Mac Rating: 5.00 | Votes: 1 | Date: 03/07/2026 00:34:00

The second stage at Cervantes' is a headline room in its own right. Cervantes' Other Side at 2637 Welton Street is the companion hall to Cervantes' Masterpiece Ballroom in Denver's Five Points neighbourhood, the two rooms sharing the historic Casino Cabaret building whose jazz-age stage hosted Duke Ellington, Count Basie and Benny Goodman in the decades when Welton Street was the Harlem of the West, and later James Brown, B.B. King, Ray Charles and Ike and Tina Turner as the Casino's legend grew. Since the complex opened as Cervantes' in January 2003 under founders Scott Morrill and Jay Bianchi, the Other Side has been the intimate half of Denver's only true dual-venue operation: both rooms run shows simultaneously, connected internally so a single ticket can flow between two stages - one of the features that has made the corner a home base for the city's jam, funk and electronic communities. The Other Side's smaller floor makes it the natural landing spot for developing tours, single-band deep-dive nights, late-night festival afterparties and the first Denver dates of acts that graduate to the Ballroom and beyond. The booking philosophy mirrors the big room: bluegrass pickers, funk and soul revues, hip-hop, dubstep and livetronica share the week, and the complex's two-decade guest list - Warren Haynes, Derek Trucks, Dr. John, Pretty Lights, Nas, Big Boi, STS9, Page McConnell, Branford Marsalis - reflects how routinely major artists choose the Welton Street rooms for close-quarters shows. Weekly residencies and community events keep the Other Side lit on nights the Ballroom rests. The setting completes the appeal: the Five Points Historic Cultural District's revival has brought breweries, galleries and the light rail to the block, and the venue's restored glass entrance - saved with Denver Landmark Preservation after community pushback - opens onto the street where Denver jazz was born a century ago.