# @denverwestword on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DMq3ivbp5O0
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/32819342-denverwestword-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-07-28T23:24:52.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Denver Westword (@denverwestword) — https://gondola.cc/denverwestword

## Caption

“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 magic this fest has delivered for 25 years. If ever.

Not to be cliche, but all good things do come to an end... although with such an institution as UMS, this finale was tough to accept. But it went out with all the grit the Denver scene is known for — and lots of laughs, even more hugs and, of course, enough live music to leave your ears ringing for days.”

🎶 Read Music Editor emily__skywalker’s full review of UMS at the link in our bio.
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