Live Music, Comedy, Dance & Theater in Colorado
Live performing arts across Colorado, from Front Range cities to mountain towns: local music, comedy, dance, and theater hosted by the people who live and perform here.
Hip Hop Groove with Rico Changeux at Streetside Dance
📅 Sep 8, 2026, 12:00 PM
📍 6681 Arapahoe Rd, Boulder, CO 80303, USA
Rico Changeux teaches a beginner Hip Hop Groove class at Streetside Dance, the longtime Boulder studio on Arapahoe that anchors the area's dance community. It is all about the feel before the flash: bounces, rocks, and pocket, plus a short combo, broken down so total beginners can find the groove in an hour. A midday Tuesday reset that is more fun than workout, even though it is both.
Burlesque 101 with Kylie Lemonade at Mi Chantli
📅 Sep 8, 2026, 6:30 PM
📍 1750 30th St, Boulder, CO 80301, USA
Kylie Lemonade, a standing member of the Hard Candy Dancers who has competed and performed across Southern California, Arizona, and Denver stages, teaches an approachable intro to burlesque. Expect the walk, the tease, and the confidence of the form, broken down for first-timers in a body-positive room at Mi Chantli, Boulder's artist-run Art and Movement Sanctuary on 30th Street. It is playful, empowering, and welcoming to every body. Come ready to feel yourself.
New Talent Night By ComedyWorks
📅 Sep 8, 2026, 7:30 PM
📍 1226 15th St, Denver, CO 80202, USA
Denver’s comedy scene is red hot, with Denver comics touring all over the country, hosting specials on Netflix and Comedy Central, and even creating their own network series. Those comics got their start on New Talent Night, which is truly the backbone of the flourishing Denver Comedy scene. Each New Talent Night features a mix of amateur Denver comics – including Comedy Works debuts – and Colorado’s own nationally touring professional comics.
Soul Pole at Mi Chantli
📅 Sep 8, 2026, 9:00 PM
📍 1750 30th St, Boulder, CO 80301, USA
Soul Pole is Mi Chantli's late-evening pole jam, a freer, soul-led take on pole dance in the studio's intimate Small Studio. Expect a relaxed, exploratory session that blends technique with self-expression and play, open to dancers finding their flow on the pole. It is part class, part community jam, hosted at Mi Chantli, Boulder's artist-run Art and Movement Sanctuary on 30th Street. Come move, spin, and unwind.
Mariposa Collective All-Levels Contemporary at Mi Chantli
📅 Sep 9, 2026, 10:00 AM
📍 1750 30th St, Boulder, CO 80301, USA
The Mariposa Collective brings an all-levels contemporary class to Mi Chantli, led by Cass Howlett. Expect expressive, grounded movement and the kind of story-driven choreography that meets dancers wherever they are. It is a welcoming morning session at Mi Chantli, Boulder's artist-run Art and Movement Sanctuary on 30th Street, open to bodies and experience levels of every kind. Come explore movement as expression.
Breaking Power Moves with Taino at Mi Chantli
📅 Sep 9, 2026, 5:30 PM
📍 1750 30th St, Boulder, CO 80301, USA
Taino Postigo-Hassin, a Colorado b-boy who competes across the nation, teaches a breaking class focused on power moves, the explosive, athletic heart of the dance. Expect to build toward the spins, freezes, and dynamics that define power, with a competitor's eye for what actually works. It goes down at Mi Chantli, Boulder's artist-run Art and Movement Sanctuary on 30th Street. Come ready to train hard and fly.
Jazz with Sydney Suter at Streetside Dance
📅 Sep 9, 2026, 6:15 PM
📍 6681 Arapahoe Rd, Boulder, CO 80303, USA
Sydney Suter teaches an all-levels jazz class at Streetside Dance, the longtime Boulder studio on Arapahoe that anchors the area's dance community, blending clean technique with the performance energy jazz is built on. You will work lines, turns, and musicality across combinations that reward both first-timers and dancers shaking off the rust. It is a welcoming room with real rigor underneath.
Hip Hop Funk with Kwik Ghezzi at Streetside Dance
📅 Sep 9, 2026, 6:15 PM
📍 6681 Arapahoe Rd, Boulder, CO 80303, USA
Kwik Ghezzi runs an all-levels hip hop funk class at Streetside Dance, the longtime Boulder studio on Arapahoe that anchors the area's dance community. Expect groove-forward choreography that leans into the funk: pocket, attitude, and combinations you can actually take to the floor. Newcomers and seasoned movers share the room, and Kwik keeps it loose enough to learn and sharp enough to level up.
Transitions and Flow with Jups at Mi Chantli
📅 Sep 9, 2026, 6:30 PM
📍 1750 30th St, Boulder, CO 80301, USA
Jups, a breaker at Mi Chantli, teaches a class focused on transitions and flow, the connective movement that turns isolated steps into seamless breaking. Expect to work the in-betweens: how to travel, switch levels, and link footwork and floorwork so your rounds actually flow. It is a focused session at Mi Chantli, Boulder's artist-run Art and Movement Sanctuary on 30th Street. Come smooth out your game.
Contempo Narrative with Carolina Brizuela at Mi Chantli
📅 Sep 9, 2026, 6:30 PM
📍 1750 30th St, Boulder, CO 80301, USA
Carolina Brizuela, a modern-contemporary choreographer and assistant director, teaches a class built around story-line movement. Her work centers empowering dancers who have felt out of place or carried trauma into the room, using contemporary technique as a vessel for expression. Expect grounded, narrative-driven movement in a supportive space at Mi Chantli, Boulder's artist-run Art and Movement Sanctuary on 30th Street. Come tell a story with your body.
African Dance with Adjei Abankwah at Streetside Dance
📅 Sep 9, 2026, 7:15 PM
📍 6681 Arapahoe Rd, Boulder, CO 80303, USA
Adjei Abankwah teaches West African dance the way it is meant to be felt: grounded technique, driving rhythm, and the communal joy that moves a whole room together. He leads this adult, all-levels class at Streetside Dance, the longtime Boulder studio on Arapahoe that anchors the area's dance community. Expect a full hour of full-body movement set to live-feeling percussion, where the steps arrive with their stories and first-timers are as welcome as regulars. Come ready to sweat, learn something rooted, and leave lighter than you walked in.
Femme Hip Hop with Anna Sirkus at Mi Chantli
📅 Sep 9, 2026, 7:45 PM
📍 1750 30th St, Boulder, CO 80301, USA
Anna Sirkus, a Boulder dancer who has taught at Mi Chantli for four years, leads an open-level femme hip hop class built around confidence and empowerment. She works to make the room feel supportive, uplifting, and full of encouragement, so dancers of every level can find their power. Expect real choreography in a space designed to lift you up at Mi Chantli, Boulder's artist-run Art and Movement Sanctuary on 30th Street. Come dance like yourself.
Beginner Hip Hop with Rico Changeux at Streetside Dance
📅 Sep 10, 2026, 6:15 PM
📍 6681 Arapahoe Rd, Boulder, CO 80303, USA
Rico Changeux leads this beginner hip hop class at Streetside Dance, the longtime Boulder studio on Arapahoe that anchors the area's dance community, twice a week for people starting from zero. Foundations, grooves, and a short combo broken down step by step, with no experience or dance background required. Rico's patient, encouraging style makes the first class feel like the easy part.
Open House Fundamentals with Bobby Chan at Mi Chantli
📅 Sep 10, 2026, 6:30 PM
📍 1750 30th St, Boulder, CO 80301, USA
Bobby Chan, a breaking and house instructor with over twenty years of dance behind him, teaches the fundamentals of house dance in this open class. Expect the jack, footwork, and groove that make house feel endless, taught with the patience of a dancer who keeps an open mind and trains constantly. All levels are welcome at Mi Chantli, Boulder's artist-run Art and Movement Sanctuary on 30th Street. Come find the pocket.
BIPOC Open Mic Night at Curios Nature
📅 Sep 10, 2026, 7:00 PM
📍 Curios Nature & Co, 773 Santa Fe Drive, Denver, CO
Bodies of Culture brings its monthly BIPOC Open Mic to a new home: Curios Nature & Co, a BIPOC and queer-centered creative space opening in Denver's Santa Fe Arts District. Melissa Ivey, described in her own words as a "Musical Doula" and future ancestor performance artist, hosts the evening, which runs the second Thursday of each month. Sign-up opens at 6:30pm, with the stage running 7:00-9:00pm. Bodies of Culture has built this open mic over more than 18 months as a recurring community institution; the move to the Santa Fe Arts District marks a new chapter for the series.
Breaking Fundamentals with Nathan Bala at Mi Chantli
📅 Sep 10, 2026, 7:45 PM
📍 1750 30th St, Boulder, CO 80301, USA
Nathan Bala, who earned a BA in Dance at CU Boulder and fell in love with breaking right here at Mi Chantli, teaches the fundamentals from the ground up. Expect toprock, footwork, and the basics that build a foundation, taught by a dancer still deep in his own training and the local scene. It is a welcoming entry point at Mi Chantli, Boulder's artist-run Art and Movement Sanctuary on 30th Street. Come start your breaking journey.
Toprocks and Footwork with Jups at Mi Chantli
📅 Sep 11, 2026, 5:15 PM
📍 1750 30th St, Boulder, CO 80301, USA
Jups, a breaker at Mi Chantli, zeroes in on toprock and footwork, the standing and ground vocabulary at the core of breaking. Expect to drill the steps, build your rocks, and sharpen the footwork that every round is built on. It is a focused, fundamentals-forward session at Mi Chantli, Boulder's artist-run Art and Movement Sanctuary on 30th Street. Come build your base.
Hip Hop Freestyle with Zhuldyz at Mi Chantli
📅 Sep 11, 2026, 6:30 PM
📍 1750 30th St, Boulder, CO 80301, USA
Zhuldyz Tokbulatova, a freestyle dancer born in Kazakhstan, teaches the fundamentals of hip hop and street-style freestyle. Expect new concepts for exploring movement and the grooves that free you up to improvise, taught in the safe, fun space she is passionate about creating. All levels are welcome at Mi Chantli, Boulder's artist-run Art and Movement Sanctuary on 30th Street. Come freestyle and find your voice.
May Be Fern at Cervantes' Other Side with Fruta Brutal and Tart
📅 Sep 11, 2026, 7:00 PM
📍 Cervantes' Other Side, Denver, CO
May Be Fern, Denver's self-described neon funk rock band and winners of Westword's Best Funk Rock Album of 2025, headline an evening at Cervantes' Other Side alongside Fruta Brutal and Tart. The flyer teases the night as an 'extra special show' with more details still to come, signaling something beyond a standard club bill. Cervantes' Other Side is a smaller stage within the Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom complex, a venue with deep roots in Denver's independent live music scene. The show is all-ages from 16 up, with advance tickets available through the venue website or directly from the band.
Ballet Technique with Eileen Waukau at Streetside Dance
📅 Sep 12, 2026, 10:00 AM
📍 6681 Arapahoe Rd, Boulder, CO 80303, USA
Eileen Waukau teaches an intermediate Ballet Technique class at Streetside Dance, the longtime Boulder studio on Arapahoe that anchors the area's dance community, for dancers ready to sharpen rather than start. Expect demanding barre and center work focused on clean lines, control, and the details that separate steps from real technique. It is a rigorous hour in a studio that takes the craft seriously.
Ballet with Eileen Waukau at Streetside Dance
📅 Sep 12, 2026, 10:00 AM
📍 6681 Arapahoe Rd, Boulder, CO 80303, USA
Eileen Waukau teaches an all-levels ballet class at Streetside Dance, the longtime Boulder studio on Arapahoe that anchors the area's dance community. You will move through barre and center work that builds genuine technique, posture, and control, scaled so beginners and returning dancers both find their level. It is classical fundamentals in a warm, unintimidating room.
Broadway Art Market at The Goldfinch
📅 Sep 12, 2026, 10:00 AM
📍 The Goldfinch, 1842 S. Broadway, Denver, CO
The Goldfinch, a cocktail bar and coffee house on South Broadway, opens its outdoor footprint to local artists every second Saturday from May through September. The Broadway Art Market runs 10am to 4pm, bringing together vendors from the SoBo creative community alongside the venue's full brunch and coffee menu. That evening, Mile High Soul Club takes over at 9pm, spinning vinyl soul, funk, and dancefloor heaters through the night. The two halves of the day share a building block: rooted local culture, from handmade work to hand-selected records.
Intermediate Hip Hop with Rico Changeux at Streetside Dance
📅 Sep 12, 2026, 12:00 PM
📍 6681 Arapahoe Rd, Boulder, CO 80303, USA
Rico Changeux leads an intermediate hip hop class at Streetside Dance, the longtime Boulder studio on Arapahoe that anchors the area's dance community, picking up where the beginner room leaves off. Expect faster pickup, fuller combos, and more attention to texture and dynamics, for dancers who already have the basics and want to push. Rico keeps the standard high and the vibe encouraging.
Heels with Karlie Place at Streetside Dance
📅 Sep 14, 2026, 5:15 PM
📍 6681 Arapahoe Rd, Boulder, CO 80303, USA
Karlie Place teaches a beginner Heels class at Streetside Dance, the longtime Boulder studio on Arapahoe that anchors the area's dance community, the confidence-forward style danced in a heel. You will learn posture, walks, and choreography that is as much about attitude and self-expression as technique, all broken down for first-timers. Bring a pair you can move in and a willingness to feel yourself.
Modern Dance with Kaycee Jannino at Streetside Dance
📅 Sep 14, 2026, 6:15 PM
📍 6681 Arapahoe Rd, Boulder, CO 80303, USA
Kaycee Jannino leads an all-levels modern dance class at Streetside Dance, the longtime Boulder studio on Arapahoe that anchors the area's dance community. Expect grounded, expressive movement: weight, breath, and floorwork that trade ballet's verticality for something more personal and exploratory. It is technical and freeing at once, open to dancers at any stage.
Contemporary with Sydney Suter at Streetside Dance
📅 Sep 14, 2026, 7:15 PM
📍 6681 Arapahoe Rd, Boulder, CO 80303, USA
Sydney Suter teaches an all-levels contemporary class at Streetside Dance, the longtime Boulder studio on Arapahoe that anchors the area's dance community. Expect fluid, expressive movement that builds technique while leaving room to find your own line, set to music that earns the emotion. Beginners and experienced dancers share the floor in a room that is as supportive as it is serious about craft.
Open Level House with Lexi Nutkiewicz at Mi Chantli
📅 Sep 14, 2026, 7:30 PM
📍 1750 30th St, Boulder, CO 80301, USA
Lexi Nutkiewicz has trained House since 2018 and battled from California to Colorado to Amsterdam, and she teaches this open-level class to help dancers find confidence and joy through the dance. Expect the jack, the footwork, and the feel of house in a welcoming room at Mi Chantli, Boulder's artist-run Art and Movement Sanctuary on 30th Street. Beginners and seasoned movers share the floor. Come move to the music and find your groove.
Open Mic Night at City, O' City with Chase Cavanaugh
📅 Sep 17, 2026, 6:30 PM
📍 City, O' City, Denver, CO
Every third Thursday, City, O' City opens its stage to singers, poets, comedians, and anyone else who wants a few minutes in front of a crowd. Chase Cavanaugh, a guitarist and vocalist with deep roots in the venue's community, hosts the night and keeps the energy welcoming for first-timers and regulars alike. City, O' City is a vegetarian restaurant and bar anchored in Denver's Capitol Hill neighborhood, the kind of place that has long made space for local artists alongside its food and coffee programs. Signup opens at 6 pm and the stage runs from 6:30 to 8:30.
Denver PorchFest 2026
📅 Oct 3, 2026, 12:00 PM
📍 Baker Neighborhood, Denver, CO
Denver PorchFest turns the Baker neighborhood into a walkable, all-day music festival on October 3rd. Porches, yards, driveways, and stoops become stages; attendees wander block to block catching local bands, discovering new artists, and browsing a vendor fair featuring local makers and small businesses. The event is entirely nonprofit and volunteer-run, with proceeds supporting artist pay, operations, and East 7th Arts, a Denver nonprofit that provides art and music therapy to children with autism. With 50-plus acts across 15-plus neighborhood sites, this is the first PorchFest in Denver's history.
Adult Jam Session at the Muse Performance Space
📅 Oct 4, 2026, 3:00 PM
📍 Muse Performance Space, Lafayette, CO
On the first Sunday of each month, the Colorado Conservatory for the Jazz Arts opens the Muse Performance Space in Lafayette to adult musicians for a drop-in jam session led by a CCJA mentor. The session runs 90 minutes and is open to all players regardless of experience level. CCJA has built its reputation since 1999 around creating welcoming jazz community, and this monthly session is that ethic made practical: a low-barrier place for adults to play together in a dedicated performance space.
KRFC Open Mic Night at Magic Rat
📅 Oct 7, 2026, 6:00 PM
📍 Magic Rat Live Music at The Elizabeth Hotel, Fort Collins, CO
KRFC 88.9 FM hosts a monthly open mic at Magic Rat Live Music, a venue tucked inside The Elizabeth Hotel in Old Town Fort Collins. Magic Rat bills itself as a space for weekly jams and a variety of live acts, making it a natural home for a night where local voices step up without a set lineup. The first Wednesday of each month at 6 PM, the stage opens to anyone ready to share something new, raw, or half-finished.
School of Badass Burlesque Spring Student Showcase
📅 Jun 6, 2027, 5:00 PM
📍 Creepatorium, Denver, CO
The School of Badass Burlesque brings its spring session students to Creepatorium, Denver's queer-owned alternative venue, for an evening of solos and group acts from Levels 1 and 2. The lineup includes performances by featured artists Emerald Champagne and Katya Peepin, the Queen of Badass Burlesque, alongside students who have spent weeks developing their stage presence, costuming, and burlesque technique. Creepatorium describes itself as an alt venue for weirdos, by weirdos, and it has become a regular home for Denver's burlesque scene. Doors open at 4:30pm with the show starting at 5pm.
Live Music, Comedy, Dance & Theater in Colorado: what to expect
Upcoming listings include "Hip Hop Groove with Rico Changeux at Streetside Dance" and "Burlesque 101 with Kylie Lemonade at Mi Chantli", and the lineup refreshes as creators post new dates, so it's worth checking back for what's on this week and next.
Browse the events above for dates and details, then book directly with the host. Finding live music, comedy, dance, and theater in Colorado should feel like getting a tip from a local, because that's exactly where these listings come from.