“theums has been a hallmark of the local music scene since it was created as a DIY effort in 2001, and there truly isn’t another weekend like it in Denver. This is one of the few times that Broadway actually looks and feels like a major street in a real city — masses of people spilling from one venue to the next, or stopping on the street to see busking acts like the metal group Insipidus (which was a complete standout of the weekend, creating a pop-up mosh pit caddy-corner to Skylark). It wasn’t until Saturday, when the streets were completely packed, lines curling out of venues and folks dancing from one stage to the next, that it really sunk in for me that this would be the last time Denver would have this experience. It took UMS decades to reach the expansive breadth of the 2025 event — three stages and multiple indie venues running a mile down Broadway — and unless some angel investors swoop down and create something similar, it will be just as long before we experience the same ...