Hot October shows average one a day
While “Rocktober” is usually a baseball term in Denver, this year it takes on a new spin. The sheer volume of rock concerts of October has Denver unusually abuzz, and the big Muse show on Saturday is only the beginning of the music madness to come.
Here are the 31 shows — from the 1st to the 31st, a.k.a. Halloween — that we’re most looking forward to in Rocktober.
Monday: Sonic Youth at the Ogden Theatre
Monday: Alice in Chains at Red Rocks Amphitheatre
Monday: Blind Pilot at the Fox Theatre
Wednesday-Thursday: Deadmau5 at the Fillmore Auditorium
Oct. 8: Nathaniel Rateliff/ Gregory Alan Isakov at the Gothic Theatre
Oct. 9-10: B.o.B. at the Boulder Theater (9th) and the Ogden Theatre (10th)
Oct. 10: Surfer Blood at the Bluebird Theater
Oct. 10-12: Phish at the 1stBank Center
Oct. 12: Film School/the Depreciation Guild at the Hi-Dive
Oct. 16: Ana Sia at the Ogden Theatre
Oct. 16: Joshua Novak’s CD release party at the Hi-Dive
Oct. 17: The Walkmen at the Fox Theatre
Oct. 18: The National at the Fillmore
Oct. 18: Nickelback at the Pepsi Center
Oct. 20: LCD Soundsystem/ Hot Chip at the Fillmore
Oct. 23: Bassnectar/Dan Deacon at the 1stBank Center
Oct. 23: Sleigh Bells at the Larimer Lounge
Oct. 24: Gorillaz/N.E.R.D. at the Wells Fargo Theatre
Oct. 24: Of Montreal at the Ogden Theatre
Oct. 25: Interpol at the Ogden Theatre
Oct. 25: Cattle Decapitation at the Marquis Theater
Oct. 26: Dr. Dog at the Boulder Theater
Oct. 27: Mumford & Sons at the Ogden Theatre
Oct. 27: Deer Tick at the Larimer Lounge
Oct. 27-28: Gogol Bordello at the Boulder Theater
Oct. 28: The Thermals at the Bluebird Theater
Oct. 28: Gary Numan at the Gothic Theatre
Oct. 29-30: DeVotchKa at the Boulder Theater
Oct. 30: The Cool Kids at Bar Standard
Oct. 31: Ween at the 1stBank Center
Oct. 31: Z-Trip at the Ogden Theatre
Ricardo Baca
