RADO plays KOTO's Halloween Bash at The Alibi on Saturday

The Denver jam-and-jazz band, which records nearly every show, brings Halloween night to Fir Street from 9 to 11:30 p.m.

Last Halloween, RADO was in Austin, and the band recorded the whole night and put it out. This Halloween they're in Telluride.

RADO headlines the KOTO Halloween Bash at The Alibi, 121 S. Fir St., on Saturday, Oct. 31, from 9 to 11:30 p.m., per the Telluride event listing. The band's own Bandcamp has the date too, right before a Nov. 7 show in Herford, Germany. It's a quick stop in the mountains before an overseas trip. As far as our records go, it's RADO's first show in Telluride and the San Juans.

The band formed in Denver in 2019 and plays where jam and jazz meet: long, improvised sets built for people who want to dance. The best way in is the band's own archive. RADO puts out live recordings of individual nights on Bandcamp: Funk 'n Waffles in Syracuse this July, the Foundation Room in Dallas this spring, the Atrium in Fort Collins early last year, and Half Step in Austin on Halloween 2025. Listen to a couple of those and you'll get the idea: no two nights are the same, and that's the point.

A band that releases live recordings of its shows, on the one night a year everyone's already in costume.

The Alibi is a good fit. The Fir Street spot opened as a cocktail lounge and quickly became one of the town's regular rooms for live music. Telluride Arts' calendar has listed bluegrass, blues and jam nights there, at prices that keep it a casual drop-in. It's a small, close room, so a band that improvises can feel the crowd and play to it.

What to know: it's a Saturday-night Halloween party, so expect costumes and a full room. Tickets are through the show's See Tickets link, and since the room is small, buying ahead makes sense. It's a late show: 9 p.m. start, music until 11:30. Eat first.

Halloween in a ski town before the lifts open is its own kind of night: locals, not tourists, out in costume with nothing to wake up for. A Denver band that treats every set as a one-off is a good way to spend it. Wear the costume, get there by nine, and stay until they stop.

Sources: KOTO Halloween Bash — Telluride.com (telluride.com); RADO — Live at Half Step, Austin TX 10/31/2025 (Bandcamp) (rado303.bandcamp.com); RADO — Live at Funk 'n Waffles, Syracuse NY 07/16/2026 (Bandcamp) (rado303.bandcamp.com); RADO — Live at The Foundation Room, Dallas TX 04/30/2026 (Bandcamp) (rado303.bandcamp.com); RADO — Live at The Atrium, Fort Collins CO 01/24/2025 (Bandcamp) (rado303.bandcamp.com); Official Guide to Telluride & Mountain Village, Winter 2023/24 (Visit Telluride) (issuu.com); Telluride Arts — events at The Alibi (telluridearts.org); RADO at The Alibi — See Tickets (prod-nts-api.seeticketsusa.us)