Just Because Party IV: 2025

The 4th Annual “Just Because Party” went off without a hitch with downtown revelers enjoying the pounding music at Reelworks, 1399 35 St., and later next door at Tracks nightclub across the street. If you’re new to town or have been out of the loop in the past 5 or so years, it’s an annual free fiesta at one of Downtown Denver’s most popular event/concert/fundraising venues. It’s a Who’s Who of Denverites, their friends of friends, and for anyone who simply loves Denver. It’s a party for the sake of having just a party: open to all.

The event is the brainchild of several folks including Josh Hanfling, co-founder of Sewald Hanfling Public Affairs; Sarah and Andrew Feinstein of Reelworks’ and Event Planner Melissa LaCome of LaCome Inc. Events. Since there’s a SuperHero movie out every 4 months or so we like to call these event-party community-spirited leaders: Denver’s Fantastic Four.

For history buffs, the name “Reelworks” pays homage to the building’s metal manufacturing roots from the 1940s. The brick building warehouse once home to the largest maker of the old fashioned 35 mm metal film reels used by Hollywood filmmakers before the video and digital age took over. That’s why at most events a movie is playing on multiple screens around the concert hall. Tonight was the Tarentino classic “Pulp Fiction” and several other offbeat popular films.

It’s early springtime in Colorado so this event was prepared for any crazy rain-snow-blazing sun unpredictable-but-predictable Denver weather with a tent outside and two food trucks and lots of cash bars inside and out.

Truly a downtown community event with movers-and-shakers, politicos, startup entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, fashionistas, techies, PR/Marketing gurus, event planners, socialites, civic-minded idealists and just about anyone else who chose to attend. On this evening we spotted one former Colorado governor, a past Denver DA, a U.S. Senator, and several local chamber reps, to name a few.

As always, we salute the Fantastic Four and the many diverse entrepreneurs, business leaders, organizations, corporations, non-profits and Colorado go-getters who make this party happen. Until 2026.