9 Issues to do in Denver & Colorado this weekend: June 3-5, 2022

COLORADO, USA — Summer time festivals are again in Colorado!

Celebrations of household, associates and music are occurring this weekend in Lakewood, Brighton, Denver, Johnstown, Greeley, Fruita and Elizabeth. 

Seize your fishing rod and a cooler of soda, you may fish wherever in Colorado this weekend — no license required.

Colorado is thought for terrific festivals, live shows, sporting occasions and the humanities. Have fun the season this weekend by experiencing the distinctive tradition, meals and geography that makes our state so particular.

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DENVER — The 5 Factors Jazz Pageant is again in-person for the primary time since 2019. This free pageant celebrates the historical past of Denver’s 5 Factors neighborhood, as soon as referred to as the Harlem of the West and residential to a number of jazz golf equipment. This family-friendly road pageant kicks off at 12 p.m. Saturday, June 4, with a parade down Welton Avenue. Dozens of artists will likely be acting on 11 out of doors and indoor phases on Welton between twenty sixth Avenue and twenty ninth Avenue. To obtain a pageant map or see the complete 2022 schedule of musicians, click on right here.

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LAKEWOOD — Lakewood will kick off the summer season season with its Rockin’ Block Occasion on Saturday, June 4, at Heritage Lakewood Belmar Park. The social gathering begins with a live performance from Colorado favourite Hazel Miller performing a tribute to Aretha Franklin at 5:30 p.m. The music will likely be adopted by an out of doors film screening of the 2007 film musical “Hairspray” at 9 p.m. Foothills Credit score Union will likely be popping popcorn alongside some meals truck favorites.

BRIGHTON — Brighton’s largest group pageant returns to Carmichael Park on Saturday, June 4. Summerfest will embrace children actions together with a petting zoo and pony rides, a beer backyard, meals distributors, reside music and extra. Artists set to carry out embrace The Petty Nicks Expertise, Reid Tynan, Distant Rivers, and Purple Baron.

FRUITA —For greater than twenty years, the Mike the Headless Rooster Pageant has celebrated the legend of a Mike, a hen that lived for 18 months with out his head again in 1945. Scientists on the time decided that the axe meant to kill Mike missed his jugular vein and a clot prevented him from bleeding to dying.

To recollect Mike, the Mike the Headless Rooster Pageant will likely be held Friday, June 3 and Saturday, June 4. Entrance to the pageant is free and consists of reside music from Josh Gracin on Friday and  Pure Chemistry on Saturday. Festivities embrace a 5K race, automotive present, disc golf event, meals and merchandise distributors, household video games, and the well-known Peep and wing consuming contest. For extra info, go to miketheheadlesschicken.org.

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GREELEY — The Greeley Blues Jam is again. The 2-night family-oriented blues expertise options nice meals, drinks and merchandise distributors. The music begins Friday, June 3, in downtown Greeley on the ninth Avenue Plaza and at over 15 venues. The Greeley Blues Jam continues Saturday, June 4, on the Island Grove Regional Park from 11 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Convey your garden chair or blanket and luxuriate in meals, drinks, buying and blues music. Tickets to Saturday’s occasion might be bought at GreeleyBluesJam.org.

JOHNSTOWN — Johnstown’s annual group custom is again. Johnstown BBQ Day kicks off Saturday, June 4, at 5 a.m. with a pancake breakfast. A parade steps off at 10 a.m. at Rolling Hills Parkway and North third Avenue. From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Parish Park there will likely be video games, actions, distributors, reside music and extra. Meals vehicles will likely be offering BBQ all through the day adopted by fireworks at 9 p.m.

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ERIE — Non-profit group group Being Higher Neighbors is internet hosting the first annual Erie Pleasure Celebration on Saturday, June 4. This occasion will likely be held in downtown Erie on Briggs Avenue from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. The free celebration will embrace reside leisure, drag queen story time, meals vehicles, a beer tent, distributors, children’ actions and extra.

MORRISON — The Tesoro Cultural Middle holds its twenty first annual Indian Market and Ceremonial Dance on Saturday, June 4, and Sunday, June 6, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at The Fort in Morrison. Award-winning Native American artists are promoting their wares and crafts in a juried present. Leisure consists of performances, music, honoring of veteran Brad Black Crow, demonstrations of reside hawks and eagles and displays from Denver Museum of Nature and Science and Historical past Colorado. The market is open to the general public for $10 and youngsters 12 and underneath are free.

DENVER — Evan Hansen is again within the Mile Excessive Metropolis for the primary time in almost 4 years. “Expensive Evan Hansen” performs the Buell Theatre in Denver by Sunday, June 5. The nationwide tour of the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical first launched in Denver in September 2018. For tickets and showtimes, go to DenverCenter.org. The manufacturing can also be holding a digital ticket lottery for reduced-price $25 tickets to every efficiency. 

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COLORADO — Get out the fishing rods, Colorado’s free fishing weekend is again. Colorado Parks and Wildlife stated all anglers can fish with out a license wherever in Colorado on Saturday, June 4, and Sunday, June 5. The annual occasion hopes the fee-free weekend will get households, associates and anglers again into Colorado’s outdoor to fish for chilly and heat water fish species.

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 COLORADO SPRINGS — “Get Outside Day” is Saturday, June 4, from 9 a.m. to three p.m. at Prospect Lake at Colorado Springs’ Memorial Park. The free group occasion offers a big selection of out of doors actions, reminiscent of kayaking, stand-up paddleboarding, fishing, archery and extra. The primary 800 children will obtain a free fishing pole because of Colorado Parks and Wildlife. First held in 2016, Get Outside Day is again for 2022 after being cancelled in 2020 and 2021 because of the pandemic.

DENVER — Store native for recent Colorado produce with the return of the Denver Union Station Farmers Market starting Saturday, June 4. The market will run Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. by early September on the plaza on each side of the landmark downtown practice station.

MANITOU SPRINGS — Wine connoisseurs, rejoice! The 2022 Manitou Springs Colorado Wine Pageant will likely be held Saturday, June 4, from 11 a.m. to five p.m. at Memorial Park in Manitou Springs. Attendees of the pageant will obtain tastings from dozens of Colorado wineries. There will likely be reside music in addition to meals and reward distributors. The worth of admission features a complimentary Manitou Springs Colorado Wine Pageant Glass. Tickets can be found on-line right here.

ELIZABETH — A basic Colorado rodeo returns to Elizabeth this weekend. The Elizabeth Stampede runs Thursday, June 2, by Sunday, June 5. Friday night time will see Xtreme Bulls take to the rodeo area at Casey Jones Park. A parade steps off at 10 a.m. Saturday. There may even be PRCA rodeo performances Saturday at 2 p.m. and seven p.m., after which Sunday at 2 p.m. Tickets can be found on-line at ElizabethStampede.com.

BOULDER — Danse Etoile Ballet presents two unique ballets, “In Dialogue with Gravity” and “Matisse’s Gardens,” this weekend at Dairy ARTS Middle. “In Dialogue with Gravity” explores the relationships architects and dancers share with gravity. Within the second act, “Matisse’s Gardens,” Matisse’s famed cutouts type the inspiration for this up to date ballet. Performances are Friday, June 3, and Saturday, June 4, at 7:30 p.m. For tickets go to DanseEtoile.org.

DENVER — “Darkish Universe” is the most recent planetarium expertise at Denver Museum of Nature and Science. Opening Friday, June 3, the movie is an immersive, dome-theater expertise that retains you questioning concerning the nice past. Are we alone? Are there different planets? Are stars shifting towards or away from us? Narrated by Neil deGrasse Tyson, the movie takes you on a journey by house to look at the final 100 years of discovery, the research of cosmology and the existence of a number of galaxies.

DENVER — At 130-years-old, the Historic Elitch Theatre is Denver’s oldest cultural venue. It was house to the oldest summer season inventory theatre in America and in 1896 hosted Colorado’s first shifting image — Edison’s Vitascope. Historical past buffs and theatre lovers alike can take a tour of the theatre all through the summer season and be taught concerning the well-known names which have trod the stage of this American playhouse. First Friday excursions final about an hour and you’ve got a selection of instances, both 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. or 7:30 p.m. to eight:30 p.m. on Friday, June 3 for $10 an individual. 

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DENVER — Your Colorado Rockies host the Atlanta Braves for 4 video games this weekend at Coors Discipline. The Rockies’ sequence runs Thursday, June 2, by Sunday, June 5. On Saturday at 7:10 p.m., the Rockies will debut their new Metropolis Join uniforms and caps. The bottom of the uniform, pants and socks displays the backdrop seen on Colorado license plates. The numbers have purple trim, a nod to Coors Discipline’s purple row of seats.

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DENVER — Rapids 2 is getting ready for a busy June schedule because the staff kicks off its three recreation homestand this weekend on Saturday, June 4 towards North Texas SC. Kickoff on the College of Denver Soccer Stadium is about for 4 p.m. Following Saturday’s match, the Colorado squad will tackle STL CITY 2 on Wednesday, June 8 and Actual Monarchs on Sunday, June 12.

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DENVER — Power within the Metropolis Health & Wellness Pageant will happen Sunday, June 5, from 10 a.m. to three p.m. at ReelWorks Denver at 1399 thirty fifth Avenue. Attendees can take pleasure in a full day of health and wellness courses from bikes and rowers, to bounce and mediation and all the pieces in between. Common admission tickets are $35 and supply entry to all courses, actions, distributors and areas all through the pageant grounds.

DENVER — The climate in Denver on Sunday couldn’t be extra good for a 5K run or stroll. Flamingo Day 5K is a terrific purpose to get outdoors for some sunshine and recent air at Denver’s Sloan Lake Park. Waves of runners and walkers will launch each half-hour from 7:30 a.m. on Sunday, June 5. Register at ColoradoRunnerEvents.com.

DENVER — The annual Colorado Concours d’Magnificence & Unique Sports activities Automotive Present returns to Arapahoe Group Faculty on Sunday, June 5. The present can have greater than 300 uncommon vehicles and bikes. Spectators and automotive house owners are invited to a family-oriented day of reside music, meals, displays and particular awards. Proceeds from the occasion go Means Connection Colorado’s Artistic Choices for Early Childhood Training Facilities. Tickets can be found at ColoradoConcours.org.

TELLURIDE — Dozens of scorching air balloons will rise by the Rocky Mountain air this weekend on the Telluride Balloon Pageant. Mass ascensions will happen on Saturday, June 4, and Sunday, June 5, at Telluride City Park. The Telluride Balloon Pageant is a free occasion and do not forget your digital camera.

DENVER — There isn’t a higher venue for reside music within the nation than Colorado’s Purple Rocks Amphitheatre. The Purple Rocks 2022 live performance schedule (introduced to date) is steadily rising and even options some live shows postponed from 2020.

• Thursday, June 9 – Brit Floyd
• Friday, June 10 – The Revivalists
• Saturday, June 11 – Large Head Todd and the Monsters
• Sunday, June 12 – Tash Sultana

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DENVER — “Quixote Nuevo,” the most recent manufacturing from the Denver Middle for the Performing Arts (DCPA), is now open on the Wolf Theatre. Set within the fictional modern-day Texas border city of La Plancha, Quixote and his luckless however trusty sidekick, Sancho, embark on a fantastical quest in quest of a long-lost love. Infused with creativeness, comedy, and Tejano music, “Quixote Nuevo” reveals the thrill and perils of dealing with down Demise and changing into the hero of your individual story. “Quixote Nuevo” performs on the Wolf Theatre by Sunday, June 12. For tickets and showtimes, go to DenverCenter.org.

DENVER — The most important touring exhibition of genuine Banksy artworks on the earth is at the moment within the Mile Excessive Metropolis. “The Artwork of Banksy” options greater than 100 unique Banksy works from non-public collectors throughout the globe. The exhibition on the Denver Sports activities Citadel provides the uncommon alternative to view authenticated and licensed Banksy artworks hardly ever seen by most people. The Artwork of Banksy closes in Colorado on Sunday, June 12. Tickets are on sale at BanksyExhibit.com.

DENVER — The final working trolley within the metropolis of Denver is now working for the summer season season. The historic Denver Trolley operates by Sunday, Aug. 14. Working alongside the South Platte River for greater than 30 years, the trolley will function on Saturdays and Sundays starting at 10 a.m. with the final departure at 1:30 p.m. Roundtrip rides final about 25 minutes.

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DENVER — Followers of the “Jurassic Park” franchise can now expertise its dinosaurs 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 primarily based on one of many greatest blockbusters in cinema historical past, “Jurassic World: The Exhibition” has turn into a world success with greater than 3 million guests since 2016. Exhibition guests stroll by the world-famous Jurassic World gates, encounter life-sized dinosaurs, and discover richly themed environments. Tickets for the Denver run are on sale at JurassicWorldExhibition.com.

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“Prime Gun: Maverick” had a supersonic begin on the field workplace and can proceed to soar this weekend. The long-in-the-works sequel earned Tom Cruise the perfect opening of his profession. Opinions have been stellar, too, with the movie notching a 97% on Rotten Tomatoes. Audiences gave it an A+ CinemaScore, in accordance with exit polls. “Maverick” is now among the many prime pandemic period openings.

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1. Prime Gun: Maverick — $126.7 million 
2. Physician Unusual within the Multiverse of Insanity — $16.1 million
3. The Bob’s Burgers Film — $12.4 million 
4. Downton Abbey: A New Period — $5.8 million 
5. The Dangerous Guys — $4.4 million
6. The whole lot In every single place All at As soon as — $2.4 million
7. Sonic the Hedgehog 2 — $2.4 million
8. The Misplaced Metropolis — $2 million
9. Males  — $1.2 million 
10. F3: Enjoyable and Frustration — $1 million

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