Upcoming Events

Don’t Look Away: Museo de las Americas collaborates with Latina Safehouse and Art and Color to present a Transformative Exhibition challenging the taboo of domestic violence in the Latinx Community, and celebrating the strength of survivors.* Museo de las Americas is joining forces with Latina SafeHouse and Art and Color to present a powerful, taboo-shattering exhibition entitled SOMOS: On Domestic Violence, and Healing. Opening Reception with a Cinco de Mayo folklorico performance by Las Adelitas on Wednesday May 5, 6-9…

The Denver Public Library's FREE Summer of Adventure program encourages youth from birth to 12th grade to READ, MAKE, and EXPLORE by providing opportunities for informal learning and activities to help them retain academic and social skills throughout their summer vacation. Youth can register for the program online or at any branch by August 13. Youth can download an Adventure Guide (or create their own) to record their activities and work their way to a finishing prize.

Jazz at Sloan's Lake Park features Rico Jones and Friends. A different band every night, featuring the region's finest jazz musicians, performing at the park. Come to Sloan's Lake for the music and stay for the awesome sunsets! Weekends, Friday and Saturday from 6pm - 8:30pm. Always a fun hang. Pack a picnic or bring some snacks, refreshments, and bring a blanket or chair. Tip Jar / Donations accepted.  

History Colorado is collaborating with members of the Five Points community and the Black American West Museum & Heritage Center on a Museum of Memory project that showcases the human stories and collective memory of this important neighborhood. Built on narratives about living, working, and growing up in Five Points, it features a mural created by artist Adri Norris in partnership with residents, artifacts from a variety of different Five Points eras, a sound installation featuring the voices of the…

Bread & Jam, a weekly funk jam at Dazzle on Wednesday nights in June, is led by members of the VIP's, a Denver based funk group comprised of a rotating cast of musicians that includes Eric Imbrosciano, Taylor Scott, Todd Smallie, Patrick McDevitt, and AJ Salas. In piecing the group together, drummer Eric Imbrosciano says he carefully picked a combination of area musicians including players who may not have worked together before but whose personal sounds and backgrounds would mix…

The Brad Goode Group plays high-energy, electrified, melodic and grooving music. Boulder resident and CU music professor. Brad Goode has been called “The lyrical genius of the trumpet.” by the Chicago Tribune. Downbeat Magazine says, “Every possible sound explodes from Brad Goode’s trumpet!” Please come hear Brad with Colorado’s finest players, and bring your dancing shoes! Brad Goode-trumpet, Steve Kovalcheck-guitar, Jeff Jenkins-keyboards, Mark Simon-bass, Jim White-drums. Muse is now open at full capacity! Brad Goode Group will perform every Tuesday…

The Bar at Plaza 38 known locally as "Bar 38" is a unique neighborhood bar and is open safely for live music. Live music lineup for July 2021: Monday, July 19 at 6 pm: Melodious Thunk Blues Band Tuesday, July 20 at 7 pm: Trivia Night Wednesday, July 21 at 7 pm: Don L. and Friends Jam Night Thursday, July 22 at 7 pm: Ladies Night with Sounds by Sanchez Friday, July 23 at 7:30 pm: Los Mocochetes Chicano Funk…

The International Institute for Indigenous Resource Management and the University of Denver Museum of Anthropology are pleased to present a virtual art exhibit, Places of Memory. Please browse the exhibit online, and join Indigenous Film on July 21st at 7:00 p.m. (MDT) for an Artist's Talk by Gregg Deal. The live talk is free, but you will need to RSVP to get the Zoom link. Program details are printed below. Thanks to the generous support of our Sponsors, all of…

Bread & Jam, a weekly funk jam at Dazzle on Wednesday nights in June, is led by members of the VIP's, a Denver based funk group comprised of a rotating cast of musicians that includes Eric Imbrosciano, Taylor Scott, Todd Smallie, Patrick McDevitt, and AJ Salas. In piecing the group together, drummer Eric Imbrosciano says he carefully picked a combination of area musicians including players who may not have worked together before but whose personal sounds and backgrounds would mix…

CCJA's first-ever Vocal She-Bop is a free three-day workshop exclusively for young women and female-identifying individuals ages 10-18. She-Bop focuses on creating community and connection while empowering young women to creatively express themselves within the historically male-dominated art form of jazz. The camp will focus solely on the art of vocal jazz and is open to all experience levels - whether already familiar with jazz or brand new to singing. The Vocal She-Bop Workshop includes ensemble singing, learning to scat…

Who will have the last laugh? Rigoletto is a joke gone too far, set to some of the best-known music in all of opera. A devilish Duke and his tortured court jester, Rigoletto, clash over the jester’s beautiful daughter in this topsy turvy suspense, teeming with twists of plot and twists of fate. Central City Opera’s 2021 Summer Festival productions of Carousel and Rigoletto will be open-air, socially-distanced performances at The Hudson Gardens in Littleton, CO. Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas…

Step right up! Love is a wild ride! “One of America’s finest theatrical achievements,” Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel follows the ups, downs, round and rounds of life and love. Muddling through small town expectations, meager means and conflicting dreams, Julie, Billy and their daughter Louise learn “You’ll Never Walk Alone.” Central City Opera’s 2021 Summer Festival productions of Carousel and Rigoletto will be open-air, socially-distanced performances at Hudson Gardens in Littleton, CO. Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas and the CCO Al…

Join Stafford as he says farewell to Denver with a Live Recording at Dazzle. One night only-One show only-Recording Live with the audience - Tuesday, July 27 - 7 pm (doors at 6pm) Stafford has called Denver his home for the past 2 years. This well-established, multi-Grammy Nominated NYC trombonist/shell player has presented many shows, different bands, and concerts for kids at Dazzle. Now, come enjoy his last show in Denver as a resident and say farewell. It's going to…

This series, curated by Rich Chiaraluce, pays homage to the iconic American hard-bop saxophonist Julian "Cannonball" Adderley. Rich Chiaraluce is a woodwind authority and long-time fixture of the raluceDenver jazz scene. He has performed with the Tommy Dorsey, Woody Herman, Bobby Shew, Red Rodney, Carl Fontana, as well a singers Mel Tormé, Tony Bennett, Nancy Wilson, and Natalie Cole. Mr. Chiaraluce has taught at the University of Denver and the University of Northern Colorado. Rich has recorded two albums as…

If you’re a fan of influential guitarist Wes Montgomery, here’s the show for you! Longtime Denver guitarist/vocalist, Al Ferguson, and Standard Time present an evening of “Mostly Wes” with a bit of Nat “King” Cole and Michael Franks in the spaces. Standard Time features pianist Ron Jolly of E-town fame and renowned bassist Ron Bland. Clare Church joins the group on drums. Muse is now open at full capacity! Get tickets HERE. The performance will also be live streamed on…

This annual festival and auction has been a staple to the Su Teatro season for more than two decades. Featuring artists and their original work from California, New Mexico, and Texas, the Chicano Music Festival and Auction celebrates the music of the Southwest influenced by Mexico’s traditions. This is music born at the border and raised in Colorado. XicanIndie "Music in Film" Wednesday, July 28 - 7:30 pm, free Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of my Voice Live Tribute Performances by…

Funkin' On The Beach is an indoor/outdoor Thursday night concert series on the beach in Denver at the marina at Pelican Bay in Greenwood Village, CO located at Cherry Creek State Park. Produced by Live @ Jack's Productions. Doors open at 5:30 pm | Music 7 - 9:30 pm Tickets include park fees & parking Lineup: July 15 - Jacob Larson Band - Funk & Soul July 22 - Soul School Band - Motown, R&B July 29 - Hot Lunch…

Vail Square, Jazz Tent Headliner Series A favorite of Vail Jazz audiences through the years, Ann Hampton Callaway is a multi-platinum-selling singer, pianist, composer, lyricist, and arranger. A long-time–and leading–champion of the Great American Songbook, Ann applies her trademarked sparkle and panache to a movie-centric repertoire of familiar (and less so) songs associated with movies, classic and otherwise. Performing selections from her fifteen record discography, Ann will offer her elegant and sometimes playful treatments of jazz classics as well as…

Performing, recording, and touring together for over 15 years, the Dana Landry Trio has appeared throughout the U.S. and in Asia and Europe, and their debut recording Memphis Skyline (Artist Alliance Records) reached the Top 40 on the Jazz Week radio airplay chart. In addition to working as a standalone trio, the group has performed with some of the most prominent names in jazz including Eddie Daniels, Ingrid Jensen, George Garzone, Jaleel Shaw, Dave Pietro, Bob Sheppard, Clay Jenkins, and…

Classic Pianos presents 100 Nights of Jazz featuring "Altitude Jazz and Beyond." 100 Nights of Jazz is a virtual concert series, streamed live from the stage at Classic Pianos in Denver. "Altitude Jazz and Beyond" is a modern performing Jazz quartet with an upbeat vibe and contemporary image. The band’s repertoire varies from Ella Fitzgerald, Diana Krall, Dave Brubeck, Amy Winehouse, Nikki Ynofsky, Norah Jones, Etta James, Michael Bublé, to Bonnie Raitt and Fats Domino. ALTITUDE takes the ride from…