This will seem like a silly request but pass it along to your friends. We’ve had several of our newsletters “bounce” recently. Upon contacting the addressees (because we had another way to contact them), we find that they’ve changed their e-mail addresses and failed to send us the new eddress. The funny thing is – they noticed that they were not getting the COMBO newsletter but it didn’t occur to them why! So if you’ve changed your eddress or added one that you use more often, please send us your preferred eddress: info@coloradomusic.org
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Our Songwriting Contest is open! Enter now before you forget! Remember: If you are a paid member of COMBO, you get a free entry!
Two events going on this weekend – see Calendar: Crazy Diamonds at The Oriental Theater on Friday night, and Pop Divas Masquerade Ball at the Pace Center Ballroom in Parker on Saturday. See Calendar for more details on both!
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Add this to your calendar now! More info in the article listed. Colorado Guitar Show & Custom Luthier Expo, Saturday, May 9th – Legacy Campus, Lone Tree, CO http://guitarshowmagazine.com/coloradoexpo.html
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Very saddened to hear that Odde’s Nightclub and Speakeasy in Westminster closed. Chris & staff were so good to COMBO, letting us run a couple of Songwriter Showcases there as well as a Grammy Watching Party in the Speakeasy. Good times, good food, and great service. Chris will be moving to a new place offering hamburgers, fries and other comfort foods – but no live music. We wish you the best, Chris & Susan.
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Scott Hackler on Fb, 4/10/26: Started my three-gig day off this morning on this Chappell piano (the first of three pianos I get to play today, ending this evening with the Chickering at Cherry Hills Country Club). Eagle-eyed readers may notice something unusual about this British piano: it doesn’t have 88 keys! I’ll save you the tedium of counting and tell you it has 85.
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I only had two requests this morning, both made by the visiting husband of one of the residents: Hoagy Carmichael’s “Stardust” and “Memory” from Cats. The interesting thing about these songs is that I was playing in a memory care facility, and both songs are about memories.
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Last couple of weeks to help Laurie out! NPR Tiny Desk Update! COMBO member Laurie Dameron writes: One more month to get views and then in early May, NPR will announce winners! I have nearly 1.4 K views so thanks to all of you who have viewed! But I need 98K more! You can help simply by viewing! They have received 6000 entries so I can use all the views I can get! It would REALLY be great to get some thumbs ups or comments, too. Also I hope this song will lift your spirits in these troubled days! Click on the link here: (Thank you!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&si=PDx87YhzkXmB7tCq&v=6EFNRovx2t0&feature=youtu.be
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Concert tour notes: Heavy or hard rock bands announcing tours: Night Ranger; American Football (yes, this is a band!); Entheos & Crystal Lake; Fozzy; Head Automatica; Insane Clown Posse; The Mars Volta; Kid A Mnesia (from Radiohead – band not performing); The Rockett Mafia; Rotting Christ; Silverstein w/Story of the Year; Titanium Tart; Jack White. Other: The Strokes, and Usher with Chris Brown.
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Our motto: Elevate Your Musical State! (Courtesy of former COMBO VP Andy Ard!)
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Performance High Offering Big Deal on Vocal Lessons If You Sign Up This April
https://www.performancehigh.net
CALENDAR
First Friday Five Points: https://www.artsandvenuesdenver.com/grants-cultural-investments/five-points-jazz
April 2026
Fr, 17th – 11:00 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. – Laurie D Jazz Duo with Jeff Fournier on bass at Dazzle Jazz, El Chapultepec Piano Lounge, 1080 14th Street, Downtown Denver, CO 80202 | FREE!
Fr, 17th – Doors 6:00; Show 7:00 – Crazy Diamonds – Honoring the music of Pink Floyd with the
Colorado Transit Authority (a tribute to the music of Chicago) at the Oriental Theater, 4335 West 44th Avenue, Denver | Tickets: https://theorientaltheater.holdmyticket.com/tickets/458409
Sa, 18th – 7:30 – 11:00 p.m. – Pop Divas Masquerade Charity Ball for “I See You”at Pace Center Ballroom, 20000 Pikes Peak Avenue, Parker, CO 80138 | The Pop Divas are Amanda V as Madonna, Marilyn Taylor as P!nk, and Ana Rock as Lady Gaga.
Su, 19th – 10:00 Early Birds; 11:00 to 4:00 p.m. – Vintage Voltage Expo, Toy & Doll Super Show, Colorado Radio Collectors Club at the National Western Complex – Expo Hall, 4655 Humboldt Street, Denver (Centrally located just east of I-25 off Washington) | Cost: $10 gets you into all three shows! Kids under 10 free!
Mo, 20th – 7:00 p.m. via Zoom – COMBO Presents pianist Rob Mullins: Grammy-Nominated Pianist, Composer, and Music Educator on “Relevance Over Time: Longevity, Rediscovery, and the Skills That Sustain a Music Career”!
Tu, 21st – 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. – Music Theory Workshop: Singing Harmonies – Denver/Online
You can find our classes at https://performancehigh.opus1.io/w/classes
Th, 23rd – 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. – Songwriting Workshop: Writing Better Lyrics – Denver/Online
You can find our classes at https://performancehigh.opus1.io/w/classes
Fr, 24th – Doors: 6:30 p.m., show 7:00 p.m. – Mad Dog Friedman on Talk & Tunes on Longmont Public Media with his Solo Blues and The Trio | Ticket $20 | See “Events”
Sa, 25th – 4:00 p.m. – Rocky Mountain Brassworks with an afternoon of cinematic sound of iconic Western Music at the Wheat Ridge Center for Music and Arts, 7530 West 38th Avenue, Wheat Ridge | The concert will feature guest trumpeter Ryan Gardner of CU Boulder | Tickets available:
https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/rocky-mountain-brassworks-presents-legends-and-landscapes
Mo, 27th – 5:00 p.m. – Laurie D. – Musical Hike with Suzanne Michot,Chautauqua, Boulder, CO | Contact Laurie if you’d like to join them! WindchimeL@aol.com
Tu, 28th – 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. – Artist Development Workshop: How Do Musicians Make Money? – Denver/Online | You can find our classes at https://performancehigh.opus1.io/w/classes
We, 29th – 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. – Songwriting Workshop: Chord Progression Analysis in Popular Music – Denver/Online | You can find our classes at https://performancehigh.opus1.io/w/classes
Th, 30th – 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. – FREE Karaoke Social – Denver
https://performancehigh.opus1.io/w/free-events
May 2026
Fr, 1st – 6:00 p.m. – Jenn Cleary at First Friday Niwot, 255 Murray Street, Niwot, CO 80544 https://www.jenncleary.com
Su, 3rd – 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. – Laurie & Lorrie at Busey Brews Smokehouse & Brewery, 70 East 1st Street, Nederland, CO 80466 | On the Deck! https://www.LaurieDameron.com
Fr, 8th – 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. – Laurie & Lorrie at Snowy Peaks, 292 Moraine Avenue, Estes Park, CO 80517 | Estes Park’s best winery! https://www.LaurieDameron.com
Fr – Su, 8th – 10th – Nevan Castaneda to perform as Elvis at David Lee’s Clambake Getaway, Guntersville Lodge, Lake Guntersville, AL
Sa, 9th – 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. – Guitar & Luithier Show at the Legacy Events Center in Lone Tree, CO – more info in the article below! Look for COMBO’s booth there!
Sa, 9th – Fund raiser for Boettcher Concert Hall with special guest Jon Batiste!
We, 13th – 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. – Laurie & Lorrie at The Old Mine , 500 Briggs Street, Erie, CO 80516 | World-class hard cider and artisan pizzas! https://www.LaurieDameron.com
Fr-Su, 15th thru 17th – Wildflower Fest, Richardson, TX – Look for a Colorado winner in the Al Johnson Performing Songwriter Contest!
Sa-Su, 16th & 17th – “Chris Fest” – raising funds for Chris Dellinger, reeling from Stage 4 cancer – at the Oriental Theater, 44th & Tennyson, Denver
Su,17th – 3:00 p.m. – BCAP Annual Candlelight Vigil, 2118 14th Street, Boulder, CO 80302
Join us for the 26th Annual Candlelight Vigil honoring those who have passed on due to AIDS. We’ll meet in front of First Methodist Church in Boulder with an opening ceremony with music and naming names of those who have passed on, walk to Boulder County AIDS Project for more names and prayers, then walk to Courthouse on Pearl Street Mall for final names and prayers and music. | https://www.LaurieDameron.com
Mo, 18th – 7:00 p.m. – COMBO Presents Steve Son on the music business lessons he learned while hanging at Greenwich Village and then moving to Boulder for the scene at the Caribou Studios
June 2026
14th – 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. – Ladies of Country Music All Star Showcase at Nissi’s,
Fr, 26th – 7:00 p.m. – Laurie & Lorrie open for Taarka at The Black Rose, Black Forest Community Center, 12530 Black Forest Road, Black Forest, CO
Summer Series Concerts:
Botanic Gardens: https://concerts.botanicgardens.org
City Park Jazz: https://www.facebook.com/cityparkjazz
Levitt Pavillion: https://www.levittdenver.org
Open Mic / Jam Nights:
Tuesday, April 21st – Special Amplified Open Mic from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. at Doghouse Studios, 525 Courtney Way, Lafayette, CO. Doors open at 6:20 p.m. and first performance begins at 6:30 p.m. We’ll have the bar open to help y’all enjoy your Tuesday evening, and don’t forget to bring along friends and family! Want to keep Open Mic Tuesdays FREE?! Buy drinks at the bar and donate to our nonprofit Rock for the People ($5 is a GREAT donation)! This is an RSVP event:
https://www.rockforthepeople.org/event-details/amplified-open-mic-night-2026-04-21-18-30?
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Songwriters at the Speakeasy (Roxy on Broadway), 554 South Broadway, Denver, CO 80209
This series takes place at 7:00 p.m. on the second & third Tuesday of each month in the basement listening-room at Roxy on Broadway. Shows feature top songwriters – from upstarts to pros – performing solo. Hosted by Baggs Patrick and Marty Jones
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First Tuesdays of the month: 6:30 to 9:00 p.m. – Roots Music Project – Sober Open Mic, 4747 Pearl Street, Suite V3A, Boulder, CO | FREE! Keep in mind the entrance for the open mic is in the east room so enter through the door to the right of the main entrance.
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Acoustic Open Mic Night – 4th Tuesday of the month at the Doghouse Studios, 525 Courtney Way, Lafayette, CO | 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. | Sponsored by Rock for the People | RSVP at
https://www.rockforthepeople.org/events
Paused for the summer: The Open Jam Night at Mega Music, Sterling, CO
