Sponsorship at The UMS

Sponsorship

Presenting Sponsor

Heineken

Heineken® has been brewed since 1864 and reached America in the 1880s as the country’s first imported beer. It remains the most distinctive beer brand in the world thanks to its unique recipe and brewing process. Heineken stands proudly as the #2 selling import in the U.S. and sells over eight times more than the next European lager. Please visit www.Heineken.com for more information.

Sponsors

The Denver Post

The Denver Post is proud to be the founder of the Underground Music Showcase. For the most comprehensive coverage of Colorado’s arts and entertainment scene, turn to The Denver Post, in print and online. During the UMS, The Post’s music blog, Reverb, keeps you connected with reviews, photos and festival news. Join us at denverpost.com/reverb.

Floyd’s 99 Barbershop

Floyd’s 99 Barbershop is proud to present Flobots at the 10th annual UMS. If Rolling Stone magazine ever opened up a barbershop, it would look like Floyd’s 99. As you enter, you’ll feel a bit like you’ve stepped into Cameron Crowe’s boyhood bedroom – the music is louder than the typical corner barbershop, and the walls are plastered with posters of everyone from John Lennon to Ozzy Osbourne. No appointment is necessary, just settle into one of the sexy black leather barber chairs and allow a well-schooled scissorist to give you an old-school cleanup, finished off with a straight razor and a hot lather shave. You can check out staff schedules at www.floydsbarbershop.com.

Verizon Wireless

Verizon Wireless operates America’s most reliable wireless network, serving nearly 93 million customers nationwide. Verizon also provides converged communications, information and entertainment services over America’s most advanced fiber-optic network, and delivers innovative, seamless business solutions to customers around the world. For more information, visit www.verizon.com.

Groove Automotive

At Groove, we believe buying a car should be fun and easy. So, take a look around, test drive to your heart’s content, do whatever you need to do to feel comfortable and have fun. If there’s anything we can do to help this be the best possible experience, please tell us. At Groove, it’s not business the usual way, it’s business your way.

	Car Toys Car Toys Aftershock stage will be at the UMS, July 23rd, 24th and 25th. You’ll be blown away by the largest mobile sound system in the world! Be sure to stop in at any of the 12 Colorado Car Toys stores or visit us at www.cartoys.com.
	Gigbot Gigbot is the best friend Denver’s thriving music community has. Gigbot is the single source to find live music in your neighborhood. Hundreds of shows at dozens of venues are happening near you every week, with good people going to them. Go to www.Gigbot.com to find what is going on, and who is going.

Goat Vodka

Distilled and bottled within our quaint Palisade, Colorado distillery, we begin with the finest grains available, including the famed Sweet Corn of Olathe. The Goat goes through two initial distillations and one charcoal filtration to ensure purity. A third distillation and a final charcoal filtration clinch the Goat’s eminence.

Montanya Rum

Montanya Distillers is a rum distillery located in Silverton, high in the San Juan Mountains of southwestern Colorado. Our Montanya PLATINO is a light, crisp mixing or sipping rum aged to maturity in American Oak barrels from Stranahan’s Whiskey at 9,318 feet of elevation, charcoal filtered, and blended with San Juan mountain spring water. Our Montanya ORO is a dark, full bodied, sipping or mixing rum aged to
maturity in American Oak and blended with San Juan mountain spring water.

Jakelope Gin

Several varieties of hand-picked Colorado juniper berries are uniquely infused in our gin and provide the Jackelope’s “key note.” 7 other botanicals smooth out our gin creating a piney essence, nutty undertones, and citrus throughout. As with all of our products, the Jackelope is craft-distilled in small batches, with Colorado ingredients, in our quaint Palisade distillery!

Partners

Ohio Center for Broadcasting – Colorado Campus

Our accredited 10 month broadcasting program provides hands-on training in radio, television and production. Students learn from the broadcasting industry’s top professionals and get real life experience through internships and campus internet radio stations. Visit www.BeOnAir.com to find out how you can launch a career in broadcasting today!

Evergroove Studio

Evergroove Studio offers affordable full-service audio recording in our beautiful solar-powered, professionally-designed facility just 45 minutes west of downtown Denver. Whether you need consulting, recording, mixing, and/or production – we will help your project shine within your budget. The best recording studio in Denver isn’t in Denver… it’s at Evergroove.

Yelp

Got Yelp? Yelp is a website that helps connect people to great local businesses through online reviews. Need a restaurant recommendation? Looking for a new stylist? florist? mechanic? Check out www.yelp.com.

Wunderground Music Studio

A great environment to get away from the “real world”, and focus on your sound. Adjacent to national forest with mountain hiking trails, nearby hot springs, walking distance to downtown amenities, and on-site lodging. Wunderground is a hybrid analog digital studio to smooth you out and make you sound great.

Supporters

Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design

Since 1963, Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design has provided a unique blend of support and freedom to each student who has stepped onto our intimate and charming campus in Denver. The elite, dedicated faculty and tight-knit community have made the College a gem of the art and design world. A private, four-year, regionally and nationally accredited school, RMCAD offers BFAs in a variety of art and design disciplines.

Notably Fine Audio

Notably Fine Audio is proud to be the exclusive sound partner of the 10th annual UMS.

The Curtis

You don’t just stay at The Curtis, you experience it! We are committed to good old-fashioned fun. From the minute you walk through our lobby doors, you are immersed in the best of pop-culture. You’ll find cartoons playing in our lobby. A 5 & Dime filled with treats from the past. Each of our guest room floors has a personality all its own. Every detail has been revved up to create a boutique, one-of-a-kind Denver Colorado hotel experience. Rest your bones. Stretch your smile muscles. Stay at The Curtis. And always Stay Happy.

Create Denver Week

Create Denver is an initiative of the Denver Office of Cultural Affairs (DOCA). Create Denver seeks to strengthen the overall health and vitality of Denver by supporting the growth and development of the creative sector, including creative enterprises such as film, music, art galleries, art districts, fashion, graphic design and individual artists. Create Denver is a sector-based strategy that includes policy recommendations, programmatic initiatives, technical assistance and advocacy.

WESTAF

The Western States Arts Federation (WESTAF) is a regional non-profit arts service organization based in Denver, Colorado. WESTAF fulfills its mission to strengthen the financial, organizational, and cultural policy infrastructure of the arts in the West by developing innovative programs and services, technology solutions, funding opportunities, and advocacy services.

Macy Sound Studio

Macy Sound Studios is a multi-room recording facility in SE Denver that offers a fit to any size project or budget. Macy’s features three studios with an outstanding array of vintage and modern gear, large tracking spaces, mobile recording and a killer staff. Sonic rightness in a world of wrong.

Airshow Mastering

For over 25 years Airshow’s mission has been to help career musicians make great sounding recordings. The technology is readily available in our industry; our engineers’ uncommon talent and years of experience set Airshow apart. World-class mixing and mastering are close by – and affordable. Call Andrew @ 303-247-9035 for a free listening session. Check regional and national credits at www.airshowmastering.com.

Charitable Partner

Bands For Lands

Bands for Lands is a Colorado nonprofit dedicated to communicating the message and practice of sustainability, conservation & social awareness issues through music, the creative arts, speakers & educators. BFL produces and takes part in eco- social awareness events in
communities around Colorado. Net funds are directed to local conservational, educational and philanthropic projects.