Denver Comes Alive Announces 2020 Lineup

A new event dubbed “Denver Comes Alive” will be held at the Mission Ballroom on January 31, 2020. The lineup for the first installment of the event, which was birthed out of Live For Live Music’s Brooklyn Comes Alive festivals, has been revealed and includes such acclaimed musicians as Oteil Burbridge, George Porter Jr., Ivan Neville, Marc Brownstein and Melvin Seals performing in various supergroups.

Burbridge will be backed by Seals, Eric Krasno, Scott Metzger, Jeff Sipe, Alfreda Gerald and Weedie Braimah for an Oteil & Friends set. Additionally, Ivan Neville and George Porter Jr. will take part in “Poppa Funk & The Night Tripper,” a tribute to Art Neville and Dr. John, that will also feature Jon Cleary, Ian Neville, Tony Hall, Skerik, Big Sam and Nikki Glaspie.

Eric Krasno will also take part in a Ghost-Live set, which will bring together his Soulive band mate Neal Evans with Ghost-Note members Mono-Neon, Robert “Sput” Searight and Nate Werth. Finally, Brownstein is aboard for the event’s Star Kitchen & Friends set that also includes the rest of Star Kitchen (Dany Mayer, Rob Marscher and Marlon Lewis) as well as Borahm Lee, Gabe Mervine and Nicholas Gerlach. Turntablist DJ Soul Sister rounds out the lineup.

“We are very excited that Live for Live Music is bringing the concept of Brooklyn Comes Alive to Denver at the new Mission Ballroom,” said Scott Morrill, AEG talent buyer and owner of Cervantes’ Masterpiece Ballroom, whose firm is partnering with Live For Live Music to present the concert. “The Denver music scene is very accepting of new creative collaborations, so I feel like this concept is going to go over very well here. All the bands on Denver Comes Alive are never-been-done before collaborations, so fans will be a part of a once-in-a-lifetime experience.”

Tickets go on sale this Friday, November 22 at 10 a.m. MT via AXS.com.