August in Colorado
I 25 Corridor and East:
Festivals, Events, Museums and Exhibits
August 5 - 6 Colorado Scottish Festival & Rocky Mountain Highland Games in Highlands Ranch. A Bit of Brigadoon in your Own Back Yard" 303-238-6524
August 25 - September 4 Colorado State Fair Pueblo Fairg rounds nonstop entertainment during one of the largest pro rodeos in the country. Highlights include a livestock and horse show, parades, country concerts, an arts exhibition, a fiesta weekend and carnival. 800-876-4567
August 30 - Sept. 4 Four Corners Rally in the Rockies. National Motorcycle Rally in Durango area. www.rallyintherockies.com
Buffalo Bill Museum & Grave
987 1/2 Lookout Mountain Rd.,Golden 303-526-0744 or www.buffalobill.org
June - Jan. 28, 2007 Out of Disaster...Hope: Buffalo Bill in New Orleans, an exhibit on the show in New Orleans in 1884.
August 6 Mountain Melodies Music Festival
Colorado Convention Center
700 14th St., Denver 303-228-8000 or 303-830-TIXS or www.denverconvention.com/calendar
August 25 Melissa Etheridge
Colorado History Museum
1300 Broadway Denver, 303-866-3682 or www.coloradohistory.org
Ongoing Soldiers on Skis, story of World War II’s famous 10th Mountain Division from Colorado’s Camp Hale.
Ongoing Colorado TimeScape, highlights 10,000 years of Colorado history in just 10 min.
Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center 30 W. Dale St. 719-634-5581 or
www.csfineartscenter.org
Open Ended Robert Doisnean’s Paris exhibit
Open ended Hispanic Arts of the Southwest
Denver Art Museum
100 W. 14th Ave. Pkwy, Denver 720-865-5000 or www.denverartmuseum.org
Ongoing Building Outside the Box: Creating the New Denver Art Museum.
Ongoing Blanket Statements: a snap shot of Navajo weavers of textiles woven in the 1980s & 1990s.
Ongoing Cheyenne Vision II: a perspective on the history, art and a view of the Cheyenne people.
Ongoing Floating Time: An Environment by Tatsuo Miyajima
Ongoing Heaven and Home: Chinese Art of the Han Dynasty from the Sze Hong Collection.
Ongoing New Classics: Some of the best pieces from the Museum’s American Indian Collections.
Denver Botanic Gardens
1005 York St., Denver 720-865-3500 or www.botanicgardens.org
June - October 31 Robert Wick’s 26 giant bronze sculptures that depict environmental themes and integrate plants in them, throughout the gardens.
Summer Concert Series
August 2 Chris Botti
August 6 Susana Baca & Conjunto Colores
August 10 Nanci Griffith
August 13 B.B. King - 80th Birthday Tour
August 18 Bruce Cock burn
August 30 Judy Collins
Denver Museum of Nature & Science & Phipps IMAX Theater
2001 Colorado Blvd. Denver 303-322-7009 or www.dmns.org
Ongoing IMAX, Lewis & Clark: Great Journey West.
Ongoing IMAX, Mystic India: An Incredible Journey of Inspiration
Ongoing IMAX,Greece: Secrets of the Past
Ongoing Gates Planetarium. The Other Side of Infinity. Black Holes
Music, Dance, Opera, Theater
All summer outdoor Music Festivals are held in many Colorado towns. Check the chamber of commerce sites of the town you will be visiting.
Backstage Theatre Breckenridge
970-453-0199 or www.backstagetheatre.org
June 29 - August 30 The Foreigner
July 7 - Sept.3 Hyronomous A. Frog - The Frog Prince
July 20 - August 20 The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe
September 1 - 3 Backstage to Broadway
Central City Opera Central City 303-292-6700, 800-851-8175 or
www.centralcityopera.org
June 24 - August 6 The Ballad of Baby Doe
July 1 - August 5 Don Giovanni
July 8 - August 4 The Coronation of Poppea
Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center
30 W. Dale St. Colorado Springs 719-634-5581 or www.csfineartscenter.org
Colorado Springs World Arena
3185 Venetucci Boulevard Colorado Springs 866-464-2626 or www.worldarena.com
August 4 Rocky Mountain State Games Opening Ceremony
Coors Amphitheater 6350 Greenwood Plaza, Greenwood Village 303-220-7000 or 303-830-TIXS
Creede Repertory Theatre 124 Main St. Creede 719-658-2540 or www.creederep.org
June 2 - August 26 Crazy for You
June 16 - August 25 The Man Who Shot the Man Who Shot Jessie James
June 30 - September 22 Enchanted April
July 28 - August 24 Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
August 18 - September 23 Cowboyily
September 1 - 23 Snake in the Grass
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 Theatre
Ricketson Theatre
Space Theatre
Stage Theatre
Temple Buell Theatre
Heritage Square Music Hall 18301 W. Colfax, D-103 Golden, 303-279-7800
Denver Civic Theatre 721 Santa Fe Dr. Denver, 303-309-3773 or 1-866-464-2626
Hudson Gardens Ev! ent Cen ter 6115 South Santa Fe Drive Littleton, CO 80120 303-797-8565, X321 or www.hudsongardens.org
August 6 70’s Reunion
August 20 Air Supply
Lakewood Cultural Center 470 S.Allison Pkwy. Lakewood (Alameda & Wadsworth) 303-987-7845 or www.performancfenow.org
August 2 Wendy Woo & the Woo Crew
August 9 Rodney Crowell & The Outsiders
Lincoln Center 417 West Magnolia,
Fort Collins 970-221-6730 www.fcgov.com
Pepsi Center Denver 303-830-TIXS
August 2 Tim McGraw & Faith Hill
August 22 Shakira
Pikes Pike Center Colorado Springs
719-520-7469 www.pikespeakcenter.org
Red Rocks Amphitheater Morrison 303-830-TIXS or www.redrocksonline.com
August 1 Celtic Women
August 11 The James Gang
August 15 Def Leppard and Journey
August 23 Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals
August 29 Bonnie Raitt
September 1 Allman Brothers Band
September 2 Govt. Mule
September 3 Willie Nelson & Family
Rocky Mountain Repertory Theatre Grand Lake, 970-627-3421 or www.RockyMountainRep.com
June 16 - August 15 Singing in the Rain
June 23 - August 17 Your a Good Man Charlie Brown
July 11 - August 19 Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
August 25 - September 23 Almost Heaven, John Denver’s America
Town Hall Arts Center 2450 W. Main St.,! Little ton 303-794-2787 or
www.townhallartscenter.com
University of Colorado Concert Series
Boulder 303-492-8008 or www.cuconcerts.org
July 6 - August 17 49th Colorado Shakespeare Festival. 303-492-0554 or www.coloradoshakes.org
Sports:
July 31 - August 2 PGA players and their coaches from across the nation will converge on the Snowmass Club course for the Vince Gill/Amy Grant Snowmass Club Charity Classic. Your player or sponsorship fees will benefit disabled participants and children to learn and experience the game of golf. contact Alisa Tillung at 923-0578 or www.challengeaspen.com.
August 27-29 Great West Celebrity Golf Tournament in Breckenridge, www.gobreck.com
Colorado Rockies Major League Baseball Home Games at Coors Field, Denver 20th and Blake streets www.coloradorockies.com
July 27 - 30 San Diago Padres, July 31 - August 2 Milwaukee Brewers, August 11 - 13 Chicago White Sox, August 14 - 17 Arizona Diamondbacks, August 25 - 27 San Diago Padres, August 29 - 31 New York Mets
Colorado Springs Sky Sox Minor League Baseball Home Games at Sky Sox Stadium, Colorado Springs 719-591-7699
August 2 - 5 Round Rock Express, August 6 - 9 Albuquerque Isotopes, August 11 - 14 Salt Lake Bees, August 28 - 31 Las Vages 51’s, September 1 - 4 Sacramento River Cats
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