9 Things to do in Denver & Colorado this Veterans Day weekend

DENVER — It’s beginning to look heaps like Christmas in Colorado this weekend.

Holiday craft displays are scheduled in Aurora, Highlands Ranch, Littleton, Evergreen, Boulder, Frederick and Castle Rock. There are moreover festivals honoring cats on the National Western Complex in Denver. The Denver Nuggets and Colorado Avalanche are each competing at Colorado’s largest space.

From the mountains to the plains, listed below are some fulfilling events you’ll solely uncover in Colorado this November weekend. Don’t overlook to share your weekend photos with the “Near Me” attribute on the 9NEWS app.

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COLORADO SPRINGS — The Colorado Springs Veterans’ Day Parade will step off at 10 a.m. Saturday. A Colorado Springs customized since 2000, the parade begins at Tejon and St. Vrain and ends at Tejon and Vermijo in downtown Colorado Springs. The parade’s mission is “to honor all veterans and to educate and inspire community awareness while paying tribute to the service and sacrifices all veterans have endured in the pursuit of freedom.”

DENVER — The annual Denver Veterans Day Parade, scheduled for Saturday, was canceled because of local weather, nonetheless Denver’s Veterans Festival and Run are set to occur Saturday morning at City Park in Denver.

LONGMONT — Longmont celebrates Veterans Day with an annual community parade in downtown on Monday. The parade begins on Eighth Avenue and travels south on Main Street to Third Avenue. New for 2024, the parade will cross at Longs Peak Avenue and Coffman Street to Main Street, flip correct and journey down Main Street, flip left at 4th Avenue and can be found once more up Kimbark Street to Longs Peak Avenue, returning to Roosevelt Park crossing Longs Peak and Coffman.

DENVER — Cat Fest Colorado — the ultimate phrase celebration of all points cat — is on the National Western Expo Hall on Sunday from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. The current has doubled in dimension since remaining yr and may attribute famous person cats, cat video café, mystical Egyptian cat temple, cat adoption cubicles, larger than 100 cat-themed distributors, cat historic previous, cat crafts, costume contestand TICA Cat Show.

DENVER — Opera Colorado’s 2024-25 season begins Saturday on the Ellie Caulkins Opera House. The Donizetti’s comedy “Daughter of the Regiment” begins Friday and performs by way of Nov. 17. Performances may be in French, with English and Spanish subtitles at every seat. Get tickets at OperaColorado.org.

GOLDEN — The Colorado Railroad Museum is steady its customized of “The Polar Express Train Ride” for 2024. Performances are held on select dates for seven weeks beginning Friday and persevering with by way of Monday, Dec. 23. The follow journey comprises a cabaret-style current, singing, scorching chocolate and Santa, recreating “The Polar Express” story.

CASTLE ROCK — The thirty second annual Castle Rock Craft Show Extraordinaire may be held on the Douglas County Events Center on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. This kickoff to the holiday shopping for season choices larger than 135 distributors selling a big selection of jewelry, trip decorations and objects, picket merchandise, connoisseur packaged meals, soaps, candles and distinctive objects you acquired’t uncover elsewhere. The Craft Show Extraordinaire benefits senior residents by way of the Castle Rock Senior Activity Center.

LITTLETON — The Columbine High School Holiday Craft Fair is once more this Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

AURORA — The Holiday Craft Fair at Cherokee High School will showcase native hand-crafted objects, goodies and objects. The current runs 9 a.m. to a few p.m. Saturday.

ENGLEWOOD — The Colorado Potters’ Fall 2024 Pottery Sale runs Thursday by way of Saturday at First Plymouth Congregational Church. Potters will present larger than 2,000 objects along with pottery, sculpture and jewelry. Admission is free.

AURORA — More than 95 artisans may be accessible for this weekend’s forty seventh annual Applewood Arts Festival in Aurora. The competitors, held Saturday and Sunday inside at Tagawa Gardens, may have new artisans, handmades, re-purposed finds, craft meals creations and further. Tickets are $6.

HIGHLANDS RANCH — More than 100 distributors may be on the Holiday Gift Fair with hand-crafted objects, jewelry, pottery, picket crafts, wreaths, glass, hand-knit objects, trip objects and bathtub merchandise. The current runs 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday at Eastridge Recreation Center.

EVERGREEN — The twenty fourth annual Alternative Gift Fair choices distinctive crafters and nonprofits from all around the world. The truthful is an arts competitors the place all distributors symbolize nonprofits, with a theme of giving twice. The truthful is Saturday and Sunday at Evergreen Lutheran Church.

EAGLE — The Eagle Winter Market & Holiday Fair arrives Saturday on the Eagle River Center. The event will present one-stop shopping for for a lot of who crave must-have trip crafts, magnificence merchandise, meals and further. Santa Claus may be accessible for family photos and there may be face painting, coloring and grownup refreshments. The market, which is free and open to most people, runs from 9 a.m. to a few p.m.

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DENVER — One of the Brown Palace Hotel & Spa’s best traditions, the thirty sixth annual Champagne Cascade, may be held Sunday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Kickstarting the holiday season, the annual event choices grasp swordsman using sabers to sever the bottlenecks of Moet Champagne after which pouring into the uppermost glass of an two-story extreme, 5,000+ champagne glass pyramid.

DENVER — The Chili, Booze & Brews is a chili, booze and brews opponents that features limitless samples from Colorado craft breweries, small-batch distilleries and native consuming locations. The fulfilling begins at 6 p.m. Saturday at The North Wynkoop Building near Mission Ballroom. The meals and beverage opponents benefits The Morgan Adams Foundation.

DENVER — Mile High Basketball is once more inside the Mile High City. The Denver Nuggets host the Miami Heat at 7 p.m. Friday and the Dallas Mavericks at 6 p.m. Sunday at Ball Arena.

DENVER — The Colorado Avalanche face off with the Carolina Hurricanes at 7 p.m. Saturday at Ball Arena. Tickets start at $60 at Ticketmaster.com.

DENVER — Part of Denver’s Veterans Day celebration is the sixteenth annual Denver Veterans Day Run at City Park at 9 a.m. Saturday. Participants have the choice between a 5K and 10K that are open to runners, joggers and walkers of all ages. Proceeds from registration prices go on to serving to Colorado’s veterans by way of the Colorado Veterans Project. Online registration is open at DenverVeteransDay.com.

COLORADO SPRINGS — Bear Creek Nature Center may have its tenth Bear Run on Saturday at 10 a.m. Runners can choose a 3K or 5K course. All new runners get a bear swimsuit to keep up and placed on in the middle of the run. Returning runners can mud off their bear swimsuit from earlier runs and register at a diminished charge.

LONGMONT — The forty ninth annual Longmont Turkey Trot begins Saturday at 11 a.m. The scenic, fast event presents two-mile and 10K applications. Proceeds from this weekend’s event revenue the City of Longmont Recreation Services Youth Scholarship Fund. To register for the Longmont Turkey Trot, go to LongmontColorado.gov.

DENVER — One of in all probability probably the most terrifying haunted houses inside the nation returns for two further days this November. 13th Floor Haunted House will reopen Friday and Saturday.

DENVER — After sold-out runs in Denver in 2018 and 2022, “Hamilton” is once more inside the Mile High City. The nationwide tour of the hit musical will perform on the Buell Theatre by way of Sunday, Nov. 24. “Hamilton” choices e ebook, music, and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda. The musical comprises a score that blends hip-hop, jazz, blues, rap, R&B and Broadway. Tickets are on sale at DenverCenter.org.

DENVER — The one-person current “Avaaz” is collaborating within the Singleton Theatre on the Denver Performing Arts Complex by way of Sunday, Nov. 17. A celebration of resilience, rebirth, and pleasure, “Avaaz” follows Roya, a hostess as she welcomes you into her dwelling to have enjoyable Nowruz, the Iranian New Year. Roya shares her American journey from Tehran to “Tehran-geles,” California. Traditions, humor and passionate storytelling transform this story of family bonds into an unforgettable theatre event.

DENVER — There isn’t any greater venue for reside music inside the nation than Colorado’s Red Rocks Amphitheatre. Although summer season season has ended, there’s nonetheless time to catch a gift at one in all many world’s best venues. Concerts at Red Rocks are scheduled by way of Friday, Nov. 15, when Tiësto closes out the 2024 season with a four-hour DJ set.

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DENVER — The Denver Museum of Nature & Science has opened its newest exhibition, “Animals of the Rainforest.” An immersive, live-animal experience targets to maneuver visitors into the world’s most quite a few ecosystem. Guests will come face-to-face with rainforest animals, uncover exhibits of recreated pure habitats and examine conservation efforts. “Animals of the Rainforest” is included with museum admission.

DENVER — The forty seventh annual Denver Film Festival runs by way of Sunday. In addition to the film screenings, the Denver Film Festival has specific events, along with filmmaker Q&A intervals, panel discussions, workshops, receptions, and commerce networking options.

DENVER — Denver Arts Week goes by way of Sunday. The annual celebration of arts and custom in Denver helps to make art work accessible to all people and celebrates the quite a few proficient artists within the neighborhood.

“Venom: The Last Dance” has topped the sphere office for two weekends whereas cinemas anticipate quite a few movies essential as a lot as Thanksgiving. Overall discipline office continues to lag behind 2023 by practically 12%. But trip moviegoing will in all probability give the commerce an end-of-year improve with titles like “Gladiator II” and “Wicked” on the way in which by which.

• Heretic
• Overlord: The Sacred Kingdom
• The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
• Elevation

1. “Venom: The Last Dance,” $26.1 million.
2. “The Wild Robot,” $7.6 million.
3. “Smile 2,” $6.8 million.
4. “Conclave,” $5.3 million.
5. “Here,” $5 million.
6. “We Live In Time,” $3.5 million.
7. “Terrifier 3,” $3.4 million.
8. “Singham Again,” $2.1 million.
9. “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,” $2.1 million.
10. “Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3,” $2.1 million

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