moe. will take over the Fillmore Auditorium in January with a pair of shows: Jan. 30 with opener Tea Leaf Green, and Jan. 31 with Cornmeal. Tickets are on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday. ($27, $52 two-day pass; Ticketmaster).
“The Color Purple” may have seemed an odd choice for a Broadway musical, considering the unique challenges of adapting an epistolary novel (and, later, film), but its modest success owes as much to the writing as it does to Oprah Winfrey’s high-profile backing. It plays the Buell Theatre Jan. 7-18. Tickets are on sale 10 a.m. Sunday. ($15-$100, )
George Clinton & Parliament/Funkadelic will blow the roof off the Fillmore Auditorium (or try to, anyway) with their cosmic funk Jan. 10. Tickets are on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday. ($25, Ticketmaster)
Jimmy Eat World left many fans flat with a self-satisfied acoustic performance at the Gothic Theatre last summer. Rejoice, then, that the band will re-create its 1999 disc “Clarity” in its entirety when it plays the Ogden Theatre on March 2. Tickets for the show with Reuben’s Accomplice are on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday. ($32-$35, Ticketmaster)
Pepper brings its pop-rock-reggae hybrid to the Fillmore Auditorium on Jan. 9 with the Supervillains and Passafire. Tickets are on sale at 10 a.m. ($25, Ticketmaster)
Crystal Method, a.k.a. the electronic duo of Ken Jordan and Scott Kirkland, just played Beta Thursday night, but if you missed them, the act will appear at Boulder’s Fox Theatre on Dec. 2 with DJ Ivy. Tickets are on sale. ($25, )
DeVotchKa gets arguably its most respectable headlining gig in the Mile High City (does the Fillmore count?) with a show at the Paramount Theatre on Feb. 13. Tickets are on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday. ($27.50, TicketHorse)
Cut Copy whipped the crowd into an impressive frenzy at this year’s Monolith Music Festival. The Australian dance-rock band returns for a March 15 gig at the Bluebird Theater with fellow Monolith vets Matt & Kim. Tickets are on sale at 10 a.m. today. ($20, Ticketmaster)
Little Joy takes the biggest — and most satisfying — stylistic turn from drummer Fabrizio Moretti’s main gig in the Strokes, braiding bossna nova, ’70s pop, indie rock and more into its DNA. It plays the Larimer Lounge on Dec. 2. Tickets are on sale. ($8, )
Hot Buttered Rum will continue its Denver New Year’s concerts with sets at Owsley’s Golden Road on Dec. 29 and the Oriental Theater Dec. 30-31. Tickets are on sale. ($15-$22; quixotes or )
Justin Roberts has been carving out a peculiar but nonetheless legitimate niche as a musician for the “indie family set” — i.e., clever music that appeals to the kiddies. He stops by the Boulder Theater on March 14 with the Not Ready for Naptime Players. Tickets are on sale. ($15, )
City and Colour, a California act that warmed up the Tegan and Sara crowd at the Paramount last month, will return to headline the Bluebird Theater on Jan. 25. Tickets are on sale at 10 a.m. today. ($15-$17, Ticketmaster)
