Ave.
• Hodi's Half Note [13], 167 N. College Ave.
• Road 34 Bike Bar, 1213 W. Elizabeth St.
• Surfside Seven, 150 N. College Ave.

Golden

• Buffalo Rose, 1119 Washington Ave.

Greenwood Village

• Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre

Lakewood

• Eck's Saloon

Littleton

• Toad Tavern, 5302 S. Federal Cir.

Lyons

• Oskar Blues, 303 Main St.

Morrison

• Red Rocks Amphitheatre

See also

• Music in Denver
• State of Colorado

References

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