The Lumineers take over Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre for three nights while Friday night Depeche Mode headlines Pepsi Center and Father John Misty plays Red Rocks. Also on tap this weekend are Reggae on the Rocks featuring Sublime with Rome, Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Fishbone and more, Titwrench Music Fest at Mercury Cafe, Goosefest 2 at Goosetown Tavern, and Lucero at Denver Botanic Gardens. See our full picks below.
Cooking over hardwood is a red-hot trend right now, and many new restaurants are outfitting themselves with grills, ovens and rotisseries fueled by oak, hickory, mesquite and fruit woods. Newcomers are adding a smoky note to the skies over Denver, along with many older favorites. Here are the twelve best…
Though Denver is awash in hot-ticket entertainment all weekend long, Westword hasn’t forgotten about all the Johnny-come-lately readers with empty pockets and nothing to do.
Shania Twain, set to release her new album, Now, on September 29, will stop at Pepsi Center on Friday, July 27 as part of a lengthy North American tour that kicks off next year. Tickets ($69.95-$149.95) go on sale on Friday, August 25, at 10 a.m.
In 2006, work began on the restoration of the exterior of the Historic Elitch Theatre, which celebrated its 125th anniversary last year, after receiving $5 million in federal, state and city grants as well as private donations. Five year later, work started on the interior and was completed in 2014. While the theater opened that summer for its first public events in fourteen years, it hasn’t hosted a major concert there since 1996.
From an Itchy-O album release party (!) to the High Plains Comedy Festival and plenty of art and food events, you’ll have no reason to stay home this week.
Whether you were celebrating body art, protesting white supremacy, dancing to music at Red Rocks or tubing down the Platte River, you were sure to miss some amazing events this past weekend. Thanks to our photographers, you can relish the memories and see the events you weren’t able to attend. Denver, here’s what you looked like.
Sure, Denver’s a hub for music fans, art lovers, and craft brew and cannabis connoisseurs, not to mention all stripes of outdoorsy types. But for people who prefer to huddle inside and create arts and crafts, the Mile High City has you covered too. Here are six of our favorite metro area resources for craft lovers.
Country singer Sam Hunt headlines Red Rocks for two nights with Maren Morris opening, while Joe Bonamassa takes over the venue on Wednesday and “1964” The Tribute, which recreates the 1964 Beatles American invasion, is there on Thursday. This week’s lineup also includes Khalid at the Ogden Theatre tonight and Fillmore Auditorium tomorrow night, the Alarm at the Soiled Dove and Gaby Moreno at Levitt Pavilion.
Tacolandia, Westword’s annual celebration of street tacos, will take over Civic Center Park from 4 to 7 p.m. today, Aguust 20. If you were smart enough to snag a VIP ticket, you can get in at 3 p.m. That’s when Jamey Fader, founding chef/co-owner of Lola and culinary director of…
Photographer Brandon Marshall has embarked on a mission to document every bar and restaurant along Colfax, starting at ground zero: the point where east meets west, right across from the State Capitol. And readers are enjoying the ride.
On August 15 a man was arrested for a series of assaults on the 16th Street Mall, the highest-profile crimes in the area since last summer. But can anything keep the place safe from the invasion of the chains?
On August 7, USA Today published an op-ed by Jeff Hunt, vice president of public policy at Colorado Christian University, titled “Marijuana Devastated Colorado, Don’t Legalize It Nationally.” Hunt’s reefer madness-inspired piece — as well as the alleged facts, studies and sources he used to hammer home his point — elicited quite the response from reader.
Denver made it through a week without a restaurant closing, quite an accomplishment during a summer that has witnessed a few fond favorites and surprises disappear — including Americatus, the Overland, Axios Estiatorio, Stella’s on 16th, Latigo and Uoki. But a labor shortage, high rents and stiff competition mean that…
When Senator Cory Gardner held his first in-person town halls in over a year last week, plenty of constituents attended to air their grievances or show their support for the congressman from Yuma. And unsurprisingly, plenty of readers weighed in on our story about Gardner’s town hall in Lakewood.
Earlier this week, Westword reported, “The River North Arts District is booting out actual artists: That’s the claim of a group of arts activists/residents who ramped up the fight against gentrification in the River North neighborhood by redecorating three iron slabs touting the RiNo Art District with flowers, crosses and other objects of mourning on Monday, August 14, 2017.”
In her story “Speak Now: A Fan’s Take on Taylor Swift’s Trial,” Westword reporter Lila Thulin wrote about her experience reporting from the front row of the Taylor Swift sexual assault trial and addressed some of the ethical dilemmas journalists face when covering such cases.
The Rockies have fallen into second place to the Dodgers in the National League’s Western Division, and the Diamondbacks are snapping at our heals. Now is the perfect time to rally for the home team and show the players just how much we love them.
It’s quite the varied weekend at Red Rocks Amphitheatre with Slightly Stoopid tonight, Gov’t Mule and Yonder Mountain String Band tomorrow and Die Antwood on Sunday. Also around town are Cat Power at the Marquis Theater, Psychic TV at the Mercury Cafe, Pinks Hawks album release at Lost Lake Lounge and Brazilian Girls at Ophelia’s Electric Soapbox.
Happy Throwback Thursday! Make a lunch date today at Civic Center Park, where Civic Center Eats, the city’s largest gathering of food trucks, is on a roll. The Westword team will be there, too, offering a tasty deal on Tacolandia tickets.
Bleachers stop at the Ogden Theatre on Friday, October 6, in support of the band’s latest effort, Gone Now. Tickets ($25.99-$30) go on sale on Friday, August 18, at 10 a.m. Evanescence brings its Synthesis Live tour to the Paramount Theatre on Wednesday, December 13. Tickets ($52.50-$102.50) go on sale on Friday, August 18, at 10 a.m. Kid Cudi headlines the Fillmore Auditorium on Friday, November 10, as part of his Passion, Pain & Demon Slayin’ tour. Tickets ($49.50-$55) go on sale on Friday, August 18 at 10 a.m.
Consider August the golden hour: July’s heat is gone, but fall isn’t quite here yet, making this month the ideal time to get out and about. Celebrate Denver’s Mexican heritage and food at Westword’s second-annual Tacolandia, or kick off the High Plains Comedy Festival at a preview show. Give a…
