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Denver, Here We Come!

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Update: The Denver Road Trip is complete – check out the updates!

Denver Road Trip Posts

That’s right, we’re going to Denver! A recent uptick in contributions is allowing us to plan our next “road trip” phase of production.

Denver is very important to the Organ Grinder story. The second Organ Grinder restaurant – bigger and louder than the first – was opened in Denver, with plans to expand nation-wide.

We’ll be interviewing Organ Grinder performers and fans, and performing research.

The trip is expected to take place in May. Exact dates have not been set, but we are reaching out to contacts there and organizing the schedule right now.

If you have a Denver Organ Grinder story you’d like to share, or know of someone you think would be a good person to interview, please contact us.

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