October in Colorado
I 25 Corridor and East:
Festivals, Special Events, Arts & Crafts
October 1 - 12 (Sundays) Old South Pearl Street Farmers Market. Hand Picked vendors from all over Colorado will line the 1500 block of South Pearl St. in Denver to offer fresh fruits and vegetables, breads, pastries, fresh cut flowers, bedding and container plants and lots of other goodies.
October 11 Join more than 18,000 festival-goers at historic DeLaney Farm in Aurora, for PumpkinFest. This fall festival includes Jack-O-Launch competition, food, face painting, music, a maze and lots more. 303-739-7000 or www.auroraevents.org
Museums / Special Exhibits
Phipps IMAX Theater
in the Denver Museum of Nature & Science. 303-322-7009
or www.dmns.org
Thru Fall 2003 Jane Goodall?s Wild Chimpanzees
Thru - Winter 2003 Australia: Land Beyond Time
October Wonderfully Wild Halloween Trail for families with children 4-10 to find out the truth about the not-so-scary wild creatures of the forest. Lookout Mountain Nature Center, Golden, reservations required, 303-526-0594.
October 1 - 26 Watermedia Exhibition at the Foothills Arts Center in Golden. 303-279-3922 or www.foothillsartcenter.org
October 1 - 26 Augustus Saint-Gardens: Master of American Sculpture at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, 719-634-5581 or www.csfineartscneter.org
October 1 - December 31 New Classics at the Denver Art Museum. Thei exhibition features some of the greatest contemporary pieces from the Museum's American Indian collection. 720-865-5000 or www.denverartmuseum.org
October 1 - January 25, 2004 Chinese Art of the Tang Dynasty from the Sze Hong Collection at the Denver Art Museum, 720-865-5000 or www.denverartmuseum.org
October 4 - January 4, 2004 El Greco to Picasso from the Phillips Collection. The world's most beloved artists, Picasso, Renoir, van Gough, Monet at the Denver Art Museum, 720-865-5000 or www.denverartmuseum.org
October 4 - January 4, 2004 A Moment in Time: Photographs of the Early American West plus Discovering American Art of the Early American West at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center.. 719-634-5583.
October 11 & 18 The Astor House Museum and the Golden Pioneer Museum presents Halloween Cemetery Tours in Golden, 303-278-3557 or 303-278-7151.
October 30 - December 13 Reflections in Black: Smithsonian African American Photography A History Deconstructed at the Metro State Center for the Visual Arts, Metropolitan State College of Denver, 303-294-5207.
Music/Dance/Theater/Opera/Plays
October - November 9 Heritage Square Music Hall in Golden presents Frankenstein. You may enjoy dinner and the show or just the show. The Heritage Square Children's Theatre presents Jack and the Beanstalk 303-279-7800.
October - November
2 Walden Family Playhouse in Lakewood, presents Holes.
303-590-1475 or www.waldenfamilyplayhouse.com
October - Open ended The Avenue Theater in Denver, presents Things You Shouldn't Say Past Midnight, a fast paced comedy with six characters in three bedrooms. 303-321-5925.
October 2 The Lakewood Cultural Center presents Andrew Manze, Baroque Violin. 303-987-7676
October 17 - 25 The Paper Cat Theatre Company presents Macabre, A Night of Gothic Horror with five classic tales of terror; The Monkey?s Paw, The Masque of Red Death, Rappaccini?s Daughter, The Tell-Tale Heart and The Spectre Bridegroom at the Other Side Arts Gallery and Performance Space in Denver, 720-217-2206 or www.papercat.org
October 17 - November 9 The John Galt - Golden Theatre Company presents K2. 303-279-3080 X2 or 800-633-4417
October 18 A Tribute to the Music of John Denver at the Ranum Theatre, 80th & Zuni in Westminster, 303-429-1999.
Colorado Springs
Fine Arts Center
719-634-5583
October 3 - 19 Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
October 16 & 25 Legend and Legacy a light-hearted look at local history.
October 26 - 27 The Trail a Unique World Horizons Travel Film retracing
the epic journey of Lewis and Clark.
Colorado Springs
World Arena
866-464-2626 or www.ticketswest.com
October 1 Cher - The Farewell Tour
Colorado University
Concerts & Theatre & Dance
CU Bolder Campus 303-492-
8008 or www.cuconcerts.org or www.colorado.edu/TheatreDance
October 5 Tim Eddy, cello
October 7, 14, 21 Faculty Tuesdays (performance by UC College of Music faculty
members)
October 8 Jeff Solow, cello. Jazz Combos
October 8 - 12 Mother Courage and Her Children
October 9 Central City Opera & CU Opera presents Opera Scenes. The Amadeus
Trio
October 10 Jazz Ensembles with Randy Brecker, trumpet
October 18 Pendulum, California EAR Unit
October 23 Chamber Orchestra
October 24 & 26 CU Opera presents Dialogues of the Carmelites
October 27 Jennifer Heyfhe, Piano
October 28 Wind Symphony/Symphonic Band
October 30 Yamato (Drummers of Japan)
October 31 Reprise. Wayne Scott & Friends
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
www.coloradosymphony.org
October 3 - 5 William Eddins, conductor, Manuel Barreuco, guitar
October 8 Voices of Light Richard Einhorn, Marin Alsop conductor
October 10 - 11 Doc Severinsen, conductor and trumpet
October 12 Wynton Marsalis
October 17 - 19 David Lockington, conductor with Markus Groh, Piano
October 24 - 26 David Lockington, conductor with Midori, violin
October 28 CSO Classic Halloween. Adam Flatt, conductor
October 31- November 2 Marin Alsop, conductor, Mark O'Conner and Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg,
violins
Garner Galleria
Theatre
October - November 30 I Love You, Your Perfect, Now Change
Jones Theatre
October 23 - December 27 Lobby Hero
Ricketson Theatre
October 2 - November 22 Almost Heaven (songs and stories of John
Denver)
Space
Theatre
October 9 - November 15 Blue/Orange
Stage Theatre
October 16 - November 15 Picnic
Temple Buell Theatre
October 1 - 12 Colorado Ballet presents Don Quixote (www.coloradoballet.com)
Pepsi
Center Denver 303-830-TIXS
October 1 - 5 Ringling Brothers Circus
October 7 Boom Boom HuckJam, worlds best skate boarders, BMX and Moto cross
riders
October 8 Blue Man Group
October 11 Fleetwood Mac
October 18 An Evening with Dr. Maya Angelou
Pikes Peak Center,
Colorado Springs, 719-520-7469
October 4 Larry the Cable Guy
October 10 Ballet Gran Folklorico de Mexico
October 11 Nashville Mandolin Ensemble
October 18 - 19 Colorado Springs Philharmonic Inaugural Season
Gala
Red Rocks
Amphitheater Morrison
877-801-4995 or www.redrocksonline.com
October 2 John Tesh, Live Worship at Red Rocks
Swallow Hill Music
Association 303-777-1003 or 1-877-214-7013 or www.swallowhill.com
October 1 Blues Jam Session
October 2 The Late Jack Redell
October 4 John Davis & Rich Moore
Union Colony Civic
Center, Greeley,
970-356-5000 or 800-315-2787
October 14 Greeley Chorale
October 18 A Woman?s Place Gala
October 19 Michael Cooper, Masked Marvels and Wondertales
October 21 Greeley Philharmonic Orchestra
October 22 Films @ The Center
October 23 The Takacs Quartet.
October 29 Pilobolus
Sports:
Colorado Avalanche
Major League Hockey Home Games, Pepsi Center, Denver 303-830-TIXS
October 10 Chicago Blackhawks
October 12 St Louis Blues
October 21 Boston Bruins
October 23 Edmonton Oilers
October 26 Buffalo Sabres
October 28 Calgary Flames
Denver Bronco's
National Football League Home Games
Invesco Field at Mile High,
Denver 303-830-TIXS
October 12 Pittsburgh Steelers
Denver Nuggets
National Basketball League Home Games, Pepsi Center, Denver 303-830-TIXS
October 9 Phoenix Suns (preseason)
October 24 Indiana Pacers (preseason)
October 29 San Antonio Spurs
United States Airforce
Academy Falcons Home Games Colorado Springs
October 11 UNLV
Colorado State
University Rams'
Home Games Fort Collins
October 4 Fresno State
October 16 Air Force
University of Colorado
Buffaloes
Home Games, Boulder
October 11 Kansas
October 25 Oklahoma
Mountain Towns & The Western Slope:
Festivals, Special Events, Arts & Craft Shows
October 4 Octoberfest in La Veta, 719-742-3676 or 866-615-3676 or www.lavetacucharachamber.com
October 18 - 19 Pottery and Sculpture Sale at the Arts Depot in Steamboat Springs, 970-879-9008.
October 31 Pumpkin Carving Contest at the La Veta Inn/Downtown Trick or Treating 5:-6:pm, 719-742-3676 or 866-615-3676 or www.lavetacucharachamber.com
October 31 Frisco's Trick or Treat Street at the Historic Park. Call the Town of Frisco at 970-668-5276.
October 31 Halloween Stroll in downtown Steamboat Springs, 5: - 7:pm.
Museums / Special Exhibits
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Music/Dance/Theater/Opera/Plays
October 3 - 5 The Nerd at the Lake Dillion Theatre, 970-513-9386.
October 18, 19, 25, 31, Nov. 1 The Spanish Peaks Players presents Dracula at the Fort Francisco Center for the Performing Arts, housed in the historic, former Presbyterian Church built in 1891. 719-742-6110 or 866-615-3676 or email forapunk@webcoast2coast.net
October 23- November
29 (Thur. thru Sat.)
Breckenridge Backstage Theatre presents Scotland Road, 121 S. Ridge
St., 970-453-0199, www.backstagetheatre.org
Silverthorne Pavilion.
970-262-7370
October 9 Summit Concert Band Fall Concert
October 10 Peter Rowan?s Texas Trio
October 11 3rd Annual Pumpkin Fest
October 18 Halloween Masquerade Party and Mystery Dinner Theater
Sports
October 4 - 6 Vail Valley Soccer Tournament 970-476-5601, www.vail.snow.com
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