Festivals and Parades

Global Dance Festival 2013: Lineup for July 19-21 festival at Red Rocks partially revealed

Global Dance Festival's lineup for 2013 was just announced. The homegrown EDM festival will once again take place over three back-to-back nights at Red Rocks, kicking off on Friday, July 19, and running through Sunday, July 21, and will feature an array of acts that include Beats Antique, EOTO, Savo ... More >>

Celebrate Hanukkah at the Colorado Hebrew Chorale's Festival of Lights

"This is the season of light for so many faiths," says Carol Kozak Ward of the Colorado Hebrew Chorale. And so tonight, the group is inviting everyone to the annual Festival of Lights at Four Mile Historic Park. The singers open the celebration to anyone interested in sharing the traditions of Hanuk ... More >>

The question you're too drunk to ask: Why is Oktoberfest celebrated in September?

Oktoberfest might just be everyone's favorite holiday. Not that anyone needs an excuse to pound beers and eat sausage all weekend. But if everyone's doing it, no one can judge you, right? In the middle of your lager and bratwurst haze, though, you might wonder this: "Why are we celebrating Oktoberfe ... More >>

Prost With the Most

Mayor Hancock is back in the tap room -- this time for Prost Brewing's Oktoberfest

Mayor Michael Hancock: beer geek. Okay, that might be a slight exaggeration. Still, Hizzoner will make his second appearance at a Denver craft brewery in as many weeks when he kicks off Prost Brewing's three-day Oktoberfest celebration this Friday and taps the first keg of the brewery's new Märzen ... More >>

Colorado Dragon Boat Festival will honor victims of Aurora theater shootings

The Colorado Dragon Boat Festival will pay tribute to the victims of the Aurora movie theater shootings tomorrow during the opening ceremony.

Colorado Dragon Boat Festival returns this weekend

The Colorado Dragon Boat Festival, an annual celebration of Asian Pacific American culture, returns to Sloan's Lake for its twelfth year on July 28 and 29. The action-packed weekend kicks off with the popular Dragon Boat races, with over fifty teams slated to complete in the ancient Chinese summerti ... More >>

Global Dance Festival's ten best drops

See Also: - People of Global Dance Festival 2012 - People of Global Dance Festival 2011 - Colorado's dance scene was Global before EDM became mainstream - 50 Most Memorable People at Global Dance Festival As dance music fans, it seems like nowadays we're all just waiting for the inevitable drop, t ... More >>

A newcomer's guide to the Colorado Renaissance Festival in Larkspurshire

In the wake of the wildfires burning through the West, as well as the ridiculously hot temperatures we've been experiencing, a day of escape and merriment is something that many Coloradans could use right now. At the Colorado Renaissance Festival, you can show off your best tavern-wench attire, leav ... More >>

Photo: Smurf creeps on Legacy High School Marching Band in Thanksgiving Parade

​If you missed the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade yesterday, you didn't see Broomfield's Legacy High School Lightning Marching band. The more than two-mile parade for Legacy High marked the first time in ten years that a Colorado high school marched in the parade. Big photo below.

Let the Games Begin

Global Dance Festival - The Movie in production and slated for release sometime later this year

Global Dance Festival has become a staple in the Colorado dance music scene since launching in 2002. This year the festival grew to three days, hosting more than forty artists on three stages. In partnership with Triad Dragons, executive producer Taj Nahar and directors Gabriel Rovick and Travis Con ... More >>

Denver Oktoberfest and Royal Gorge Route Railroad's Oktoberfest Train

A Flickr photo.​Fall's here! Although technically it won't be autumn until September 23, you can tell the seasons are changing -- not just by the cooler weather, but also by all the Oktoberfest celebrations. Denver's Oktoberfest, featuring German fare, crafts and entertainment, plus fireworks ... More >>

Expose yourself to the spirit of the playa at Marie Vlasic's Burning Man project fundraiser

"Candice," by Marie Vlasic.​Denver artist Marie Vlasic is no Shrinking Marie, and it shows in her striking work: full frontal, super-real portraits that don't shy away from anything, make your jaw drop and sing the body electric. That considered, Vlasic is also an aficionado of the Burning Man ... More >>

Running And Rolling

Scandinavian Haven

The Pink Mammoth collective takes over 2200 on May 21

Summer festivals: Seven outdoor events in Colorado to check out (or avoid)

Guy Morissette​Memorial Day weekend is just around the corner, which kicks off the summer festival season. From sweaty outdoor concerts to snooty art crawls, here are the good, bad and ugly of the Metro-area's most popular festivals.

Zen and Now

Tonight: Hanukkah Party at the Ritz-Carlton

​Celebrate the Festival of Lights at the Ritz-Carlton, 1881 Curtis Street, which will hold a Hanukkah Party with candle-lighting, latkes, wine and more tonight at 6 p.m. The party is free; for more info, call 303-312-3800. For information on dozens of culinary events around town, visit our on ... More >>

Enzo's End Pizzeria acquires a Bob's Big Boy -- and renames it Big Enzo

​ "I've wanted a Big Boy for years after my first trip to Burning Man," says Charlie Puma, owner of Enzo's End Pizzeria, 3424 East Colfax. Burning Man, an annual week-long art and dance festival held every year in the Black Rock Desert in northern Nevada, commences with a ritual burning of a ... More >>

Bier here! Don't get your lederhosen in a bunch: Oktoberfest is still kickin' at 41

Breaking Trail

Triad Dragons want you to pick the GDF 2010 headliners

Global Dance Festival 2009 (Official Video)Monolith may get more press, but of the summer's Red Rocks festivals, Global Dance Festival is not only bigger and more well-established, it's also a better place to see lots of gorgeous, half-naked women (see the video embedded above, which may be NSFW de ... More >>

Oktoberfest is for sale. Will someone buy it a drink?

​Denver is playing host to the Olympics of beer games this month -- and it could be a historic one if the city's fortieth annual Oktoberfest also turns out to be its last. Larimer Associates, the real estate company that owns Oktoberfest as well as Larimer Square and numerous other properties ... More >>

What happens when all the profanely monikered bands get together at once

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Playing the Lottery

Wrong Turn

Burning the Man

Get behind the scenes in the Nevada desert.

A Little Night Music

Central City hosts West Side Story and the Yellow Rose Ball.

Turning Japanese

Pretty in Pink

Samba Spectacular

Trilogy Lounge hosts the best Carnaval north of Rio.

Caipirinha

Rodizio Grill

Best Progressive/ Trance DJ

DJ Dragon

Get Your Burn On

Denver pitches in to help its Burning Man fans.

Pop Quiz

Der Quiz September 11, 2003

Free For All

Highlighting the week's greatest gratis event

Burn This

Colorado's pyro-fetishists light it up at Burning Man 2002.

Beers to Ya

So what if it's September? The calendar says it's Oktoberfest.

A Bloomin' Good Time

29th Annual Cherry Blossom Festival

Take the Taste Test

Festival of Mountain and Plain...A Taste of Colorado

Best Festival Dedicated to Flower Power

Wildflower Festival

Mead Me at the Fair

The Colorado Renaissance Festival gives folks a chance to try Beowulf's favorite beverage.

Wokkin' and Rollin'

SOLD OUT

SUMMERFEST PROMOTER BLAMES BELEAGUERED TICKETMASTER FOR TINY ATTENDANCE.