Arlo's ski tour stops at the Aggie Theatre in January

The electronic act plays Old Town's 650-capacity room on Friday, Jan. 15, with tickets from $22.

Mid-January in Fort Collins is when the season really sets in: the ski racks are full, and Friday nights need somewhere to go after a day on the hill. Arlo has one. The electronic act has booked the Aggie Theatre for Friday, Jan. 15, 2027, with the show at 8 p.m.

The date was announced last Monday, Nov. 2. Tickets run $22–$30 through Tixr, where the night is billed as a stop on Arlo's ski tour. In a 650-capacity room, that price range is the kind that disappears once word gets around, so don't wait until the week of.

The ski-tour framing fits the town and the timing. A dance night in the middle of winter, in a college town an easy drive from the mountains, aimed at people who spend their weekends on snow: that's a concept that sells itself on the Front Range. Expect a crowd that's half Colorado State students and half people still wearing the base layer from that morning.

The room is a big part of the appeal. The Aggie sits at 204 S. College Ave. in Old Town, per Cinema Treasures, and its history is a Fort Collins story. The lot once held an early-1900s store, Neutze Furniture, which burned, as KMAX recounted. The building that replaced it eventually became a movie house, and in the 1990s it was converted into a live music venue. Today it holds about 650 people.

That size is what makes the Aggie work for electronic shows. It's big enough to bring in a real sound system and a light rig, and small enough that the energy doesn't drain out the back of the room. Westword has ranked it among the best venues in Fort Collins, and the list of acts who've played there includes Tyler, the Creator, before he was filling arenas. For a lot of artists, the Aggie is the room where a Fort Collins crowd decides whether to come back next time.

It's also right in the middle of Old Town, so there's no shortage of places to eat beforehand or get a drink nearby. If you're coming down from the mountains, leave time for traffic and parking on a Friday.

Ski season is long, and January is when it starts to feel long. A Friday night at the Aggie with a dance floor and a crowd that skied all day is a decent fix. Tickets are on Tixr now; show at 8.

Sources: Cinema Treasures: Aggie Theatre (cinematreasures.org); KMAX 94.3: Before the Aggie — Fort Collins fire paves way for downtown venue (kmax943.com); Westword: The best music venues in Fort Collins (westword.com); Downtown Fort Collins: Aggie Theatre (downtownfortcollins.com); Tixr: Arlo Ski Tour at Aggie Theatre (tixr.com); JamBase listing (jambase.com)