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Last Updated: Jun. 12, 2018 · 7:42 p.m.

Esmé Patterson plays the Underground Music Showcase's main stage, July 31, 2017. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

UMS announces 2018 lineup with Alvvays, BJ the Chicago Kid and Classixx among the headliners

As usual, the UMS will be held along South Broadway at the end of July — specifically July 27-29.

Denver events agency Two Parts purchases the Underground Music Showcase from the Denver Post Community Foundation

Denver's biggest music festival is in new hands heading into 2018.

UMS 2017 Playlist: Ancient Elk at Syntax Physic Opera

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Clay Cornelius performs at the Irish Rover during the 2017 UMS. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

UMS 2017 Playlist: Clay Cornelius at the Irish Rover

Here's Clay Cornelius getting a party started at the Irish Rover.

Clouds & Mountains perform at the South Broadway Christian Church during the 2017 UMS. (Kevin J. Beaty/ Denverite)

UMS 2017 Playlist: Clouds & Mountains at South Broadway Christian Church

Watch the Boulder band inspire some balletic dancing.

Aldous Harding performs at the Hi-Dive during the 2017 UMS. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

UMS 2017 Playlist: Aldous Harding at the Hi-Dive

We kept this video mix all-Colorado with the exception of this one: All the way from New Zealand, gothic folk songstress Aldous Harding.

The Milk Blossoms perform at the Denver Public Library Ross Branch during the 2017 UMS. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

UMS 2017 Playlist: The Milk Blossoms at the Denver Public Library

Off the beaten path in style and location, the trio brought its brand of dark pop to the Denver Public Library Ross Branch.

Colfax Speed Queen plays 3 Kings Tavern. Underground Music Showcase, July 27, 2017. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

UMS 2017 Playlist: Colfax Speed Queen at 3 Kings Tavern

Here they are playing "Grease Up the Sheets" that Thursday, helping a lot of people break their promises to themselves to take it easy the first night.

Benjamin Booker crowdsurfs during his performance closing the the Underground Music Showcase's main stage, July 31, 2017. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

PHOTOS: UMS 2017 once again throws the Denver music scene’s biggest party

Visions of the UMS' many universes.

The Knew play at the 2014 UMS. July 25, 2014. (Photo: John Moore)

How the underground became the biggest show in Denver: an oral history of the UMS

Ricardo Baca: I told him, "If you give this up, it will change forever." Esmé Patterson, musician: It’s a real main artery of the music scene in Denver.