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It’s a big weekend in Denver, with festivals focusing on everything from comedy to fringe performances to unicorns. And then there’s Pride!
See our list of free events here, and a lineup of art shows and happenings here. Now keep reading for six events around town all worth the price of admission:
Unicorn Festival
Sunday, June 26, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Clement Park, 7306 West Bowles Avenue, Littleton
The unicorns are coming back to Clement Park for two days of sublime and magical happenings that especially appeal to young girls in tutus and fairy costumes, as well as their starstruck moms. Packed with characters, more than twenty unicorns of all sizes to ride, mermaids, interactive fairy tales, a Shero Palace, and selfie opportunities with sprites and princesses, the Unicorn Festival is a delightful fantasy for all ages that also provides the inevitable bounce houses, face painting and costume contests. There’s a free shuttle from Southwest Plaza’s parking lot; tickets, $15 to $25 (kids two and under admitted free), will be available at the gate. Learn more here.
Pride Drag Brunch
Sunday, June 26, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Ironton Distillery and Crafthouse, 3636 Chestnut Place
Start your Pride weekend decompression in Ironton’s peaceful gardens over a full buffet brunch (including Ironton Whiskey Bacon, House Malted Belgian Waffles and a special Over the Rainbow cocktail, among more general breakfast fare). And while you and your friends chow down, enjoy a two-hour drag show with local queens Jackie Summers, Nicole Sommers, Lacey Fauxx Vanderpump, Mirage Delamor-Shearz and Brittany Michaels working their pumps. Admission, ranging from $80 for a table for two to $320 for a table for eight, includes the food, one cocktail, the entertainment and the ambience; find info and reserve a spot here.
Join the party at Color Field.
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Color Field
Through Sunday, June 26, doors at 2 p.m.
Levitt Pavilion, 1380 West Florida Avenue
Dance around the clock all weekend long at Color Field, an all-music, all-the-time festival at Levitt Pavilion, on the grassy slopes of Ruby Hill Park. Each day features two stages, with Shpongle, Tycho and Opiuo headlining on consecutive nights on the main stage, and more than twenty acts performing over three days. And don’t forget to give the fest’s live artists your attention as they paint in homage to the Color Field art movement. Tickets are $65 daily, $115 VIP (or $153 to $295 for a three-day pass) here.
Denver Fringe Festival
Through Sunday, June 26
Fringe Hub, Backyard on Blake, 3040 Blake Street
Ten more venues in RiNo and Five Points
The Denver Fringe Festival is expanding as it returns for a third year with an all-live slate of forty fringe-style anything-goes shows, each no more than an hour long. That’s double the number of shows offered by the fest in its inaugural year, with ten RiNo/Five Points venues handling the surge. Read our story on the Denver Fringe Festival here; then start fringing by opening the website, reading the rules, choosing shows and buying tickets – $15 per performance or $75 for an all-access pass. And once the fest is underway, plan on making the Fringe Hub your entertainment center for the weekend; get details here.
Boulder Comedy Festival
Through Sunday, June 26
Six Boulder County locations
Things will be getting funny and funnier in Boulder County this weekend when the Boulder Comedy Festival lets loose over four days at six locations: Front Range Brewing in Lafayette, the Dairy Arts Center, License No. 1 in the Hotel Boulderado, Finkel & Garf, the Louisville Underground at Tilt and the Tiki Hut. A slate of thirty comedians will participate, with eight to ten funny folks appearing each night, and tickets are only $20 per show. Head to the website for a full schedule and tickets.
Two Cent Lion Theatre Company: Yesterday/Today
Sunday, June 26, 6:20 p.m.
Savoy Denver, 2700 Arapahoe Street
This Denver Fringe Festival option by the 2¢ Lion Theatre Company takes inspiration from the sweet Danny Boyles/Richard Curtis film Yesterday, which imagines a world where the Beatles never happened. In Yesterday/Today, the main character, a writer, ends up eating sour grapes when he realizes that his best idea – a familiar-sounding sci-fi comedy about a parallel universe where the Beatles don’t exist – has already been used. What comes next is a farce about the multiverse of lost dreams, changing relationships and learning to live your real life. Kinda like Yesterday. Yesterday/Today runs Thursday through Sunday at the Savoy Denver; find tickets, $15, here.
Do you know of a great event in Denver? We’ll be updating this list through the weekend; send information to editorial@westword.com.