So we moved the Showcase to the RiNo Art District and expanded it to two days. The Westword Music Showcase was the party of the year - but ultimately, it outgrew that rapidly developing neighborhood, too. So we moved it to the Golden Triangle, where it expanded, with more local bands in venues around the neighborhood and national acts on first one, then two stages. But like the Showcase, that neighborhood was growing, and ultimately could no longer accommodate the event. The Showcase went back to LoDo the next year, adding more venues and an outdoor stage. Ever since Westword published its first issue in September 1977, we’d always offered comprehensive coverage of the music scene in the free weekly issues and had even sponsored shows, but this was the first major musical event we’d produced.Īnd it wouldn’t be the last. On one October night, we filled a handful of venues in LoDo with dozens of local bands for the first-ever Westword Music Showcase (with tickets a whopping five bucks). Back in 1995, the Colorado Rockies were just finishing up their first season at Coors Field when we got in the game with the Westword Music Showcase.
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