Tonight: Denver EDM, Fri Oct 30

Deadmau5 is playing Red Rocks tonight, and that alone could carry a Friday. There are 15 other shows on top of it, from a free afternoon dubstep party at Cheba Hut to two parties at TBA spots that go late.

Pick of the Night

Deadmau5: Fri Oct 30, 7:30pm, Red Rocks Amphitheatre. Progressive house, electro house, tech house.

It's the biggest room in town tonight, an outdoor amphitheater with progressive house, electro house and tech house on the menu. Price isn't listed, so check the link before you get attached. If you only go out once this weekend, this is the one.

Also Tonight

• Nightmare Before Mission: Fri Oct 30, 3pm, Cheba Hut East Colfax. Dubstep, bass music. Free. Free dubstep and bass music starting at 3pm, which is about as easy a warmup as it gets.
• Haunted Mansion Feat. Loud Luxury, Bryce Alakai, MC4d: Fri Oct 30, 7pm, Fillmore Auditorium. Pop edm, tropical house, house, synthpop. $71+, 16+. Four names on a pop EDM and tropical house bill in the large Fillmore room.
• Austeria: Beyond The Veil: Fri Oct 30, 8pm, Meow Wolf Denver Convergence Station. Dubstep, bass music. $26+, 18+. Dubstep and bass music inside Meow Wolf, which is a strange and fun place to hear it.
• Fly Tisoki, Snuffy, Auracle, Just Neeks: Fri Oct 30, 8pm, Ogden Theatre. Dubstep, bass music, trap. A stacked four-name dubstep, bass music and trap bill in the Ogden's big room.
• George Clanton: Fri Oct 30, 8pm, HQ. Synthpop, chillwave. $45, 16+. Synthpop and chillwave in a small room, the softest option on the board tonight.
• Matroda: Fri Oct 30, 8pm, Mission Ballroom. Bass house. 16+. Bass house in the large Mission Ballroom, and it's open to 16 and up.
• Owie + Friends Halloween Bash: Gio Lucca: Fri Oct 30, 8pm, Mockingbird. Tech house, funky house, minimal. $11.63-13.79, 21+. One of the cheapest tickets tonight, with tech house, funky house and minimal on deck.
• Danny Byrd w/ John Glist: Fri Oct 30, 9pm, The Black Box Lounge. $20, 18+. A $20 small-room show with John Glist on the bill alongside Danny Byrd.
• Global Dance Presents Andrew Rayel: Fri Oct 30, 9pm, The Church Nightclub. Big room house, trance. $20, 21+. Big room house and trance at The Church for $20, which is a solid deal.
• Spellaween II: Leah Culver, Spella, Sky, Momaari: Fri Oct 30, 9pm, The Black Box. Dubstep, pop edm. $15-300, 18+. Four names doing dubstep and pop EDM, with tickets starting at $15.
• Yes Sir - Denver (The Backrooms): Fri Oct 30, 9pm, Location: see ticket link. $30-40, 21+. Check the ticket link for where it is; tickets run $30 to $40.
• Heat//Sink: Fri Oct 30, 10pm, Location TBA (sent to ticket holders). $40, 21+. It's a TBA party, so the address goes to ticket holders, and $40 gets you in.
• Mic(Ro) Presents: Subminimal: Fri Oct 30, 10pm, Subspace. $30, 21+. A 10pm start at Subspace for $30, good if you're heading out late.
• Maybe Forever: Danny | Harle + Hudson Mohawke: Fri Oct 30, 10:30pm, Location TBA (sent to ticket holders). Glitch-hop, beats, synthpop. $22.50-37.50, 21+. Danny / Harle with Hudson Mohawke on glitch-hop and synthpop, at a TBA spot with the address going to ticket holders.
• Creature Double Feature: Fri Oct 30 to Sun Nov 1, 11pm, Location: see ticket link. $15-30, 21+. It runs from tonight through Sun Nov 1 with an 11pm start, so pace yourself.

Cheap or Free

If you'd rather keep it to $20 or less, these get you in.

• Nightmare Before Mission: Fri Oct 30, Cheba Hut East Colfax, Free.
• Owie + Friends Halloween Bash: Gio Lucca: Fri Oct 30, Mockingbird, $11.63-13.79.
• Danny Byrd w/ John Glist: Fri Oct 30, The Black Box Lounge, $20.
• Global Dance Presents Andrew Rayel: Fri Oct 30, The Church Nightclub, $20.

The rest of the week's shows are on the events calendar.