Pedestrians walk along South Broadway during a lull in a rainstorm on Friday, July 24, 2026, during the Blucifer's First Rodeo music festival in Denver. (Photo by Timothy Hurst/The Denver Post)
Arson Charge frontman Ben Roy performs in the crowd while playing at The Import Mechanics on Friday, July 24, 2026, during the Blucifer's First Rodeo music festival in Denver. (Photo by Timothy Hurst/The Denver Post)- The Savage Blush guitar and vocalist Rebecca Williams performs at HQ on Friday, July 24, 2026, during the Blucifer's First Rodeo music festival in Denver. (Photo by Timothy Hurst/The Denver Post)
- Arson Charge frontman Ben Roy points to the crowd while playing at The Import Mechanics on Friday, July 24, 2026, during the Blucifer's First Rodeo music festival in Denver. (Photo by Timothy Hurst/The Denver Post)
- A mosh pit forms while Arson Charge plays at The Import Mechanics on Friday, July 24, 2026, during the Blucifer's First Rodeo music festival in Denver. (Photo by Timothy Hurst/The Denver Post)
- Arson Charge frontman Ben Roy raises the microphone while playing at The Import Mechanics on Friday, July 24, 2026, during the Blucifer's First Rodeo music festival in Denver. (Photo by Timothy Hurst/The Denver Post)
- The Savage Blush bassist Derek Crane plays at HQ on Friday, July 24, 2026, during the Blucifer's First Rodeo music festival in Denver. (Photo by Timothy Hurst/The Denver Post)
- Audience members look on as The Savage Blush plays at HQ on Friday, July 24, 2026, during the Blucifer's First Rodeo music festival in Denver. (Photo by Timothy Hurst/The Denver Post)
- A festival-goer pauses to watch Arson Charge play at The Import Mechanics on Friday, July 24, 2026, during the Blucifer's First Rodeo music festival in Denver. (Photo by Timothy Hurst/The Denver Post)
- Pedestrians walk along South Broadway during a lull in a rainstorm on Friday, July 24, 2026, during the Blucifer's First Rodeo music festival in Denver. (Photo by Timothy Hurst/The Denver Post)
- Montgomery Ziemba, 5, points toward the stage while being held by mother Bree Davies before Wheelchair Sports Camp plays at hi-dive on Friday, July 24, 2026, during the Blucifer's First Rodeo music festival in Denver. Ziemba’s father, Gregg Ziemba, plays drums and guitar for the band. (Photo by Timothy Hurst/The Denver Post)
- Julie Davis raises her hands as Bluebook finishes their set at hi-dive on Friday, July 24, 2026, during the Blucifer's First Rodeo music festival in Denver. (Photo by Timothy Hurst/The Denver Post)
- A cyclist rides past standing water in the bike lane on South Broadway on Friday, July 24, 2026, during the Blucifer's First Rodeo music festival in Denver. (Photo by Timothy Hurst/The Denver Post)
- The Savage Blush play at HQ on Friday, July 24, 2026, during the Blucifer's First Rodeo music festival in Denver. (Photo by Timothy Hurst/The Denver Post)
- Wheelchair Sports Camp plays at hi-dive on Friday, July 24, 2026, during the Blucifer's First Rodeo music festival in Denver. (Photo by Timothy Hurst/The Denver Post)
- Corsicana plays at Bar 404 on Friday, July 24, 2026, during the Blucifer's First Rodeo music festival in Denver. (Photo by Timothy Hurst/The Denver Post)
- Max Vehuni of Slenderbodies sings during a performance at the Underground Music Showcase in the River North Arts District in Denver on Saturday, July 25, 2026. (Photo by Harmon Dobson/The Denver Post)
- Chicano Neo-soul artist Luckiee B entertains an audience inside Campground at the Underground Music Showcase in the River North Arts District in Denver on Saturday, July 25, 2026. (Photo by Harmon Dobson/The Denver Post)
- Crowds attending the Under Ground Music Showcase traverse Larimer Street in the River North Arts District in Denver on Saturday, July 25, 2026. This was the first year that UMS was held in RiNo. (Photo by Harmon Dobson/The Denver Post)
- A saxophone player performs with Sofia Young and The Curls at the Underground Music Showcase in the River North Arts District in Denver on Saturday, July 25, 2026. (Photo by Harmon Dobson/The Denver Post)
- The audience gathers around the Showcase Stage to listen to the band Twin Shadow at the Underground Music Showcase in the River North Arts District in Denver on Saturday, July 25, 2026. (Photo by Harmon Dobson/The Denver Post)
- Audience members listen to Sofia Young and The Curls perform at the Underground Music Showcase in the River North Arts District in Denver on Saturday, July 25, 2026. (Photo by Harmon Dobson/The Denver Post)
- George Lewis Jr., frontman for the band Twin Shadow, performs on the Showcase Stage at the Underground Music Showcase in the River North Arts District in Denver on Saturday, July 25, 2026. (Photo by Harmon Dobson/The Denver Post)
- Crowds attending the Under Ground Music Showcase traverse Larimer Street in the River North Arts District in Denver on Saturday, July 25, 2026. This was the first year that UMS was held in RiNo. (Photo by Harmon Dobson/The Denver Post)
- Sofia Young and The Curls perform for an audience at the Underground Music Showcase in the River North Arts District in Denver on Saturday, July 25, 2026. (Photo by Harmon Dobson/The Denver Post)
- Brazilian-born singer, Nina de Freitas, performs with her band inside Finn’s Manor at the Underground Music Showcase in the River North Arts District in Denver on Saturday, July 25, 2026. (Photo by Harmon Dobson/The Denver Post)
- Spokane, Washington based artist, Vika, with Vika and The Velvets, performs inside Two Moons at the Underground Music Showcase in the River North Arts District in Denver on Saturday, July 25, 2026. (Photo by Harmon Dobson/The Denver Post)
- The audience listens to Slenderbodies perform on the Showcase Stage at the Underground Music Showcase in the River North Arts District in Denver on Saturday, July 25, 2026. (Photo by Harmon Dobson/The Denver Post)
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Pedestrians walk along South Broadway during a lull in a rainstorm on Friday, July 24, 2026, during the Blucifer's First Rodeo music festival in Denver. (Photo by Timothy Hurst/The Denver Post)
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By The Denver Post | newsroom@denverpost.com | The Denver Post
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Getting your player ready...
Blucifer’s First Rodeo held its debut music festival on South Broadway in Denver, Thursday, July 23 through Sunday, July 26, featuring hundreds of Colorado bands at more than a dozen independent venues. The event claimed the same weekend this year as The Underground Music Showcase, which had formerly taken place on South Broadway for 20 years before moving to the River North Art District.
We visted Blucifer’s on Friday, July 24 and The UMS on Saturday, July 25, to capture some of the hot summer music.
