Emily Healy

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Not all music buffs have hundreds of bucks to sink into multi-day festival passes, concerts and season ticket subscriptions. This is when creative fans find ways to save some money.

Cinco de Mayo is this week, and Denver knows how to party with a variety of events celebrating Mexican culture and heritage.

This is Colorado. Not only are there mega block parties on the actual day of April 20th, but there are also pre-parties the night before and venues that continue the theme all weekend. Here is where you can match your extra-curricular smoking activities with some local and national music acts all in the love of everything “green.”

Mardi Gras is this week, and the city will be partying on Tuesday. Enjoy some jazz and zydeco, taste some New Orleans-style food, and drink until you're ready to fast. If you've misplaced your beads from last year, you're sure to find more at any of these shows. Billy Wallace...