Steve Rock Tanzkapelle
2025-09-12 17:30 - 20:30 (America/Denver)
Steve Rock Tanzkapelle joins us to kick off Oktoberfest season with German American Oktoberfest Music!

Beer Release: Oktoberfest
2025-09-12 15:00 - 22:00
Festbier Lager brewed with German malt and noble hops. Moderate, elegant malt flavor and light hop character. Golden-copper hue. Easy drinking fall seasonal. Lederhosen optional. On draft and in 16oz can 4-packs.

Vern Neeley Vibe
2025-09-01 15:00 - 17:00
VNV is a Jazz Group comprised of 3-6 members with the core revolving around Vern Neeley on saxophones and vocals, Kathryn Ballard Shut on piano, Mark Brostrom on bass, and Jimmy Kolodziej on percussion and guitar.
Our music is based in the tradition and style of some of the greatest musicians of all time, like Sonny Rollins, Dexter Gordon, Horace Silver, Coleman Hawkins, Grover Washington Jr., Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Michael Bublé.
Vern has been performing professionally for nearly 30 years, sharing the stage with legends such as Arturo Sandoval, Jack Jones, Dianne Schuur, Lou Rawls, Louis Bellson, and Clark Terry just to name a few. Vern has been collaborating with Relentless recording artist Jimmy Kolodziej of ‘Jim Jamm Jimmy’ for the past 5 years and has recorded two full length albums with JJJ, ‘#1 Contender’ and ‘Bad Influence (Live and Off Color)’.
Currently, the VNV can be seen all around Denver and the metro area. Recent performances include Odyssey Beerwerks and Arvada Tavern in Arvada, and City Star Brewing in Berthoud. Vern has been busy practicing and arranging tunes for the VNV and is excited to be joined onstage by his beautiful wife, Miss Tara Neeley. Tara is an accomplished instrumentalist and music educator. One of her true passions is vocal music and it is in this arena that we will showcase her talents.
jazz
https://www.reverbnation.com/vnvjazz

Spearfish Junction
2025-08-29 18:00 - 20:30
GET YOUR COUNTRY GROOVE ON!
Spearfish Junction plays an eclectic blend of western swing, classic country, originals and a few surprises. Band members have played professionally in venues across the country and our backgrounds reflect American music from Buck Owens to Ella Fitzgerald to Bob Wills.
https://spearfishjunction.bandzoogle.com/

Beer Release: Cheers To Change
2025-08-29 15:00 - 22:00
Watermelon German Hefeweizen. $1/beer sold goes to NoCo Community Foundation. Available on tap only.

Cheers To Change
2025-08-29 15:00 - 22:00
On 8/29 City Star is partnering up with NoCo Foundation for Cheers to Change as they celebrate 50 years of philanthropy. We will be releasing Watermelon Hefeweizen and $1/beer sold on this event will go to NoCo Foundation. Funds raised will go into the Community Fund accounts for Berthoud.
“The NoCo Foundation strives to create positive impact within our communities through the vital support of our generous donors, nonprofit partners, and community members. By emphasizing the region’s most pressing issues identified in the Intersections Report, including housing, water, and mental health, we engage and educate donors, inspiring them to make impactful investments in key community issues.”

Beer Release: Hazy IPA Jacob's Radio
2025-08-22 15:00 - 22:00
A New England style Hazy IPA. Tune in to the music that City Star brewer Jacob loves best. This playlist was curated by Jacob himself and includes music from artists like Father John, Misty, Caamp & Mt. Joy. Available on tap and in cans to-go.

McLeod Nine Duo
2025-08-17 17:00 - 19:30
McLeod Nine, the Swingy Stringy Funky Folky duo from Texas, plays jiggy, jazzy, gorgeous acoustic music, with roots deep in their Celtic and Americana past. Their award-winning songwriting (Kerrville Folk Festival New Folk finalists, and Americana Fest, Nacogdoches winner) is front and center in their shows and draws from a deep well of musical and life experience. Most of all, McLeod Nine want their audiences to be energized, inspired and to have fun! (For example, One of the highlights of their shows is Christy getting the audience to dance a simple Irish Ceili dance.)
Gordon and Christy McLeod’s eclectic music spans a wide range of worlds including Americana, Celtic, Folk, Irish, Swing and Django-jazz, Bluegrass and Cajun. In a world of trendy and ever narrowing genres, McLeod Nine‘s shows offer a refreshingly varied pallet of styles and textures. While the roots of their musical tree are the American and Celtic traditions , the branches cover a wide patch of ground strewn with multi-colored leaves of blues, jazz, and even classical hues. Christy says ” We want to make sure in our shows that the next song is always something different from the last one!”
McLeod Nine have toured extensively in USA playing festivals, listening rooms and theaters and have traveled to Ireland over 20 times and studied traditional Irish music and dance at The University of Limerick. Gordon is a well-respected traditional Irish fiddle player and is sought after as a fiddle camp instructor. He has released two full length albums of Irish fiddle music with some of the best trad musicians in Ireland as guest artists.
https://mcleodninemusic.com

Bryan Dubrow
2025-08-10 17:00 - 19:30
Bryan Dubrow is a guitarist steeped in the tradition of acoustic guitar flatpicking. His playing pairs a sincere vocal delivery with intricate guitar playing showcasing both a deep study of the flatpicking tradition and his own personal style.

Hymn for Her
2025-08-09 18:00 - 20:30
Hymn for Her have been busy touring across the country and abroad over the past few years, injecting juiced-up backwoods country blues with a dose of desert rock psychedelia that has been described as “Hell’s Angels meets the Amish,” and “Hillbillies with electronics opening Pandora’s Box”
Hymn For Her is on the road again spreading their juiced up, down-home, roots rock and roll. From ruckus outlaw to country folk, their sounds will shake your bones and soothe your soul. Their most recent 2024 release, ‘Bloodier Than Blood,’ is Hymn For Her’s official debut as a family band.
Lucy & Wayne started as a duo, raising their daughter, Diver, on the road in their vintage Bambi Airstream trailer. At an early age, Diver began joining her parents on stage to sing a song or two.
https://hymnforher.com/

10 Year Echo Duo
2025-08-08 18:00 - 20:30
10 Year Echo consists of 4 members whose ages echo through 4 decades. They play fan-favorites from variety of genres that any crowd will recognize, mixed with those that will become new favorites. Don’t be surprised to hear a kazoo solo as they add their own style. Their music is sure to please crowds of all ages.

Tie Dye Party
2025-08-02 12:00 - 15:00
Join us 8/2 in the beer garden for a guided DIY tie dye event 12-3pm. Your $38 ticket gets you a white “Beer Makes Me Happy” City Star logo tee, your first beer and an on site tie dye helper to assist you in creating a groovy tee! Shirts and sizes are limited, purchase ahead of time in the taproom.

Dugan Irby with Live Painting by Cecilia Samdahl
2025-07-26 18:00 - 20:30
Dugan Irby’s music is best described as Modern Americana that blends a variety of styles, creating a listening experience that all will enjoy. Come sit on the metaphorical front porch with Dugan Irby and make a memory that will bring a smile to your soul!
https://www.duganirbyband.com/

Pennies on the Track
2025-07-25 18:00 - 20:30
Pennies on the Track is a Colorado Front Range acoustic folk trio. Three singer/songwriters merge sweet vocal harmonies and versatile instrumentation into folk rock and blue grass barnburners, acoustic ballads and rock and roll. With original music and covers of some Americana’s greatest, the band brings something for everybody. The Pennies are Brian Good, Jack Keith and Neil Sperandeo, who met while playing in other groups, open mics and solo gigs. Now good friends as well as bandmates and collaborating songwriters, these guys play for the love of making music together, and that enjoyment reaches out to anyone listening.
https://www.facebook.com/PenniesOnTheTrack

Sam Sauce
2025-07-24 16:00 - 20:00
A mouthwatering tsunami of flavor that’ll have you coming back for more. Fun food fusion, featuring Southern, Asian and Mexican cuisines.

Brightwire
2025-07-13 17:00 - 19:30
Houston-based Folk-Rock/Americana
https://brightwiremusic.com/

Waffle Lab
2025-07-09 16:00 - 20:00
Highly Evolved Waffles –> Waffle Lab
Founded in April 2012 in Old Town Fort Collins, Colorado, The Waffle Lab specializes in gourmet Belgian-style Liège waffles. Using our signature “classic” waffle as the base, we create amazing sweet and savory waffle combinations. Perfect for breakfast, brunch, lunch, dinner and dessert, the hardest part of The Waffle Lab experience is choosing from our mouth-watering menu.
WHAT IS A LIEGE WAFFLE?
Originally developed in Belgium, the Liège (pronounced “lee-ayjh”) waffle is unlike any waffle you’ve ever had. Made from yeast-leavened dough (not a batter) and specially imported Belgian pearl sugar, this mouth-watering piece of heaven is guaranteed to put a smile on your face. Baked at the perfect temperature, the sugar pearls melt on the inside and caramelize on the outside for a sweet, delicate crunch. Believe us, this waffle is sweet and moist enough on its own—no syrup necessary!

Tom Pakele and Stevieguitar Glotzer
2025-07-05 18:00 - 20:30
Tom Pakele and Stevieguitar Glotzer, a guitar, harmonica blues duo playing the timeless music of Howling Wolf, Junior Wells, Sonny Boy Williamson, John Mayall and so much more including tasty original music.

GPS - Garson, Pakele and Spanbauer
2025-07-05 18:00 - 20:30
We play Honky tonk, Blues and Americana. Front man and vocalist Tom Pakele, co-founder of local blues band Hotfoot, is on acoustic guitar and harmonica, Scott Spanbauer of Johnny Blueheart and Spearfish Junction, plays pedal steel and electric guitars, and Jon Garson of Late for Supper, on bass. We cover a variety of blues artists, also Tom Waits, Tom Petty, Hank Williams, Neil Young, Bob Dylan and more.

Beer Release: Lavender Saison
2025-06-20 15:00 - 22:00
A refreshing light farmhouse saison with lavender. A subtle floral character without overtaking the classic saison taste. Available on tap only.

Jenna Greenwell
2025-06-07 18:00 - 20:30
Jenna Greenwell is a Berthoud grown, but currently Montana based award-winning songwriter known for capturing the nuanced details of life and bringing her audience to tears. Heavily influenced by Americana artists Lori McKenna, Brandi Carlile and Jason Isbell, her songs tell the sacred stories of humanity, always with a thread of hope, and her live performances showcase her talent as a storyteller with a hint of grit. When not singing her originals, she loves giving 90s era hits an energetic, feminine twist and performs primarily in the Rocky Mountain region, both solo and with her five-piece band, the Pioneers. Her debut album, Yellow Sweatshirt, released on all platforms in March 2024. Visit www.JennaGreenwell.com to learn more.

Berthoud Day Brunch
2025-06-07 09:30 - 12:00
Kick off Berthoud Day with brunch and a beer at City Star Brewing!
We will be serving Fizz Mimosas, hard seltzer and Real Dill bloody beers, Squeeze salted lime kolsch and Cowboys golden with bloody mix.

Beer Release: Sour Amber
2025-06-06 15:00 - 22:00
The sour is a classic Amber Ale brewed specifically for souring. The beer was soured in Deer Hammer whisky barrels. Nice and sour while still being pleasantly clear and retaining some malty notes. 5% abv available on tap only.

Captain Steve Clark Acoustic
2025-05-16 18:00 - 20:30
It’s an Acoustic Rock-Singalong with Captain Steve and his many musical friends as they set sail at City Star Brewing. They’ll play decades of familiar classic rock, pop and country with lyrics up on a BIG SCREEN. Sing along from your table or up front with the band!
https://www.facebook.com/captainsteveandthesharkbites/

Beer Release: Lil' Krush Witbier
2025-05-16 15:00 - 22:00
Belgian Witbier, a refreshing, pale-colored, unfiltered Belgian wheat beer brewed with coriander and orange peel. City Star brewers opted to dry hop this traditional style for a unique profile with Krush hops, bursting with citrus, tropical and stone fruit flavors.
Available on tap and in cans to-go.

Dave Frediani
2025-05-10 18:00 - 20:30
Dave Frediani of Moves at Midnight is bringing funk and soul to City Star.
p.s. Dave is also a brewer!

Greg Schochet Little America Trio
2025-05-03 18:00 - 20:30
Greg Schochet is a full-time performer, teacher and producer in Boulder, Colorado. Equally adept on guitar and mandolin, he is fluent in number of acoustic and electric styles, including bluegrass, swing, and country.
A veteran of many touring and recording bands, his love of music and traveling has brought him to some of the most acclaimed venues in the country, including A Prairie Home Companion, Red Rocks, and the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, as well as the Rainforest World Music Festival in Malaysia.
Born and raised in the suburbs of New York city, Greg’s musical youth was framed by his father’s record collection and FM radio of the 70s and 80s. Combined with a deep love for all things traditional, twangy and old-timey, Greg’s musical sensibilities are wide-ranging and versatile.
He is an integral part of Colorado’s thriving roots music scene, and is a sought after instructor, session player, producer and collaborator.
fiddle tunes • old Western swing • country
http://www.gregschochet.com

Taylor Shae
2025-05-03 16:30 - 17:30
Taylor Shae is an award-winning singer-songwriter born and raised in Colorado, with a bluesy sound that “mixes old soul lyrics with bright vocals and a high-energy delivery for a fresh take on the Americana genre,” (303 Magazine, 2019). Taylor performs with multi-instrumentalist RD, and together the duo has played Colorado venues and festivals since 2016, grabbing the attention of any passerby willing to give into the urge to tap their feet. Few songwriters can claim the release of four albums by the age of 20 while also being a full-time student at Colorado State University, but Taylor’s drive is evident in her release of “Legend Keeper” on Oct. 2.
“Legend Keeper” is an energetic, bluesy-Americana collection made up of stories that are luminous in character, authentic in portrayal of corruption, and enduring in a society of outlaws. Shae’s goal as a songwriter is to become a ‘legend keeper’ herself, a teller of tales that live on through songs meant to be shared, sung along to, and lyrically celebrated.
The album kicks down the doors with soulful Americana-rock anthem “Resolution,” celebrating a gypsy-folk narrative of hitting the road without regrets. You can expect hearts to be strung up over the second song, “Storymaker,” revelling in the idea that as much as we want to write our own story as a ‘storymaker,’ sometimes life is out of our hands and we can only be storytellers. Listening to some of the songs there is almost an uncanny realization that Shae was able to foresee the future challenges of 2020. This is evident in “Lights On,” a song that encourages down-hearted souls to ‘keep the lights on inside,’ or remember to stay positive through dark times.
Not only does Shae bring stories to life in her music, she also aims to raise awareness about large-scale environmental issues such as climate change through songs “What’s Left When” and “Street Sweeper,” expressing passion and concern for the future state of our natural world. In fact, Shae won Sustain Music and Nature’s Backyard Songscape competition in May 2020 with her song “What’s Left When.”
Taylor Shae’s chameleon-esque vocals come through in moments of lyric vulnerability, fiery character during clever melodic phrases, and at the same time providing a full-bodied background chorus or sometimes a gospel back-porch harmony. A pair of acoustic guitars are a driving force in this album, yet each song has a right of its own.
Each of the 10 tracks have been released with a creative music video for a complete audio-visual experience. All of the videos can be found on Taylor Shae’s Youtube page.
Taylor’s third album “High Stakes” was inspired by the vibrancy and liveliness of her 2018 music setlists, the 8-track collection “will kiss your ears like the sun on your shoulders during the dog days to come” (303 Magazine, 2019). Every song on the album has rolled down the streets of a Colorado festival with energy and reason and the music captures the memories of summer. In the songwriting, Taylor wanted to explore the role that sense of place has upon human relationships, and showcased this through soul-wired vocals and untamed bass. Taylor was inspired to create music videos using footage from these live shows to emancipate the spirits of these songs (watch the music videos).
Taylor’s songwriting has been described as having a “carefree edge,” complemented by her “velvety-toned” and “powerhouse vocals” (Boulder Daily Camera, 2019). Taylor believes that much of her songwriting is influenced by the world around her. She is currently a student at Colorado State University, studying Media Communication as an outlet for the passion for storytelling she finds in songwriting and music.
Taylor Shae has received much success as an emerging young songwriter. She was selected to participate in the 2019 Boulder County Artist In Residence Program. Located in Nederland’s Caribou Ranch Open Space, Taylor experienced an inspiring week up in the mountains dedicated to songwriting, videography, and other creative endeavors. She’s performed at many festivals across Colorado including Bohemian Nights presents NewWestFest and Thursday Night Live, Fort Collins Music Experiment, Colorado Women In Blues, Denver People’s Fair, Underground Music Showcase, Rhythm on The River, The Boulder County Fair, and Bands on the Bricks. She was selected as a finalist for the 2017 Handmade Songs competition and recorded an original single, “Alive Not Broken,” at eTown studios. Taylor also won a singer-songwriter competition in 2017 as a part of the Teen Creek Festival in Boulder, Colorado.

https://taylorshaemusic.com/home

Beer Release: Coconut Strawberry Firkin
2025-05-03 12:00 - 22:00
This firkin, a beer that has been naturally fermented and carbonated by its resident yeast was taken up a notch by adding coconut and strawberry. Available on tap only while supplies last.

Beer Release: Lucky 13 IPA
2025-05-03 12:00 - 22:00
Lucky 13 IPA dry hopped with a whopping 13lb of hops: Experimental Hop variety HBC 1019 and Vista hops. Available on tap and in cans to-go.
