Aggie Theatre

A blossoming new home for Fort Collins live music lovers. Support it, enjoy it, love it, and it will reward you with awesome concert experiences!

Soooooo. Much better since Cervantes took over! Good job you guys ;)

My first time seeing a show at this venue. The place isn’t a fancy music venue and doesn’t need to be one. Just give me good sound, a decent place to view the stage, and The place is ok with me. The sound was good where I was standing on the night that I went to see Victor Wooten. Not too loud, all instruments clearly heard in the mix, good bass, and overall sound quality. Easy access to the front stage area and people weren’t wasted or rowdy on a Thursday night. I was able to check my coat for $ 2 and got it back with no issues.
A decent spot for live music!

I have been to the Aggie a few times in my life. Each time has been bad… just bad. This time around (last Friday), I returned to the Aggie for the first time in years to see two of my friends’ bands play. Everything was going just swell until my wristband got messed up and came off. Thinking it would all be fine and dandy (since I’m 23), I went up to the bar to grab a drink with my friend and the bartender asked where my wristband was. Alas, I showed him my ID and told him the story of why I no longer had my wristband. He got all huffy and told me to get another. Soo. I go to the front to get another and get reprimanded by security. They almost kicked me out, but finally a guy looked at my ID and gave me big black Xes on my hands. Since my wristband was gone, I was no longer allowed to spend money at the Aggie’s bar (greatttt for business, right?), but could remain in the show.
And there we are, 5 minutes later. I have a sip of my friend’s drink (okay, sorry security)… Get booted immediately! But mind you, I was escorted out harshly by a large troll of a security guard who proceeded to say extremely rude comments. And, better yet, I got one last scolding from the bartender who told the security to get «me and my fakea** ID out of there.»
GREAT customer service, guys. I’ll be sure to spend my hard-​earned money elsewhere, at bars that actually value me being of age and not berating me for having an out-​of-​state ID.

The most poorly managed business in Old Town. Probably the worst medium sized venue I’ve ever been to. This place is a total diamond in the rough, and is rough as hell because the management sucks. Main issues:
1) They think they’re a college venue every night, and they’re not. For that reason, almost every show has the headliner starting around 11pm. Sometimes even closer to midnight. This happens regardless of the day of the week. So if you go to see the band you paid for, you probably won’t even get home until 1am, and as someone with a day job, during the weekdays that’s pretty tough. My wife won’t even go to shows during the week because she’s typically in bed before the opener even starts. Now, you may say that college kids go out later, which is true. But how many college kids are going to shell out $ 25 on a Tuesday to see Robert Randolph and the Family Band on a Tuesday? The answer is a lot closer to zero than it is the capacity of the Aggie.
2) They have served minors, gotten in trouble, and are punishing non-​minors because of it. They got in trouble so many times for serving minors, that the city required them to up security AND install a fence, yes a chain link fence, to separate minors from drinking adults. So rather than bite the bullet and either not allow minors, or to not serve booze and have all-​ages shows, they separate the crowd like caged rats. And the worst part is that part of the all-​ages area is right in front of the stage, which means if you are over 21, you can get near the stage, but not with a drink. So I’m being punished because the Aggie served minors. Last weekend when the New Mastersounds played on a Thursday, there was ONE person in front of the stage, because there were zero minors in the place and hey, everyone wants to have a cocktail. It was embarrassing for the city.
3) Staff is incredibly rude. I’ve even been at shows where the soundboard guy was missing for 10 minutes, when the band wanted more sound on the mic. The band didn’t play there again for 2 years, and this is a band that used to play twice a year.
4) Place is a dump. So much potential here. It could seriously be a crown jewel of Old Town. It could get the bands that the Boulder Theatre and the Fox do. But it never will as long as the management is the same.
The only good things I have to say is that the drinks are reasonably priced for a music venue, and their email list that gives away free tickets is nice. That’s really the only thing that keeps me going consistently.

I went here last night for the first time and I will never go back. I was waiting in line for a drink and some jerk cut in front of me so I said something about it… Next thing I know I’m getting thrown out. And not just asked to leave but completely manhandled by their power tripping security. I even have bruises on my arm where he grabbed me. I’ve never been kicked out of anywhere before. I wasn’t rude or belligerent. Then they kicked my friends out because we came together. I called the police but I doubt anything will come of it. After reading reviews here and on Facebook, kicking people out for no reason seems to be a common thing for them. Don’t waste your money. I’ll stick to the venues in Denver.

Old-​school concert dive venue. Smelly, dirty bathrooms, bad drinks, rude service. But isn’t that the case for most venues? When good bands are here, it’s a fun experience.

Overall it’s a good place. I wouldn’t object to seeing other shows there.

The Aggie has SO MUCH potential! But… yuck. It’s disgusting inside — dirty and gross absolutely everywhere. (don’t ever look up…) The ownership seems to have driven this could-​be gem right into the ground. Just STOP letting minors in if you cannot keep the craziness away! STOP overselling tickets! Don’t completely ruin the Aggie!

Nice venue, but staff needs to be retrained in every way

Doesn’t even deserve a one star rating. I will not be going back to the Aggie until a complete change of ownership and a much needed remodel occurs. The staff are rude, taps never cleaned, overpriced beverages and in general a terrible venue. I’ve visited this venue on numerous occasions over seven years because it is the largest in Fort Collins and gets a wide variety of musicians that draw larger crowds. Music was always great but the venue was never a good experience. The recent liquor license debacle and chain link fencing was the last straw… never going back.

Just wont go. The venue has so much potential. The bands are (mostly) good. But as for ownership, staff and tickets prices I will choose not to go again. I hope it cleans up, until then no way.

I was just there for a show Friday. The good… sound was great, band was FANTASTIC!
The bad…10−15 minutes (3 songs) to get a drink as they only had one of the bars open. Midway through the show it was so HOT I am not sure how the band kept going but they did. I have been to many small theatres and I am not sure I will be back to the Aggie.

Friendly staff. Saw the EMINENCE ENSEMBLE from Boulder (I believe).

No Lines there, good sampling of music. Nice to have them in this area of No Colorado so we can see many varied acts.
Definitely 4 stars.

Went for the Minus The Bear Concert. Seems like many of the other sort of dive-​ish local music venues I have been and worked in. Overall the layout was good, got to see them up close which was great. Now the bad part. Now this could have been the bands sound engineers fault, but I think it was more the Aggie sound system. The highs were WAY too high, the vocals were washed out and the mix on the drums was all wrong. Obviously it made the concert experience less enjoyable with bad sound. Ill certainly go again however, but don’t expect an audiophile experience.

I seriously love this place. I’ve seen many great shows here, like Pepper who played a 7 song encore even after the theatre threatened to shut them down. And I was blessed to see John Popper of Blues Traveler playing with his side project, the Duskray Troubadours, which I WON tickets to go see, then ended up catching his harmonica when he threw it into the crowd.
There is lots to love — tickets are easy to win if you sign up for their mailing list, and even if you don’t win them they are hellaciously cheap anyway. AWESOME lineup, almost all the time (my next show is BUCKETHEAD!) Super intimate, tiny venue with either a raging mosh pit or a super mellow groovy crowd. Free parking in the back. They play LATE, and often have several openers so if you’re only interested in your headliner, you can lazily walk in around 11pm most nights and not have to wait very long to see them.
It’s true about the bathrooms, but seriously, you’re drunk and hopefully only in them once in a night. Get over it.

I had a great time here to see Yelawolf in October. Loved that by hanging in the back I had a better view and avoided some of the crazy closer to the stage. Drinks were cheap as was the ticket ($ 20). Most of all I was thankful for the back parking lot. It could have been the performer, but the crowd watching was top notch!

easily the worst venue in the country. i have been to a lot of venues all over the country. i went for a MMW show a few years ago. It was a freezing cold night and they were so slow to let people in that we were standing outside for 45 min to get in and missed part of the show. What!!! this is unacceptable people! get your shit together. And, the show was full and they had one of two bars open. Lines were ridiculous and basically made it impossible to get a drink. Again, unacceptable. This doesn’t happen anywhere else in this country for a similar sized venue. I managed to go back for a Pretty Lights show with a friend and it was not any better. I remember the staff being complete assholes and treating us like we should be privileged to be in their dumpy ass, shithole venue in ft fucking collins. you’d have to pay me to go back.
when it comes down to it, it appears that the staff doesn’t care about their patrons. with so many other great venues and the amazing music scene in the front range, why would i ever go back?

Went here for a show last night that was advertised completely free on their website and on their sign. When I went in it ended up being $ 10 to enter for anyone under 21 which was NOT advertised anywhere. False advertising and marketing at its finest. If you do not have the decency to at least advertise correctly I will NOT go back to your venue for any concert.

The Aggie has a coat check? Wow. I seriously learn something new every time on on here.
My most recent stop at The Aggie was last Saturday for my 2^nd Reverend Horton Heat show — always a great time watching The Rev do his thing, as well as enjoying a $ 4 tallboy PBR and hanging out with a bunch of other drunks. It’s like New Years was at my place but with bar service, and worse bathrooms.
I’ve got to say, FoCo is lucky to still have The Aggie and these smaller but way more intense acts that still carve our little town into their schedule every time they’re out on tour.
The staff has always been cool, the pit excessively violent — just like we all like it, plus they give you wristbands so you can come and go as you please. Me and the boys left the venue twice to go meet up with folks elsewhere for a shot & a beer, then went right back in to the show.
Gotta take a star back just because this place needs an update and their online ticketing system seems a bit shady. Kudos for doing tabs at the bar though.