Here are some top Denver events for this weekend, Sept. 15-17, 2017. Cuban rocker and international star X Alfonso will headline Havana Nights on Friday and Saturday as part of a special presentation by the Biennial of the Americas festival. It’s also a huge weekend for professional sports with the U.S. women’s national soccer team taking on New Zealand. And National Hispanic Heritage Month kicks off.
Special Events
National Hispanic Heritage Month (kicks off Friday 9/15)
Denver Jazz Festival (Friday 9/15-Sunday 9/17)
Highlands Music Festival (Saturday 9/16)
Biennial of the Americas (ends Saturday 9/16)
Museum Exhibitions
Low and Slow – Sixty Years of Lowriders
Backstory: Western American Art in Context
Mi Tierra: Contemporary Artists Explore Place
Arts & Culture
CherryArts Festival at Stanley
Clyfford Still Museum Free Evening (Friday 9/15)
Station 16 Annex – Street Art Market at The Source
Performing Arts
There & Back Again (Friday 9/15)
‘Macbeth’ (opens Friday 9/15)
‘Body Logs’ (Sunday 9/17)
Stories on Stage – A Little Help From My Friends (Sunday 9/17)
Music
Havana Nights (Friday 9/15-Saturday 9/16)
Young Artists Showcase (Friday 9/15)
Carbon Leaf (Friday 9/15)
Jason Aldean (Friday 9/15)
Kidz Bop ‘Best Time Ever’ Tour (Friday 9/15)
Opening Weekend: Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 (Friday 9/15-Saturday 9/16)
Lotus (Saturday 9/16)
Steve Winwood (Saturday 9/16)
Delbert McClinton (Saturday 9/16)
The Mountain Goats (Saturday 9/16)
The Yawpers Album Release (Saturday 9/16)
YoungBoy Never Broke Again (Saturday 9/16)
Katastro With Mouse Powell and Forgotten Roots (Sunday 9/17)
The California Honeydrops (Sunday 9/17)
Food & Drink
Brew Fest (Saturday 9/16)
Arts & Ales Festival (Saturday 9/16-Sunday 9/17)
Art Brunch (Sunday 9/17)
Family-Friendly
Denver Musuem of Nature & Science free day (Sunday 9/17)
Hop, Skip & a Jump Start (Sunday 9/17)
Film & Literature
Reading and Signing With Micah Springer (Friday 9/15)
‘Dream Big 3D: Engineering Our World’
Comedy
Tony Hinchcliffe (Friday 9/15-Saturday 9/16, 2-for-1 tickets available)
Bob Marley (Friday 9/15-Saturday 9/16)
Tom Segura: No Teeth No Entry Tour (Saturday 9/16)
Sports & Outdoor Recreation
U.S. Women’s National Team vs. New Zealand (Friday 9/15)
Colorado Rockies vs. San Diego Padres (Friday 9/15-Sunday 9/17)
10th Annual Rocky Mountain Lab Rescue 5K (Saturday 9/16)
Colorado Rapids vs. New York City FC (Saturday 9/16)
Run 10 Feed 10 Denver (Saturday 9/16)
Denver Broncos vs. Dallas Cowboys (Sunday 9/17)
For more activities, see the Denver 365 Event Calendar.