By Bree Davies, City Cast Denver | It’s no secret — Denver has a lot of music venues. We were once talked about as a rival for Austin, Texas, which has long claimed the mantle of “live music capital of the world.” But distinguished title or not, the Mile High is home to a variety of unique concert settings from converted movie palaces like the Bluebird and the Ogden to state-of-the art spaces like Mission Ballroom and Meow Wolf’s Perplexiplex to hole-in-the-wall wonders like the Lion’s Lair and the hi-dive to longtime local icons like Red Rocks and Levitt Pavilion — plus dozens more.
So recently, when a brand new open space for live music called Project 70: Under the Bridge popped up in my Instagram feed, I was intrigued.
Literally Under the Bridge
One of my favorite Colorado-connected bands, Mannequin Pussy, announced a show this fall at a brand new venue I had somehow never heard of. Turns out, Project 70 is an undertaking by AEG Presents. It’s a new transitory venue the mega concert promoter is trying out in Elyria-Swansea.
“[It was] largely inspired by the outspoken desire from the younger generation for more creative and more experiential things in the music world beyond your typical venue,” says Evan Marks, a talent buyer for AEG Presents. This temporary space is literally under the I-70 overpass at 46th and Humboldt, just outside the doors of the Denver Coliseum, which is also often used as a music venue (I saw Slipknot there in 2009 — wild show).
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Learn more about Project 70: https://www.instagram.com/project70denver/#
[Thanks to Alex Teitz for contributing this article! http://www.femmusic.com]
https://denver.citycast.fm/explainers/project-70-under-the-bridge-denver-music-venue