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Music Residency

Friday Nights at Populus

Groove Lab with namebackwards + friends brings upbeat, groove-forward funk to our upper lobby with a different guest artist every session. Pull up a seat, enjoy elevated cocktails and a curated, small plates menu from Pasque, and enjoy collaborations with top artists from across the city.

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Violinist silhouetted against an arched window, playing beside a DJ controller.

The Groove Lab with namebackwards + friends

Friday Nights Through November 20

namebackwards is a Denver guitarist, live-looping artist, and producer who blends jazz, funk, and ambient textures into a groove-driven sound. The creator of Off the Cuff and an Octave Records recording artist, namebackwards is bringing a new genre-fluid residency to Populus featuring collaborations with top artists from across the city. A specialty bar and small-plates menu will be curated by the culinary team at Pasque.

Doors open at 5:30pm with music playing from 6–8:00pm.

Event is 21+ and runs through November 20th. Reservations are recommended.

A silhouette of a guitarist backlit by a curved window at Populus
Overhead view of a “Populus Groove Labs” menu beside a candle and two cocktails, one garnished with citrus peel and one with rosemary, on a live-edge wood table.
Guest reaching for a rosemary-garnished cocktail at a candlelit wood table, with a red cocktail and the event menu nearby
Couple chatting with cocktails on a curved sofa in a dimly lit lounge, with a bartender and server at a brass bar beneath cone-shaped pendant lights.
Violinist silhouetted against an arched window, playing beside a DJ controller.