Nightlife

190 S Cascade Ave, Colorado Springs, CO 80903

Downtown Colorado Springs' 2,000-seat performing arts hall — touring Broadway shows, the Philharmonic, major comedians, and everything in between. Pretty much every big act that comes through town plays this room.

25 N Tejon St, Colorado Springs, CO 80903

The downtown go-to for line dancing, two-step, and live country on weekends. Free lessons early in the evening — even if you swear you can't dance.

5225 N Nevada Ave, Colorado Springs, CO 80918

The UCCS performing-arts complex on the north side of town — four theaters under one roof hosting classical music, dance, indie films, and visiting artists. Smaller and more intimate than the Pikes Peak Center.

444 Ruxton Ave, Manitou Springs, CO 80829

A classic Manitou Springs dinner-theater experience — hiss the villain, cheer the hero, eat a Cornish-mining-camp style dinner, and stay for the post-show vaudeville olio. Hokey in the best way, and it's been running for over 60 years.

1305 N Academy Blvd

The longest-running stand-up club in Colorado Springs — touring national headliners on weekends, a tight two-drink-minimum room, and the kind of low-ceilinged setting where every joke lands a little harder.

1626 S Tejon St, Colorado Springs, CO 80905

A small, artist-run theater in the Ivywild neighborhood specializing in physical comedy, circus arts, puppetry, and intimate original productions — the most-interesting-by-far venue in town on any given weekend.

2 E Pikes Peak Ave, Colorado Springs, CO 80903

The downtown brewpub that's anchored the corner of Pikes Peak and Tejon since 1993. Three floors of beer, billiards, and a rooftop that's the move on a summer evening.

10 S Parkside Dr, Colorado Springs, CO 80910

A quirky domed former-planetarium turned 650-seat concert hall — intimate sightlines, a packed calendar of touring singer-songwriters, tribute bands, comedians, and the occasional burlesque night.