9Things to do in Denver and Colorado this weekend: March 11-13

COLORADO, USA — Colorado will go inexperienced this weekend with St. Patrick’s Day celebrations deliberate throughout the Centennial State. Festivals and parades will happen in Denver, Colorado Springs, Greeley, Arvada and extra. Colorado Ballet opens its latest manufacturing and the Harlem Globetrotters are again for performances in 4 Colorado cities.

Try one in every of these enjoyable occasions throughout Colorado this weekend and remember to share your images with the Close to Me characteristic on the 9NEWS app.

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DENVER — The Denver St. Patrick’s Day Parade will march by means of downtown Denver for the primary time since 2019. The sixtieth annual Denver St. Patrick’s Day Parade will likely be held Saturday, March 12 starting at 9:30 a.m. rain or shine. The Denver St. Patrick’s Day Parade Committee introduced there are greater than 175 parade entries on this 12 months’s lineup.

The parade will start in downtown Denver on the nook of nineteenth and Wynkoop, turning left on seventeenth Avenue to Blake Avenue, marching east on Blake and earlier than ending at twenty seventh and Blake on the Coors Discipline car parking zone. 

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ARVADA — Olde City Arvada’s St. Patrick’s Day Pageant is again from a two-year hiatus on Saturday, March 12 from 12 p.m. to six p.m. Saturday. The all-ages road pageant gives meals, distributors, beer and stay music from Large Paddy, Celtic Legacy, Decide & Howl, Tumbledown Shack and extra. There will even be youngsters’ actions and road leisure. Admission to the pageant is free.

COLORADO SPRINGS — The thirty eighth annual Colorado Springs St. Patrick’s Day Parade steps off at 12 p.m. Saturday, March 12 in downtown Colorado Springs. The parade options Celtic bands, marching bands, dancing teams, faculties, charities, companies, runners, cyclists and extra. This weekend’s St. Patrick’s Day festivities additionally embody the 5K for St. Patrick’s Day Run by means of downtown. Children will benefit from the Leprechaun Enjoyable Runs at Acacia Park. Registration might be accomplished at CSStPats.com.

GREELEY — Downtown Greeley’s St. Patrick’s Day Barney on the Block celebration kicks off at 2 p.m. Saturday, March 12. The Blarney Parade begins at 2:30 p.m. for a brief route. The pageant, held on the ninth Avenue Plaza, options stay Irish music and bagpipes, youngsters’ actions and extra.

DENVER — Colorado Ballet opens the fan-favorite manufacturing “The Wizard of Oz” on Friday, March 11 on the Ellie Caulkins Opera Home. Athletic choreography and stay music merge with immersive particular results, puppetry, and a gravity-defying fly system to convey the cherished story to life. 

Commissioned by Colorado Ballet, Kansas Metropolis Ballet, and Royal Winnipeg Ballet, “The Wizard of Oz” is described as a testomony to innovation and collaboration, full with flying monkeys, swirling tornados, and all of L. Frank Baum’s beloved characters.

“The Wizard of Oz” has 9 performances scheduled by means of Sunday, March 20. For tickets and showtimes, go to ColoradoBallet.org.

COLORADO SPRINGS, BROOMFIELD, DENVER, LOVELAND — The enduring Harlem Globetrotters are bringing their family-friendly leisure and unimaginable basketball expertise to four Colorado cities this weekend. The Globetrotters face off towards their long-time adversaries, the Washington Generals, in Colorado Springs on Friday, Denver and Broomfield on Saturday and Loveland on Sunday.

The Globetrotters’ star-studded roster options Hammer Harrison, Bulldog Mack, Thunder Legislation, Wham Middleton, Jet Rivers, Scorching Shot Swanson, Torch George, Cheese Chisholm, Bounce Moody, X-Over Tompkins, Spider Sharpless, Too Tall Winston, Speedy Artis, Hawk Anderson, Jammin London, Clutch Ball, Buckets Barrera, Airport Kirk, and Colorado’s personal TNT Lister. For extra data go to HarlemGlobetrotters.com.

COLORADO SPRINGS — The USA Olympic & Paralympic Museum is about to host Paralympic Day on Saturday, March 12 from 9 a.m. to five p.m. On the out of doors plaza, visitors can apply their slap shot right into a regulation-size hockey internet and even attempt the Paralympic sport of sled hockey. Contained in the atrium, guests can attempt curling, take pleasure in artifact demonstrations and meet Crew USA athletes. The out of doors and atrium portion of Paralympic Day is free and open to the general public.

MONTE VISTA — Nature and wildlife fanatics will need to head to Monte Vista weekend for a pageant described as a photographer’s dream. Attendees will see 1000’s of cranes, geese and geese flying towards a backdrop of gorgeous mountain surroundings on the annual Monte Vista Crane Pageant. Crane viewing will likely be on the Monte Vista Nationwide Wildlife Refuge.

There will even be a free craft and nature truthful on Friday and Saturday with arts and craft distributors, meals, stay birds of prey and extra, on the Ski Hello Complicated close to US 285 and US 160. For extra data, go to MVCraneFest.org.

FRISCO — The annual BrewSki, a beer pageant on skis, begins at 2 p.m. Saturday on the Frisco Nordic Middle. Attendees are inspired to come back wearing costumes to ski as much as the beer tasting occasions the place they will pattern beers from seven Colorado breweries. BrewSki will not be a race, however as an alternative, it’s a likelihood to ski with family and friends, throw on costumes and revel in a beer tasting tour on scenic trails. BrewSki registration is might be accomplished at TownofFrisco.com.

DENVER — Denver Restaurant Week is again for the nineteenth 12 months! The favored occasion – which runs from Friday, March 11 to Sunday, March 20 – goals to rejoice the Mile Excessive Metropolis’s restaurant scene whereas encouraging the group to proceed to assist the hospitality business. Denver Restaurant Week options specifically priced, multi-course menus at a few of the high eating places all through the metro space. Neighborhood favorites, in addition to new hotspots, will supply one in every of three accessible value factors – $25, $35 or $45 per individual. Try the menus and buy a meal at DenverRestaurantWeek.com.

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AURORA — Classic Theatre opens its latest manufacturing on Friday, March 11. “Cat on a Scorching Tin Roof” is a scorching drama surrounding a Southern household in disaster. Tennessee Williams’ portrait of a household’s struggle for survival is extensively thought-about to be a Twentieth-century masterpiece. Performances are Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m.; Sundays at 2:30 p.m., with an extra efficiency on Monday, March 28 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets can be found on-line at VintageTheatre.org or by calling 303-856-7830.

DENVER — That is the ultimate weekend to see DCPA Theatre Firm’s “Rattlesnake Kate” on the newly renovated Wolf Theatre. The story of notorious Greeley frontierswoman Kate Slaughterback impressed musician Neyla Pekarek and playwright Karen Hartman to create this new musical. Aurora native Pekarek launched her debut solo album and the idea for the musical after touring and recording with the folk-rock band The Lumineers for eight years. “Rattlesnake Kate” closes Sunday, March 13.

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DENVER — Loyalty, spirituality and colorism are all at play within the dramatic darkish comedy “Within the Higher Room.” Based mostly on the actual household historical past of playwright and novelist Beaufield Berry, the world premiere play is about household, secrets and techniques and the facility of the tales we develop up listening to. “Within the Higher Room” closes this Sunday, March 13 on the Kilstrom Theatre on the Denver Performing Arts Complicated. For tickets and showtimes, go to DenverCenter.org.

DENVER —The Colorado Mammoth are again within the Mile Excessive Metropolis this weekend to tackle the Panther Metropolis Lacrosse Membership. The Mammoth play Friday, March 11 at 7 p.m. at downtown Denver’s Ball Enviornment. For tickets, go to Ticketmaster.com.

New this season, the Mammoth have a Celebration Zone between sections 108 and 118 the place followers can take pleasure in video games and leisure with a rotating band and DJ appearances. The distinctive, standing-room-only space encompasses a enjoyable mixture of yard video games, drink choices, social alternatives and extra.

DENVER — The NBA Champion Raptors make a visit to Denver this weekend. The Denver Nuggets and Toronto Raptors tip-off at 7 p.m. Saturday, March 12 at downtown Denver’s Ball Enviornment. Tickets begin at $20 at Ticketmaster.com.

DENVER — The Colorado Avalanche hope for a victory on the ice this weekend when the Calgary Flames come to Denver. The Avs and Flames meet Sunday, March 13 at Ball Enviornment with puck drop scheduled for six p.m. Tickets begin at $50 at Ticketmaster.com.

DENVER — On the heels of the favored “Immersive Van Gogh,” Lighthouse Immersive and Maestro Immersive Artwork have opened the brand new “Immersive Frida Kahlo.” The exhibition showcases works of the Twentieth century Mexican artist identified for her self-portraits and items impressed by life in Mexico. “Immersive Frida Kahlo” brings Kahlo’s work to life by a world-renowned grasp of digital artwork Massimiliano Siccard and a musical rating from Luca Longobardi. The exhibition runs by means of Might 30.

RELATED: Immersive Frida Kahlo exhibit opens in Denver

DENVER — Followers of the “Jurassic Park” franchise can now expertise the majesty of its dinosaurs for the primary time in a brand new family-friendly present. “Jurassic World: The Exhibition” is now open on the new Stockyards Occasion Middle of the Nationwide Western Middle.

An immersive 20,000-square-foot expertise based mostly on one of many largest blockbusters in cinema historical past, “Jurassic World: The Exhibition” has develop into a worldwide success with greater than three million guests since 2016. Exhibition guests stroll by means of the world-famous Jurassic World gates, encounter life-sized dinosaurs and discover richly themed environments. Tickets for the Denver run of “Jurassic World: The Exhibition” are on sale now at JurassicWorldExhibition.com. 

RELATED: ‘Jurassic World: The Exhibition’ roars into Colorado

DENVER — The latest exhibition on the Denver Museum of Nature & Science (DMNS) is now open. “Egypt: The Time of Pharaohs” transports visitors to the distant previous to discover historical Egyptian tradition and the land of pharaohs. The exhibition explores the on a regular basis lifetime of Egypt 5,000 years in the past with lots of of artifacts, paintings and fascinating interactives. To buy tickets, go to dmns.org/egypt.

DENVER — Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Broadway hit musical is again within the Mile Excessive Metropolis for the primary time in 4 years. The nationwide tour of “Hamilton” is taking part in Denver’s Buell Theatre by means of Sunday, March 27. After first performing in Denver in 2018, the present was scheduled for a Colorado return from Aug. 12 to Oct. 4, 2020. That engagement was postponed in Might 2020 because of the pandemic.

Whereas tickets are offered out, the Denver Middle for the Performing Arts (DCPA) may have 40 tickets accessible for $10 per ticket for all performances in Denver. The ticket lottery is now open on the official Hamilton app.

RELATED: How one can get $10 tickets to ‘Hamilton’ in Denver

The primary solo Batman film in 10 years crushed the competitors to win the weekend field workplace.  Starring Robert Pattinson, Zoë Kravitz and Paul Dano, “The Batman” debuted to $128.5 million in North America. No main releases are due out this weekend so count on the caped crusader to seize a minimum of $50 million this weekend.

1. The Batman — $128.5 million
2. Uncharted — $11.1 million
3. Canine — $6.1 million
4. Spider-Man: No Means House — $4.5 million
5. Loss of life on the Nile — $2.8 million 

RELATED: ‘The Batman’ provides film theaters new hope

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