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FRIDAY - AUGUST 21st
Rockies vs Guardians @ Coors Field @ 6:40PM
Promotion: Celebrity 1st Pitch - Julian "JuJu" Lewis, City Connect Fridays
Creators Market @ Stanley Marketplace @ 5PM
Wander through 45 curated booths featuring talented local artists and their handcrafted artwork, jewelry, ceramics, woodwork, and textiles.
‘Big Shark’ Screening @ The Bug Theatre @ 9:30PM
Experience Tommy Wiseau's newest feature!
B-Side Music Fridays @ MCA @ 7PM
Enjoy live performances from local Colorado musicians on MCA's iconic rooftop!
Diggy Graves @ Summit @ 7PM
With Resentvul & Ryan Oakes
Overtime Winner @ Marquis Theater @ 7PM
With Benched., The Man Is Dead, & Red40
Courtney Barnett @ Mission Ballroom @ 8PM
With Zoh Amba
Starjunk 95 @ Ogden Theatre @ 8:30PM
With Yung Bae & Lando Burch
Franc Moody (DJ Set) @ Club Vinyl Rooftop @ 10PM
With Tony Snacks & Lenz. RSVP at the link for guest list access.
Dead On A Sunday @ Bluebird Theater @ 8PM
With Nite & The System Dreams of You
Richard Finger @ Cervantes’ Masterpiece Ballroom @ 8:30PM
With Yojas, PATH, & Fervor
Midnight North @ Cervantes’ Other Side @ 6PM
With River Spell, Bottlerocket Hurricane, & Oakhurst
Little Us @ Globe Hall @ 8PM
With Trash. & Aratik
Surprise Soup @ Fox Theatre @ 8PM
With Precocious Neophyte, Exhaler, & Shorts
SATURDAY - AUGUST 22nd
Rockies vs Guardians @ Coors Field @ 6:10PM
Promotion: Star Wars Night
Old School Cool Vintage Market @ Stanley Marketplace @ 10AM
This market features the best local vintage fashion, furniture, vinyl, nostalgia and more in the Mile High City.
Taste of Stanley @ Stanley Marketplace @ 2PM
Enjoy an afternoon of chef-driven bites, beer pours, and wine and spirit tastings, plus local goods from Stanley Marketplace's independent businesses.
Denver Summer Whiskey Tasting Festival @ The Celtic on Market @ 2:30PM
Calling all whiskey lovers and connoisseurs... Take your taste buds on a flavor adventure and sample craft, small-batch, and world-class varieties all in one place.
Colorado Ukrainian Festival @ Belmar Park @ 1PM
The festival features a variety of Ukrainian food & desserts, activities for kids, a beer garden, traditional souvenirs and crafts for sale.
Up With Downsizing 2026! Urban Peak Fundraiser @ Chain Reaction Brewing @ 12PM
Support Urban Peak at a free daylong fundraiser with live music, local arts and crafts, food, drinks, music video bingo, a collaborative beer release, and more.
‘Unprofessional Magic’ Show @ Long Table Brewhouse @ 6:30PM
Featuring the incredible Matthew Brandt, this show is packed with jaw-dropping illusions, sharp-witted humor, and a rabbit sidekick who might just steal the spotlight.
Comedy Night @ Dairy Arts Center @ 8:30PM
Featuring Thomas Nichols, Ricky, Mo Vida, & more
Lumonics Immersed @ Lumonics Light & Sound Gallery @ 8PM
Step inside a multisensory light-art experience filled with glowing sculptures, music, and immersive projections.
TOTO @ Ball Arena @ 6:45PM
With Christopher Cross & The Romantics
Reggae on the Rocks @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre @ 3PM
Featuring Rebelution, MAOLI, Skip Marley, Third World, & more
Free Summer Concert Series: Inspector @ Levitt Pavilion @ 6PM
With Roka Hueka
Bear Grillz @ Summit @ 8PM
With Vastive, RZRKT, Badklaat, & more
Fighting The Phoenix @ Marquis Theater @ 6PM
With Fast Asleep, Talons, & Spitting Image
Cassian @ Boulder Theater @ 11PM
With LUKO & SYMSTRATA
DoubleTake @ Fox Theatre @ 11PM
With Gallow, Mako b2b Chuck Magic
Blookah @ Cervantes’ Masterpiece Ballroom @ 8:30PM
With Align, Spenny, & Gibbs
Float Like a Buffalo @ Cervantes’ Other Side @ 8PM
With Josh Inghram Band
John F. Ketamine @ Globe Hall @ 8PM
With Low Blow & Better Than Dead
SUNDAY - AUGUST 23rd
Rockies vs Guardians @ Coors Field @ 1:10PM
Promotion: Larry Walker Statue Unveiling and Celebration, Larry Walker Replica Statue
Quicksand + Bane @ Gothic Theatre @ 7:30PM
With Soul Blind & Public Opinion
Rehash @ Fox Theatre @ 8PM
With Mexican Slum Rats & Bruha
All Weekend
FRIDAY & SATURDAY - CAAMP @ Fiddler’s Green
With Durand Jones & The Indications
SATURDAY & SUNDAY - The Big Bounce America @ Denver Coliseum
Don’t miss the world's biggest touring inflatable theme park! Get ready for super-sized fun, blasts, bubbles, crazy dancing, and even crazier competitions.
All weekend - Stanley10 Celebration @ Stanley Marketplace
Get ready for three days of music, tastings, shopping, and good company in celebration of Stanley Marketplace’s 10-year anniversary!
All weekend - Breckenridge International Festival of Arts
At BIFA, local, national and international artists create an eclectic mix of music, dance, film, visual arts and family entertainment rooted in mountain culture and the natural environment.
All weekend - Eagle Mushroom & Wild Food Festival @ Bush Creek Pavilion
Explore the natural world and its bounty with esteemed mycologists and wild food experts.
All weekend - ‘Monty Python’s Spamalot’ Musical @ Buell Theatre
Inspired by the classic film ‘Monty Python and the Holy Grail,’ this musical has everything that makes a great comedy, from flying cows to British royalty. Ends 8/23.
All weekend - ‘504’ Musical @ Kilstrom Theatre
Get ready for the world premiere fictionalized retelling of the 1977 San Francisco disability rights sit-in, pulsing with music, heart, and resilience as a community fights for connection, identity, and change. Ends 8/23.
All weekend - ‘Murder For Two’ Musical @ Dairy Arts Center
In this fast-paced, hilarious musical whodunit, one actor plays the detective racing to crack the case while the other plays every single suspect—and both pound the keys of a single piano all night long. Ends 8/29.
All weekend - ‘Witch’ Play @ Dairy Arts Center
Jen Silverman’s reworking of the 1621 drama, ‘The Witch of Edmonton,’ is wickedly funny, surprisingly moving and dangerously entertaining. Ends 8/23.
Ongoing
Ongoing - ThisShouldBe.org Denver Community Challenge
Explore your neighborhood, complete a walkability audit, and earn a chance at a $50 gift card while helping improve Denver public spaces for people of all ages and abilities to walk, roll, bike, and take transit. Open through 9/30.
Ongoing - Cherry Creek Fresh Market @ 9AM
Shop Colorado products in season like farm flowers, fresh fruit & veggies, local greens, culinary herbs, French cheeses, vegan & gluten-free products, and much more! Ends 10/11.
Ongoing - Farmers Market @ Old South Pearl Street @ 9AM
Shop Colorado-grown produce and locally-made products, plus enjoy live musical performances. Ends 11/8.
Ongoing - Riverfront Market @ Commons Park
This open-air market brings together Colorado farms and ranches, prepared foods, local artists, and coffee. Ends 9/26.
Ongoing - ‘Harry Potter: The Exhibition’ Immersive Experience @ 417 S Broadway
The renowned exhibition celebrates all things Harry Potter by bringing to life some of your favourite moments, characters, locations, and beasts from the film series, as well as the extended Harry Potter universe. Ends 9/30.
Ongoing - Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience @ Exhibition Hub Art Center
This captivating 360º digital art exhibition invites you to step into the universe of the Dutch genius, Vincent van Gogh. Ends 8/30.
Ongoing - ‘Smithsonian Starstruck’ Immersive Experience @ York Street Yards
This first-of-its-kind virtual reality adventure takes visitors on a breathtaking journey through the cosmos, from dazzling galaxies to the edge of a black hole. Ends 9/28.
Ongoing - ‘Bright Nights’ Experience @ Four Mile Park
Bright Nights returns with a magical menagerie of brightly colored lanterns inspired by the diversity of nature. Ends 11/8.
Ongoing - ‘Nightingale’ Puzzle Room Experience @ Golden Puzzle Room
You and your team will be placed in a themed room where you will search for clues to solve puzzles until you reach a final goal. Ends 9/30.
Ongoing - ‘Strike it Rich!’ Puzzle Room Experience @ Golden Puzzle Room
Go on an exciting search for gold in this 60-minute immersive team quiz. Ends 2/27/2028.
Ongoing - ‘Changing Landscapes: Inside Venice, Mesa Verde, and Rapa Nui’ Exhibition @ DMNS
Through large-scale projections and interactive experiences, guests will be transported to UNESCO World Heritage Sites facing challenges in a changing climate.
Ongoing - ‘The World’s Largest Dinosaurs’ Exhibition @ DMNS
The exhibition invites you to explore the mind-bending biology and amazing anatomy of sauropods — the largest land animals to ever live — through enthralling life-sized exhibits and displays. Ends 9/7.
Ongoing - ‘Discovering Teen Rex’ Exhibition @ DMNS
Take an extraordinary journey into our prehistoric past as DMNS unveils a remarkable fossil discovered by a crew of inquisitive young dino hunters in North Dakota.
Ongoing - ‘Tilting West’ Exhibition @ Arvada Center
Blending invited and juried artists from across the region, this large-scale exhibition reexamines the genre of the American West through a contemporary lens. Ends 8/23.
Ongoing - ‘What We’ve Been Up To: People’ Exhibition @ DAM
This exhibition features a rich variety of portraits, self-portraits, and candid scenes that touch on the joys and challenges of everyday life as well as personal relationships, solitude, and the way people see themselves and each other. Ends 9/29.
Ongoing - ‘Conversation Pieces’ Exhibition @ DAM
Discover connections between visionary designers, cultural movements, and the evolution of iconic fashion houses. Ends 10/11.
Ongoing - ‘The Tangled Self’ Exhibition @ DAM
Colorado artist Sadie Young invites visitors to step inside enormous mouths of towering monsters, dodge playful tube creatures, and discover hidden surprises in this colorful installation.
Ongoing - ‘Round the Clock’ Exhibition @ DAM
The exhibition brings together historic prints made about Colorado, depicting an imaginary day in the life of Colorado through the eyes of printmakers, one hour at a time.
Ongoing - ‘Space Is the Place’ Exhibition @ DAM
The exhibition navigates an era when artists and designers turned their gaze skyward, channeling the optimism, anxiety, and curiosity that defined the mid-20th century.
Ongoing - ‘Colorado Currents’ Exhibition @ MCA
The exhibition brings together recent artworks by a multigenerational group of twenty-eight artists with ties to Colorado, in the spirit of exploring how Colorado is experienced today. Ends 11/1.
Ongoing - ‘Still in Sound’ Exhibition @ Clyfford Still Museum
Designed to facilitate visceral, whole-body experiences with Clyfford Still’s work, this exhibition explores how visitors may experience abstract visual language through sound. Ends 2/17/2027.
Ongoing - ‘Tres Voces, Un Corazón’ Exhibition @ BMoCA
Bringing together distinct practices by three members of one family, the exhibition explores how identity, cultural memory, and artistic language are formed, challenged, and carried forward within a shared but evolving lineage. Ends 9/13.
