Underground Music Showcase

Founded in 2001, The UMS is an annual three-day celebration of music featuring hundreds of bands across multiple venues.

74 ‘gigs’

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JANE/EYRE @ Buntport Theater

Jan—Feb 2025 | theater

We’re bringing back our popular queer adaptation of Jane Eyre, created with Grapefruit Lab.

2024

Whiskey From Strangers, Live @ Buntport Theater

May—Jun 2024 | theater

As our album-release is overtaken by a Denver mythology, Dan and Sondra and Miriam have to contend with friendship, loss, identity, memory, and a cursed pool that makes men soft.

2023

Strange Bird, Queer Bird @ Buntport Theater

Apr 7—15 | theater

A playful and intimate exploration of love, comfort, and home in a world on fire.

Global Pandemic

2019

Music & Poetry Showcase @ The Bakery

Dec 14 | gig | Denver, CO

PRF BBQ Denver @ The Bakery

Apr 28 | gig | Denver, CO

gig @ Lion’s Lair

Jan 26 | gig | Denver, CO

2018

gig @ Ross-Cherry Creek Library

Nov 10 | gig | Denver, CO

Not the UMS @ Remixed Gifts

Jul 28 | gig | Denver, CO

JANE/EYRE @ The Bakery

Feb—Mar 2018 | theater

We are not here to flatter egotism, or prop up humbug; we are merely telling the [queer] story. We value what is good in the book; but we believe in the existence of other, and more vivid kinds of goodness.

Wolf, Woman, Man (with Dancers) @ The Bakery

Feb 10 | gig | Denver, CO

gig @ Lion’s Lair

Jan 12 | gig | Denver, CO

2017

Punk for Positive Change (AIDS Benefit) @ Surfside 7

Dec 3 | gig | Fort Collins, CO

Dsm-73: Queer Rock Night @ Moon Room at Summit Music Hall

Nov 30 | gig | Denver, CO

Bands With Benefits @ Mutiny Information Cafe

Nov 19 | gig | Denver, CO

gig @ 7th Circle Music Collective

Nov 10 | gig | Denver, CO

gig @ Lion’s Lair

Oct 27 | gig | Denver, CO

Weird Wednesday! @ 3 Kings Tavern

Oct 4 | gig | Denver, CO

gig @ Syntax Physic Opera

Sep 23 | gig | Denver, CO

gig @ Globe Hall

Aug 18 | gig | Denver, CO

Claudzilla Curated Musical Mayhem @ Skylark Lounge

Aug 10 | gig | Denver, CO

Anti-UMS Fest @ 1010 Workshop

Jul 28 | gig | Denver, CO

Queer in the Headlights, Pride Party @ Larimer Lounge

Jun 18 | gig | Denver, CO

Just Like That Video Release @ Lost Lake

Apr 27 | video | Denver, CO

official music video by Gio Toninelo

gig @ Lost Lake

Mar 5 | gig | Denver, CO

Just Like That @ IMDb

Feb 13 | video

official music video by Gio Toninelo

ACLU Benefit @ The Bakery

Feb 2 | gig | Denver, CO

2016

2016 True West Award @ Denver Center for the Performing Arts

Dec 18 | theater

A stage adaptation of my novel, Riding SideSaddle*, created with Buntport Theater and Teacup Gorilla.

Empowerment Benefit Show @ Deer Pile

Dec 17 | gig | Denver, CO

FACEMAN’s 100 Year Storm @ The Oriental Theater

Nov 18 | gig | Denver, CO

Halloween House Party

Oct 28 | gig | Denver, CO

gig @ Globe Hall

Oct 8 | gig | Denver, CO

gig @ Syntax Physic Opera

Sep 8 | gig | Denver, CO

Sunday BBQ Series @ Larimer Lounge

Aug 28 | gig | Denver, CO

gig @ Lion’s Lair

Jul 22 | gig | Denver, CO

Beat Soft Pop Album Release @ Lost Lake Lounge

Jun 30 | gig | Denver, CO

Afternoon House Party

Jun 4 | gig | Denver, CO

MoonConf @ Galvanize Boulder

May 26 | gig | Boulder, CO

gig @ Lion’s Lair

May 7 | gig | Denver, CO

gig @ The Squire Lounge

Apr 22 | gig | Denver, CO

10 Myths on the Proper Application of Beauty Projects @ Buntport Theater

Mar 4—26 | theater

A stage adaptation of my novel, Riding SideSaddle*, created with Buntport Theater and Teacup Gorilla.

gig @ 7th Circle Music Collective

Feb 28 | gig | Denver, CO

gig @ 7th Circle Music Collective

Feb 10 | gig | Denver, CO

2015

gig @ Lion’s Lair

Nov 5 | gig | Denver, CO

gig @ Lion’s Lair

Sep 10 | gig | Denver, CO

Holes / SideSaddle Midwest Tour @ Gabe’s Iowa City

Aug 11 | tour | Iowa City, IA

A hybrid evening of music & story

Holes / SideSaddle Midwest Tour @ High Noon Saloon

Aug 10 | tour | Madison, WI

Holes / SideSaddle Midwest Tour @ Art House

Aug 8 | tour | Goshen, IN

Holes / SideSaddle Midwest Tour @ Red Line Tap

Aug 7 | tour | Chicago, IL

Holes / SideSaddle Midwest Tour @ Red Herring Lounge

Aug 6 | tour | Duluth, MN

Holes / SideSaddle Midwest Tour @ Private Beach Party

Aug 4 | tour | New Buffalo, MI

Holes / SideSaddle Midwest Tour @ Eighth Street Taproom

Aug 3 | tour | Lawrence, KS

Holes / SideSaddle Midwest Tour @ Kirby’s Beer Store

Aug 2 | tour | Wichita, KS

Species of the Stars @ The Bakery

Jul 10 | video | Denver, CO

We’re excited to be part of the single release for Species of the Stars by our good friends Open to the Hound!

Departure Tour @ Tennyson’s Tap

Jun 18 | gig | Denver, CO

gig @ G***y House Cafe

May 11 | gig | Denver, CO

gig @ Merchant’s Mile High Saloon

Apr 17 | gig | Denver, CO

Gorilla Hound Party @ The Bakery

Jan 24 | gig | Denver, CO

Denver Indie/Alt Fest @ Merchant’s Mile High Saloon

Jan 9 | gig | Denver, CO

2014

gig @ Larimer Lounge

Nov 29 | gig | Denver, CO

gig @ Lion’s Lair

Nov 9 | gig | Denver, CO

gig @ Pikes Peak Brewing Co.

Aug 23 | gig | Monument, CO

Mile High Erotic Spoken Word (#4) @ The Bakery

Jul 5 | gig | Denver, CO

Bouldering Poets Two Year Anniversary @ Trident Booksellers & Cafe

May 17 | gig | Boulder, CO

gig @ Pikes Peak Brewing Co.

Apr 5 | gig | Monument, CO

gig @ Larimer Lounge

Jan 29 | gig | Denver, CO

2013

Bad Shadow Affair @ Lost Lake Lounge

Nov 16 | gig | Denver, CO

gig @ Toad Tavern

Oct 24 | gig | Littleton, CO

gig @ Larimer Lounge

Sep 30 | gig | Denver, CO

gig @ Herman’s Hideaway

Sep 19 | gig | Denver, CO

gig @ Zach’s Garage

Jul 27 | gig | Denver, CO

Bouldering Poets @ 303 Vodka

Mar 22 | gig | Boulder, CO

2012

Leon Presents a Reading Series #6

Jul 21 | gig | Denver, CO

2010

Fundraiser @ The Packing House

Jun 26 | gig | Denver, CO

Missa Populi @ PackingHouse Center for the Arts

Mar 12—14 | theater

Combining the sacrifice, transcendence, blood, and circumstance of the Catholic Mass with history, live music, science, dance, literature, and pop culture to find a wholly modern communion experience. What we have left is our selves, broken and battered, but surviving together.