Over the last six years, Phish has set up shop for three nights as part of its annual Labor Day weekend run at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park. A Taste of Colorado returns to Civic Center Park this weekend with music by Rick Springfield, 38 Special, Sheila E., KONGOS, Five for Fighting and more.
While the Labor Day holiday has strayed from its collectivist roots, it’s still possible to enjoy some of the finest entertainment that Denver has to offer on proletarian wages. Here are ten events that cost less than ten bucks, and six are free.
August proved to be an incredible month for concerts in the Denver area. Legacy groups like Guns n’ Roses and Depeche Mode brought a healthy dose of nostalgia to the city, while local bands gone big like Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats and the Lumineers played jam-packed venues. Here are some of our favorite images from this month in music.
Rapper Hoodie Allen stops at the Gothic Theatre on Friday, October 20, with Luke Christopher opening. Tickets ($30) go on sale on Thursday, August 31, at 12 p.m. DJ and producer Kayzo will be at the Gothic Theatre, on Friday, October 13. General admission tickets ($20-$35) and VIP balcony tickets ($70-$80) are on sale now. Australian hip-hop group Hilltop Hoods headlines the Ogden Theatre on Thursday, November 30. Tickets ($22.50-$25) are on sale now.
A moose head on the wall, a creek out back, a biker out front: Colorado bars aren’t all about craft beer and mixology. Metro Denver boasts thousands of watering holes, but sometimes you thirst for a downhome saloon where getting there is half the fun…and the rest is all setting, history and, yes, alcohol. Here are Colorado’s ten most iconic bars.
Though every weekend is a good weekend to get out of town in Colorado, Labor Day offers even more excuses to pack up your bags and hit the road. There’s plenty to do in the mountains this weekend, but don’t worry if you’re stuck in Denver; between concerts (some free!),…
Four metro restaurants have something new and different that you’ll want to hit right now. This week, we’re steering you toward a Cherry Creek happy hour with a not-so-posh surprise; a full-on lunch menu from a chicken sandwich specialist; an innovative twist on focaccia; and some small plates that will…
While many Denver residents — human and otherwise — headed to the hills to enjoy the mountains during these late summer days (and before the traffic of Labor Day weekend), there were plenty of events going on in town. Here’s a look at what you might have missed this past…
Colorado’s cannabis calendar is stuffed full in August , with with conventions, lectures, meetings and more. Keep reading for more events this month, and beyond.
After headlining Red Rocks for the first time last year, Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats return to the venue for a two-night stand this week. Also on the calendar, Lionel Richie and Mariah Carey will co-headline the Pepsi Center, Lady Antebellum will play Fiddler’s Green, Playboi Carti will take the stage at the Ogden Theatre and Wovenhand performs at the Marquis Theater.
This week Governor John Hickenlooper and Colorado Attorney General Cynthia Coffman sent Sessions this week refuted Jeff Sessions’s letter on marijuana point by point, earning Hickenlooper kudos from this reader.
Changes are afoot at the Colorado Ballet. Principal dancer Maria Mosina retired, soloist Asuka Sasaki took her place, and now another principal, Sharon Wehner, who danced with the company for 22 years, will move on at the end of the 2017-2018 season. But the biggest changes could be with the audience.
For her review of Cattivella, Gretchen Kurtz ventured to Eastbridge Stapleton, the new complex on the edge of Aurora where Elise Wiggins has opened the first restaurant she can call her own. The food earns raves, but service snafus sometimes interrupted the flow of a meal.
After our Michael Roberts wrote a story asserting that 2018 gubernatorial candidate and 18th Judicial District DA George Brauchler was attempting to score political points with anti-cannabis critics with post-prosecution statements that linked marijuana legalization to violent crimes, Brauchler fired back with his own story.
We named Ziggies Denver’s Blues Bar not just in the Best of Denver 2017, but many other Best of Denver editions. But this week we learned that Ziggies may not be around for the 2018 Best of Denver: The owner of the building at 4923 West 38th Avenue wants to sell it.
Nobody denies it can be dispiriting to sit in a virtual waiting room, hoping to get Red Rocks concert tickets, only to find out every seat sold out within minutes of going on sale. Yet that’s exactly what happens to Denver concert goers each year.
Last November Denver voters approved Initiative 300, which will allow businesses to apply for social-consumption permits. But are the rules too restrictive? These readers think so.
We have pizza, pupusas and empanadas on the menu this week from three new restaurants, plus offerings from two stylish new eateries — one in Boulder and one at Riverfront Park. Emmerson and Wayward both debuted this week with similar styles: energetic crews of owners, nationally pedigreed chefs, distinct artistic…
Governor John Hickenlooper promised a “comprehensive response” to a letter from Attorney General Jeff Sessions regarding his concerns about legalized marijuana in Colorado. Now he’s sent it.
A video of thirteen-year-old Denver East High School cheerleader Ally Wakefield being forced into the splits position while crying out in agony has gone viral on a cat-playing-piano, double-rainbow, Numa-Numa-guy level. The story is still developing at this writing, and it presents something of a dilemma for our Schmuck of the Week department, since choosing only one schmuck in this situation is virtually impossible. But right now, the likeliest nominees are cheer coaches Ozell Williams and Mariah Cladis, two East High administrators and a Denver Public Schools official who’ve been put on leave amid the ongoing investigation, and all of us, for our fascination with images that could well violate the Geneva Conventions rules against torture.
School may be back in session and the days are getting shorter, but there is still nearly a month left to take a summer road trip. So hop in your car and head in any of the four directions from Denver, and you’re sure to encounter vastly different histories, cultures and landscapes. Taken from our Best of Denver edition, these four road trips will take you through some of the best Colorado has to offer.
The experimental music festival Titwrench is back at it again with another stellar lineup of bands fronted by women and queer people. This ninth festival will be bringing more than thirty acts to perform at Denver’s Mercury Cafe.
