indie rock club · $$ · since 2002
Larimer Lounge
The small room where touring bands play Denver for the first time
Booking indie rock, punk and everything adjacent since 2002, in a long narrow space with a low stage, a front bar to retreat to, and the Treehouse patio next door. Capacity sits around 300, so nobody is far from the band, and the list of acts that played here before moving up to the Ogden or the Gothic is long. It runs on show nights rather than bar hours, and the good ones sell out in advance.
Why go. Small-room shows before the same bands need a bigger room.
Buy in advance and get there for the opener; the floor fills from the stage back.
A short walk from Larimer Lounge
Treehouse / Ski House
$$Larimer Lounge's outdoor stage, turned apres-ski lodge each winter
Ballpark & RiNo edge · 2719 Larimer St
The Banshee House
An 1885 house that sold live chickens, then printed, now hosts
Ballpark & RiNo edge · 2715 Larimer St
Redeemer Pizza
$$Sourdough New York slices from the people behind Dio Mio
Ballpark & RiNo edge · 2705 Larimer Street
Mockingbird
$$Multi-room art lounge on Larimer with DJs running until two
Ballpark & RiNo edge · 2737 Larimer St
Meadowlark Bar
$Below-grade bar with a sunken patio, open till two every day
Ballpark & RiNo edge · 2701 Larimer St
Marine Layer
$$Soft California basics, and a bin that takes your old shirts back
Ballpark & RiNo edge · 2700 Larimer St