When she started performing professionally in 21-only bars and clubs at the age of 18, she couldn’t afford to alienate any potential programmers, important as they are to developing artists. Minerva, now 21 and able to play anywhere she wants, has seen that trend spread quickly across Denver’s gay bars. Saturday, June 25th 2022 Home Page Close Menuīut fully sober options have taken center stage since the pandemic, both in Colorado and nationally, as non-alcoholic cocktails, sober bars and all-ages music events have opened up otherwise 21-and-up spaces and festivals to larger, more age-diverse LGBTQ audiences.