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The 15th year of the Underground Music Showcase came to an end Sunday with daytime parties taking place up and down South Broadway and a host of Denver bands scheduled to take the main stage at night.

UMS Event Director Kendall Smith didn’t have exact numbers for this year’s festival yet, but said attendance was likely higher

“Every night seems to be up from last year,” he said.

The four-day festival, which highlights local independent bands, featured more than 400 bands at nearly 20 venues in the South Broadway neighborhood.

The UMS main stage in the Security Service Federal Credit Union parking lot hosted a wide range of acts, including , , and indie pop band Tennis during the festival.

Fort Collins band was relaxing by the main stage Sunday afternoon a few hours after playing their “earliest set ever” at noon at Illegal Pete’s. This is the band’s first UMS, and guitarist Alex Boivin said the scene was a change from the “hippie festivals” such as Pardee Palooza that the group usually plays.

“We like the hippies, but we love the hipsters, too,” added keyboard player Mike Givens with a laugh.

Musician Anna Morsett already had played four sets Saturday with various bands and was preparing for a fifth Sunday. Although she’s been in Denver for two years now, the festival still has a “special glow” about it, she said.

“It’s like a big family reunion,” Morsett said. “We spend as much time seeing our friends play as we do playing.”

Other highlights from the festival included In the Whale opening the main stage and synth-punk band Slow Caves during their UMS debut.

Denver native Erin Steinke said she appreciates that UMS isn’t only about the music. She mentioned watching a film at the as well as passing a woman writing poems on the sidewalk.

“It’s one of the best weekends of the summer,” Steinke said. “It’s good music, and it’s good people-watching.”

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