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Cervantes' Masterpiece Ballroom is an independent live music venue in Denver, Colorado, with two rooms (Cervantes’ Ballroom and Cervantes’ Other Side) that offer live music and events simultaneously. It is located in Denvers' historic Five Points neighborhood. It was originally a live jazz venue by Benny Hooper called the Ex-Servicemen's ...
The "King of Jazz", bandleader Paul Whiteman, was born in Denver, Colorado on March 28, 1890.. From the 1920s-50s, Welton Street in Five Points was home to over fifty bars and clubs, where some of the greatest jazz musicians such as Billie Holiday, Duke Ellington, Miles Davis, Nat King Cole, Count Basie, Dizzy Gillespie, and others performed.
The Mission Ballroom is a concert venue located in the RiNo neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The building opened in August 2019 with a capacity of nearly 4,000 patrons. Operated by AEG Presents Rocky Mountain, the venue is viewed as a competitor to the Live Nation operated Fillmore Auditorium.
The venue was sold by the Fernandezs in February 1999 to Bill Graham Presents. Later, that entity combined forces with Live Nation, and the venue re-opened as the Fillmore Auditorium. This was met with controversy among the Colorado audience and luminaries, many of whom felt Denver had an ample amount of music venues.
After 45 years of inactivity, it was purchased by Scott Labarbera, in 2005, and turned into a live music venue. [2] Labarbera was owner from 2005 and sold to Jim Norris and 3 Kings Tavern Entertainment in 2009. [2] In 2011, Scott Labarbera, Andy Bercaw and Lara Moore bought back the theater but the opening was shortly lived.
Presented by Denver Arts & Venues, the Five Points Jazz Festival is a free, all-day event held annually in Denver’s historic Five Points neighborhood. Once known as the Harlem of the West, Five Points was home to several jazz clubs which played host to many of jazz music's legends, including Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk and many more!
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House of Blues is an American chain of live music concert halls and restaurants. It was founded by Isaac Tigrett, the co-founder of Hard Rock Cafe, and Dan Aykroyd, co-star of the 1980 film The Blues Brothers. [1]