Here are some top Denver things to do this weekend, Feb. 22-24. The 15th annual Denver Restaurant Week kicks off on Friday with Denver’s top restaurants offering multi-course at three prices: $25, $35 or $45. If you haven’t already, browse the menus and make your reservations as tables go fast. And the wild and technical world of professional ice climbing makes its Denver debut at the UIAA Ice Climbing World Cup Finals & Barbegazi Winter Festival. The climbing competition takes place on Saturday and Sunday but there will be festivities throughout the weekend, beginning Friday evening.
Special Events
Denver Restaurant Week (starts Friday, Feb. 22)
UIAA Ice Climbing World Cup Finals & Barbegazi Winter Festival
Denver Travel & Adventure Show (Saturday, Feb. 23 and Sunday, Feb. 24)
Museum Exhibitions
Jordan Casteel: Returning the Gaze
Ski Train: A Colorado Tradition (opens Saturday, Feb. 16)
El Infinito (last chance on Saturday, Feb. 23)
Written on the Land: Ute Voices, Ute History
Home is Wherever You Park; Vintage Camping Trailers
Aftereffect: Georgia O'Keeffe and Contemporary Painting
Arts & Culture
Beyond Five Points: Northeast Denver and Park Hill by Bus (Saturday, Feb. 23)
The Best of Denver Fashion Week
From A to D and Back Again: Untold Stories of Andy Warhol with Mark Sink (last chance on Sunday, Feb. 24)
Annual Resident Artist Exhibition (last chance on Sunday, Feb. 24)
SYNC Gallery Presents Luminous by Liz and Karin Kempe
Core New Art Space: Work by Five Diverse Denver Artists
Month of Photography: A Solo Cycling Journey Across America by Randall Sampson
Performing Arts
The Flaming Lips With the Colorado Symphony (Friday, Feb. 22)
Kantorei (Friday, Feb. 22)
The Pillars of African-American Art Songs at Blair-Caldwell African-American Research Library (Friday, Feb. 22)
Nat King Cole & Me – An Evening With Gregory Porter (Saturday, Feb. 23)
Rattlesnake Kate Concert Reading (Saturday, Feb. 23)
The Pillars of African-American Art Songs at the People’s Building (Saturday, Feb. 23)
Tom Cipullo’s After Life & Josephine (Saturday, Feb. 23)
‘A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder’
Wonderbound: Cupid’s Playground With the Colorado Symphony (Saturday, Feb. 23 and Sunday, Feb. 24)
Colorado New Play Summit (Saturday, Feb. 23 and Sunday, Feb. 24)
‘Anna Karenina’ (last chance on Sunday, Feb. 24)
‘Last Night and the Night Before’ (last chance on Sunday, Feb. 24)
DYAO Spectacular (Sunday, Feb. 24)
Ballerina by Degas Tea Party (CPRD) (Sunday, Feb. 24)
Pro Musica Colorado – Classical Evolution
Music
DJ Mustard (Friday, Feb. 22)
Boogie T.our (Friday, Feb. 22 and Saturday, Feb. 23)
Gasoline Lollipops (Friday, Feb. 22)
In The Whale (Friday, Feb. 22)
Kacey Musgraves (Friday, Feb. 22)
Loud Life Crew (Friday, Feb. 22)
Pat Green (Friday, Feb. 22)
Token (Friday, Feb. 22)
Bison Bone Album Release (Friday, Feb. 22)
Hal Aqua and the Lost Tribe (Saturday, Feb. 23)
Quaker City Night Hawks (Saturday, Feb. 23)
Infected Mushroom (Saturday, Feb. 23)
The Roots (Saturday, Feb. 23)
Detroit Love: Carl Craig and Moodymann (Saturday, Feb. 23)
Warrant (Saturday, Feb. 23)
Bryce Vine (Sunday, Feb. 24)
Joe Jackson (Sunday, Feb. 24)
RiNo Rocks Out! (Sunday, Feb. 24)
Food & Drink
Winter Tequila Tasting Festival (Saturday, Feb. 23)
Beat Brunch w/ DJ Johnny D (Saturday, Feb. 23)
Beer vs. Wine and the Food Keeps Coming (Saturday, Feb. 23)
Wizards and Witches Beer Festival (Saturday, Feb. 23)
Bingo Brunch (Sunday, Feb. 24)
Family-Friendly
Overnight Adventures at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science (Friday, Feb. 22)
Denver FamilyFest (Saturday, Feb. 23)
Bumblebee Jamboree (Saturday, Feb. 23)
Buffalo Bill Birthday Celebration (Sunday, Feb. 24)
Sloth Weekend (Saturday, Feb. 23 and Sunday, Feb. 24)
Film & Literature
Ski Movie Night (Friday, Feb. 22)
2019 EFPalooza Film Festival (ends Saturday, Feb. 23)
Life in Motion: A Colorado Dance Film Festival (Saturday, Feb. 23)
Mark Mayer, Elisa Gabbert, and Carolina Ebeid Reading and Signing (Saturday, Feb. 23)
‘Volcanoes 3D: The Fires of Creation’
Comedy
Lucha Libre and Laughs (Friday, Feb. 22 and Saturday, Feb. 23)
Adam Ray (thru Saturday, Feb. 23)
JP Sears (thru Saturday, Feb. 23)
Sklar Brothers: ‘Stories About Tradition. Told in a Non-Traditional Way’ (Saturday, Feb. 23)
Whose Live Anyway? (Saturday, Feb. 23)
Langston Kerman (Sunday, Feb. 24; 2-for-1 tickets available)
Sports & Outdoor Recreation
Snowman Stampede (Saturday, Feb. 23)
Aurora Polar Plunge and 5K (Saturday, Feb. 23)
Denver Nuggets vs. Los Angeles Clippers (Sunday, Feb. 24)
Bellringer Circuit Quarter Horse Show
Planning a future trip to Denver. See our Reclaim the Weekend page. Also see our Denver 365 Event Calendar for activities, events and other stuff to do. Denver is a sunny outdoor city, full of urban adventures for the whole family.