Denver Holiday Events

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Hudson Holiday Hudson Gardens	Daily from Sat., November 21 until Sun., November 22 more dates/times	Southwest Suburbs	Family Events Holiday Holiday - Lights
One can only hope that this will be the beginning of a beautiful relationship: The Museum of Outdoor Arts and Hudson Gardens are teaming up this season to host Hudson Holiday, an outdoor holiday lighting extravaganza that runs the gamut from traditional to, well, downright artsy. And with MOA... More >>

Foothills Art Center Holiday Art Market Foothills Art Center	Every week Sunday from Sun., November 15 until Wed., December 30, 1:00pm-5:00pm more dates/times	West Suburbs	Art - Galleries Holiday Shopping
One of the region’s most extensive holiday sales, the Foothills Art Center Holiday Art Market, has downsized a bit, says market manager Jen Thario, but that will be no loss to the appreciative throngs who visit the sale each year. “We’re going for a high-end fine-art look, as... More >>

The Great Turkey Campout Bass Pro Shops	Thu., November 26, 5:00pm	East	Family Events Free Events Holiday Shopping Thanksgiving
After you’ve eaten all the turkey and watched all the games and fought with your relatives, Bass Pro Shops gives you reason to be thankful this Thanksgiving: The store, at 7970 East 49th Avenue, will be open until 6 p.m. today, with sporting goods and gun and game shopping for adults and... More >>

Downtown Denver Grand Illumination Downtown Denver	Fri., November 27, 6:00pm	Downtown	Community Events Family Events Holiday Holiday - Lights
The traditional highlights of downtown’s annual Grand Illumination, which begins tonight at 6 p.m., are the two extravaganzas at either end of the 16th Street Mall: the Denver City and County Building light display that will be switched on with much hoopla at 6:30 p.m., and the Union... More >>

Santa's Big Red Sack Avenue Theater	Every week Friday, Saturday from Fri., November 27 until Fri., December 18, 7:30pm	Central	Comedy Holiday
Tired of those overhyped “family” Christmas shows? The Avenue Theater’s Santa's Big Red Sack is an opportunity for you to enjoy some adult holiday fun, and for Santa to stop taking himself so seriously. "We like to call it the 'Holiday Show You Shouldn't Take Your Kids To,’"... More >>

En Fuego: Treelighting with Skydiving Santa Copper Mountain Resort	Sat., November 28	Mountains	Children's Events High Country Holiday Holiday - Lights Santa Sightings
The dichotomy between fire and ice has inspired everything from Robert Browning poems to a 1983 film to prom themes to Copper Mountain’s En Fuego celebration, complete with bonfires and street performers spinning flames in the pristine (if frostbitten) air. And Copper Mountain is really... More >>

On Havana Street Secret Santa Shopping Event Havana Street	Sat., November 28, 10:00am-5:00pm	Aurora	Holiday Shopping
“When the Buckingham Square Mall first opened, it’s said that there was a Santa Claus convention in town,” says Gayle Jetchick of On Havana Street. “So the Santas all decided to go out bar-hopping at the end of the day, and they wound up at the mall. They walked right in and... More >>

Farolito Lighting The Fort	Sun., November 29, 4:30pm-6:30pm	West Suburbs	Community Events Holiday
Farolito lighting has long been a holiday tradition in Santa Fe, New Mexico -- but Colorado’s own Fort restaurant in Morrison has been hosting a similar tradition for at least the past twenty years. “The event itself is kind of trifold,” explains Sarah Shirazi, director of... More >>

Christmas of the Angels Shadow Theatre Company	Every week Friday from Fri., November 20 until Sun., December 20, 7:30pm more dates/times	Aurora	Holiday Theater
Keith L. Hatten, artistic director for Shadow Theatre Company, cites two very important experiences as inspiration for his direction of Christmas of the Angels. The first is hearing his office manager tell the story of being rescued from the 97th floor of the World Trade Center’s second... More >>

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Castle Rock Starlighting Ceremony Wilcox Square	Sat., November 21, 1:00pm-7:00pm	Southeast Suburbs	Community Events Family Events Festivals Holiday Holiday - Lights Santa Sightings

Thanskgiving Dinner Elway's Downtown	Thu., November 26, 11:00am-10:00pm	Downtown	Food & Drink Holiday

Thanksgiving Dinner The Ritz-Carlton, Denver	Thu., November 26, 11:30am-3:30pm	Downtown	Food & Drink Holiday

Littleton Candlelight Walk and Tree Lighting Downtown Littleton	Fri., November 27, 5:30pm-9:00pm	Southwest Suburbs	Community Events Family Events Holiday Holiday - Lights Santa Sightings

Michael Martin Murphey's Cowboy Christmas Paramount Theatre	Mon., November 30, 7:30pm	Downtown	Family Events Holiday Music

iTHRiVE Holiday Marketplace Gallery 1261	Thu., December 3, 12:00pm-8:00pm	Central	Benefits Holiday Shopping

Boulder Gingerbread Bridge Competition Boulder Draft House	Fri., December 4, 3:00pm-6:00pm	Boulder	Community Events Competitions Holiday

Opening Reception Smokebrush Center	Fri., December 4, 5:00pm-8:00pm	Southern Colorado	Art - Openings & Events Holiday Shopping

Gunnison Night of Lights Gunnison	Fri., December 4, 5:30pm	Mountains	Family Events High Country Holiday Holiday - Lights Santa Sightings

Gunnison Night of Lights Gunnison	Fri., December 4, 5:30pm	Mountains	Family Events High Country Holiday Santa Sightings

Art for Peanuts 2009 Rock the Cradle	Fri., December 4, 6:00pm-11:00pm	South	Art - Openings & Events Holiday Shopping

Limon Community Christmas Celebration Limon	Sat., December 5, 9:00am-2:00pm	Central	Festivals Holiday Holiday - Lights Out of Town Santa Sightings

Lyons Golden Gang Holiday Bazaar Lyons Oddfellows Hall	Sat., December 5, 10:00am-4:00pm	Northern Colorado	Holiday Shopping

Christy Lea Payne Jewelry Trunk Show Kismet Southglenn	Sat., December 5, 10:30am-6:30pm	Southeast Suburbs	Fashion & Style Holiday Shopping

Denver Gay Men's Chorus St. Andrew United Methodist Church	Sat., December 5, 2:00pm	Southeast Suburbs	Family Events Holiday LGBT Events Music

Olde Country Christmas Elizabeth	Sat., December 5, 3:00pm-6:00pm	Southeast Suburbs	Festivals Holiday Holiday - Lights Out of Town Santa Sightings