AUGUST IN COLORADO
Festivals, Special Events, Museums, Dance, Music, Opera, Theater
August 1 - 2 Celebrating 20 years, Bravo brings to the Vail Valley over 40 acclaimed soloists, ensembles and three outstanding resident orchestras, Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra and New York Philharmonic.
www.vailmusicfestival.org
August 1 - 4 Breckenridge music festival in beautiful Riverwalk Center www.gobreck.com
August 1 - 4. Grand Lake Regatta. Grand Lake 970-627-3377 www.grandlakechamber.com
August 1 - 5 Rocky Mountain Plein Air Painters National Show and Paint Out, Winter Park-Fraser Valley Arts Week. Please contact the gallery for show specifics and previews. Elk Horn Art Gallery 970-726-9292 www.elkhorngallery.com or 800-903-7275 or 970-726-4118
August 1 - 12 Vail International Dance Festival First introduced in 1989 as an intensive dance workshop presented by the Bolshoi Ballet, the Festival has evolved into one of the world's most treasured and eagerly anticipated summer dance events. www.vail.snow.com
August 1 - 16 Strings in the Mountains music festival in Steamboat Springs.970-879-5056 or www.stringsinthemountains.com/calendar
August 1 -21 The Bud Light Hot Summer Nights free concert series is back with sun, fun and of course, incredible music! Every Tuesday at 6:30pm in the Ford Amphitheater in Vail
August 1 - 24, Sat. nights The High Country Stampede Rodeo Series, a summer classic, returns to the Fraser Valley for the 24th straight season in the John Work Arena, one mile west of Fraser. 800-903-7275 or 970-726-4118
August 1 - 31 Metamorphosis, a Juried Sculpture Exhibition at the Lakewood Cultural Center. 470 S. Allison Pkwy., 303-987-7876 www.Lakewood.org
August 2 & 9 Urban Market Denver Pavilions, Artisans, 11:am - 9:pm., will be located in the plaza area stretching between 15th & 16th, with Glenarm running directly through the Pavilions Farmers and specialty food vendors, 11am-2pm
August 3-4 Granby Sidewalk Art Show, A juried show of artisans who work with wood, metal, or stone as well as paintings, drawings, and photos.970-887-2311or www.granbychamber.com
August 4 Grand Lake Craft Fest 970-627-5087 or www.grandlakechamber.com
August 4 23rd Annual Rocky Mountain Wine, Beer & Food Festival.Highlights include, wine, beer and food tastings, a huge silent auction and cooking demonstrations. Proceeds benefit the National Sports Center for the Disabled (NSCD). Winter Park Resort. NSCD 970.726.4118 www.nscd.org/events/winebeerfood.htm
August 4 – 12. 91st Annual Middle Park Fair & Rodeo. Kremmling. Middle Park Fairgrounds. CPRA & ranch rodeos, mutton bustin’, open horse show, 4-H livestock sale, commercial heifer show, exhibit hall, kids games, beer garden & BBQ, live music and much more. New this year are the carnival, high performance truck & tractor pull, and laser tag. 970-724-3436 www.kremmlingchamber.com
August 10 - 12 The Vail Arts Festival is a three-day outdoor festival featuring 120 artists from across the United States selling art in eleven different mediums in Lionshead Village.
August 11 - 12 Winter Park Colorado Craft Fair,nestled in the pines along Main Street, exhibits of unique hand-made crafts from local and national artists. 970- 531-3170 or 303-901-9082
August 17 Salute to America Veterans Motorcycle Ra lly. Winter Park 800-903-7275 or
www.winterpark-info.com
August 17 - 19 Genuine Jazz and Wine Festival
Hot music and perfect temperatures in Breckenridge Free daytime performances and nighttime performances at various locations around town. 970-418-2121
August 31 - September 3 13th Annual Vail Jazz Festival's Labor Day Weekend Party! The world's greatest jazz musicians, over twenty-four hours of music. Hosted at the Vail Cascade Resort and Spa , www.vail.snow.com
Arvada Center 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada 720-898-7200 or www.arvadacenter.org
August - November 11 Western Federation of Watercolor Societies 32nd Annual Exhibition, Summer of Watercolor.
August 3 The Waybacks and Infamous Stringdusters
August 4 Bjorn Again
August 11 Cherish the Ladies & Southern Exposure
August 17 The Denver Brass Hot, Hot, Hot
August 18 Asleep at the Wheel
Backstage Theatre Breckenridge 970-453-0199 or www.gobreck.com
August 1 - 12 Carpe Diem (mature content)
August 1 - September 2 The Hobbit (general audience)
August 1 - 19 The Smell of the Kill (mature content)
August 31 - September 2 The Sound of Music Performed at the Riverwalk Center, 150 Adams Ave.
The Budweiser Events Center at the Ranch, Loveland, www.comcasttix.com or boxoffice@budweiserevnetscenter.com
August 31 Carlos Mencia w/ special guest Josh Blue
Buffalo Bill Museum & Grave
987 1/2 Lookout Mountain Rd.,Golden 303-526-0744 or www.buffalobill.org
August - September 9 Reel West: Cliché and Character at the Saturday Matinee
Bunport Theater 717 Lipan St. Denver 720-946-1388 or www.bunport.com
August 20 On The Road
Butterfly Pavilion 6252 W. 104th Ave., Westminster 303-469-5441 www.butterflies.org
August - September 15 Backyard Bugs
Central City Opera Central City 303-292-6700 or www.centralcityopera.org
August 1 - 19 in repertory La Traviata, Poet Li Bai, Cinderella and The Saint of Bleecker Street
Colorado History Museum
1300 Broadway Denver, 303-866-3682 or www.coloradohistory.org
Ongoing Colorado TimeScape, highlights 10,000 years of Colorado history in just 10 min.
Ongoing Tribal Paths: Colorado's American Indians, 1500 to Today
Ongoing A Woman's Place... Is on the Range
Ongoing Ancient Voices: Stories of Colorado's Distant Past
Ongoing The H.A.A. Tabor Collection
Ongoing Images of Childhood from the States 1st Half Century.
Ongoing The Colorado Chronicle: 150 Years in Histor y
Ongoing Soldiers on Skis, story of World War II’s famous 10th Mtn. Division from Colorado’s Camp Hale.
Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center Colorado Springs 30 W. Dale St. 719-634-5581 or
www.csfineartscenter.org
August 1 - September 30 Frida Kahlo: Through the Lens of Nickolas Muray
August 2 - 5 Join us for our "Extremely Grand Opening" The Greatest Art Event in the History of Colorado Springs
Creede Repertory Theatre
124 N. Main St, Creede 719-658-2540 or www.creederep.org
August - September 22 Leading Ladies
August 1 - 10 Bad Dates
August 1 - 24 To Fool the Eye
August 1 - 11 Lullaby
August 1 - 25 Urinetown: The Musical
August 1 - 24 Improv
August 3 - September 21 Pygmalion
August 7 JG Brown Art Show
August 13 Ed Wheatley in Concert
August 21 - September 21 Shaw Talk
August 31 - Sept. 22 Everything in the Garden
September 3 Creede Arts Cou ncil Photo Show
Denver Art Museum
100 W. 14th Ave. Pkwy, Denver 720-865-5000 or www.denverartmuseum.org
Ongoing Blanket Statements: a snap shot of Navajo weavers of textiles woven in the 1980s & 1990s.
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.
August - September 9 Japanese Art
August - September 9 Breaking the Mold
Denver Botanic Gardens
1005 York St., Denver 720-865-3500 or www.botanicgardens.org
Summer Concert Series:
August 2 John Hiatt & Shawn Colvin
August 16 Gordon Lightfoot
August 29 subdudes & Amos Lee
August 31 David Bromberg Quaetet & Jerry Douglas
September 5 Natalie MacMaster & Donnell Lea hy
Denver Center for the Performing Arts 14th & Curtis Sts., Denver, 303-893-4100, 800-641-1222 or www.denvercenter.org or www.ticketswest.com
Boettcher Concert Hall
Colorado Symphony Orchestra
August - September 9 The Little Mermaid (The Pre-Broadway Engagement)
Garner Galleria Theatre
August 1 - 5 The Taffetas
Denver Museum of Nature & Science & Phipps IMAX Theater 2001 Colorado Blvd. Denver 303-322-7009 or www.dmns.org
August - January 6, 2008 TITANIC: The Artifact Exhibition
Phipps IMAX Theatre
August - January 6, 2008 Ghost of the Abyss an Immersivev Adventure to the Shipwreck Titanic.
Denver Victorian Playhouse, 4201 Hooker St. Denver 303-433-4343 www.denvervic.com
August 3-September 8 Barefoot in the Park
Hudson Gardens 611 5 S. Santa Fe Dr., Littleton, 303-797-8565 or www.hudsongardens.org
Sunday Night Summer Concert Series
August 5 Opie Gone Bad
August 12 Ozark Mountain Daredevils
August 19 Chris Daniels & The Kings
August 26 The Nacho Men
September 9 The Nylons
Lakewood Cultural Center 470 S.Allison Pkwy. Lakewood (Alameda & Wadsworth) 303-987-7845
Lakewood Summer Concert Series
August 1 Bearfoot
August 8 The Alley Cats
Miners Alley Playhouse Golden 303-935-3044 or www.minersalley.com
August 1 - 5 Not Now Darling
August 17 - September 16 Prelude to a Kiss
Park Village Playhouse 900 Moraine Ave, Estes Park 970-577-SHOW or
www.nationalparkplayers.com
August 1 - 29 Wed. - Sun. The Rocky Mountain Revue, Western musical & Vaudeville Show.
Pikes Pike Center 190 S. Cascade Ave, Colo rado Springs 719-520-7469
www.pikespeakcenter.org
August 1 Kris Kristofferson
Red Rocks Amphitheater 2901 Shiprock Dr. Morrison (303) 830-TIXS or (719) 520-9090
August 4 - 5 THE FRAY
August 8 RUSH
August 23 Steve Miller Band
September 2 Yonder Mountain String Band
September 7 STS9
September 11 Underworld
Rocky Mountain Repertory Theatre Grand Lake 970-627-3421 or www.RockyMoutainRep.com
August - September 22 42nd Street, Seusical, Footloose and My Way
Vilar center for the Arts Beaver Creek Resort 1.888.920.ARTS or 970-845.TIXS
www.vilarcenter.org Email infovilar@vvf.org
1.888.920.ARTS or 970-845.TIXS
August 5 Kris Kristofferson
August 8 Morphoses/ The Wheeldon Company
August 18 Gordon Lightfoot
August 26 Tower of Power, Horn based funk
August 8, 29, Sept. 5 & 12 Beaver Creek Film Series
Sports
Winter Park Mountain Bike Series Race’se t Winter Park Resort, Each racer receives a quality race, post race refreshments, and a chance to win raffle prizes. Race day registration is from 8-9am at the base of Winter Park Resort with competition beginning at 10am. For "early-bird" registration and discounted entry fees, visit www.epicsingletrack.com or contact the Winter Park Competition Center at (303) 316-1590
August 4 Race #5 Cross-Country (new course),
August 25 Race #6 King of the Rockies
August 3 - 5 Bill Wright Clay Court Tennis Championships in Vail. www.vail.snow.com
Colorado Rockies Major League Baseball, Home Games, Coors Field Denver 303-830-TIXS
August 6 - 8 Milwaukee Brewers, 9 - 12 Chicago White Sox, 20 - 23 Pittsburgh Pirates, 24 - 26 Washington Nationals, September 3 - 5, San Francisco Giants, 7 - 9 San Diego Padres, 14 - 16 Florida Marlins, 18 - 20 Los Angeles Dodgers, 28 - 30 Arizona Diamondbacks
Colorado Springs Sky Socks Affiliate of the Colorado Rockies Baseball Club, Home Games, Sky Sox Stadium, Colorado Springs 719-591-7699
August 10 - 14 Tacoma Rainiers, 15 - 18 Las Vegas 51s, 22 - 26 Salt Lake Bees
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