Denver this week: Sub Focus, Smoakland and more

Drum & bass takes over the National Western for two nights, Red Rocks gets one more cold-weather dance party, and Club Vinyl runs late all weekend. Nov. 9–15, night by night.

Denver's bass-music calendar never really slows down, and this week shows it. Seventy-six shows are listed for Nov. 9–15, and the best of them lean hard toward the dance floor: a two-night drum & bass run on the National Western campus, a November night at Red Rocks, a big Saturday at Mission Ballroom and a club that goes past midnight on both weekend nights.

Here's what to plan around.

Thu, Nov 12 & Fri, Nov 13 — Sub Focus, Dimension, Culture Shock and 1991 at CoBank Arena at National Western Center, 8pm. This is the Worship tour, which puts four of drum & bass's biggest UK names on one bill and brings the genre into arenas across North America this year. Denver gets it twice. Thursday is the easier ticket for anyone who works Friday; Friday is the one that turns into a weekend.

Fri, Nov 13 — Gryffin with Oliver Heldens at Red Rocks Amphitheatre, 6pm. Mid-November at Red Rocks is a commitment: layer up, get there early, and remember that a 6pm start in November means dark by the first set. Oliver Heldens in support makes it a double bill worth the cold.

Fri, Nov 13 — MaRLo at Club Vinyl, 10pm, $20 / Deborah De Luca on The Rooftop at Club Vinyl, 10pm, $20–$24.95. Two rooms in one building on the same night: trance downstairs, De Luca's techno upstairs. It's the easiest late-night move in town Friday, and it costs about the same as a cab.

Sat, Nov 14 — Smoakland with Tripp St. and OG Nixin at The Mission Ballroom, 9pm. The weekend's biggest room. The 4,000-capacity Mission Ballroom with a bass-heavy bill and a 9pm start is a full Saturday on its own.

Sat, Nov 14 — Lucy Bedroque at Cervantes' Masterpiece Ballroom, 8pm. The left-field pick of the weekend, crossing between hip-hop and electronic, in a 1,000-capacity room on Welton.

Sat, Nov 14 — HVDES at Club Vinyl, 10pm, $20. Club Vinyl's Saturday headliner, and a natural second stop after Cervantes'.

That's a lot of late nights for one week, so pace yourself. If you pick one, take Worship at the National Western: a touring package built for arenas, landing in a room that's still new to most Denver showgoers. Then save some energy for Saturday, when Mission Ballroom and Club Vinyl split the city's night between them.

Sources: WORSHIP To Bring Drum & Bass to Arenas on 2026 North American Tour (Beatportal) (beatportal.com); Sub Focus at CoBank Arena, Nov 12 (JamBase) (jambase.com); Sub Focus at CoBank Arena, Nov 13 (JamBase) (jambase.com); Gryffin at Red Rocks (JamBase) (jambase.com); MaRLo at Club Vinyl (JamBase) (jambase.com); Deborah De Luca at The Rooftop at Club Vinyl (JamBase) (jambase.com); Smoakland at The Mission Ballroom (JamBase) (jambase.com); Lucy Bedroque at Cervantes' (JamBase) (jambase.com); HVDES at Club Vinyl (JamBase) (jambase.com)