July in Colorado
I 25 Corridor and East:
Festivals, Special Events, Arts & Crafts
July - August 1, weekends Renaissance Festival, 303-688-6010 or www.coloradorenaissance.com
July 23 See George Streight in his only appearance in the region, at the opening of Cheyenne Frontier Days. TicketsWest 1-866-464-2626
Museums / Special Exhibits
July - August 31 Limon Heritage Museum and Railroad Park Special events throughout the summer.
July - 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 and by famous boot designers. 303-526-0744 or www.buffalobill.org
July - October 31 The Denver Botanic Gardens features 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. The exhibit highlights the men's experiences
at Colorado's Camp Hale and their hard-fought battles in
Italy's Apennines Mountains.
July - August 2 Icons and Oddities; 125 Years of Collecting Colorado.
The exhibit 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.
Every Saturday Discovery Days introduces young minds to the world of
Art.
July
- August 15 Realism & Illusion: Selections
from the Taylor Museum Permanent Collection. 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, follow the life cycle of a butterfly and
a praying mantis.
Music/Dance/Theater/Opera/Plays
thru Summer Friday - Sunday The Avenue Theater at 417 E. 17th Ave, Denver, presents Metamorphose, 303-321-5925 or www.tickets@avenuetheater.com
July 9 - 10 AT&T LoDo Music Festival at 20th and Blake St's in Denver, www.lodomusicfestival.com
Chautauqua Boulder
303-440-7666 or TicketsWest 1-866-464-2626 or www.chautauqua.com
July - August 6 Colorado Music Festival
July 3 A Celebration of American Music with Jubilste
July 17 Barbershop Harmony Festival
July 21 Shawn Colvin
July 24 Youssou N'Dour with Feliaho
July 31 Indigo Girls
Colorado University
Bolder 303-492-8008 or www.cuconcerts.org
July 9 - August 1 CU Opera presents in repertory, H.M.S. Pinafore
and A Grand Night for Singing.
Coors Amphitheater
6450 Greenwood Plaza Blvd. Englewood, 303-220-7000 or www.hob.com/venues/concerts/coors-denver/
July 11 Fleetwood Mac
July 13 Diana Krall
July 14 Tim McGraw
July 24 Ozzfest
Denver Botanic
Gardens Summer Concerts 1005 York St. 303-331-4000 or www.botanicgardens.org
July 16 Poncho Sanchez
July 18 The Turtles - family show
July 23 Shawn Colvin
July 28 - 29 Indigo Girls
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
July I Love You Your Perfect Now Change
Hot Sounds at the
Pavilions Summer Concert Series Denver Pavilions, 16th & Glenarm downtown
FREE
July 1 Erica Brown Band & Funkiphino
July 8 Jennifer Lane & Chris Daniels & The Kings
July 15 Rebecca Folsom & OPie Gone Bad
July 22 Melanie Susruas Band & Love 45
July 29 Something Ynderground & Wendy Woo
Hudson Gardens & Event
Center 6115 S. Santa Fe Dr., Littleton, 303-797-8565 x321 or www.hudsongardens.org
July 4 Colorado Wind Ensemble
July 11 Hazel Miller, Blues/R&B
July 17 The Denver Brass
July 18 Wendy Woo, Jazz, Folk & Blues
July 24 - 25 Red, White & Blues Fest (blues festival & fine
art show)
Lakewood Cultural
Center 480 S. Allison Pkwy. Lakewood 303-987-7845 or www.lakewood.org
July 7 Chris Daniels and the Kings
July 14 Face
July 21 Dotsero
July 28 Lannie Garrett & The Gypsy Swing Revue
O Lincoln Center Fort Collins 970-221-6730
July 30 - August 1 The Mostlies
Pikes Peak Center
Colorado Springs,
719-520-7469 or www.pikespeakcenter.org
July 8 - 9 Terry MacAlmon Ministries Worship Festival, The Sound
of Heaven
July 21 - 24 Pikes Peak International Music Festival featuring Youth
Choirs from Japan & US
Pepsi Center Denver
303-830-TIXS
July 1 - 11 Cirque Du Soleil: Varekai, Parking lot of Pepsi Center
July 9 - 10 Irrepressible Hope - Women of Faith, www.womenoffaith.com or 888-49-FAITH
July 20 Sarah McLachlan with Butterfly Boucher
July 24 Eric Clapton
July 25 Reel Big Fish with Lucky Boys Confusion, Rx Bandits, Catch
22 & Jenoah
Universal Lending
Pavilion on the Pepsi Center Grounds, www.UniversalLendingPavilion.com
July 10 John Fogerty
July 24 O.A.R. with Howie Day & Matt Nathenson
Red Rocks Amphitheater
Morrison 303-830-TIXS or 719-520-9090 or www.redrocksonline.com
July - August 17 Film on the Rocks
July 4 Blues Traveler, opening act: North Mississippi Allstars
July 6 - 7 John Mayer, opening acts: Maroon 5 & DJ Logic
July 9 - 10 The Allman Bros/The String Cheese Incident
July 16 Gipsy Kings
July 17 Harry Connick Jr.
July 26 Incubud, opening act: The Vines
Sports:
Colorado Rockies
Major League Baseball, Home Games, Coors Field, Denver
303-830-TIXS
July 1 Milwaukee Brewers
July 2 - 4 Detroit Tigers
July 15 - 18 San Francisco Giants
July 19 - 20 San Diego Padres
July 26 - 29 Los Angeles Dodgers
July 31 - Aug. 1 Arizona Diamondbacks
Colorado Springs
Sky Sox Affiliate of Colorado Rockies Baseball Club, Home Games Sky
Sox Stadium, Colorado
Springs, 719-591-7699
July 4 - 7 Omaha Royals
July 8 - 11 Oklahoma Red Hawks
July 23 - 26 Iowa Cubs
Mountain Towns & The Western Slope:
Festivals, Special Events, Arts & Craft Shows
Independence Day Weekend All Colorado towns and cities have their own way of celebrating. These are too numerous to list. Enjoy the celebration where ever you go. HAVE FUN!!
July 1 - 4 Telluride Plein Air 2004, 29 n the courtyard of the historic Sheridan Opera House, this event will benefit programming at the Opera House. 970-728-6363 or www.sheridanoperahouse.com
Saturdays July 1 - August 14 Vail Arts & Wine Festival. 970-476-1000 or www.vail.snow.com
July 24 - 25 103.5 The Fox's 7th Annual Hawgfest in Winter Park. 970-726-4118, 1-800-903-7275 or www.winterpark-info.com
July 31 Art on the Mountain Art Festival and Western Music and Chili Festival at Gondola Square in Steamboat Springs, 970-871-5315 or www.steamboatchamber.com
Museums / Special
Exhibits
Thru - September
30 Trinidad History Museum, the crown jewel of Trinidad's national
historic
district, opens 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 opens 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
Thru - September 5 Zephyr Live! free concerts at Zephyr Mt. Lodge
Plaza in Winter Park, 970-726-3118 or www.winterpark-info.com
Thru the summer Hot Summer Nights Concert free at the Gerald Ford Amphitheater Vilar Pavilion in Vail, 970-949-1999 or www.vail.snow.com
Thru the summer Strings in the Mountains in Steamboat Springs (summer music festival) 970-879-5056 or www.stringsinthemountain.com
July - August 7 National Repertory Orchestra Concert at Riverwalk Center in Breckenridge, www.summitchamber.org
July - August 14 Burning Stones Outdoor Theater at Copper Mountain. A movie under the stars, bring the family & blankets, movie begins at dark (approx. 8:30pm) www.coppercolorado.com
July - September 2 Winter Park Downtown Summer Concert Series, www.winterpark-info.com
July 1 - 30 Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival at the Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater, Vilar Pavilion, 970-827-5700 or www.vail.snow.com
July 2 - 4 Francisco Center for the Performing Arts in La Veta presents the comedy Dearly Departed, 719-742-5405
July 3 - August
14 The Beat Goes on Concert Series in Copper Mountain, 800-530-3099
or
www.coppercolorado.com
July 17 - 18 KBCO World Class Rockfest in Winter Park 970-726-4118, 1-800-803-7275 or www.winterpark-info.com
July 20 - August 17 BMI Chamber Concert at the Riverwalk Center in Breckenridge, 970-453-9142 or www.summitchamber.org
Backstage Theatre
121 S. Ridge St. Breckenridge 970-453-0199 or www.backstagetheatre.org
Wednesday - Sunday (alternating weeks)
July 1 - August 29 Do You Turn Summersaults
July 1 - September 5 Metamorphoses
July 9 & August 13 Breckenridge Festival Film
Central City Opera
72nd Season, in Central City 303-292-6700 or 800-851-8175 or www.centralcityopera.org
July 1 - August 8 The Tales of Hoffmann
July 3 - August 7 The Student Prince
July 10 - August 6 The Juggler of Norte Dame
Creede Repertory
Theatre in Creede 719-658-2540 or 866-658-2540 or www.creederep.org
July 1 - July 3 Magic
July 1 - August 25 Hayfever
July 1 - August 26 Foreigner
July 1 - September 25 Spitfire
July 14 - August 21 Ladder
July 23 -August 27 Quick - Change
September 3 - 25 Inishmaan
Rocky Mountain
Repertory Theatre 970-627-3421 Grand Lake www.rockymountainrep.com
July 1 - August 20 Forever Plaid
July 1- August 21 Pump Boys & Dinettes
July 2 - August 19 1940's Radio Hour
August 27 - September 25 Always .. Patsy Cline
Vilar Center Beaver
Creek 1-888-920-2787 or 970-845-8497 or www.vilarcenter.org
July 2 Fernando Ortega, Contemporary Christian Music.
July 7 Second City Children's Theatre presents, Underwearface von
Schtinker
July 8 Tower of Power, Funk and Soul
July 9 - August 27 Free Family Movie Series
July 13 - August 4 Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival
July 26 Fabulous Thunderbirds, Rockin' Blues
Sports
July 3 Flying Heels Rodeo in Granby, 800-325-1661
July 1 - August 8 Winter Park Mountain Bike Series, 970-726-4118 or 800-903-7275 or www.winterpark-info.com.
July 1 - 24 Durango Pro Rodeo at the La Plata County Fairgrounds 25th & Main in Durango. Bar-B-Q, T-Shirts and full concession stand. 602 237-3000 or DurangoProRodeo.com
July 3 - August 28 (Saturday nights) Hi Country Stampede Rodeo in Fraser, 800-903-7275 or www.winterpark-info.com
July 4 Teva Games Vail Hill Climb, 970-476-1000 or www.vail.snow.com
July 17 - 19 Courage Classic to benefit Children's Hospital. The 3 day, 2 night bicycle tour covers 155 miles of scenic mountain byways starting in Copper Mountain. www.couragetours.com
July 20 - 31 Triple Crown Baseball World Series in Steamboat Springs, 970-223-6644 or www.steamboatchamber.com
July 21 Town Challenge-Mountain
Bike Series in Steamboat Springs, 970-223-6644 or
www.steamboatchamber.com
July 24 - 25 Vail Summer Sports Fest featuring some of the country's hottest extreme athletes in LionsHead and Vail Villages, 970-476-6797
July 25 Teva Games Half Marathon in Vail, 970-476-1000 or www.vail.snow.com
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