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- Denver, here is my list of things to do this weekend [February 22nd-25th]
Denver, here is my list of things to do this weekend [February 22nd-25th]
Denver, here is my big list of things to do this weekend!
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THURSDAY - FEBRUARY 22th
Alaska Thunderf*ck Live Show @ Gothic Theatre @ 8PM RuPaul Drag Race All Stars winner and one of the most iconic names in the industry, Alaska takes the live stage for an evening of music and chit-chat with the audience.
Candlelight: Classic Rock on Strings in Concert @ Wings Over the Rockies @ 6:30PM / 9:15PM Hear your favorite classic rock songs by Bon Jovi, Queen, The Beatles, Aerosmith, and others performed by Nexus Strings Quartet.
Silversun Pickups @ Ogden Theatre @ 8PM With Hello Mary
FRIDAY - FEBRUARY 23rd
Lab Group @ Mission Ballroom @ 8PM Featuring Clams Casino, Jacques Greene, OAKK, & Lilah
Mindchatter @ Ogden Theatre @ 9PM With Familiar Faces
This Never Happened @ Bluebird Theater @ 9PM Featuring Massane & Otherwish
SATURDAY - FEBRUARY 24th
WinterFest @ McIlvoy Park @ 11AM Enjoy cultural performances, favorite local food trucks, a beer garden, pet parade, ice sculptures, and many other family-friendly activities!
Denver FamilyFest @ Colorado Convention Center @ 12PM This annual festival promises fun for parents and kids of all ages! Learn about local family-type vendors & resources, enjoy performances and presentations, and more family fun.
Public Safety Day @ Wings Museum @ 10AM Check out firetrucks, rescue vehicles, air ambulances and safety equipment up close.
Mile High Beer Fest @ Stockyards Events Center Enjoy the ultimate day of sampling the best of Colorado's beer scene and more!
‘Selected Shorts’ Radio Show Live @ Lone Tree Arts Center @ 8PM Actors Tate Donovan, John Benjamin Hickey, and Carolina Ravassa perform classic and contemporary tales inspired by the spirit of the American West.
‘The Flying Dutchman’ Opera @ Ellie Caulkins Opera House Wagner’s supernatural drama about the captain of a legendary ghost ship makes landfall with Opera Colorado.
George Lopez Live @ Paramount Theatre @ 7PM Lopez is taking the nation by storm with his hilarious stand-up comedy tour.
Gideon @ Marquis Theater @ 6PM With Left To Suffer, Fox Lake, & No Cure
Crankdat @ Ogden Theatre @ 9PM With Alleycvt & Shank Aaron
SUNDAY - FEBRUARY 25th
Sundays on Santa Fe@ Santa Fe Arts District @ 11AM On the last Sunday of every month, enjoy gallery hopping, boutique shopping, and explore Santa Fe
Bryce Vine @ Mission Ballroom @ 8PM With Hoodie Allen & Yoshi T
All Weekend
FRIDAY & SATURDAY - 2024 Diversion Weekend @ Denver Turnverein This vintage dance festival includes classes in lindy hop swing, blues, and tap, cultural interactive talks, performances, and social dancing to live music
SATURDAY & SUNDAY - The Colorado New Play Summit @ Helen Bonfils Theatre Complex Immerse yourself in Colorado theater’s premier event as you meet promising writers, directors, and actors, listen to new plays, and enjoy fully-produced Theatre Company productions.
All weekend - The Improvised Shakespeare Company Comedy Show @ Garner Galleria Theatre The dazzling players create a brand new, fully improvised masterpiece right before your eyes. Enjoy an evening of spontaneous comedy featuring the language and themes of William Shakespeare!
All weekend - Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony in Concert @ Boettcher Concert Hall So often enlisted for its brilliance, magnitude, and thematic potency, hear Beethoven’s triumphant Symphony No. 9 in all its brilliance performed by the Colorado Symphony & Chorus.
All weekend - ‘Message In A Bottle’ Dance-Theater Show @ Buell Theatre LAST CHANCE - With a mix of exhilarating dance styles, high-energy footwork and breathtaking athleticism, ‘Message In A Bottle’ tells a unifying and uplifting story of humanity and hope.
All weekend - ‘Natasha, Pierre, and The Great Comet of 1812’ Musical @ Arvada Center Nominated for 12 Tony-awards upon its roaring premiere, this musical extravaganza combines the unimaginable - electropop tunes with the scandalous slice of Tolstoy’s ‘War and Peace.’
All weekend - 'The Legend of Georgia McBride' Play @ Vintage Theatre With snappy zingers and dance-worthy numbers, this wildly entertaining story challenges our perceptions of identity and classic gender roles with extraordinary humor and depth.
All weekend - ‘A Year with Frog and Toad’ Family-Friendly Musical @ Arvada Center Arnold Lobel's treasured characters hop from page to stage in a story of friendship and adventure.
All weekend - ‘Rubicon’ Play @ Kilstrom Theatre Based on a true story of Elizabeth Pack, ‘Rubicon’ tracks the thrilling career of one of history’s most effective spies.
All weekend - ‘Cebollas’ Play @ Singleton Theatre New Mexican culture and the immutable bond of sisterhood take center stage in this outlandish comedy, which received stellar audience response at the 2022 Colorado New Play Summit.
All weekend - ‘The Nacirema Society’ CFU John Hand Theater Taking place in 1960s revolutionary America, this warm and funny play embraces a personal story of love, family drama, and chaos of the everyday life.
Ongoing
Ongoing - Ice Castles @ Cripple Creek LAST CHANCE - See incredible sculptures and spaces built from ice as one of Colorado’s favorite traditions is back for another season.
Ongoing - ‘Space Explorers: The Infinite’ Immersive Experience @ Stanley Marketplace Embark on an immersive excursion through new breathtaking videos that reveal the many wonders of space exploration.
Ongoing - ‘The Berlin Airlift: Supplies from the Sky’ Exhibition @ Wings Museum The exhibit shares the lessons of courage, perseverance, and the triumph of the human spirit and pays tribute to the brave citizens who risked their lives to bring hope to a divided city.
Ongoing - 'Spookadelia' Immersive Show @ Spectra Art Space 'Spookadelia: Doubt’s Echo' is an all-ages narrative-driven psychedelic immersive art, theatrical, and highly interactive experience.
Ongoing - Colorado Scholastic Art & Writing Awards Showcase @ DAM See projects from the annual Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, nation’s longest-running and most prestigious recognition program for creative teens.
Ongoing - ‘All Stars: Artists from The Phillips Collection’ Exhibition @ DAM With works by more than 50 artists including Benny Andrews, Childe Hassam, Jacob Lawrence, Georgia O'Keeffe, Jackson Pollock, and more, the show explores important American art from the end of the nineteenth century to contemporary times.
Ongoing - ‘The Russells in Denver, 1921’ Exhibition @ DAM Charles M. Russel’s works capture the vast landscapes, mountain ranges, and peoples of the American West of the 1880s, thus leaving a valuable chronicle of the West that once was.
Ongoing - ‘Personal Geographies’ Exhibition @ DAM The exhibition presents a selection of images by two artists - Trent Davis Bailey and Brian Adams who seek to understand themselves and the places they treasure though photography.
Ongoing - ‘Performing Self’ Exhibition @ Boulder Museum of Contemporary ArtThis exhibition provides a look into how seven multidisciplinary artists celebrate the mutability of self-identity through the embodiment of alter egos or personae.