He Left Nightclubs for Ice Cream and Found a New Frequency

Before he was scooping butter pecan on Colfax, he was moving the room with bass.

Tullie Bailey once ran five of the biggest nightclubs in Denver—packed dance floors, late nights, neon lights, and all the chaos that came with it. But somewhere between headlining DJs and backdoor exits, something shifted. He got sober. He chose stillness. And he started building something softer—something that healed instead of hyped.

Today, Tullie co-owns Colfax and Cream, a culturally rooted ice cream café in the lobby of 11th Avenue Hostel. It's hip-hop meets hospitality. Punk meets parenting. Eritrean recipes meet energy drinks. And underneath the scoops and smiles is a former promoter who now moves people with empathy instead of beats.

In this episode, host Bryant Perkins sits down with Tullie to unpack his journey—from growing up hard, to touring globally as a hip-hop artist, to managing nightclubs, and now building a family, a business, and a message that speaks to a new kind of movement.

This isn't a story about quitting nightlife.
It's about changing the frequency—and staying long enough to build something real.

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 📍 Recorded on-site at 11th Avenue Hostel, Denver, CO
 🍦 Colfax & Cream is now open to travelers, locals, and everyone in between.

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