Entertainment & Events in Denver, Colorado

Special Events

Denver Gem & Mineral Show & Colorado Fossil Expo 303-233-2516
451 East 58th Avenue
Denver, CO 80216
The Annual Denver Gem & Mineral Show and concurrent Colorado Fossil Expo will be held at the Merchandise Mart each September. Hours are 9-6 Friday, 10-6 Saturday, and 10-5 Sunday. The shows features exhibits, dealers, demonstrations, speakers, and more. A shuttle is available to satellite shows. more

Cinema

IMAX Theatre 303-370-6000
2001 Colorado Boulevard
Denver, CO 80205
Denver Museum of Nature and Science
Surround yourself with dramatic sights and sounds on a giant 4.5 x 6.5-story screen that immerses you in stunning cinematography. more
Tiffany Plaza Movies 6 303-948-5555
7400 East Hampden Avenue
Denver, CO 80231
Tiffany Plaza Movies 6 is a locally owned and operated theater showing second run films. more
UA Colorado Center Stadium 9 & IMAX 303-757-3700
2000 South Colorado Boulevard
Denver, CO 80222
Features critically-acclaimed films, alternative productions, restored classics and first-run foreign movies. more
Regal Continental Stadium 10 & RPX 303-758-6732
3635 South Monaco Parkway
Denver, CO 80237
Features critically-acclaimed films, alternative productions, restored classics and first-run foreign movies. more
UA Denver Pavilions Stadium 15 303-454-9086
500 16th Street
Denver, CO 80202
Features critically-acclaimed films, alternative productions, restored classics and first-run foreign movies. more

Night Life

DazzleJazz 303-839-5100
930 Lincoln Street
Denver, CO 80203
This award-winning jazz club provides an intimate showcase of local, national and international musicians and "a unique and eclectic menu that focuses on great American traditional cuisine with a twist." Live performances are featured seven nights a week. more
Dave & Buster's of Denver 303-759-1515
2000 Colorado Boulevard
Denver, CO 80222
This 48,000 square foot establishment features world-class pocket billiards, shuffleboard, and over 200 video games and simulators. Serves great food in a fun atmosphere. more
Grizzly Rose 303-295-1330
5450 Valley Highway
Denver, CO 80216
Colorado's favorite night spot offering great live music every night, dance lessons, and "family night" every Sunday. Where else can you Line dancing on Tuesday, take dance lessons on Wednesday, enjoy Ladies night on Thursday and concerts every Friday night. more
Jazz at Jacks 303-433-1000
500 16th Street #320
Denver, CO 80202
Award-winning, locally owned live music venue. Located in the heart of downtown Denver in the Denver Pavilions Center. Live music seven-days a week. Base home for national recording Jazz group; DOTSERO. more
Over There Off Hampden 303-759-3155
3125 South Oleander Court
Denver, CO 80224
They play host to four Colorado native beers. They have an updated menu and feature Sunday Fundays, but have something going on every night of the week. more
3 Kings Tavern 303-777-7352
60 South Broadway
Denver, CO 80209
One of Denver's premier rock bars featuring live music and drinks all night long with your favorite local bands and events. more
Voodoo Comedy Playhouse 303-578-0079
1260 22nd Street
Denver, CO 80205
The Voodoo Comedy Playhouse is home to some of Denver's best improv comedy, stand up comedy, burlesque, dinner theater, karaoke, sketch comedy, and more. Full bar is available, and shows six-nights a week. more
Blue Ice Martini Lounge 303-777-3433
22 Broadway
Denver, CO 80203
Blue Ice Martini Lounge is a perfect venue for a variety of Denver events, elegance, and function. Blue Ice has something that everyone can enjoy. Features weekly salsa nights, a reggae night, and one of the best DJs in town. more
Cervantes' Masterpiece & The Other Side 303-297-1772
2637 Welton Street
Denver, CO 80205
Cervantes' has two rooms that offer live music simultaneously, Cervantes' and The Other Side. Each room operates independently, but they are connected giving patrons the ability to venture back and forth between each room. Cervantes' Masterpiece Ballroom separates itself from other Denver live music venues for a multitude of reasons, but the dual venue feature makes Cervantes' stand out. Cervantes' holds 900-people and includes a balcony that wraps around the entire room creating a very intimate setting. The Other Side holds 500-people and has equally impressive traits. more

Concerts & Performances

TubaChristmas Concert 303-726-4101
Skyline Park
Enjoy holiday tunes played by over 300 tuba players from all over the region during this celebrated annual event. more
Colorado Symphony Orchestra 303-623-7876
1000 14th Street, #15
Denver, CO 80202
Performs over 100 concerts per season including the music of time honored masters and new works by today's talented composers and artists. Colorado Symphony Kids proudly introduces new youth concert programs sure to delight students, teachers and parents and bring the thrill of the performance of a full symphony orchestra to life. These popular programs move into Boettcher Concert Hall in an exciting combined event! Explore the relationship between music and mathematics, and music and life science in an extended concert with hands-on intermission and post-concert activities. Colorado symphony offers something for everyone master works, pop, holiday, & family musical events are held throughout the year. more
Central City Opera Association
621 17th Street
Denver, CO 80293
Located in an intimate Victorian opera house, this company performs great operas including Midsummer Night's Dream, Tales of Hoffman, and Summer of Smoke. more
Fillmore Auditorium 303-837-0360
1510 Clarkson Street
Denver, CO 80218
This grand, unique rock & roll ballroom is an incredible venue for watching great concerts in the Capitol Hill area of Denver. more
Columbine Chorale 303-322-5119
681 Birch Street
Denver, CO 80220
The Columbine Chorale presents five or six concerts in the Denver Metropolitan area annually. Weekend trips to other towns and cities in Colorado are occasionally made. more

Plays & Productions

Paramount Theatre 303-623-0106
1621 Glenarm Street
Denver, CO 80202
Denver's premier performing arts and entertainment center featuring all genres of music, comedy, dance, and films. Originally designed for the silent movies of the time, the Paramount houses a one of a kind Wurlitzer twin-console organ designed to produce varied sound effects in accompaniment with the picture show. More than 1600 pipes generate sounds of orchestral and percussion instruments as well as special effects such as train whistles, horses' hooves and pounding surf. Despite the fact that the introduction of sound pictures quickly eliminated the need for musical accompaniment, the organ remains as one of the largest to have ever been installed in the Rocky Mountain area and is joined by its sister in New York City's Radio City Music Hall as one of only two remaining in the United States.The Paramount Theatre was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980 and was declared an historic landmark by the City of Denver in 1988. Today, The Historic Paramount Theatre remains a vibrant, multi-event facility where Denver Metro residents enjoy a wide variety of entertainment options each year. The Historic Paramount Theatre remains a top choice in Denver's entertainment scene. From rock concerts to dance performances, comedy to lectures and movies to Wurlitzer organ performances, more
Impulse Theater 303-297-2111
1634 18th Street
Denver, CO 80202
Nationally acclaimed theater presenting a mixture of comedies, dramas, and audience interaction performances.Impulse Theater is a wildly funny mix of comedy, theater and audience interaction. Each performance features a quick-witted cast that will keep you laughing from start to finish with fully improvised comedy, based all on your suggestions! Performances every Thursday, Friday & Saturday Night! more
Bovine Metropolis Theatre 303-758-4722
1527 Champa Street
Denver, CO 80202
Bovine Metropolis Theater is your improv comedy experience in the heart of Downtown Denver's Theater District. Life is spontaneous--shouldn't your comedy be too? The Unexpected Happens here!Comedy and improv theatre featuring four to six new improvisation and sketch comedy performances almost every night of the week. more
Denver Center for the Performing Arts 303-893-4100
1101 13th Street
Denver, CO 80204
In Downtown’s Denver Performing Arts Complex
The not-for-profit Denver Center for the Performing Arts consists of the Denver Center Theatre Company, a Tony Award-winning professional resident theatre that produces classic and contemporary plays, revivals and world premieres; Denver Center Attractions, presenter of blockbuster Broadway musicals and cabaret; the National Theatre Conservatory, a Congressionally-chartered Master of Fine Arts program; and the Denver Center Theatre Academy, a theatre education program offering acting instruction to individuals and opportunities for schools. more

Arts & Crafts Shows

Downtown Denver Festival of the Arts 303-330-8237
P.O. Box 1634
Denver, CO 80306
Denver Pavillions
Annual Memorial Day Weekend outdoor art event featuring the work of Colorado artists. more
Sweet Times In The Rockies - Sugar Art Show 303-451-1104
700 14th Street
Denver, CO 80202
Colorado Convention Center
Fascinated by the cake decorating and sugar art challenges on the major cable networks? See what local sugar artists can do at the fourth annual Sweet Times in the Rockies. This event is free to all spectators. Anyone of any age and any experience level is eligible to enter the competition. Held in February each year. more

Festivals & Fairs

Greek Festival 303-388-9314
4610 East Alameda Avenue
Denver, CO 80046
Asumption Cathedral
Denver's Greek community turns out for this three day event featuring tasty dishes including squid, souvlaki, tastichio, baklava, and galaktobouriko. Other festivities include live music, dancing, and a children's carnival. more
Taste Of Colorado, A 303-295-6330
Civic Center Park
Denver celebrates Labor Day Weekend with a feast and festival lasting for three days in Civic Center Park. Features include live entertainment, artisans, carnival rides, and great food from more than 75 of Colorado's best restaurants. more
Oktoberfest 303-534-2367
20th Street & Larimer Street
Denver, CO 80802
Tn the Ballpark Neighborhood of Downtown Denver
Beer, a stein hoisting competition, food and live music are just some of what patrons can enjoy at the annual Oktoberfest in Denver. more
Great American Beer Festival 303-447-0816
700 14th Street
Denver, CO 80802
Colorado Convention Center
This three-day event is one of the largest and most prestigious beer festivals in the United States. It offers over 1,700 samples of different beers, in competition for coveted medals. This event is held in October each year. The largest and longest running celebration of American brewing will celebrate each fall at Denver's Colorado Convention Center. Some 450 breweries are expected to present more than 2,000 beers to more than 49,000 enthusiasts during the three-day salute to American brewing. more
Denver International Wine Festival 303-664-5700 or 720-946-7721
7711 East Academy Boulevard
Denver, CO 80230
The Wings Over The Rockies Air & Space Museum
More than 400 premium wines presented by proprietors and winemakers from around the world, educational seminars, delicious gourmet food samplings, travel experts from top international destinations, and more can be enjoyed by patrons of the annual Denver International Wine Festival. Denver's premier wine and food festival will take place November each year. more
Colorado Irish Festival 303-973-1209
P.O. Box 621952
Littleton, CO 80162
Clement Park
Since 1994, the Colorado Irish Festival has been taking place giving the community a way to enjoy Irish culture. You will enjoy great food, music and a ton of fun entertainment. more
Denver International Children's Film Festival USA 303-595-3456
900 Auraria Parkway
Denver, CO 80204
It entertains. It educates. It provokes and persuades, moves and motivates. The cinema's potential to transform as well as reflect society in all its diversity is what the Denver Film Society aims to recognize and realize. Since 1978, the DFS has worked to promote the medium as both an art form and a civic forum, developing a program that includes year-round screenings, community outreach projects and renowned special events. It is in fact the only nonprofit organization in Colorado dedicated to engaging both its members and the general public in a lifelong, life-altering relationship with and understanding of film and film culture. The twin pillars it has built on the foundation of this vision are the award-winning Starz Denver Film Festival. more
Rocky Mountain Summer Gospelgrass 719-520-7880
P.O. BOX 332
Calhan, CO 80452
El Paso County Fairgounds
To share the Gospel using bluegrass & acoustic music festivals, concerts, jams, radio programs and music education. The event takes place the last full weekend in June.
Pumpkin Harvest Festival 720-865-0800
715 South Forest Street
Denver, CO 80246
Four Mile Historic Park
At Four Mile Historic Park’s annual Pumpkin Harvest Festival you can rummage through a costume bank and take an ‘old-timey’ photo in front of the Four Mile House, enter a pie eating contest, win something in an old-fashioned cake walk, find the perfect pumpkin in the patch, create your own scarecrow, listen and dance to old time music, play historic games, make a historic craft, enjoy homemade caramel apples and other goodies and more. This event takes place in October each year. more
Beaujolais & Beyond Festival 970-587-3222
4400 East Kentucky Avenue
Glendale, CO 80246
Infinity Park Event Center
Celebrate this time-honored tradition with a variety of French wines, a silent auction, live entertainment and a culinary competition co-sponsored by the American Culinary Federation Colorado Chefs Association. more
Denver Pow Wow 303-934-8045
Denver Coliseum
Lasting for three days, and usually held in late February or sometime in March, this is one of the nation's largest annual Native American gatherings, and features over seven hundred tribes, authentic arts and crafts, drumming competitions, dance contests, Native American food, and more. more
Cinco de Mayo 303-534-8342 ext. 106
East Colfax Avenue
Denver, CO 80802
Civic Center Park
Lasting for two days, this is the largest Cinco de Mayo celebration in the United States, and features hundreds of booths selling Latino food, crafts, and art; several stages provide entertainment that ranges from traditional to contemporary, at this festive event, which commemorates the historic Battle of Puebla, Mexico on May 5, 1862. more
Capitol Hill People's Fair 303-830-1651
1490 Lafayette Street, Suite 104
Denver, CO 80802
Civic Center Park
Held each June, this two-day Denver tradition offers six stages of continuous entertainment, five hundred fifty art and craft booths, and a food bazaar offering everything from turkey legs to Indonesian specialties. more

Sporting Events

Denver Polo Classic 303-832-8390
190 Ninth Avenue, Suite 440
Denver, CO 80802
This three day event is the largest professional polo spectator event in the Rocky Mountain region, combining the thrill of competition with the beauty of horsemanship. You will be treated to exquisite food, wines, and cocktails. This event is held in June each year. more
Pepsi Center 303-405-1100
1000 Chopper Circle
Denver, CO 80204
Home to the NHL Colorado Avalanche and the NBA Denver Nuggets. Also hosts a variety of concerts, ice shows, sporting events, and family events. more

Parades

St. Patrick's Day Parade 303-680-4022 or 303-881-5831
Held in Downtown Denver
"The largest St. Patrick's Day Parade west of the Mississippi," Denver's annual themed St. Patrick's Day Parade includes step dancers, floats, clowns, pipe bands and more. This parade starts at Coors Field parking lot, steps off at 27th and Blake, Blake west to 17th, 17th to Wynkoop, Wynkoop back to Coors Field. The heart of thefestival is the selection of the Rose of Tralee which brings young women of Irish descent from around the world to County Kerry, Ireland for a global celebration of Irish culture. more

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