Denver Music & Community

By: Caroline Newman 8/26/26 Moon Magnet founder Reed Fox recently sat down with The Denver Business Beat Podcast to talk about turning a love of music into a business, building Moon Magnet in Denver, and what it actually looks like to make a living doing creative work. Moon Magnet started in 2013, but it definitely didn’t begin as a traditional company. It came from Denver’s music community, artists collaborating, recording, performing, throwing events, teaching, and figuring

Moon Hammer has been selected for Indie 102.3’s Local 303 for August 2026! This puts Moon Hammer and its new single, “Snakey,” in rotation with some of Colorado’s best local artists. The Local 303 is Colorado Public Radio and Indie 102.3’s monthly spotlight on Colorado musicians. Throughout each month, they feature artists from across the state on the radio. This is especially meaningful for us because Moon Hammer grew directly out of the community surrounding Moon Magnet! “S

Bun Bun Performance On Friday, August 28, Moon Magnet founder Reed Fox performs at the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver as part of MCA Denver's B Side Music Fridays series, alongside HabiBeats Band, on the MCA Denver rooftop. Be there or be square! Reed Fox For this show, Reed performs his solo electronic project built on house music, synthesizers, and samples. It's dance music built for a live room, and an excuse to make something a little strange. See more from Reed Fox on

What a weekend. UMS (Underground Music Showcase) and Blucifer's First Rodeo, an iconic Denver house show and a festival, landed on the same weekend this year. Of course Moon Magnet showed up and went all out at both! The Rocky Mountain Accordion Competition also fell on the same weekend, so proud shoutout to our music school students who competed in the piano division. One of them walked away with a first place trophy! Levi Double U At UMS, Snowflyer (Derrick Bozich), Levi Do

Moon Magnet UMS Poster Moon Magnet is throwing our 13th official Underground Music Showcase (UMS) party, and we have been lucky enough to host showcases at UMS every year since 2013 (except for the virtual pandemic year). Past parties have included two years of silent discos, a Legalize Skunks party where attendees signed a petition supporting legal pet skunk ownership, a Blind Date themed party with musicians randomly matched to perform together, a glitter gush party, and a

Our founder and creative director, Reed Fox, just received the Outstanding Alumni Award from the University of Colorado Denver's College of Arts & Media! CAM has only given this award twice, and Reed is one of the first two people to earn it. The college recognized him for what he has built in music education, in community, and in Denver's independent arts scene since 2013. That's the work Moon Magnet was founded on, so having it recognized by the school Reed came up through

CU Denver's Lynx Cast Reed Fox was recently a guest on CU Denver’s Lynx Cast podcast with host Paul Musso, and the episode just dropped! Reed had a great time reconnecting with Paul, who is an excellent podcast host. The show has also featured some incredible guests from the Denver music community, including Andy Sydow and Michelle Rocqet. Here's the episode's description and link: In this episode of Lynx Cast, Paul chats with Reed about his journey building Moon Magnet from