Denver’s World-Class Music, Arts and Culture Take Center Stage Over Memorial Day Weekend

– The Mile Excessive Metropolis celebrates the season with new reveals, dwell music and occasions for the entire household to get pleasure from. –

DENVER, April 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Denver will kick off the unofficial begin to summer time with a protracted weekend of occasions and exhibitions highlighting Denver’s vigorous tradition. From the long-lasting Purple Rocks Amphitheater to outside meals festivals and sports activities, infinite alternatives exist to discover and equipment up for summer time in Denver. Beneath are a number of Mile Excessive Memorial Day Weekend highlights. Further occasions will be discovered on the VISIT DENVER web site.

New and Signature Occasions

Denver BBQ Pageant
Might 27-28, Empower Area at Mile Excessive
The Denver BBQ Pageant returns to Empower Area at Mile Excessive! High pitmasters from Denver and across the nation will probably be smoking greater than 30,000 kilos of meat, so be sure you seize your 3- or 4-hour Pit Go tickets, which incorporates all-you-can-eat foods and drinks! There can even be dwell music, chilly drinks, BBQ demos, a Rib Rumble the place BBQ lovers can compete to see who can eat essentially the most rib meat in a 5-minute warmth and a Run for the Ribs 5k race.

Purple Rocks Live shows
Might 27-30, Purple Rocks Amphitheater
To kick off the weekend, see Chromeo & Sizzling Chip for Funk On The Rocks with Coco & Breezy and Cimafunk on Might 26. Then, Outdated Dominion takes the stage for 2 nights Might 27 and 28, for the No Dangerous Vibes Tour with Frank Ray, Greylan James and Kassi Ashton. Lastly, LCD Soundsystem takes the stage on Monday, Might 29 and Tuesday, Might 30.

 Colorado Rockies
Might 26-28
The Rockies will tackle the New York Mets at Coors Area.

Colorado Rapids Soccer vs. FC Cincinnati
Might 27
The Colorado Rapids soccer crew challenges FC Cincinnati on Saturday, Might 27.

Arts & Tradition

Denver Artwork Pageant
Might 27-28, Central Park’s Conservatory Inexperienced
The Denver Arts Pageant is a free pageant that includes nice artwork and nice crafts from primarily Colorado artists, whereas additionally showcasing a choose group of nationwide artists. Make a day of it with loads of artwork to see, wine tasting from La Crema Vineyard, meals vans, grownup drinks and free dwell music each days. There can even be a Youngsters Artwork Zone the place children can create their very own work to take house with them. Come see why this pageant is without doubt one of the top-ranked artwork reveals within the nation!

Close to East to Far West: Fictions of French and American
By means of Might 28, 2023, Denver Artwork Museum
French Orientalism refers to artworks produced by French artists through the 1800s impressed by North Africa and the better Islamic world. Their creation paralleled French colonial growth into Algeria starting within the 1830s and, as the USA expanded westward, introduced a template for a way American artists depicted landscapes and other people of the American West. This exhibition presents greater than 80 artworks exploring the numerous ways in which the fashion and substance of French Orientalism straight influenced American artists and their representations of the American West in artwork and in style tradition throughout this era.

Melanie Yazzie: Peace Walkin
By means of Might 29, 2023, Denver Botanic Gardens
Modern artist Melanie Yazzie was born in northeastern Arizona to a household from the Salt Water and Bitter Water Diné (Navajo) clans. On this exhibit, she weaves collectively nature and narrative in multi-layered prints, work and sculptures to discover the experiences that formed her.

Rainbows & Revolutions
By means of June 30, 2023, Historical past Colorado Heart
LGBTQ+ individuals have all the time been a part of Colorado communities. They’ve pushed in opposition to stereotypes, remodeling the best way mainstream society views them. Rainbows & Revolutions is about extra than simply Satisfaction — the exhibit explores how LGBTQ+ individuals’s very existence in Colorado has been a rebellious act past the rainbow, from quiet assertions of identification to loud and proud demonstrations for civil rights and equality.

Denver Attraction Low cost Passes
The Mile Excessive Metropolis gives guests two totally different low cost passes to benefit from the good points of interest all through Denver. The Mile Excessive Tradition Go offers guests three days to discover lots of Denver’s high artwork and cultural museums, whereas the Denver CityPASS offers guests entry to 3, 4 or 5 of Denver’s hottest points of interest for seven days.

Out of doors Actions 

Amusement and Water Parks
Denver water parks at Water World and Elitch Gardens open Memorial Day weekend, serving to households beat the warmth.

Denver Zoo
With over 3,500 animals on 84 beautiful acres, Denver Zoo is a tremendous expertise year-round. Your donation helps to supply world-class look after the lions, giraffes and elephants, in addition to different wild animals and wild locations, from the Rockies to Mongolia.

Denver’s Finest City Hikes
Denver is a metropolis with infinite outside enjoyable and has a really perfect location subsequent to the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. Whereas The Mile Excessive Metropolis is conveniently near main peaks for climbing, there’s truly no want to go into the mountains when Denver’s regional path system encompasses tons of of miles for all ages and skills to discover.

About VISIT DENVER, The Conference & Guests Bureau
Celebrating 114 years of selling The Mile Excessive Metropolis, VISIT DENVER is a nonprofit commerce affiliation that contracts with the Metropolis of Denver to market Denver as a conference and leisure vacation spot, rising financial improvement within the metropolis, creating jobs and producing taxes. Denver welcomed greater than 31.7 million guests in 2021, producing $6.6 billion in spending, whereas supporting tens of 1000’s of jobs and making Tourism one of many metropolis’s largest industries. Be taught extra about Denver on the VISIT DENVER web site or at Tourism Pays Denver. Denver Worldwide Airport (DEN) is the No. 3 busiest airport on the earth connecting The Mile Excessive Metropolis to greater than 200 locations globally. Comply with Denver’s social media channels for up-to-the-minute updates on Fb, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube and LinkedIn.

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