Denver Concert Calendar
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Avoiding Ticket Fees
Buying tickets online is bullshit, but there’s a way to avoid all the “convenience fees” they tack on: buying physical paper tickets at the box office. As a general rule of thumb, box offices are open at venues one hour before doors open on the night of shows. Any additional hours or deviations are listed below. Box offices are grouped by the online ticketing platform you’d see otherwise. This grouping is key, because (usually) any venue in that group can sell you tickets to any other venue in that group.
AXS
Bluebird Theater
Gothic Theater
Mission Ballroom - Monday – Saturday from 10am to 6pm
Ogden Theater - Saturday 10am – 4pm
Fiddler’s Green - Show days starting at 12pm
Red Rocks is technically in this list, but it’s not eligible for buying tickets at these venues. If a RR show manages to not sell out immediately, you can schlep your ass down to the Denver Coliseum in north RiNo Saturdays from 10am-2pm to buy tickets.
AXS also services a separate group of non-Denver venues that are a part of a separate “Z2” entertainment. I’ve never tried my hand at these offices, on account of being a half hour away
Boulder Theater
Fox Theater
Aggie Theater
Chautauqua
LiveNation
Summit - Friday from 12-5PM
Marquis - No Box Office
Fillmore - Fridays 12PM-6PM and 3 Hours before doors on event days
DICE
The Hi-Dive recently switched to this kick-ass platform, which makes their lack of any box office fine in my book. No hidden fees and practically the same cost you’d pay at the door day of show.
eTix
This platform serves two venue groups, the first is:
Cervantes
Cervantes is two venues (‘the ballroom’ and ‘the other side’) sandwiched together, with the box office between the entrances
Tuesday – 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Wednesday – Friday: 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Saturday: 12:00 PM – 6:00 PM
The second group on eTix are:
Globe Hall - Thurs & Fri, 4:30-6:30PM
0 fees period if you pay in cash
Larimer Lounge - Friday, 4pm-6pm
Lost Lake - No Box Office
This second group does not offer day-of box office before shows, only the times listed.
Meow Wolf
Box office is open during regular business hours. Special events like Vortex or Danceportation were unavailable from the box office last time I tried, though.
TicketMaster
Criminal scum! They have the box offices facilities and employees there running them, but have chosen to keep it closed and collect online fees. They actually had the balls to say:
The Box Office is not open for ticket purchasing.
Then what the hell is a box office for, my guy? Praying on their government mandated downfall this year 🙏
Ophelia’s
Ball Arena
Mile High Stadium
Paramount Theater
NightOut
The Black Box - Fridays & Saturdays from 9:00pm - 1:30am at the merch booth, cash only deal.
These hours are just listed on a half year old Insta post, nowhere on the official website. Not sure if they’re still doing it.
Tixr
Direct affiliate with “CoClubs,” no box office at any venue.
1134 Broadway
Temple
Club Vinyl
The Church
Bar Standard
milk.
The rest of these platforms are general-use event ticketing sites and don’t have any cross-venue relationship.
HoldMyTicket
Oriental - 12PM to 6PM Tuesday-Saturday
The Roxy - Monday-Thursday 12pm-4pm
HQ - No box office
eventbrite
Your Mom’s House - No box office
Swallow Hill Music - No box office
Hi-Dive - a few of their shows remain on this platform, but it seems like DICE is the move going forward for this venue
Shotgun
esp. - No box office
That about covers it, though I’m sure I’m missing a few spots.