Live-music venues worth the trip in Boulder, Colorado

CU Boulder’s 1922 stone concert hall on the Norlin Quad, a 2,000-seat room for orchestras and touring artists.

A restored 1906 downtown art-deco hall under a landmark neon marquee, the flagship of Z2 Entertainment.

An all-wooden 1898 barn-like hall at the foot of the Flatirons, prized for its warm acoustics inside a National Historic Landmark.

A 625-capacity standing-room club on University Hill, open since 1992 and long rated among the country’s best small rooms.

A converted downtown church turned solar-powered listening room and radio studio, seating about 200 for intimate performances.