"Tastefully fuzzy melodies ... poignant and touchingly poetic lyrics. Big Dopes is one of the best Denver bands not enough people know about yet." Tom Murphy, QUEEN CITY SOUNDS AND ART

Big Dopes recalls the loose, lighthearted feel of 90s alternative and indie pop, with influences somewhere between Paul Simon, Jonathan Richman, and Pavement. Lead songwriter Eddie Schmid uses a playful, conversational baritone to sing through neuroses and inner dialogues, touching on long-distance relationships, being a houseguest, and gratitude for friends named Tom.

In August 2021 the band made waves for its energetic live show at Denver's Underground Music Showcase festival. That November the Dopes released their sophomore album, Destination Wedding, produced by Mark Anderson (Paper Bird, The Still Tide). The group completed its first tour behind the new LP, culminating in a slot opening for Tokyo Police Club at Denver's famed Bluebird Theater and later for Colorado favorites Kiltro and Wildermiss at the Gothic Theatre. The band continued touring behind the album in April 2022. In November 2022, they released a psychedelic remix of their song “Take You Anywhere,” with more new music, a spring tour, and a vinyl release set for 2023.

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The Nile Club is a band who writes and self records music for all. Named after an abandoned pyramid-shaped nightclub in Wisconsin, they deliver a noisy and chaotic take on indie music. “Wake Up With a Sense of Pride” coming 2023.

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Maybe Hazel is an alternative band by day/trivia group by night from Milwaukee, WI whose members met on Craigslist. With an ear for current DIY trailblazers and a fondness for the indie-pop of the early 2010s, the group boasts a unique blend of genres in their debut release “Direct to Home Video.” The EP is a hooky magnum opus featuring lead single “Fist Fight,” which Ben Slowey of Breaking and Entering deemed a “total pop banger for the beach.” The band has been on record to have accepted the compliment.

$10 adv/ $15 at the door (advance sales until 3pm day of show, then available at the door). Doors at 7pm, showtime 8pm