Denver Ska Fest Coming to Gothic Theatre Feb. 22
by Tim Wenger
The first ever Denver Ska Fest will be skanking the night away at the Gothic Theatre on February 22, Alpha Schoolmarm Orchestra, The A’OKs, Synthetic Elements, P-Nuckle, Judge Roughneck, The Dendrites, and more will be taking the state to showcase for Denver’s ska enthusiasts and spread the word that the ska scene is still alive and well in the Mile High City. Tickets for the 16+ event are $10 and available at gothictheatre.net. Mike Blecha of Synthetic Elements gave CMB the lowdown on what’s brewing for the event.
CMB: How did the idea come to fruition?
MB: Chad Aman from ASO and Chris LaPlante from P-Nuckle had been chatting on doing an all ska show and trying to get all of the denver based bands together for it. They approached me and Kinnon Entertainment to make that happen. We got almost every local Denver ska band on the bill and are planning on growing it to an annual event! We decided Mile High Ska Fest sounded nice, but our ultimate goal is to be International Mile High Ska Fest and bring ska bands in from everywhere to support the awesome Denver ska scene!
CMB: You mentioned doing one a month in satellite markets, how is that coming along?
MB: Good so far, working on dates in Greeley and Pueblo and moving fwd to other markets as the opportunity arises.
CMB: Does Synthetic Elements have any tricks up their sleeve for the show?
MB: Absolutely…..we decided we wanted to play a bunch of songs that all ska fans know and love, so we are tagging it as “Synthetic Elements: Playing other peoples hits.” You’ll have to come to see what songs we decided to choose.
Online: gothictheatre.net
Category: Local News
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