Denver gets a full-blown Día de Muertos (Day of the Dead) Parade and Festival on Saturday October 28, 2023. A parade will be held along Santa Fe Dr. from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Then, the fun moves to Civic Center Park for a family-friendly festival from noon to 8 p.m. with live music, food, games and more. [Read more…] about Dia de Muertos Festival and Parade In Denver
Things To Do
The Museum for Black Girls Opens in Denver — Enjoy Discounted Admission on Wednesdays
The Museum for Black Girls is returning to Denver and opening on the 16th Street Mall this fall. Founded in 2019, the attraction offers visitors multiple immersive exhibits, including the popular golden salon chair, floral room, blue magic couch and a tribute to superstar Beyoncé. The fully immersive museum experience is for girls and women of all ages. [Read more…] about The Museum for Black Girls Opens in Denver — Enjoy Discounted Admission on Wednesdays
$25-$30 Tickets: Rodeo All-Stars at National Western + George Birge Concert
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If you didn’t get your rodeo “fix” during the National Western Stock Show, now’s your chance. The nation’s best cowboys and cowgirls compete in events such as bull riding, steer wrestling, team roping and barrel racing during the Rodeo All-Star at the National Western complex. Groupon has a ticket deal for the Semi-Final Round on Friday, October 6, 2023, at 7 p.m. followed by a George Birge concert, that will cost you $30 (regularly $44 + ticket fee). [Read more…] about $25-$30 Tickets: Rodeo All-Stars at National Western + George Birge Concert
Tonight! Chuck E. Cheese Gives Away 500+ Kids’ Birthday Party Packages
One of the most popular places for kids’ birthday parties, Chuck E. Cheese, is debuting its first-ever Big Day of Birthdays to celebrate the time of year with the most birthdays. According to reports, the most common birthday in the U.S. is September 9. In fact, the entire top 10 list is made of September birthdays — between September 9 and 20. [Read more…] about Tonight! Chuck E. Cheese Gives Away 500+ Kids’ Birthday Party Packages
Free Young Eagles Flights For Kids In The Denver Area. Kids Get Their First Airplane Ride
Does your child love all things having to do with airplanes? Now they can become junior birdmen on a FREE flight designed just for kids. For the past 30 years the EAA Young Eagles program has been giving children ages 8 to 17 the chance to fly for FREE. According to the website, “It’s the only program of its kind, with the sole mission to introduce and inspire kids in the world of aviation.” This nationwide program has given more than 2.3 million children the chance to fly. [Read more…] about Free Young Eagles Flights For Kids In The Denver Area. Kids Get Their First Airplane Ride
How to Get Discounted Tickets for ‘Barbie’, ‘Oppenheimer’ & Other Summer Blockbusters
Summer is definitely the season for going to the movies! And the whole world is turning pink for the megahit Barbie. However, frugal film fans know that it’s really all about the green, when going to the movies — saving money at the box office! With so many entertainment options nowadays, going to an actual movie theater can be an expensive adventure. [Read more…] about How to Get Discounted Tickets for ‘Barbie’, ‘Oppenheimer’ & Other Summer Blockbusters
Denver Zoo
The Denver Zoo occupies 80 acres in City Park and houses more than 3,600 animals, representing around 650 species. Some, like the grizzly bear and big horn sheep are native to our Rocky Mountain backyard, while others come from far away. These include species such as the Asian elephant, lion, Komodo dragon, greater one horned rhino and western lowland gorilla.
The zoo is open every day save for Christmas and Thanksgiving. Bonus, there are FREE days scattered throughout the year and you must enter a lottery to receive up to five passes per free day.
The zoo is one of Denver’s longest-running venues and opened up in 1896. But it wasn’t until 1918, with the opening of Bear Mountain, that the Denver Zoo really flourished.
Featuring artificial rock formations modeled from the natural cliffs near Morrison, Colorado, the exhibit launched a new way of seeing animals at a zoo, without bars and fences.
In fact, Bear Mountain became so iconic, it’s now on the National Register of Historic Places and can be seen right across from the train depot at the zoo. The bears, however, have a much bigger home over in Harmony Hill now, but often a porcupine can be seen wandering the famous enclosure.
Over the decades the entire zoo has evolved to featured habitats that replicate each animal’s native land. Predator Ridge is a recreated African savanna.
Primate Panorama is built for monkey acrobatics where the primates swing from trees.
Tropical Discovery hosts not just rainforest and tropical weather loving creatures such as golden frogs, howler monkeys and green tree pythons, but stunning tropical plants too.
Toyota Elephant Passage has been called “the crown jewel of Denver Zoo.” It features two miles of interconnected trails on 10 acres of varied terrain.
This large and complex habitat houses Asian elephants, greater one-horned rhinos and Malaysian tapirs, all who rotate among five unique, abundant habitats with mud wallows, scratching trees, shade structures and more than one million gallons of water for swimming and bathing to ensure active and healthy animals.
Other zoo attractions include the 22,000-square-foot Helen and Arthur E. Johnson Animal Hospital that opened in 2021, Stingray Cove where, for a fee, you can feed stingrays, and a 4D movie theater.
There’s a little natural gas-powered train chugging under 100-year-old trees, and an enchanting carousel with endangered species bouncing along instead of horses.
Check the daily online schedule to catch one of the animal shows. The playful seals and sea lions are always a hit.
Try to time your visit around feeding times, during which staff not only showcase the zoo’s residents, but give talks about them too. Guests can also feed giraffes by hand and see an array of daily animal encounters.
While seeing the animals definitely is the highlight, the zoo is more than just a place to learn about and enjoy these creatures.
It is committed to the management of the environment and its wealth of natural resources and biodiversity.
The Department of Conservation & Research has supported more than 600 projects, both in the wild and at the zoo, since 1996. While striving to help animals around the world, the Denver Zoo also plans on expanding its own space, with new and improved habitats opening almost yearly.
Denver Zoo, 2300 Steele St., Denver, 720-337-1400
How to save at the Denver Zoo
- Buy a membership
- Pack food to take in
- Look out for free days
- Go November 1-March 17 for winter pricing and $4 to $5 off each ticket
Hours
Open every day of the year, save for Christmas and Thanksgiving. In extreme weather it may close.
The Zoo opens at 10 a.m. daily. Closing hours vary by date so check the ticket system for entry times.
General Admission Prices
Currently, you MUST buy all tickets online in advance and reserve a day and time.
Adults: $20 / $15 (winter)
Ages 65+: $17 / $13 (winter)
Ages 3-11: $14 / $10 (winter)
Under age 2: Free
Members: Free
Landmark Theatres Offers ‘Discount Tuesdays’ with $7 Tickets — Membership Now Required
Lights! Camera! Discounts! If you love independent films, you know it’s extremely rare to get any discounts on tickets at Landmark Theatres. They offer a matinée discount on shows before 6 p.m. on weekdays and for the first show on weekends, but it’s just for a buck or two. That’s what makes the chain’s Discount Tuesdays worthy of the spotlight for frugal film fanatics. [Read more…] about Landmark Theatres Offers ‘Discount Tuesdays’ with $7 Tickets — Membership Now Required
The Wit’s Shakesbeer Presents: ‘Twelfth Night’ at Breweries All Over Town
Few things fit together like theatre and beer. And to prove it, The Wit’s Shakesbeer is back in town with the lauded, Shakespearean comedy “Twelfth Night”. The frothy, hopped-up show is FREE. Shakesbeer take a Shakespearean play, cuts it down to about an hour, performs it at bars and breweries and all of the actors imbibe before and throughout the show. [Read more…] about The Wit’s Shakesbeer Presents: ‘Twelfth Night’ at Breweries All Over Town
Out&Back Is A New Way To Save Big On Outdoor Gear. You Can Also Get Cash For Your Used Gear
Are you a passionate outdoor explorer looking to score an amazing deal on gear? Or maybe you’re looking to make an extra buck on that unused gear — skis, tents, backpacks, etc. — sitting in your closet? You may want to check out Denver-based Out&Back. The company offers huge discounts on secondhand outdoor gear from top outdoor brands. But that’s not all – you can clear out your closet by selling gently-used gear for instant cash offers. Think of it as Poshmark or The Real Real for outdoor gear. [Read more…] about Out&Back Is A New Way To Save Big On Outdoor Gear. You Can Also Get Cash For Your Used Gear
American Museum of Western Art
The idea behind the American Museum of Western Art (AMWA) is to showcase the American West and what made it such an amazing and important part of history. All through art of course.
The museum features The Anschutz Collection, which consists of over 600 paintings, drawings and sculptures spanning the 200 years of Western expansion. Of these works, more than 180 artists are represented, and showcase the American West from the early 19th century up to today. [Read more…] about American Museum of Western Art
Clyfford Still Museum
Cozied up beside the Denver Art Museum, the Clyfford Still Museum offers modern art lovers a chance to dive into the works of this abstract expressionist. In fact, it’s the only place in the world to see this much, if any, of Clyfford Still’s work as it holds approximately 93-percent of his portfolio.
The Museum hosts a rotating series of exhibitions, drawn from the collection and designed to enhance public understanding of Still’s significant role in the evolution of American art and to explore various aspects of Still’s life, career and creative output.
A gallery curated by kids for the museum. Photo by Linnea Covington
Denver is lucky to have this unique museum. When Still died in 1980, his will stipulated that his estate be given in its entirety to an American city willing to establish a permanent museum dedicated solely to his work.
Denver stepped up to the plate. Nearly a quarter of a century after Still’s death, the deal was sealed, and the Clyfford Still Museum was born in 2011.
Just as the art proves unique, so does the 28,500-square foot building, which was designed specifically for Still’s work, which spans the years between 1920 and 1980.
The collection as a whole features around 3,125 pieces, including 825 paintings, 2,351 works on paper, three sculptures and archives.
One of the top floor galleries filled with Still’s art. Photo by Linnea Covington
But while the venue holds all the works, not everything is displayed at once. That way, the museum is able to refresh the shows every six months and feature certain aspects of Still’s art, all while giving visitors another reason to come back.
The visitors of the museum have also had a hand in creating what you see when walking in. Two of the 2022 shows looked toward non professionals to help decide what should be hung on the walls, in this case children and Colorado residents.
Find benches around the galleries to take in the works. Photo by Linnea Covington
Take a seat in front of one of the larger masterpieces and ponder Still’s thought process when creating it.
And, if the room suddenly gets brighter or darker it doesn’t denote an epiphany, more a protective sun shade that automatically moves depending on how strong the sunlight is.
Create art on the second floor. Photo by Linnea Covington
Interaction is also a big part of the museum with conversation prompts for kids scattered about. There’s also a crafting area on the second floor where people of all ages can use materials such as pipe cleaners, beads, colored pencils, paper and other odds and ends to create a work of art, or two, or three.
There is no limit to what can be done, or how long you can spend there, as long as the museum is still open.
How to save at the Clyfford Still Museum
- Look out for FREE days
- Become a member and save
- Ages 17 and under are FREE
Things To Know
- Photography for personal, noncommercial use is allowed in the galleries. Video recordings are permitted only on mobile phones or similarly small recording devices. The use of flash and tripods are not permitted.
- Free lockers are available to stow bags more than 11 inches by 14 inches.
- Food and drink are not permitted in the Museum.
- Sketching in notebooks is permitted in the galleries with pencil only.
Clyfford Still Museum, 1250 Bannock St., Denver, 720-354-4880
Hours
Tuesday to Sunday: Open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.*
Closed on Monday.
Also closed on Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s Day.
*The museum closes the week between a new and old show, check the website for details
Admission Prices
Adults: $10
Seniors (65+): $8
College students (with ID): $6
Children & Teens 17 & under: Free
Members: Free
Join Landmark Theatres’ New Landmark Loyalty Program for Discounts, Special Screenings & More
Landmark Theatres is now treating its most loyal customers like super stars! The regional theatre chain just introduced its first-ever loyalty program — Landmark Loyalty. Members enjoy lots of exclusive discounts and perks, as well as access to special screenings. Plus, there are two tiers for the loyalty program — Loyalty Member and Loyalty Lover. [Read more…] about Join Landmark Theatres’ New Landmark Loyalty Program for Discounts, Special Screenings & More
Junkyard Social Club – Unique Playground For Kids & Parents
Imagine a place where everything is made out of trash. Or more, really cool stuff that other people may look at as trash. With a towering, life-sized giraffe constructed of random things, giant swings, toy trains, digging tools and plenty of arts, crafts and things to explore, Junkyard Social Club in Boulder has become a magical place for kids and parents alike. [Read more…] about Junkyard Social Club – Unique Playground For Kids & Parents
Colorado Welcomes World’s Largest Indoor Inflatable Park Bounce Empire
Colorado is now home to the world’s largest indoor inflatable park! Bounce Empire (1380 S. Public Rd.) is a 50,000-square-foot indoor bounce house theme park in Lafayette — just 15 minutes from Denver or Boulder. With more than 50 attractions for kids of all ages (including adults!), the attraction is a must-do for families looking for a fun and unique adventure for all to enjoy! [Read more…] about Colorado Welcomes World’s Largest Indoor Inflatable Park Bounce Empire