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Nocturne

Name: Nocturne
Address: 1330 27th Street, Denver, CO, 80205, US
Telephone: +13032953333
Price range: $$$
Rating: 4.9

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Nocturne is a modern Jazz & Supper Club located in the heart of Denver's RiNo Art District. Dinner and Show res
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Tucked inside a 1920's warehouse turned art-deco jazz venue, Nocturne combines the art of fine dining, live music and craft cocktails and wine. Dinner and Show reservations are prepaid and include a three course dinner (wine pairings selected by our sommelier are also available and can be added on). Our highly curated cocktail list focuses on seasonal inspirations and well executed classics, while our sommelier maintains a deep wine list focusing on Champagne, terroir driven wines and natural/biodynamic producers. Nocturne is Denver's best restaurant for live music, featuring some of the finest artists in Denver's burgeoning jazz scene.

10/30/2026

Thursdays in November, Bobby Wiens brings his quartet to Nocturne.

A professional drummer based in Denver, has 15 years of performing, touring, recording and teaching experience. Over his career, Wiens has led several bands which perform his eclectic stockpile of compositions and arrangements. He is also an in-demand sideman who has worked with world-class musicians both locally and internationally.

Wiens grew up in Calgary, studied piano throughout his childhood, and began playing percussion at age 12. He later earned his Bachelor of Music in Jazz Studies from Capilano University in Vancouver before receiving an Artist grant that brought him to New York City for an apprenticeship with drummer and educator John Riley. He went on to earn his Master of Music from the University of Northern Colorado.

For this residency, he brings together Seth Lewis () on bass, Tom Amend () on piano and Gabriel Mervine () on trumpet.

Four musicians, one room, and space for conversation, interplay and improvisation. Original compositions, arrangements and the freedom to see where the music goes.

Nov. 5, 12, 19. Reservations now open via the link in our bio.

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10/27/2026

Rosé belongs in the repertoire.

Our list moves between bright, mineral-driven pours and bottles with a little more depth, from a glass of rosé at the bar to Domaine Tempier’s 2024 Bandol Rosé waiting in the cellar.

Pale in the glass, but never one-note. Grapefruit, red berries, a subtle thread of spice, and a touch of salinity. Wines that can hold their own beside dinner, then disappear beautifully into the rhythm of the room.

A bottle for the table. A glass paired with a dish. Another note in the evening’s composition.

10/23/2026

In the streets and walls of , where galleries meet warehouses and public art becomes part of the neighborhood itself, you’ll find the work of Denver artist Thomas Evans, aka Detour ().

A Denver-based artist, muralist, sculptor, educator and creative director, Detour has spent years moving between disciplines and mediums, developing a visual language that is unmistakably his own. His large-scale portraits and abstract works appear throughout Denver and RiNo Art District, where art spills from galleries onto warehouses, alleyways, and streets.

His relationship with RiNo runs deep. Detour was part of the early generation of artists who helped shape the district’s public art culture, bringing his work into restaurants, music venues and neighborhood spaces as the area was finding its identity. His murals became part of CRUSH, RiNo’s annual street art festival, and his work at Nocturne has marked the building for years.

Inside our dining room, a large painting by Detour carries that history into the room. Its scale, movement and color sit alongside the music, creating another visual rhythm within the supper club.

For us, the piece is more than something to look at over dinner. It is a piece of Denver, made by an artist whose work has helped shape the visual language of the neighborhood Nocturne calls home.

Art on the walls. Jazz from the stage. Denver all around us.

10/20/2026

Pan Roasted Duck Breast.

This one began with a memory.

Our executive chef grew up loving chicken Milano at a little Italian American restaurant that is no longer there. Mustard sauce. Tomato. Mushroom. Artichoke hearts. A dish that stayed with him long after the restaurant disappeared.

He brought it back differently.

Hudson Valley duck breast, seasoned with coriander, cumin and fennel, rendered low and slow for an hour and a half until the skin turns crisp and bronzed. Royal trumpet mushrooms and zucchini are sautéed until they take on the shape and feel of pasta, then finished with mustard sauce and fresh basil.

An old memory, rewritten on the plate.

Pair with Domaine Saint-Cyr’s La Galoche, a Beaujolais rosé with bright acidity and enough freshness to meet the richness of the duck without overpowering it.

10/16/2026

Celebrate 20 years of with us at Nocturne.

November 6–15, Denver comes together to celebrate the city’s creative community, with music, visual art, theater and more taking place throughout the city. Nocturne is joining the celebration with 50% off bar seating reservations on Wednesday, November 11; Thursday, November 12; and Sunday, November 15.

Bar seating is limited. Make your reservation and join us for Denver Arts Week.

10/13/2026

Ninety-five percent of the artists who step onto our stage call Denver home, and we wouldn’t have it any other way. This city has been quietly cooking up some of America’s finest jazz for decades, long before anyone outside Colorado noticed.

Annie Booth (), Alejandro Castaño () and Patrick McDevitt () have been making music together for more than a decade, their playing carrying the ease and intimacy of old friends finishing each other’s sentences. Gabriel Mervine () can hush a packed room with four notes and a held breath.

And behind so many of them stands Paul Romaine (), who co-founded the Colorado Conservatory for the Jazz Arts () and spent decades building a community where young musicians could study, play and find their voice.

We keep the lights on and the piano tuned, one residency, one downbeat at a time.

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10/09/2026

A little Ch*****ne and a touch of Paris before the music.

Before your set, step next door to RiNo’s newest Ch*****ne bar, La Vie En Rose , for a glass of bubbly and a few delicate plates made for sharing between sips.

Or make La Vie En Rose the final stop. After the last set, slip next door for a nightcap, another glass of Ch*****ne and something small from the kitchen.

Steak tartare, gougères, savory petits fours and other French-inspired bites, designed for grazing before your three-course dinner and the first notes of the night.

Different rooms, different moods, one very good night.

10/08/2026

Denver has a sound all its own. We’re giving it the stage.

With support from the RiNo Business Improvement District (.bid), RiNo Sessions celebrates the musicians shaping Colorado’s music scene and the venues that bring them to audiences. For the next six months, Nocturne joins the lineup every third Thursday, featuring a different local artist or ensemble each month.

Opening the series at Nocturne: the Rico Jones Quartet, live next Thursday, October 15.

Pull up a chair, order something from the bar, and let the music take it from there.

10/06/2026

At Nocturne, the cocktail is part of the arrangement.

Our bar program is built with the same attention to balance, rhythm and restraint as the music on stage. Spirits, house-made ingredients, bitters, citrus and botanicals are brought together with a sense of structure, then given room to speak.

Some drinks arrive bright and precise. Others are darker, deeper, slower. A stirred cocktail catches the light at the bar. Ice turns in the glass. A garnish lands. Then the band starts.

Our bartenders work through the same questions a musician does: What belongs? What can be taken away? Where should the note fall?

Because a night at Nocturne has more than one composition. There is the one on stage, and there is the one in your glass.

10/02/2026

A new record, a new quintet, and an evening of music that leaves room for the unexpected.
Recorded live at Nocturne, this new record captures bassist and composer Matt Smiley’s quintet in the room where the music came together. Formed by Smiley () in 2025, the group brings together Dru Heller on drums, David Pope () on saxophone, Josh Reed () on trumpet, and Alex Nauman () on guitar.
The group draws from post-bop, hard bop, modal jazz and swing, using familiar jazz forms as a starting point for something more open and fluid.
At the heart of the music is improvisation: five musicians listening, responding and shaping the sound together in real time. Melodies take unexpected turns. Rhythms shift. A familiar form becomes a place to wander.
Now, hear the record where it was made.
Join us at Nocturne for the record release party and hear Matt Smiley’s new quintet bring the music back into the room.
Saturday, Oct. 3rd: 6:00 - 10:30 p.m. Book your reservation – link in bio.

Address

1330 27th Street
Denver, CO
80205

Opening Hours

Wednesday	6pm - 10pm
Thursday	6pm - 10pm
Friday	6pm - 10:30pm
Saturday	6pm - 10:30pm
Sunday	6pm - 9pm

Telephone

+13032953333

Website

http://www.nocturnejazz.com/

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