Summer Finale & Labor Day Weekend

Can't-Miss Events

Civic Center EATS

WHEN: Thru Oct. 16, 2024; Wednesdays and Thursdays from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
WHERE: Civic Center Park
Every Thursday From May through October, Civic Center EATS transforms Civic Center Park into a lunchtime extravaganza with Denver's best food and fashion trucks and live music. It's your chance to savor a variety of cuisines while supporting our city's small local business scene and the Civic Center Conservancy's mission to restore and enhance Civic Center Park, Denver's only National Historic Landmark.

Denver Food + Wine Festival

WHEN: Sept. 4–7, 2024
WHERE: The Tivoli Quad, Auraria Campus
Don't miss a multi-day extravaganza of food, wine and spirits. Festival events feature the best of metro Denver’s restaurant community, the finest wine and spirits, educational seminars, and the culminating signature Grand Tasting.

Dollhouse & Miniatures Show and Sale

WHEN: Sept. 4–8, 2024
WHERE: Marriott Westminster
The Dollhouse & Miniatures Show and Sale features more than 50 vendors of supplies and accessories in miniature scale and an exhibit room of work created by Colorado's most talented artisans. There is a separate shopping area for children, with allowance-friendly pricing. Pre-registered workshops will be held Wednesday through Friday, a dinner and preview shopping event on Friday evening, and a banquet/auction on Saturday evening. All proceeds benefit the Denver Museum of Miniatures, Dolls and Toys.

Denver Food + Wine Festival: Shake + Brake Showdown

WHEN: Sept. 5, 2024
WHERE: The Tivoli Quad, Auraria Campus
The Shake + Brake Showdown is a lively cocktail competition fueled by bites from Denver’s best food trucks. Enjoy drinks from top Denver bartenders, appetizers from Shake + Brake’s food truck all-stars and the opportunity to purchase more food from the trucks if you’re still hungry! Attendees will vote on the People’s Choice Best Food Truck and Best Cocktail while dining, drinking and dancing to DJs!

51st Birthday Bash

WHEN: Sept. 6, 2024
WHERE: Children's Museum of Denver at Marsico Campus
This year’s theme is inspired by backyard expeditions and starry skies, scraped knees and muddy shoes, secret clubhouses with your best friends, and all the things that fill childhood with wonder and joy. Join them for an evening of tasty bites from some of Denver's top caterers, open bars and auctions. Then, get ready to dance the night away!

Flock Party 2024

WHEN: Sept. 7, 2024
WHERE: Denver Zoo
Now in its fifth year, this brilliant annual benefit is a movable feast with live music, unforgettable animal experiences, on-the-spot fashion illustrations, craft cocktails and artisan eats—all in the company of real party animals! Proceeds benefit the zoo's beloved animal family and support their wildlife conservation work in Colorado and worldwide.

2024 Presenting Denver Dance Festival

WHEN: Sept. 7, 2024
WHERE: Newman Center for the Performing Arts
Presenting Denver is thrilled to be partnering with the Newman Center on their fourth dance festival to showcase local dance companies in and around Denver and the Colorado area. The festival will feature eight artists and professional companies who have inspired dance and artistry in the dance community. The festival is such a special experience to host companies that have had significant contributions to the Denver dance scene, in addition to the diversity they bring.

Made By Us Markets

WHEN: Sept. 7, 2024
WHERE: EDENS
Made By Us curated vendor and artist events will be in RiNo, in the Lot on Larimer, on the first Saturday of every month from April through October from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. right next to the Denver Central Market! Events are always free to attend, and there's always a great group of vendors, food and music.

Big Dig Colorado

WHEN: Sept. 7, 2024
WHERE: 4444 Ritchie Dr., Longmont
Big Dig Colorado, a family-friendly large equipment festival benefiting the American Cancer Society and pediatric cancer research, gives adults and children — including cancer patients and survivors — the opportunity to operate large digging equipment, boom lifts and other large stationary equipment. The perfect event for kids of any age and size! 

Taste of the Middle East

WHEN: Sept. 7, 2024
WHERE: Aurora Municipal Center, Aurora
Head to Aurora for a mesmerizing celebration of food, dance, music and unforgettable entertainment. We extend a a warm invitation to the entire community to come together, unite and indulge in a feast for the senses. Savor the delicious cuisine, sway to captivating rhythms and create cherished memories. Don’t miss out on this extraordinary event!

4th Annual Day with the Dogs

WHEN: Sept. 8, 2024
WHERE: Bill Goodspeed Happy Tails Dog Park, Northglenn
The 4th Annual Day with the Dogs will feature 25+ dog-related vendors, from artists and photographers to scoopers and groomers to vets, rescues and many more vendors with free doggie swag!

Music, Movies & Performing Arts

Red Rocks Park & Amphitheatre Concerts

No summer in Denver is complete without at least one — or two, or five — trips to the awe-inspiring Red Rocks Amphitheatre, just 15 miles from downtown Denver. More than 70 million years in the making, the 9,450-seat venue is flanked by enormous 300-foot red sandstone rock formations and always boasts a star-studded musical schedule.

• Sept. 1–2, 2024: Gregory Alan Isakov with Passenger
• Sept. 3–4, 2024: Human Musical Group Sensations Glass Animals: Tour of Earth
• Sept. 5, 2024: Wallows with BENEE
• Sept. 6–7, 2024: Brandi Carlile with The Colorado Sympohony
• Sept. 8–9, 2024: King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard with Geese
   

Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre Concerts

Grab a blanket and take a seat on the lawn or buy a reserved seat at this beautiful venue just south of Denver in Greenwood Village. Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre has a variety of acts coming up this spring and summer.

• Sept. 7, 2024: Creed– Summer of ’99 Tour with 3 Doors Down and Finger Eleven
   

Arvada Center Outdoor Amphitheater & Front Porch Concerts

The Arvada Center's  Outdoor Amphitheater offers exceptional acoustics in an intimate setting perfect for enjoying live music featuring national and local artists. The amphitheater features a weather-friendly covered seating area with close-up views of the stage and delicious concessions, including burgers, sandwiches, beer and wine. And on Wednesday evenings from July to September, the Front Porch Series presents local solo and duet musical acts, food and brews in a shady, beer-garden setting on the front plaza. ​

• Sept. 7, 2024: Big Richard
   

Levitt Pavilion Concerts

The Levitt Pavilion  is a state-of-the-art amphitheater in Ruby Hill Park that was created as a gift to the community. This outdoor venue hosts a slew of free concerts every summer, and a few ticketed events, too. Bring a blanket and a picnic, kick back on the lawn and enjoy artists from a wide range of genres.

• Sept. 6, 2024: Mariachi Sol de Mi Tierra, the Fiesta Colorado Dance Company & Baile Caliente with El Javi (free)
   

Brass & Percussion at McGregor Square

WHEN: Sept. 4, 2024
WHERE: McGregor Square
The Colorado Symphony returns to one of Denver's newest entertainment destinations, McGregor Square. Resident Conductor Christopher Dragon will lead the full Colorado Symphony brass in a diverse and engaging performance featuring classical and pops favorites.

Avanti Presents: Summer Movie Series

Join the film buffs at Avanti F and B  every Thursday during the summer at 8:30 p.m. Head to the patio for themed specialty drinks, food specials, costume contests and free movies under the stars!

• Sept. 5, 2024: Happy Gilmore 

Movies & Music in the Park at Parfet Park in Golden

This family-friendly series features free music and a movie on three Friday nights during the summer in downtown Golden's Parfet Park. Music begins at 7 p.m. and movies start at dusk, around 8:30 p.m.

• Sept. 6, 2024: Barbie
   

'Waitress'

WHEN: Thru Oct. 13, 2024
WHERE: Arvada Center for the Arts & Humanities, Arvada
Jenna is a waitress and expert pie-maker trapped in a small town and a rocky marriage. Faced with an unexpected pregnancy, Jenna fears her dreams are out of reach - until a baking contest and a handsome doctor offer up a sweet taste of happiness. With the support of her quirky fellow waitresses and a new romance, Jenna finds the perfect recipe for courage. Based on the 2007 film by the same name, "Waitress" features original music and lyrics by Grammy-winning musician Sara Bareilles (“Love Song,” “Brave”) and a book by Jessie Nelson. This delicious musical celebrates the power of friendship and chosen family, following your dreams, and the joy of a perfect pie.

'Kimberly Akimbo'

WHEN: Thru Sept. 29, 2024
WHERE: Buell Theatre in the Denver Performing Arts Complex
Kim is a bright and funny New Jersey teen, who happens to look like a 72-year-old lady. And yet her aging condition may be the least of her problems. Forced to maneuver family secrets, borderline personalities and possible felony charges, Kim is determined to find happiness in a world where not even time is on her side. This musical about growing up and growing old (in no particular order), was named BEST MUSICAL by the New York Drama Critics Circle, The Drama Desk Awards, The Lucille Lortel Awards, and The Outer Critics Circle Awards.

'Erma Bombeck: At Wit’s End'

WHEN: Sept. 4–22, 2024
WHERE: Garner Galleria Theatre & Bar
One of America’s most beloved humorists, Erma Bombeck was widely known as “the woman who made women laugh.” Equal parts wife, mother, daughter, and “domestic demigoddess,” she gave voice to the everyday joys and struggles faced by women of all ages. The play draws its title from Bombeck’s popular “At Wit’s End” nationally syndicated column, which was published in 900 newspapers nationwide. The story recounts the voice of a generation of unheard homemakers who elevated their joys and struggles to a platform where they could be seen and heard. A story about an equal rights activist known for telling tough truths and finding humor in them, "Erma Bombeck: At Wit’s End" celebrates a remarkable woman who reminded us all how to embrace whatever life throws at us.

Museum Exhibitions

Pop-up: Anthony Quinn

WHEN: Thru Sept. 22, 2024
WHERE: Museo de las Americas
Born in Mexico and raised in East Los Angeles, Anthony Quinn, a two-time Oscar winner, was a legendary actor. This pop-up exhibition offers a glimpse into his lesser-known passion for drawing, painting, and sculpting, highlighting his legacy as a prolific visual artist focused on themes of identity and vocation.

Fazal Sheikh: Thirst | Exposure | In Place

WHEN: Thru Oct. 20, 2024
WHERE: Denver Art Museum
This exhibition was created from three projects photographer Fazal Sheikh made on the Colorado Plateau from 2017 to early 2023. Sheikh’s portraits and landscapes of displaced communities and marginalized people shed light on the far-reaching consequences of extractive industry and climate change. Through this beautiful and sometimes frightening new work, Sheikh encourages viewers to witness the consequences of the past and imagine the shape of the future.

Have a Seat: Mexican Chair Design Today

WHEN: Thru Nov. 3, 2024
WHERE: Denver Art Museum
Have a Seat: Mexican Chair Design Today is an interactive exhibition featuring three historical artworks, 17 contemporary seats designed by 22 Mexican artists, and a site-specific art installation. Through their pioneering designs, the artists embark on a journey through history and traditions, exploring the enduring legacy of the cross-cultural world that emerged in Mexico following the Spanish conquest, which incorporated elements of Indigenous, Asian, African and European cultures and continues to inspire new types of objects and furniture for the 21st century. Have a Seat showcases furniture by contemporary Mexican designers represented in the museum’s permanent collection, including Andrés Lhima, Cecilia León de la Barra, Daniel Valero, Bárbara Sánchez-Kane, Jorge Diego Etienne and many more.

Winter Warriors: The 10th Mountain Division in World War II

WHEN: Thru Nov. 12, 2024
WHERE: History Colorado Center
Using photos, video and first-hand personal accounts from the troops themselves, Winter Warriors: The 10th Mountain Division in World War II explores the history of the U.S. Army's first winter warfare division from its training at Camp Hale in Colorado’s Rocky Mountains through their crucial breakthrough against the Nazi German Army in the mountains of Italy. This exhibition introduces a new generation of Coloradans to this incredible story of ingenuity, perseverance, heroism and sacrifice in a deeply personal way through hundreds of photos, accounts, videos and objects from the soldiers themselves.

Orcas: Our Shared Future

WHEN: Thru Nov. 15, 2024
WHERE: Denver Museum of Nature & Science
Trace the evolution of our beliefs about orcas, from fear to admiration and awe, as we discover their stunning intelligence and complex social structures. Meet a life-sized replica of an orca family as you listen to their soothing harmonies in an immersive underwater environment. Deepen your appreciation for the art of the Indigenous peoples of North America’s Northwest Coast. Discover stories that reveal a profound respect for orcas, highlighting the deep connection between humans and these powerful beings. Examine the global movement to protect our ocean ecosystems, reflect on the consequences of captivity and celebrate the future we share with the fascinating and awe-inspiring orca.

Get Involved: Civic Engagement in Lakewood

WHEN: Thru Dec. 1, 2024
WHERE: Heritage Lakewood Belmar Park, Lakewood
How do you interact with your community? Historic Lakewood residents got involved with their local schools, agricultural organizations, outdoor youth movements and many other special interest groups. Discover how making a difference in the quality of life in our city has evolved over the past century.

Lumonics Immersed

WHEN: Thru Dec. 28, 2024
WHERE: Lumonics Light & Sound Gallery
“Entering a performance at Lumonics Light & Sound Gallery is like stepping through a looking glass and into a sci-fi wonderland. The gallery’s Lumonics Immersed installation was originally created by the late Dorothy and Mel Tanner, pioneering light artists whose singular style fuses elements of light, music and sculptures to produce captivating experiences for the audience.” – Denver Westword

Weaving a Foundation: Cornerstones of the Textile Arts Collection

WHEN: Thru Dec. 31, 2024
WHERE: Denver Art Museum
This new exhibition features 60 objects from the museum’s permanent collection, two-thirds of which have never been shown. Throughout the museum’s history, textile arts have played a fundamental role in the development of its collecting philosophies and exhibition programs. The first textile entered the museum almost 100 years ago, and since that time, textile arts have been regular additions to the collection. Among the handful of early patrons, the Douglas Family of Evergreen, Colorado, emerged as the most steadfast donors of textiles. This exhibition highlights a selection of the family’s donations that demonstrates their celebration of traditional and living cultures and the value of exhibiting them together. 

Museum of Illusions

WHEN: Thru Dec. 31, 2024
WHERE: Museum of Illusions
Discover a brilliant collection of perspective-changing rooms, enthralling installations, and spellbinding images. The mesmerizing exhibits will teach you that nothing is ever quite as it seems, especially in the Museum of Illusions Denver.

Danielle SeeWalker: But We Have Something to Say

WHEN: Thru Dec. 31, 2024
WHERE: History Colorado Center
Danielle SeeWalker is a Húŋkpapȟa Lakȟóta citizen from the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe. She is an artist, writer, activist and boy mom of two, based in Denver. This exhibition uses storytelling to explore a variety of issues important to Indigenous peoples and communities. Striking nineteenth-century hair ornaments, beaded spoons and moccasins are paired with SeeWalker’s art in ways that illuminate censored and erased histories. 

By Design: Stories and Ideas Behind Objects

WHEN: Thru Jan. 1, 2025
WHERE: Denver Art Museum
Design is all around us. Whether it takes the form of objects and spaces, images and interactions, or systems and processes, design shapes our lives in fundamental ways. But what shapes design? A series of thematic installations drawn primarily from the architecture and design collection, By Design: Stories and Ideas Behind Objects illustrates the abundance and versatility of approaches to design. 

The Power of Poison 

WHEN: Thru Jan. 5, 2025
WHERE: Denver Museum of Nature & Science
Explore the captivating and often paradoxical world of nature’s toxic arsenal in The Power of Poison. Encounter the many plants and animals living deep in the Colombian forest that use poison as a vital tool for defense and survival. With live performances and interactive dioramas, dive deep into familiar tales of illness, enchantment and death by poison. Find out how studying poison’s effects on human cells can help scientists figure out how to protect, repair and heal our own bodies and improve our health. Whether used as a defense against predators, a source of magical strength or a lifesaving medical treatment, The Power of Poison is sure to surprise you at every turn!

Shadow and Light: Patrick Marold 

WHEN: Thru Jan. 5, 2025
WHERE: Denver Botanic Gardens
Explore a site-specific installation highlighting the ever-changing qualities of light and shadow. Created specifically for Denver Botanic Gardens, Shadow and Light  is an immersive sculptural installation integrating the poetics of space with the luminosity of light. Discover an exhibition that changes with every visit, highlighting the shifting mood of light throughout the day and across the seasons. 

Dialogue and Defiance: Clyfford Still and the Abstract Expressionists

WHEN: Thru Jan. 12, 2025
WHERE: Clyfford Still Museum
Clyfford Still withdrew his paintings from the Betty Parsons Gallery in 1951, refusing to participate in a market prioritizing the fame of an artist and the price of their artworks. The following year, he surprised many by agreeing to participate in a group show at the Museum of Modern Art. His rationale for doing so was because the curator, Dorothy Miller, agreed to show Still’s works together in their own gallery. As Still saw it, his work could be viewed on its own terms and not in direct comparison to other artists—but visitors could still see the scope of American painting in the mid-century. Even with his turn away from the art world, Still saw himself participating in something larger and remained in dialogue with his contemporaries. This exhibition considers the nuanced ways in which Clyfford Still was part of an artists’ community in the late 1940s and early 1950s, despite his protestations to the contrary, and how his paintings, through their scale and composition, promote ideas of community.

Vanity & Vice: American Art Deco

WHEN: Thru Jan. 12, 2025
WHERE: Kirkland Museum of Fine & Decorative Art
Vanity & Vice: American Art Deco explores the dynamic designs that emerged during the rebellious years of 1920–1933. American women were enjoying more independence inside and outside the home. Cutting hair into a chic bob, wearing rouge on lips and cheeks, hosting cocktail parties, and publicly consuming alcohol and tobacco all reinforced what it meant to be a modern woman. American designers and manufacturers responded to these societal changes with fashionable perfume atomizers and vanity sets and drinking and smoking accessories in the latest styles. This exhibition invites visitors into two distinct spaces occupied by a progressive Prohibition-era woman: her boudoir and a speakeasy. Explore the Art Deco objects that filled these rooms and how they reflect a time of freedom and change. 

Flow: On the River with John Fielder

WHEN: Thru Jan. 27, 2025
WHERE: History Colorado Center
This exhibition focuses on the many uses and importance of the Colorado River, taking visitors inside majestic canyons and atop the most awe-inspiring vistas along the Yampa, Gunnison and Dolores Rivers as they flow toward their confluence with the Colorado. Flow: On the River with John Fielder features a number of iconic large-format Fielder prints, as well as quotes from the renowned landscape photographer gathered carefully from his publications and interviews over the years.

Rumors of Bloomers

WHEN: Thru March 30, 2025
WHERE: Center for Colorado Women's History
Rumors of Bloomers explores women’s experiences as expressed through undergarments. Using rarely displayed objects – such as corsets, bloomers, swimming costumes, petticoats and Mother Hubbard gowns – the exhibition highlights the ways “unmentionables” have given form and shape to bodies, while also expressing identity, autonomy, agency, and protest.

Owl Club of Denver: Legacies of Excellence

WHEN: Thru May 10, 2025
WHERE: History Colorado Center
Explore the rich traditions of a prominent all-Black debutante cotillion club in The Mile High City. Built from oral histories, and featuring a remarkable collection of photographs, Owl Club of Denver: Legacies of Excellence recounts the rarely told history of debutante culture from the perspective of African Americans who were historically excluded from the beauty standards of this European-born tradition. 

The Life and Art of Tokio Ueyama

WHEN: Thru June 1, 2025
WHERE: Kirkland Museum of Fine & Decorative Art
The Life and Art of Tokio Ueyama features more than 40 paintings loaned to the museum by the Japanese American National Museum and Ueyama’s family, whose combined efforts to preserve his work have allowed the story of this accomplished and cosmopolitan artist to be told at the DAM for the first time. Born in Japan, Tokio Ueyama moved to the United States in 1908 at age 18, where he made a home until his death in 1954. This exhibition tells the story of Ueyama’s life, including his early days as an art student in San Francisco, Southern California, and Philadelphia; his travels abroad in Europe and Mexico; his role as artist and community member in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles; and his unconstitutional incarceration during World War II at the Granada Relocation Center, now the Amache National Historic Site, in southeast Colorado.

Sports

WWE vs. WWE Monday Night RAW

WHEN: Sept. 2, 2024
WHERE: Ball Arena
Monday Night Raw returns to Denver, including Damin Priest, Liv Morgan, Seth 'Freakin' Rollins, Liv Morgan, Jey Uso, Gunther, Lyra Valkyria, The Miz, R-Truth and more! 

ONE 168: Denver

WHEN: Sept. 6, 2024
WHERE: Ball Arena
Get ready for an electrifying showcase of martial arts excellence as ONE Championship brings ONE 168 to Denver for explosive world title fights at Ball Arena. Highlighting the event are two monumental title clashes: ONE Women’s Atomweight MMA World Champion Stamp Fairtex will take on Xiong Jing Nan for the ONE Women’s Strawweight MMA World Title, aiming to secure a legacy as a two-division champion. Additionally, Jonathan Haggerty, a reigning dual-sport world champion, will defend his ONE Bantamweight Muay Thai World Title against the formidable ONE Flyweight Kickboxing World Champion, Superlek Kiatmoo9. 

Bierhalle Brawl - Live Pro Wrestling

WHEN: Sept. 6, 2024
WHERE: Bierstadt Lagerhaus
Welcome to Bierhalle Brawl - Live Pro Wrestling! Enjoy an adrenaline-pumping night of live pro wrestling action in the Bierhalle and get ready to witness jaw-dropping moves, intense rivalries and electrifying entertainment courtesy of Rocky Mountain Pro.

Denver Congenital Heart Walk

WHEN: Sept. 8, 2024
WHERE: Sheridan Blvd & W 17th Ave.
Join passionate walkers, teams, sponsors and volunteers as we walk to support The Children's Heart Foundation's mission: to advance the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of congenital heart defects by funding the most promising research. The event will be a day of fun activities, entertainment, research updates and a family-friendly one-mile walk!

Denver Rocks Run 2024

WHEN: Sept. 8, 2024
WHERE: City Park
The 3rd Annual Denver Rocks Run 5K/10K at City Park in downtown Denver will feature beautiful views of the Denver skyline and some rockin' tunes throughout the course. All registrants will receive a super-comfy Denver Rocks T-shirt and custom finisher medal. Then get ready for an epic post-race party with live rock music, food, and a free beer for every registrant who is at least 21+ of age.

Outdoor Fun

Elitch Gardens Theme & Water Park

Head to the only downtown theme and water park in the country for roller coasters, water slides, family entertainment and much more! Look for fireworks at 9 p.m. (as the park closes for the day) on Sept. 1, 2024.

Water World

Beat the heat, relax in the park's beautifully landscaped 64 acres — and ride some serious waterslides.

Red Rocks Park & Amphitheatre

Carved from towering red rock monuments, Red Rocks Park & Amphitheatre in Morrison is one of the world's most renowned concert venues. The surrounding park has hiking trails that weave in, around and over the colorful red rocks.

Farmers' Markets

The Mile High City's more than 20 farmers' markets aren't just about locally grown produce, delicious baked goods and prepared foods — though you'll find those in abundance! Each market is a festive, weekly street fair, many with live entertainment and family-friendly activities. 

Denver Zoo

With over 3,500 animals on 84 gorgeous acres, Denver Zoo is an amazing experience year-round. Your donation helps to provide world-class care for the lions, giraffes and elephants, as well as other wild animals and wild places, from the Rockies to Mongolia.

Denver Botanic Gardens

One of the top five botanic gardens in the nation, Denver Botanic Gardens is an oasis in the city, offering year-round events, a children’s garden, lifelong-learning opportunities and research to preserve Colorado’s precious natural resources. Meanwhile, Chatfield Farms, located in nearby Littleton, takes pride in its exemplary nature preserve and gardens. Located on 750 acres, this picturesque site includes display gardens and a historical farm with a rustic barn.

City Parks

No matter where you find yourself in The Mile High City, you’re likely only a few steps away from a lush and relaxing green space. Memorial Day weekend is the perfect time to explore Denver's more than 5,000 acres of traditional parks and parkways, as well as an additional 14,000 acres of spectacular mountain parks in neighboring counties that are maintained by the City and County of Denver.

Lesser-Known, Hidden-Gem Parks

If you’re looking for a quiet spot to have a picnic, take in great views or experience a different side of the city, check out these lesser-known Denver parks.

How to Explore the South Platte River by Bike

Take a two-wheeled tour through the heart of the city along this beautiful river. You'll cruise by some of the city's biggest attractions. 

Denver's Best Urban Hikes

Denver is a city with boundless outdoor fun and has an ideal location next to the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. While The Mile High City is conveniently close to major peaks for hiking, there's actually no need to head into the mountains when Denver's regional trail system encompasses hundreds of miles for all ages and abilities to explore. 

How to Explore the Colorado Trail in Waterton Canyon

Many people think that Denver’s prettiest, closest and most accessible bit of mountain scenery is Waterton Canyon. This is the start of the famous Colorado Trail, one of the great long-distance hikes (or mountain bike rides) of the Rocky Mountains.   

Pet-Friendly Denver

Denver is home to dozens of pet-friendly activities and destinations, including dog-friendly hotels and dog parks. Find the best on-leash and off-leash fun for your best friend. 

Urban Exploration

Street Art

Denver street artists have been busy brightening (and enlightening) the urban landscape for decades by making canvases of the city’s alleyways, building exteriors, warehouses, garage doors and storefronts. Grab your camera and take a stroll past some of the city's favorite murals. 

Outdoor and Patio Dining

There’s no better way to soak up summer than on one of The Mile High City’s splendid patios. From skyward rooftop terraces to lushly landscaped gardens, these are the ultimate spots to eat and drink alfresco in Denver.

Denver Beer Trail

Denver is a mecca for craft beer. But with 100 brewpubs, breweries and tap rooms in the metro area, where do you begin? Let the Denver Beer Trail be your guide with this sampling and interactive map.