How much are tickets to the Westword Music Showcase going to cost?
The 2009 Westword Music Showcase ballot has been formulated and will be included in this week’s paper, which will beginning hitting stands in a few hours. Online voting will also begin later this week. In the meantime, though, as faithful readers of the Backbeat blog, we’re giving you the drop. After the jump, you’ll find the entire ballot for your perusal and the names of those who participated in our nominating committee (in response to a commenter from last year who asserted that we were keeping that a secret, when, in actuality, as with this year, we didn’t have room to print it on the ballot and simply forgot to post it online — our bad). Anyhow, a few words about this year’s ballot: The first thing you’ll notice is that we expanded some of the categories, most notably indie rock, as we feel this is entirely reflective of the current scene. We’ve also added three new categories (Electro/Dance Punk, Post-Punk and Hip-Hop Band), modified others (last year’s Doom Metal, for example,
In 1995, Wesword introduced the first Music Awards Showcase event in Denver to celebrate the best local bands in the city. The resurrection of Lower Downtown and the national success of several local artists have enabled Westword’s Music Showcase to become one of Denver’s premier music festivals, attracting people from a wide range of ages and musical tastes. The Golden Triangle has proved an ideal location for Showcse for the past four years. This annual celebration of talent makes the Denver music scene dynamic and recognizes dozens of local bands in a variety of categories. The Showcase begins with choosing this year’s top local bands, which is a process that calls for broad community involvement in both the nomination and selection segments. By now you’ve heard that Built to Spill is headlining this year’s Showcase. And since you know we always have more than one act on the main stage, how about kicking off the day with A Place to Bury Strangers and Cursive? Wait, it gets even bett
This Saturday, June 13th is the Westword Music Showcase. This musical blow out features over 50 bands, at ten different venues from 2pm to 10pm. No matter your audio preference, based on the law of averages, there is a band for you. With categories like: indie rock, progressive rock, electro dance funk, acoustic, post punk, death grind metal, hip hop, country, DJ hip hop, ambient and ska, it’s easy to see why this is Denver’s biggest music festival 14 years running. Sources: http://www.examiner.
