Pitchfork<\/em>, she notes. \u201cEven with that huge accolade, they\u2019re still relatively unknown,\u201d she says. \u201cBut Wax Trax has had this history of discovering what\u2019s next in underground music ever since we opened nearly fifty years ago. We\u2019ve had Violent Femmes, we\u2019ve had the Ramones do an in-store at some point, we\u2019ve had Social Distortion, Mazzy Star. All these folks have played in our shop and made it a hallowed ground. I can\u2019t imagine a better way to kick open the doors than with Ekko Astral, who are, in my opinion, on the forefront of underground music right now.\u201d<\/p>\nThe doors will open at 10 a.m., with White Rose Motor Oil performing at 11 a.m., followed by Los Mocochetes at noon. The 1 p.m. set from Ekko Astral will lead into an all-vinyl set DJ Deep Rawk Dave. Throughout, people can browse through vinyls and take part in the giveaways.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe neighbors on 32nd have been so welcoming. They\u2019ve given us a ton of stuff from their businesses to donate for our giveaway. \u2026 We have an absurd amount of things for free, including a ton of concert tickets for shows at Mission, Red Rocks, Lost Lake, the Gothic, the Bluebird, Globe Hall, Ogden \u2014 almost all of the venues in Denver,\u201d Schoenfeldt says. \u201cWe\u2019ll be throwing some free slip mats for the first fifty purchases, a lot of Wax Trax assorted merch. Basically, I would be surprised if you didn\u2019t walk away with anything if you came to the grand opening.\u201d<\/p>\n
This will be the fifth location of Wax Trax, which was founded by Jim Nash and Dannie Flesher in 1975 and has become one of Denver\u2019s best record stores, and certainly the most well-known. The co-owners sold the operation to Duane Davis and Dave Stidman in 1978; Pete Stidman, Dave\u2019s son, took over during the pandemic. The flagship at 638 East 13th Avenue includes a used-record store next door; that was followed by the location at 200 South Broadway, a spot at Stanley Marketplace and a mobile mini-shop that pops up around the city. <\/p>\n
The walkability of the Highlands neighborhood made for a natural next location, according to Pete Stidman<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m from Denver, but I spent a lot of time in Boston, and I like walkable neighborhoods. So when I started thinking about putting in a store west of I-25, I scoped out all the walkable neighborhoods in the area, and this was the best one,\u201d he says. \u201cIt also has a character of having a lot of locally owned businesses, which is nice, too.\u201d<\/p>\n
Like the other locations, the new Wax Trax will continue to host events, listening parties and concerts. \u201cWe love events, and our shop is built on the ethos of being a community center for people who love music, which is a lot of people in Denver,\u201d Schoenfeldt notes. \u201cWe would love it if the new Northside location could echo that ethos.\u201d<\/p>\n
Wax Trax grand opening, 10 a.m. Saturday, October 11, 3641 West 32nd Avenue; it\u2019s free to attend.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.westword.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The next Wax Trax branch’s new home is 3641 West 32nd Street. Courtesy of Pete Stidman The Northside is getting another jolt of live-music magic. After the revamped Federal Theatre made its debut in September, the new Wax Trax location at 3641 West 32nd Avenue will open today, October 11, with a stellar local lineup […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2086729,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25179],"tags":[23362],"class_list":["post-2086728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","tag-venues"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Denver-Wax-Trax-New-Location-Opens-With-Ekko-Astral.webp.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2086728","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2086728"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2086728\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2086730,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2086728\/revisions\/2086730"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2086729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2086728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2086728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2086728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}