On Saturday, October 17, The Long Run, a Colorado tribute to the Eagles, plays a basement room at 7401 E. First Ave. in Lowry, east of Holly Street. Doors open at 6 p.m. On Friday, November 20, the same band plays 80 S. Madison St. in Cherry Creek, west of Colorado Boulevard, in a set that starts at 9 p.m. Both rooms carry some version of the Dove name. Both trace back to the same 1997 venue. Hilltop's own association puts the neighborhood between Colorado Boulevard and Holly Street, so the two stages sit just past its western and eastern edges.
The split does more than give the neighborhood two music venues. Both rooms book from much of the same Colorado roster, and the clearest difference between them is when the night starts.
How one venue became two
Frank Schultz opened the original Soiled Dove in LoDo in 1997 as a dueling-pianos spot and turned it into a live music venue in 1999. In 2006 he built a new venue at 7401 E. First Ave. The Lowry Tavern took the first floor, and the Soiled Dove Underground ran as a 300-seat music room below. Speaking to Westword when that room opened, Schultz pointed to parking. The downtown location's biggest complaint was the lack of it, and the Lowry building fixed that.
Over the years that basement hosted Hazel Miller, the Avett Brothers, Big Head Todd & The Monsters and B.B. King. It closed in May 2024. In 2025 the property sold for $3.5 million to Jackie Glenn, a surgeon who plays bass. In a statement to Westword, Glenn said she had performed in the room long before she imagined owning it. She described the project as "restoring a place where people connect, celebrate, and belong."
Her version has two parts. Downstairs is The Dove Underground, with a new sound system from Listen Up, new lighting, a new bathroom off the green room and new upholstery. The layout is largely the same. Upstairs is Rising Phoenix, a restaurant where longtime Denver chef Daniel "Chef D" Young serves an American menu. Talent buyers Jesse Wehling and Patricia Duncan book the music calendar, and comedian Terri Barton Gregg books the comedy.
Schultz started his own third chapter across town. When Tavern Hospitality Group sold off most of its locations, he kept Choppers, the sports bar at 80 S. Madison that he bought in 2015. This year he added a sound system and other changes so it could work as an occasional music room, Soiled Dove Live at Choppers. It opened in May with the Railbenders. Westword's May coverage called the move a third chapter for a storied local venue, and this time it landed in Cherry Creek.
The same roster on two borders
Hazel Miller connects the two calendars most clearly. The Dove Underground announced her as the headliner for its August 15 grand opening. General manager Joseph Augusto said the venue was "bringing her back, keeping up that tradition." On November 13, Hazel Miller and the Collective are listed at Choppers. The event listing notes that she was inducted into the Colorado Music Hall of Fame in the summer of 2023, alongside Big Head Todd and the Monsters.
Here are the fall dates currently listed for both rooms:
| Date | The Dove Underground, 7401 E. First Ave. | Soiled Dove Live at Choppers, 80 S. Madison St. |
|---|---|---|
| Sat., Oct. 3 | We're Having A Party with Issac Points and the Jakarta Band | |
| Fri., Oct. 9 | Bobby Wilson, "Lifting You Higher" | |
| Sat., Oct. 17 | The Long Run | |
| Sat., Oct. 24 | Lavender Jones EP release with Jewel House and Dunk Maxwell | |
| Fri., Nov. 6 | Lies or Lullabies | MTV Unplugged tribute with TEN, Grunge Lite and Ninety2K |
| Fri., Nov. 13 | Hazel Miller and the Collective | |
| Fri., Nov. 20 | The Long Run | |
| Sat., Nov. 21 | DaeDai |
The two calendars run at different rates. The Dove Underground has a show most weekends through late November. The Choppers listings checked for this post showed three September dates, nothing in October, then three Fridays in a row in November. Both rooms do overlap on one night. On November 6, Lies or Lullabies plays Lowry while Choppers hosts three Colorado bands covering the Pearl Jam, Alice in Chains and Nirvana Unplugged sets.
That may not be the first shared night. On September 26, Bullet The Blue Sky was listed at The Dove Underground and saxophonist Eric Darius at Choppers. Both shows appear only as listings, so they show what was booked, not what happened.
The difference is the clock
With so many of the same acts on both calendars, start time and setting separate the two rooms more than the lineups do.
Lowry runs early. Every dated Dove Underground show this fall opens doors at 6 p.m. and starts at 7 p.m. The one exception is the October 24 EP release, which opens doors at 6:30. The building is set up so dinner and the show happen in the same place. Rising Phoenix's current hours are Monday through Wednesday, 4 to 9 p.m. for dinner, and Thursday through Sunday, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. The restaurant describes the downstairs room as ticketed shows with a full bar and "a completely different energy than what's happening upstairs."
The upstairs room also has its own weekly calendar. Music bingo runs every Thursday at 9 p.m., and Sunday brunch is served on a patio where dogs are welcome. The site also mentions karaoke, poker and trivia nights, without giving days. In July, Augusto said karaoke would run on Wednesdays starting July 15. The hours he gave that month have since been replaced by the schedule on the restaurant's site. In the July 16 Westword piece, Augusto said of the neighborhood response, "They want us to be open more."
Choppers runs later. The MTV Unplugged night is listed from 8 to 11:30 p.m. The Hazel Miller and Long Run nights are both listed for 9 p.m. starts. The September Eric Darius show was listed as 21 and over, with doors at 8 p.m. and admission starting at $40. The room is still a sports bar on most nights, so music there is an occasional event.
So The Long Run on October 17 is a 7 p.m. Saturday show under a Lowry restaurant. On November 20 the same band plays a 9 p.m. Friday set in a Cherry Creek sports bar. For a Hilltop household, the band is the same either way, and the choice comes down to the hour and the room.
The name is still contested
Westword reported in July that the Soiled Dove name was not part of the Lowry property sale, according to Schultz. He let the trademark lapse but believes his long use of the name rules out a second Dove at Lowry. Glenn has registered "The Dove Underground" federally. At that time Schultz was talking about a cease-and-desist order, and Glenn's team said the name was aboveboard. "We want to keep the history with the Dove name," Augusto told the paper, "and highlight the underground." No later reporting on how the dispute turned out surfaced in research for this post. As of September 2026, both calendars are booking under their own names.
Westword closed that piece by asking whether Denver is big enough for two Doves. For now, both are booking shows, and the dates above cover the season. The next shared night is Friday, November 6, with Lies or Lullabies in Lowry and the Unplugged tribute on South Madison.
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