- Colorado Day
Date: Thursday, August 1, 2013
What: Happy 137th birthday to our state! Colorado entered the Union on August 1, 1876 as the 38th state. - HARD Red Rocks
Date: Thursday, August 1, 2013
Location: Red Rocks Amphitheatre
Time: 6:30 p.m.
Cost: Tickets are $47.50. Buy tickets through Ticketmaster. - Brad Paisley
Date: Thursday, August 1, 2013
Location: Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre
Time: 6:30 p.m.
Cost: Tickets are $54.75 - $76.65.
- Free Day at the Denver Botanic Gardens at Chatfield
Date: Friday, August 2, 2013
Location: Chatfield, 8500 Deer Creek Canyon, Littleton
Time: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
What: Free admission for Colorado residents.
Contact: 303-973-3705 - First Friday Art Walk
Date: Friday, August 2, 2013
Location: Santa Fe Art District, 5th to 10th Ave. on Santa Fe Dr.
Time: 6 p.m. - 9 p.m.
What: Free admission to art galleries along Santa Fe Dr. - Brit Floyd "The World's Greatest Pink Floyd Show"
Date: Friday, August 2, 2013
Location: Red Rocks Amphitheatre
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Cost: Tickets are $38. Buy tickets through Ticketmaster. - RUSH
Dates: Friday, August 2, 2013
Location: Pepsi Center
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Cost: Tickets are $36 - $105. - Drenched 5K
Date: Saturday, August 3, 2013
Location: City Park
Time: 10 a.m. race start
Cost: $40 - $65 registration for adults depending on the date of registration. Registration for children 12 and under is $30. Children 5 and under receive free registration.
What: Beat the heat with a 5K that takes runners through soaking obstacles such as sprinklers and water slides.
- Free Day at the Denver Art Museum
Date: Saturday, August 3, 2013
Location: Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Pkwy.
Time: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
What: Free admission for Colorado residents.
Contact: 720-865-5000 - Kid Rock
Date: Saturday, August 3, 2013
Location: Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre
Time: 6:30 p.m.
Cost: Tickets are $20. - Thievery Corporation
Date: Saturday, August 3, 2013
Location: Red Rocks Amphitheatre
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Cost: Tickets are $42.50 - $100. Buy tickets through Ticketmaster. - City Park Jazz
Date: Sunday, August 4, 2013
Location: City Park
Time: 6 p.m. - 8 p.m.
What: Henry Butler plays a free concert in City Park for the final concert in the 2013 series. - Steve Miller Band and The Doobie Brothers
Date: Sunday, August 4, 2013
Location: Red Rocks Amphitheatre
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Cost: Tickets are $55 - $75. Buy tickets through Ticketmaster. - Bruno Mars
Dates: Monday, August 5, 2013
Tuesday, August 6, 2013
Location: Red Rocks Amphitheatre
Time: 7:30 p.m. both nights
Cost: Tickets are $43.50 - $149.50. Buy tickets through Ticketmaster. - Free Evening at the Children's Museum of Denver
Date: Tuesday, August 6, 2013
Location: Children's Museum of Denver, 2121 Children’s Museum Dr.
Time: 4 p.m. - 8 p.m.
What: Free admission for Colorado residents.
Contact: 303-433-7444 - Brian Regan
Date: Friday, August 9, 2013
Location: Red Rocks Amphitheatre
Time: 8 p.m.
Cost: Tickets are $39 - $59. Buy tickets through Ticketmaster. - Cherry Creek North Food & Wine Festival
Date: Saturday, August 10, 2013
Location: 2nd Avenue and Fillmore Street
Time: 6 p.m. - 10 p.m.
Cost: $60.
What: The annual festival features food from Cherry Creek North restaurants, as well as wine and beer. - Yonder Mountain String Band
Date: Saturday, August 10, 2013
Location: Red Rocks Amphitheatre
Time: 6 p.m.
Cost: Tickets are $38.95 - $44.95. Buy tickets through Ticketmaster. - Colorado Scottish Festival
Date: Saturday, August 10 - Sunday, August 11, 2013
Location: Highland Heritage Park, Highlands Ranch
Time: 9 a.m. - 10 p.m. Sat., 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Sunday
What: Head to the Highlands (Ranch, that is) for a wee bit of Scottish fun for the 50th anniversary of the Colorado Scottish Festival.
Cost: $18 Sat./$14 Sun. admission for adults and children over the age of 12, $15 Sat./$10 Sun. admission for seniors, children ages 7 - 11 and active military. Children 6 and under are admitted free of charge. Family four-pack tickets are $60 Sat./$43 Sun. - Free Day at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science
Date: Sunday, August 11, 2013
Location: Denver Museum of Nature & Science, 2001 Colorado Blvd.
Time: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Sunday
What: Free admission for Colorado residents.
Contact: 303-322-7009 - Viva Streets
Date: Sunday, August 11, 2013
Location: Berkeley Regis neighborhood on Tennyson Street
Time: 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.
What: Viva Streets, which shuts down a street for pedestrians and bicyclists to enjoy, is moving to a new location this year. The event also features food trucks, health screenings and a bike parade. - Sublime
Date: Sunday, August 11, 2013
Location: Red Rocks Amphitheatre
Time: 7 p.m.
Cost: Tickets are $39.50 - $43.50. Buy tickets through Ticketmaster. - "Peter and the Starcatcher" Opening Night
Date: Thursday, August 15, 2013
Location: Buell Theatre
Time: 7:30 p.m.
What: The touring Broadway musical offers a prequel to the story of Peter Pan.
Cost: Tickets are $20 - $90.
Contact: 303-893-4100 - Golden Fine Arts Festival
Date: Saturday, August 17 - Sunday, August 18, 2013
Location: 11th St. and Arapahoe St., Golden
Time: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. both days
Cost: Free admission.
What: The 21st-annual Golden Fine Arts Festival features a juried show of more than 130 artists, as well as free horse-drawn carriage rides and live music. - Free Day at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science
Date: Monday, August 19, 2013
Location: Denver Museum of Nature & Science, 2001 Colorado Blvd.
Time: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Sunday
What: Free admission for Colorado residents.
Contact: 303-322-7009 - BB King and Peter Frampton
Date: Tuesday, August 20, 2013
Location: Red Rocks Amphitheatre
Time: 7 p.m.
Cost: Tickets are $39.95 - $225. Buy tickets through Ticketmaster. - Heart and the Led Zeppelin Experience
Date: Thursday, August 20, 2013
Location: Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Cost: Tickets are $26 - $120.50. - FUN with Tegan and Sara
Dates: Wednesday, August 21, 2013
Thursday, August 22, 2013
Location: Red Rocks Amphitheatre
Time: 8 p.m.
Cost: Tickets are $39.95 - $43.50. Sold out. - 1964 The Tribute
Date: Friday, August 23, 2013
Location: Red Rocks Amphitheatre
Time: 8 p.m.
Cost: Tickets are $30. Buy tickets through Ticketmaster. - Reggae On the Rocks
Date: Saturday, August 24, 2013
Location: Red Rocks Amphitheatre
Time: noon
Cost: Tickets are $50. Buy tickets through Ticketmaster. - Preseason: Denver Broncos vs. St. Louis Rams
Date: Saturday, August 24, 2013
Location: Sports Authority Field at Mile High
Time: 6 p.m.
What: The Broncos play their first home preseason game.
Contact: 303-830-TIXS
Cost: Tickets are $49 - $345. - Free Day at the Denver Botanic Gardens
Date: Tuesday, August 27, 2013
Location: Denver Botanic Gardens, 1007 York St.
Time: 9 a.m. - 8 p.m.
What: Free admission for Colorado residents.
Contact: 720-865-3500 - George Thorogood & the Destroyers and Buddy Guy
Date: Wednesday, August 28, 2013
Location: Red Rocks Amphitheatre
Time: 7 p.m.
Cost: Tickets are $39.50 - $69.50.Buy tickets through Ticketmaster. - Preseason: Denver Broncos vs. Arizona Cardinals
Date: Thursday, August 29, 2013
Location: Sports Authority Field at Mile High
Time: 7 p.m.
What: The Broncos play their second home preseason game.
Contact: 303-830-TIXS
Cost: Tickets are $49 - $345. - Keith Urban
Date: Friday, August 30, 2013
Location: Red Rocks Amphitheatre
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Cost: Tickets are $59.50 - $82.50. Buy tickets through Ticketmaster. - A Taste of Colorado
Date: Friday, August 30 - Monday, Sept. 2, 2013
Location: Civic Center Park
Time: Fri. 11:30 a.m. - 10 p.m., Sat. and Sun. 10:30 a.m. - 10 p.m., Mon. 10:30 a.m. - 8 p.m.
What: Sample food from Colorado's finest restaurants during the 26th anniversary of the festival.
Cost: Free admission. A strip of 15 food tickets costs $10.