Things to do in Denver this weekend [October 16th - 19th]

October 16, 2025

Hey Denver,

Get out there and have a wonderful weekend! These warm days and sunny skies won’t last for long.

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Now onto the show:

THURSDAY - OCTOBER 16th

Science Lounge: 21+ Halloween Bash @ DMNS @ 7PM Celebrate Halloween season with mini lectures, live music, special tours, laser shows, and more at this unique after-hours event.

Create & Play @ DAM @ 10AM This early-childhood program offers a range of activities and interactive experiences for the whole family.

Letlive @ Summit @ 7PM With The Burial Plot, Beauty School Dropout, & Tigerwine

Lecrae @ Ogden Theatre @ 8PM With Miles Minnick & gio.

Sleeping with Sirens @ Boulder Theater @ 7PM With Stand Atlantic & Heart to Gold

Arkansauce @ Fox Theatre @ 8PM With River Spell & Tonewood String Band

Biohazard @ Gothic Theatre @ 6:30PM With Onyx, Bayway, & Swollen Teeth

FRIDAY - OCTOBER 17th

Do Spirits Return? @ Lakewood Cultural Center @ 7PM Theatrical immersive seance show full of magic and mystery..

Voila @ Marquis Theater @ 7PM With Monotronic & Not A Toy

Hamdi @ Mission Ballroom @ 7PM With Digital Mystikz, Ivy Lab, Bushbaby, & Undergroundselekta

Stop Light Observations @ Fox Theatre @ 8PM With Black Moon Howl & Jack Fortune

Stranger at the River @ River Bar @ 10PM Live music with rotating special guests and DJs every Friday. This weekly event brings in new talent from all over Denver.

HATED @ Globe Hall @ 8PM With Abstract Delusions, Ransom Note, & Under Society

Lumonics Immersed @ Lumonics Gallery @ 8PM Multisensory performance orchestrated live by one of the first and longest-running light art projects in the US.

SATURDAY - OCTOBER 18th

Morning Yoga @ DMNS @ 8AM Enjoy a rejuvenating yoga session perfect for all abilities and skill levels.

Party on the Plaza @ Writer Square 1512 Larimer St, Denver @ 3PM Free, family-friendly celebration activating the plaza with music, performances, and interactive art inspired by the Biennial Festival. Surrounded by exhibitions including Double Vision, Sabor Ancestral, and CANDY STORE.

The Denver Street Fairs @ Northfield Street Fairs @ 11AM
Explore a diverse collection of handmade goods from talented local artists and vendors. Find unique art, jewelry, home decor, bath and body products, accessories, and more!

Killers of Kill Tony Comedy Show @ Paramount Theatre @ 7PM / 9:30PM ‘Killers of Kill Tony’ is a standup lineup featuring regulars and fan-favorites from "Kill Tony", the #1 live podcast in the world.

Rhythm and Brass: A Latin Jazz Fiesta @ Arvada Center @ 7:30PM This electrifying concert puts salsa front and center, showcasing the vibrant fusion of Afro-Caribbean beats, jazz harmony, and the power of the CJRO big band.

The Jazz Room: A Journey to the Heart of New Orleans @ The Church Nightclub @ 6PM / 8PM Travel back in time to 1920s New Orleans as talented live jazz band brings a night of soul, passion, and rhythm.

Blassphemy! A Metal Go-Go Burlesque Show @ Lion's Lair @ 9:30PM Metal burlesque show featuring extended performances with heavy music, mesmerizing go-go, and jaw-dropping stamina. Presale tickets $15, $20 day of show (doors at 9pm, tipping strongly encouraged).

REZZ Night 1 @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre @ 6PM With YDG, Shadient, NotLö, & Tinykvt

Jawbreaker @ Summit @ 6:30PM With Texas Is The Reason & Runt

Relate @ Marquis Theater @ 6:30PM With Out in Front, Red40, Public Figure, & Capture This

Head for the Hills @ Globe Hall @ 8PM With Ragged Union & Friendly Reminders

SUNDAY - OCTOBER 19th

Denver Bridal and Wedding Expo @ National Western Complex @ 12PM Discover regional vendors, latest ideas & inspiration, and limitless possibilities to make your unique wedding a reality!

Denver BAZAAR @ Larimer Square @ 12PM
This monthly pop-up market features 30+ local makers and craft vendors, street food and food trucks, fashion trucks, live DJs, and craft brews and cocktails.

Painted Planes & Pumpkins @ Wings Museum @ 12PM Experience a day of fun, creativity, and discovery at Exploration of Flight with up-close airplane access, demonstrations, pumpkin painting, and bites from local food trucks.

Golden Girls Comedy Show @ Paramount Theatre @ 2PM After sold-out shows across the country in 2023, this latest production brings Miami’s sassiest seniors to the live stage for one more hurrah.

REZZ Night 2 @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre @ 6PM With AC Slater, AHEE, Digital Ethos, & Curra

Black Moon Howl @ Globe Hall @ 5PM With Flyin’ Hot Saucers & Lonely Choir

All Weekend

SATURDAY & SUNDAY - Glow Before Dark @ Denver Botanic Gardens Stroll through the Gardens and enjoy spooky scenes that embody the spirit of the season, including skeleton displays, a graveyard, a field of scarecrows and more.

SATURDAY & SUNDAY - Urban Market @ Union Station @ 12PM Shop clothing, jewelry, antiques, furniture, and other unique treasures directly from local artists.

All weekend - Boo at the Zoo @ Denver Zoo
This special, limited-admission event features all kinds fun and spooky Halloween shenanigans, including Trick-or-Treating stations around the zoo. Ends 10/26.

All weekend - Ghosts In The Gardens @ Denver Botanic Gardens @ 5:30PM Denver Botanic Gardens dares you to join us after dark for the spine-tingling stories of our haunted history. Ends 10/30.

All weekend - Boulder Roots Music Fest @ Boulder Theater From seasoned veterans to rising stars, this year’s lineup will represent the diverse sounds and styles that make Colorado's music scene so unique.

All weekend - Mahler’s Symphony No. 9 in Concert @ Boettcher Concert Hall Andrew Litton takes on another grand musical endeavor - Mahler’s daring last Symphony brimming with blistering intensity, paralyzing terror, and tender nostalgia.

All weekend - ‘Shucked’ Musical @ Buell Theatre From an award-winning production team comes a unique and hilarious musical story of a small-town woman on a quest to find out why all the corn across the country keeps dying. Ends 10/19.

All weekend - ‘Merrily We Roll Along’ Musical @ Vintage Theatre Don’t miss this new adaptation of the classic Sondheim fable about friendship, compromise, and the high price of success. Ends 10/19.

All weekend - ‘Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill’ Musical @ Arvada Center Step into the world of jazz legend Billie Holiday in this soul-stirring musical experience that transports you to a smoky, intimate bar in 1959. Ends 11/2.

All weekend - ‘Schoolhouse Rock Live!’ Musical @ Aurora Fox Art Center This high-energy musical brings the classic animated series to life on stage, combining clever lyrics and unforgettable melodies with a live-action twist. Ends 10/18.

All weekend - ‘Lizzie’ Musical @ Aurora Fox Arts Center Based on the Burden family murders, ‘Lizzie’ is a fierce and captivating experience, blending raw emotion and historical intrigue with a pulse-pounding musical score. Ends 11/2.

All weekend - ‘Nice Work If You Can Get It’ Musical @ Lone Tree Arts Center A hilarious screwball comedy, the musical pokes fun at the Prohibition era in a clash of elegant socialites and boorish bootleggers, all set to the glorious songs of George and Ira Gershwin. Ends 10/26.

All weekend - ‘Cat on a Hot Tin Roof’ Play @ Kilstrom Theatre Tennessee Williams’ Pulitzer Prize-winning drama unfolds one sweltering Mississippi night on the Pollitt estate, where one family faces tensions, betrayal, and unburied truths. Ends 11/2.

All weekend - ‘The Happiest Man on Earth’ Play @ Singleton Theatre Based on The New York Times best-selling memoir by Eddie Jaku, this powerful and magnificent new play tells a remarkable story of survival, revealing a paradox of joy built on a foundation of grief. Ends 11/2.

All weekend -m ‘Angry, Raucous, and Shamelessly Gorgeous’ Play @ Vintage Theatre This dramatic comedy confronts aging, legacy, and honoring the past while embracing an unknown future. Ends 11/23.

All weekend - ‘Dance Nation’ Play @ The People’s Building Aurora This Pulitzer Prize-nominated play explores ambition, identity, and adolescence as a preteen dance team navigates growing up and chasing glory at the national finals. Ends 10/19.

All weekend - ‘Alabama Story’ Play @ John Hand Theater CFU Set in the Deep South during the Civil Rights Movement, this new production follows a white librarian persecuted for fighting against a segregationist senator and censorship. Ends 10/26.

Ongoing

Ongoing - Farmers Market @ Old South Pearl Street @ 9AM Sundays only* Shop Colorado-grown produce and locally-made products, plus enjoy live musical performances. Ends 11/4.

Ongoing - The Omni Market @ West Ellsworth Boulevard at Broadway Saturdays & Sundays* Centered around vintage fashion and handmade goods, this market brings together independent sellers with a shared love for the worn, the rare, and the one-of-a-kind. Ends 11/23.

Ongoing - ‘The 13th Floor Haunted House’ Experience Themed attractions inside the most hideous and creepy 13th Floor Haunted House bring to life some of your most fearful nightmares. Ends 11/9.

Ongoing - Fright Fest @ Elitch Gardens Colorado’s largest and most popular Halloween event is back for six weekends of hair-raising fun! Ends 11/2.

Ongoing - ‘Catrinas en Mi Ciudad’ Exhibition @ DPAC NEW - ‘Catrinas en Mi Ciudad’ is an immersive, outdoor art exhibit inspired by Mexico's Día de Muertos, featuring larger-than-life art pieces by artists from Mexico and Colorado-based Latino artists. Ends 11/2.

Ongoing - ‘Wild Fall’ Experience @ Denver Zoo With creepy-crawly Animal Ambassadors, pumpkin carving, and Bigfoot sightings, Denver Zoo’s special Fall adventure is fun for all ages. Ends 10/31.

Ongoing - Corn Maze @ Chatfield Farms Explore the 7-acre corn maze with this year’s special Colorado wildlife theme. Ends 11/2.

Ongoing - ‘Shiki Dreams’ Immersive Experience @ Colorado Mills Mall Traditional art and digital technology come together in this magical immersive experience, taking you on a journey of discovery alongside Shiki, a mystical yeti and leader of the Spirits of the Forest. Ends 12/29.

Ongoing - ‘Beat The Bomb’ Experience
The World’s Craziest Team Game is coming to Denver! Step into a real life video game and get blasted with paint, foam, and slime if you lose.

Ongoing - ‘BEYOND: Laser Light Experience’ Immersive Exhibition @ International Church of Cannabis Visit this mind-expanding, 360º audio-visual immersive experience, plus enjoy a retro arcade lounge, art gallery, movie theater, and a garden with multiple Instagram picture moments. Ends 30/04/2026.

Ongoing - 'Spookadelia' Immersive Show @ Spectra Art Space
'Spookadelia: Unspoken' is an annual all-ages narrative-driven psychedelic immersive art, theatrical, and interactive experience. Ends 11/15.

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 - ‘Roni Horn: Water,Water On the Wall, You’re the Fairest of Them All’ Exhibition @ MCA Presenting works in a range of mediums – including sculpture, photography, drawing, and bookmaking – Roni Horn’s solo exhibition is the first to focus exclusively on the concept of water. Ends 2/15/2026.

Ongoing - ‘Deborah Jack: The Haunting of Estuaries’ Exhibition @ MCA The multi-medium exhibition features tumbling waters and fauna from the shorelines of four places: Maine, Louisiana, Brazil, and the island of St. Maarten, offering an exploration of humanity’s relationship to water. Ends 2/15/2026.

Ongoing - ‘Andrea Carlson: A Constant Sky’ Exhibition @ DAM Utilizing a combination of text and complex visual references, artist Andrea Carlson creates works that challenge the colonial narratives presented by modern artists, museum collections, and cannibal genre horror films. Ends 2/16/2026.

Ongoing - ‘What We’ve Been Up To: Landscape’ Exhibition @ DAM Featuring acquisitions from the past 17 years, the exhibition features never-before-seen photographs of diverse landscapes, helping viewers see and appreciate other times and places and consider where the world has been and what it is becoming. Ends 12/7.

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.