Lake Street Dive in Denver
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About Lake Street Dive
Lake Street Dive is a Boston-based funk and soul band that somehow keeps getting better instead of calcifying into nostalgia. They started in the mid-2000s as a street busking group, which explains why their sound has this infectious, go-anywhere energy that doesn't care about genre lanes. Their 2013 album Bad Self Portraits introduced them to a wider audience, but it was 2015's Side Pony that made them unavoidable—tracks like 'Good as Hell' became the kind of song people who don't normally listen to funk actually sought out. Ssinger Rachael Price has a voice that can shift from breathy and intimate to absolutely commanding without breaking a sweat. The band treats every song like it's a negotiation with the listener, building grooves instead of just playing them, making arrangements that breathe and shift. They're serious musicians who refuse to sound serious about it.
Shows feel like a really good party where the musicians somehow have more fun than the audience, which is impossible but they manage it anyway. Price commands the stage without trying. Crowds move without being told to.
Known for Good as Hell, It Happened to Me, Bad Self Portraits, Side Pony, What Would a Wise Man Do
Lake Street Dive + Denver
Lake Street Dive rolled through Mission Ballroom on June 18th with the kind of setlist that rewards the faithful. They opened with 'Good Together' and spent the night mining their catalog for the stuff that actually connects—'Bad Self Portraits' and 'Same Old News' landed harder than any obvious single, while 'Party on the Roof' and 'Dance With a Stranger' kept the room loose and invested. Closing on 'Good Kisser' felt like the right call for a band that's always understood that groove is the point.
Lake Street Dive in Denver News
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- Sonic Bloom: DOGTAGS Is the Band That Denver Needs Westword · Jul 23, 2025
- Bluegrass bands would ‘mud wrestle each other’ to play this ‘dream gig’ every year The Denver Post · Jun 26, 2025
- Review – Lake Street Dive Proved They’re a Band That Deserves Your Attention 303 Magazine · Sep 7, 2018
Live Music in Denver
Denver's got a solid appetite for groove-based music, from the jam band legacy to the current crop of funk and soul acts filtering through venues like Globe Hall and Fillmore. Lake Street Dive lands in a sweet spot—too sophisticated for novelty, too fun to ignore. The city tends to show up when the musicianship is real and the rhythm section is locked in.
Denver road trip to see Lake Street Dive?
Stay in Highland, where tree-lined streets and independent bookstores make it feel like you're actually in Denver rather than passing through. Eat at Frasca Food and Wine if you want to understand why Colorado takes its ingredients seriously—it's fine dining without pretense. Before the show, spend an afternoon at the Denver Art Museum's contemporary wing, which often has installations that match the visual language of experimental music. Walk around Santa Fe Drive's gallery district. It's the kind of neighborhood where the art and music scenes actually talk to each other.
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