June in Colorado
I 25 Corridor and East:
Festivals, Special Events, Arts & Crafts
June 1 - 5 Annual Heritage Rose Tour, at Riverside Cemetery in Denver.. The 2 hour walking tour features some roses that are more than 100 years old, 303-399-0692 x173.
June 5 Tri-Lakes Art Show & Sale in Palmer Lake, 304 Hwy. 105, 719-487-2960
June 12 - August 1, weekends Renaissance Festival, 303-688-6010 or www.coloradorenaissance.com
June 25 - 27 Denver’s most uncommon event, International Buskerfest on the 16th Street Mall.
Museums / Special Exhibits
June 1 - 6 Foothills Art Center in Golden hosts the 22nd North American Sculpture Exhibition. 303-279-3922 or www.foothillsartcenter.org
June 1 - 18 Obsessive Pleasures a sculpture exhibit, at the Lakewood Cultural Center. 303-987-7876.
June - August 31 Limon Heritage Museum and Railroad Park open for the season. Special events throughout the summer.
June - November 1 Buffalo Bill Museum in Golden, presents Walkin’ Tall, Boot Hill, Cowboy Boots on Lookout Mountain. An exhibit of western boots of famous people & boot designers. 303-526-0744 or www.buffalobill.org
June - October 31 The Denver Botanic Gardens features a collection of over 80 contemporary stone sculptures done by the Shona people of Zimbabwe, Africa. 720-865-3525 or www.botanicgardens.org
Colorado History
Museum 1300 Broadway Denver, 303-866-3682 or www.coloradohistory.org
Open ended Soldiers on Skis tells the story of World War II’s
famous 10th Mountain Division. June - August 2 Icons and Oddities;
125 Years of Collecting Colorado, features books, manuscripts, art,
material culture and photography.
Colorado Springs
Fine Arts Center 30 W. Dale St. 719-634-5581 or www.csfineartscenter.org
First Thursday of each month. 5: - 7:30pm Musical entertainment and
blind tastings of great wine and foods.
June - August 15 Realism & Illusion: Works by Walt Kuhn, John Singer Sargent, Georgia O’Keefe and Phillip Pearlstein are included.
Denver
Art Museum 100 W. 14th Ave. Pkwy, 720-865-5000 or www.denverartmuseum.org
Through December 31, 2005 The Harmsen Collection: A Colorado Legacy,
more than 3,000 pieces of western and American Indian art.
Gates Planetarium
in the Denver Museum of Nature & Science. 303-322-7009
or www.dmns.org
Open ended Passport to the Universe
Open ended A Cosmic Journey
Phipps IMAX Theater
in the Denver Museum of Nature & Science.
303-322-7009 or www.dmns.org
Thru - summer Lewis and Clark: Great Journey West
Thru - December Coral Reef Adventure
June 4 - Open Ended Bugs
Music/Dance/Theater/Opera/Plays
Summer, Friday - Sunday The Avenue Theater at 417 E. 17th Ave, Denver, presents Metamorphose, 303-321-5925 or www.tickets@avenuetheater.com
Chautauqua
Boulder 303-440-7666 or TicketsWest 1-866-464-2626
or www.chautauqua.com
June 5 Singer-Songwriter, David Wilcox
June 19 Singer-Songwriter, John Hiatt
June 26 - August 6 Colorado Music Festival
June 30 Richard Thomason Band with Dayna Kurtz
Colorado Springs
World Arena Colorado Springs 719-477-2100 or 866-464-2626 or
www.worldarena.com
June 19 Lipizzaner Stallions World Tour
Coors Amphitheater
6450 Greenwood Plaza Blvd. Englewood, 303-220-7000 or www.hob.com/venues/concerts/coors-denver/
June 5 KS 107.5 Summer Jam
June15 Kiss, Poison
Denver Botanic
Gardens Summer Concerts 1005 York St. 303-331-4000 or www.botanicgardens.org
June 12 Jackson Brown, Nabci Griffith, Willie & Lobo
June 13 Ladysmith Black Mambazo & Angelique Kidjo
June 18 John Hiatt
June 23 Wynton Marsalis
June 28 Robert Cray
Denver Center for the Performing Arts 14th & Curtis Sts., Denver, 303-893-4100, 800-641-1222 or www.denvercenter.org or www.ticketswest.com
Garner Galleria
June 1 - 30 I Love You Your Perfect Now Change
Stage Theatre
June 1 - 5 Nat King Cole & Me A Musical Healing
Temple Buell Theatre
June 1 - 6 Movin’ Out
June 7 Unique Lives & Experiences presents Lily Tomlin
Hot Sounds at the
Pavilions Summer Concert Series Denver Pavilions, 16th & Glenarm
downtown FREE
June 3 Pam Savage & Hazel Miller
June 10 Mercury Project & Judge Roughneck
June 17 Xiren & Dotsero
June 14 Mission 19 & Matthew Moon
Hudson Gardens & Event Center 6115 S.
Santa Fe Dr., Littleton, 303-797-8565
x321 or www.hudsongardens.org
Sunday Evenings
June 6 The Fab 4 Beatlemania
June 13 Firefall Country, Folk/rock
June 20 Dotsero, Contemporary Jazz
June 27 Lannie Garret, Big Band Sound
Lakewood Cultural
Center 480 S. Allison Pkwy. Lakewood 303-987-7845 or
www.lakewood.org
June 23 Queen City Jazz Band
June 30 Jon Chandlet & The Wichitones
Little Theatre
of the Rockies UNC Performing, Greeley 970-351-2200
June 3 - 13 Sylvia
June 17 - 26 My Way - A Musical Tribute to Frank Sinatra
Lincoln Center
Fort Collins 970-221-6730
June 1 - 19 Moon Over Buffalo
June 4 - 6 Westin Arts Academy Spring Performance
June 27 Until Someone Wakes Me
Pikes Peak Center
Colorado Springs,
719-520-7469 or www.pikespeakcenter.org
June 4 - 5 Free Spirit
June 6 Gallagher, Wet & Wild
June 11 Everything Old is New Again
Pepsi Center Denver
303-830-TIXS
June 3 - July 11 Cirque Du Soleil: Varekai, Parking lot of Pepsi
Center
June 7 Jason Marz with Raul Midon, Makana & DJ, Bob Neck Snapp
June 21 AND 1 Mix Tape Tour, features some of the world’s best hard-core
ballers & local basketball talent (www.AND1.com)
Universal Lending
Pavilion on the Pepsi Center Grounds, www.UniversalLendingPavilion.com
June 12 KD Lang
June 13 The Temptations & The Four Tops
June 19 Dave Chappelle
June 25 Travis Tritt
Red Rocks Amphitheater
Morrison 303-830-TIXS or 719-520-9090 or www.redrocksonline.com
June 5 An Evening With Primus
June 12 Great High Mountain Tour
June 13 A Perfect Circle, opening act Burning Brides
June 15 - 20 The Dead
June 28 - August 17 Film on the Rocks
June 29 An Evening With Rush
Sports:
Colorado Rockies
Major League Baseball, Home Games, Coors Field, Denver 303-830-TIXS
June 4 - 7 San Francisco Giants
June 15 - 17 Boston Red Sox
June 18 - 20 Baltimore Orioles
June 29 - July1 Milwaukee Brewers
Colorado Springs
Sky Sox Affiliate of Colorado Rockies Baseball Club, Home Games Sky
Sox Stadium, Colorado
Springs, 719-591-7699
June 5 - 8 Omaha Royals
June 14 - 17 Oklahoma Red Hawks
June 22 - 25 Memphis Redbirds
June 26 - 29 Nashville Sounds
Mountain Towns & The Western Slope:
Festivals, Special Events, Arts & Craft Shows
June 1 - 19 Pastel paintings will be on exhibit and available for purchase at the Evergreen Arts Center. 720-865-2046 or 303-394 0888
June 10 - 13 Sheridan Arts Foundation’s 13th Annual Wild West Fest, in Telluride. Festival benefits the Boys & Girls Clubs and Big Brothers & Big Sisters of America. www.sheridanoperahouse.com
June 12 - 13 Yampa River Festival, in Steamboat Springs.
June 18 - 20 Day Out With Thomas, ride Thomas the Tank Engine, fun for the whole family in Durango, www.durangotrain.com
June 22 - 26 Colorado Municipal League 2004 Conference in Steamboat Springs, 303-831-6411
June 24 - August 14 Telluride Wine Festival 970-369-5336 or www.telluridewinefestival.com
June 25 - 27 Vail Arts Festival, over 100 artists participate in Lionshead Village, 970-376-3756.
June 26 Big Wheels Brews and Chili in Vail Village, 970-477-0111 or www.vailsnow.com
June 29 - July 4 Telluride Plein Air 2004. July 3 - 4th the pieces will be displayed and for sale in the courtyard of the historic Sheridan Opera House, this event will benefit programming at the Opera House. 970-728-6363 or www.sheridanoperahouse.com
Museums / Special
Exhibits
Thru - September 30 Trinidad History Museum, the crown jewel of Trinidad’s national historic district, open for the summer. 719-846-7217
Thru - September 30 Healy House Museum and Dexter Cabin in Leadville, open for the summer. 719-486-0487
Thru - October 15 Ute Indian Museum in Montrose open for the summer. 970-249-3098.
Thru - September 5 Summer hours for the Fort Vasquez Museum in Platteville , 970-785-2832
Music/Dance/Theater/Opera/Plays
Mthru the summer Strings in the Mountains in Steamboat Springs (summer
music festival) 970-879-5056 or www.stringsinthemountain.com
June 13 - September 5 Zephyr Live! free concerts at Zephyr Mt. Lodge Plaza in Winter Park, 970-726-3118 or www.winterpark-info.com
June 15 - thru the summer FREE,Hot Summer Nights Concert at the Gerald Ford Amphitheater Vilar Pavilion in Vail, 970-949-1999
June 17 - September 2 Winter Park Downtown Summer Concert Series, www.winterpark-info.com
June 18 - 20, July 2 - 4 Francisco Center for the Performing Arts in La Veta presents the comedy Dearly Departed, 719-742-5405
June 23 - 26 Free, Beaver Creek Plaza at 11:am, Open Air Family Theatre, 970-845-8497
June 27 - July 30 Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival at the Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater, Vilar Pavilion, 970-827-5700 or www.vail.snow.com
Backstage
Theatre 121 S. Ridge St. Breckenridge 970-453-0199 or www.backstagetheatre.org
Wednesday - Sunday (alternating weeks)
June 24 - September 5 Metamorphoses
Central City Opera
72nd Season, in Central City 303-292-6700 or 800-851-8175 or www.centralcityopera.org
June 26 - August 8 The Tales of Hoffmann
Creede Repertory
Theatre in Creede 719-658-2540 or 866-658-2540 or www.creederep.org
June 4 - August 26 Foreigner
June 5 - July 3 Magic
June 11 - September 25 Spitfire
June 25 - August 25 Hayfever
Rocky Mountain
Repertory Theatre 970-627-3421 Grand Lake www.rockymountainrep.com
June 4 - August 20 Forever Plaid
June 18 - August 21 Pump Boys & Dinettes
Sheridan Opera
House in Telluride 970-728-6363 or www.sheridanoperahouse.com
June 13 Telluride Music Festival
June 17 - 20 Bluegrass Festival
June 25 - 26 Telluride Wine Festival
Vilar Center Beaver
Creek 1-888-920-2787 or 970-845-8497 or www.vilarcenter.org
June 18 FREE, 101st Army Band patriotic concert
June 19 The great grandchildren of the original von Trapp Family
perform folk & classical pieces.
June 23 Chicago's Curious Theatre Company performs “Yellowman”
June 23 - 26 Beaver Creek Theatre Festival
June 24 43 plays for 43 Presidents
June 25 Donal O’Kelly in “Catalpa”
June 25 - 26 Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind
Sports
June 2 Y.E.S. Scholarship Golf Tournament, Sheraton Golf Course in Steamboat Springs, 970-879-0880
June 3 - 6 Teva Mountain Games, Vail’s kickoff to summer, showcasing the hottest outdoor sports in the heart of Vail Village, 970-477-0111.
June 5 - July 3 (Saturdays) Flying Heels Rodeo in Granby, 800-325-1661
June 6 - August 8 Winter Park Mountain Bike Series, 970-726-4118 or 800-903-7275 or
June 6 23rd Annual Steamboat Springs Marathon, Half Marathon, 10K, Fitness Walk & Fun Run. 970-879-0882, x203 or www.steamboatmarathon.com
June 10 - 12 7th Annual Pole Creek Classic, in Grand County, 970-726-8968 or www.winterpark-info.com
June 10 - 13 Intermountain Senior Sectional Championships, in Steamboat Springs. Best Seniors Male Tennis Players in USTA”S 6 state intermountain Region. www.10s.com
June 13 The Rio 24 Hours of Steamboat, mountain bikers compete at Steamboat Ski Area, 970-846-1439 or www.rockypeakproductions.com
June 16 29th Annual Scholarship Golf Tournament in Steamboat Springs, 970-879-2333.
June 17 - 20 Peter Forsberg Celebrity Golf Tournament in Breckenridge 970-453-5970
June 17 - 20 15th Annual Rocky Mountain Mustang Roundup in Steamboat Springs, 970-879-0880
June 20 Teva Mountain Games at 10,000 ft., Vail, hit the trails at 10,000 ft. 970-477-0111.
June 20 - 25 Ride
the Rockies annual bicycle tour that takes 2,000 cyclists on 6-7
day ride on paved roads through
the Rocky Mountains.
This year is from Boulder to Idaho Springs (431 miles)
303-820-1338 or www.ridetherockies.com
June 25 - 27 STA Old West Mixed Doubles Championships in Steamboat Springs.www.10s.com
June 26 13th Annual Spring Creek Memorial, Steamboat Springs 2004 Running Series. 970-879-1828, X26
June 26 - 27 American Red Cross Fat Tire Classic - Pledge Ride in Winter Park,. music by Opie Gone Bad 303-722-7474 or http.//denver-redcross.org or www.winterpark-info.com
June 28 The Great Race, the country's oldest, longest-running and richest vintage auto event will overnight in Steamboat Springs. 970-879-0882, x203 or www.greatrace.com
June 30 - July 24 Durango Pro Rodeo at the La Plata County Fairgrounds 25th & Main in Durango. 602 237-3000 or DurangoProRodeo.com
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