Here are some top Denver events this weekend, May 26-29, 2017. Celebrate an action-packed Memorial Day weekend in The Mile High City with Denver Day of Rock where various bands play live music throughout the downtown area, all for a good cause. Honor those who served in the military during a Veterans Memorial Day Tribute. And it’s a great weekend for pro sports.
Special Events
Denver Day of Rock (Saturday 5/27)
Veterans Memorial Day Tribute (Saturday 5/27)
Colorado Remembers (Saturday 5/27)
Denver Arts Festival (Saturday 5/27 – Sunday 5/28)
Museum Exhibitions
Backstory: Western American Art in Context
Mi Tierra: Contemporary Artists Explore Place
Ryan McGinley: The Kids Were Alright
Shade: Clyfford Still / Mark Bradford
The Western: An Epic in Art and Film (opening on Saturday 5/27)
Arts & Culture
Untitled: True Grit (Friday 5/26)
Clyfford Still Museum Free Day/Evening (Friday 5/26)
Feminism & Co. Weekend (Friday 5/26 – Saturday 5/27)
Shock Wave: Japanese Fashion Design, 1980s-90s (last chance on Sunday 5/28)
Music
Jethro Tull by Ian Anderson With the Colorado Symphony (Friday 5/26)
Justin Townes Earle (Friday 5/26)
Kyle Park (Friday 5/26)
ODESZA (Saturday 5/27 – Sunday 5/28)
The Music of Star Wars (Saturday 5/27 – Sunday 5/28)
International Bob Dylan Tribute Festival (Sunday 5/28)
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (Monday 5/29)
Food & Drink
Family-Friendly
One World, One Sky: Big Bird’s Adventure
‘The Secret Garden’ (last chance on Sunday 5/28)
Film & Literature
‘Black Holes: The Other Side of Infinity’
‘Dream Big 3D: Engineering Our World’
Comedy
Guy Branum (Friday 5/26 – Sunday 5/28) 2-for-1 tickets available
Billy D. Washington (Friday 5/26 – Sunday 5/28)
Sports
Colorado Rockies vs. St. Louis Cardinals (Friday 5/26 – Sunday 5/28)
Colorado Rapids vs. Sporting Kansas City (Saturday 5/27)
Denver Outlaws vs. Rochester Rattlers (Saturday 5/27) with fireworks
Colorado Rockies vs. Seattle Mariners (Monday 5/29)
For more activities, see the Denver 365 Event Calendar.