The Mile Excessive Metropolis is able to entertain and encourage with city journey, outside actions and signature occasions

DENVER, Might 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Denver is able to ship because the cultural and leisure hub of the Rocky Mountains and, with a jam-packed occasions calendar, there are such a lot of methods to dwell life to the fullest within the Mile Excessive Metropolis this summer season.

Denver has one thing for everybody with distinctive cultural and culinary experiences within the metropolis, outside recreation within the close by Rocky Mountains and occasions for music lovers, Broadway buffs, foodies, households and competition followers alike. The greater than 300 days of sunshine annually and vibrant city ambiance solely add to the attract of summertime in Colorado’s capital.

Under are some Denver summer season highlights. For a full listing of summer season actions, go to the VISIT DENVER web site.

Summer time in Denver

Whether or not you are taking in Rocky Mountain views from a rooftop patio, attending a live performance on the legendary Crimson Rocks Amphitheatre, planning an epic outside journey, or buying and eating within the metropolis’s numerous neighborhoods, there’s nothing like Denver through the spring and summer season months. And do not miss the action-packed vacation weekends of Memorial Day, Fourth of July and Labor Day.

Basecamp Denver

Play within the mountains, keep within the metropolis. The neighboring Rocky Mountains are overflowing with outside actions like biking, operating, white water rafting, kayaking, mountain climbing and extra, all inside lower than two hours. After a full day of out of doors adventures, return to town and have a feast on an out of doors patio, seize a craft beer alongside the Denver Beer Path or discover town’s vibrant neighborhoods, teeming with arts, tradition and concrete aptitude.

Denver Summer time Occasions

Pageant season is again

Denver Day of Rock, Might 28
A free music competition showcasing native, regional and nationwide musicians from throughout numerous genres takes downtown. Headliners embody Chris Isaak and Ingrid Andress.

5 Factors Jazz Pageant, June 4
Native musicians will fill the air with clean notes as Denver’s 5 Factors neighborhood lives as much as its moniker because the “Harlem of the West.”

Denver Fringe Pageant, June 23-26
Get pleasure from unique theatre, comedy, magic, dance and extra through the annual performing arts competition within the River North Arts District (RiNo) and 5 Factors.

Denver PrideFest, June 25-26
In 2019, greater than 525,000 turned out to rejoice throughout Denver PrideFest. Anticipate giant crowds once more because the occasion returns with a 5K race Saturday and a parade on Sunday. Plus, a competition with greater than 250 exhibitors, 30 meals/beverage distributors and dwell performances will preserve Civic Middle Park hopping each days.

Cherry Creek Arts Pageant, July 1-3
A nationally acknowledged occasion, the Cherry Creek Arts Pageant takes artwork open air in Denver’s upscale Cherry Creek North neighborhood.

Vortex, Aug. 5-7
For the primary time, Meow Wolf is bringing its digital music competition to Convergence Station, the famend artwork collective’s third everlasting location, in Denver. Whereas an area venue hasn’t been introduced, count on performances by Toro y Moi, Duke Dumont and extra, plus experiential artwork and improbable costumes.

Reside Music for Everybody

Crimson Rocks Summer time Live performance Sequence
Named the “greatest outside amphitheatre within the nation” by Rolling Stone Journal, Denver’s iconic Crimson Rocks was the very best attended live performance venue on the planet in 2021. This summer season, Crimson Rocks presents an impressive summer season lineup that includes Colorado’s personal Large Head Todd and the Monsters (June 11) and Nathaniel Rateliff (Aug. 23-24), plus Glass Animals (June 14-15), Widespread Panic (June 24), The Black Keys (July 13), The Chicks (Aug. 2-3), Bonnie Raitt (Aug. 11), Thomas Rhett (Aug. 12), Pitbull (Aug. 19), Steve Miller Band (Aug. 23) and 9 Inch Nails (Sept. 2-3). There’s additionally a South Park 25^th Anniversary Live performance that includes Trey Parker & Matt Stone, Primus and Ween on Aug. 10.

Stadium Excursions
Ball Area is internet hosting Chris Stapleton (June 24-25), Rod Stewart (June 26), Santana with Earth, Wind & Hearth (June 29), OneRepublic (Aug. 12) and The Killers (Aug. 31). Empower Subject’s lineup contains Luke Combs (Might 21), Crimson Scorching Chili Peppers (July 23), Kenny Chesney (July 30) and The Weeknd (Aug. 18). Coors Subject in LoDo will play host to 2 concert events this summer season – a throwback with Motley Crüe, Def Leppard and Poison (July 21) and Denver’s personal The Lumineers (July 22).

Cultural Celebrations

Juneteenth Music Pageant, June 18-19
Do not miss dwell performances, interactive and academic programming, and extra because the competition returns to Denver’s 5 Factors neighborhood.

Colorado Black Arts Pageant, July 8-10
Denver’s 36^th annual celebration of African American artwork and tradition features a visible artwork showcase, parade, scavenger hunt and extra – all free of charge at Metropolis Park.

Colorado Dragon Boat Pageant, July 23-24
Be a part of Colorado’s annual celebration of Asian and Asian American heritage with the largest Dragon Boat Pageant within the U.S.! After all, there are the boat races, however there may be a lot extra to this Sloan’s Lake competition together with practically 100 dwell performances, an Asian market, a standard lion dance and a spicy ramen-eating contest.

Broadway in Denver

The Denver Middle for the Performing Arts brings 4 Broadway reveals to the Buell Theatre this summer season: Tony Award-winning musical Expensive Evan Hansen (Might 31-June 5), Moulin Rouge! The Musical (June 9-26), Fairly Lady (Aug. 2-14) and one other Tony Award-winner in Hadestown (Aug. 30-Sept. 11).

Arts & Tradition

The Denver Artwork Museum, which reopened in 2021 after a large, $150 million renovation, is internet hosting three exhibitions honoring feminine artists: Trendy Girls/Trendy Imaginative and prescient (via Aug. 28), the Trend Designs of Carla Fernandez (via Sept. 5) and an exhibit that includes practically 100 pictures by famend painter Georgia O’Keeffe to see one other facet of the artist (July 3-Nov. 6). Go additional again in time on the Denver Museum of Nature & Science and see gorgeous paintings and artifacts in Egypt: The Time of Pharaohs via Sept. 5. Head outdoors to discover the place nature and artwork meet at Denver Botanic Gardens – with 24 acres of flora from world wide, it is an oasis within the metropolis. Plus, now via Sept. 11, the gardens are internet hosting famend outside sculptor Ursula von Rydingsvard’s “The Contour of Feeling” that includes giant cedar sculptures. One other alternative to really feel immersed in artwork is at Meow Wolf Denver. Convergence Station is Meow Wolf’s third everlasting artwork set up and its greatest, transporting guests into improbable realms of storytelling and exploration via the work of greater than 300 artists. Lastly, however not-to-be-missed, is the world premiere of the immersive manufacturing Theater of the Thoughts, co-created by David Byrne of the Speaking Heads/creator of the Broadway hit American Utopia, and author Mala Gaonkar. Theater of the Thoughts will take viewers members via an immersive journey of self-reflection, discovery and creativeness, impressed by and grounded in neuroscience – all at York Avenue Yards in Denver’s Clayton neighborhood.

Get Able to Feast

Denver’s greatest pitmasters will staff up with legends from Kansas Metropolis, St. Louis, Texas and throughout the nation to serve award-winning eats at The Denver BBQ Pageant June 17-19 at Empower Subject at Mile Excessive. To get a style of Denver’s dynamic eating scene try The Large Eat on July 28 at The Galleria on the Denver Performing Arts Advanced. The occasion options small bites and sips from greater than 60 distributors for a real style of town. Cherry Creek Al Fresco – a meals and wine occasion – returns Aug. 18-20 to rejoice the varied and complicated tastes of Cherry Creek North eating. The occasion contains tastings, seminars and demos earlier than culminating within the Grand Tasting. And, to not be missed, is the Labor Day custom of A Style of Colorado Sept. 3-5. With foods and drinks from greater than 50 distributors, free performances from native and regional musicians, cubicles highlighting native artisans and enjoyable actions for youths, the 16^th Avenue Mall might be hopping for the vacation weekend.

Sports activities
within the Metropolis

The Colfax Marathon returns to its regular timeslot on the operating calendar when 1000’s will hit the streets of Denver on Might 15. On June 25, the U.S. Girls’s Nationwide Soccer Crew returns to Dick’s Sporting Items Park for a world pleasant towards Columbia within the staff’s penultimate tune-up earlier than the CONCACAF Championship in July. Younger athletes with a bodily, visible and/or mental impairment take part in archery, swimming, observe, wheelchair tennis, powerlifting and extra on the Transfer United Junior Nationals offered by The Hartford July 16-22 throughout Metro Denver. Volunteer alternatives are additionally obtainable for this occasion.

Enjoyable for the Entire Household

The Clyfford Nonetheless Museum has curated an exhibit particularly for a youthful viewers that includes artwork chosen by kids and displayed decrease on the partitions for his or her friends to see. Clyfford Nonetheless, Artwork and the Younger Thoughts runs via Aug. 7 and in addition contains interactive experiences. From T-Rex to Velociraptors, JURASSIC WORLD: THE EXHIBITION permits followers of all ages to step into extremely detailed scenes and encounter life-sized dinosaurs via Sept. 5. To maintain these younger minds sharp over summer season break, the Denver Museum of Nature and Science hosts Mazes & Mind Video games that includes 3D puzzles, bodily video games and extra via Sept. 25. And, to make the most of the sunny, summer season climate, remember to go to Denver Zoo. Greater than 3,000 animals name the zoo residence together with Amur tigers, Asian elephants, gorillas, sloths and a grizzly bear.

Really feel Good, Snort Exhausting and Get Your Fan Repair

Yoga on the Rocks (June 4-Aug. 13) returns for its 10^th 12 months and options two bilingual periods (Spanish/English) for the primary time. Marquee comedians Chris Rock (June 21 on the Bellco Theatre) and Amy Schumer (4 reveals Aug. 27-28 on the Paramount Theatre) are certain to deliver large laughs to Denver. Lastly, the FAN EXPO on the Colorado Conference Middle July 1-3 might be a star-studded affair with Elijah Wooden and Sean Astin from The Lord of the Rings Trilogy and Matthew Lewis from Harry Potter. Actors from newer reveals like The Mandalorian and The Ebook of Boba Fett and basic movies like Clerks and The Goonies might be there too.

About VISIT DENVER, The Conference & Guests Bureau

Celebrating 113 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 million guests in 2019, producing $6 billion in spending, whereas supporting greater than 60,000 jobs and making Tourism one of many metropolis’s largest industries. Be taught extra about Denver on the VISITDENVER web site or at TOURISMPAYSDENVER. Denver Worldwide Airport (DEN; flydenver.com) is the #3 busiest airport on the planet connecting The Mile Excessive Metropolis to greater than 200 locations globally. Comply with Denver’s social media channels for up-to-the-minute updates at: Fb.com/visitdenver; Twitter.com/visitdenver; Instagram.com/visitdenver; and YouTube.com/visitdenver.

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