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

DENVER — It’s starting to look lots like Christmas in Colorado this weekend.

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

From the mountains to the plains, listed here are some enjoyable occasions you will solely discover in Colorado this November weekend. Don’t overlook to share your weekend images with the “Near Me” characteristic 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 custom 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 as a result of climate, however Denver’s Veterans Festival and Run are set to happen 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 proper and journey down Main Street, flip left at 4th Avenue and are available again up Kimbark Street to Longs Peak Avenue, returning to Roosevelt Park crossing Longs Peak and Coffman.

DENVER — Cat Fest Colorado — the final word celebration of all issues cat — is on the National Western Expo Hall on Sunday from 10:30 a.m. to five p.m. The present has doubled in dimension since final yr and can characteristic superstar cats, cat video café, mystical Egyptian cat temple, cat adoption cubicles, greater than 100 cat-themed distributors, cat historical past, 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 via Nov. 17. Performances can be in French, with English and Spanish subtitles at each seat. Get tickets at OperaColorado.org.

GOLDEN — The Colorado Railroad Museum is continuous its custom of “The Polar Express Train Ride” for 2024. Performances are held on choose dates for seven weeks starting Friday and persevering with via Monday, Dec. 23. The practice journey contains a cabaret-style present, singing, scorching chocolate and Santa, recreating “The Polar Express” story.

CASTLE ROCK — The thirty second annual Castle Rock Craft Show Extraordinaire can be held on the Douglas County Events Center on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. This kickoff to the vacation buying season options greater than 135 distributors promoting a wide selection of jewellery, vacation decorations and items, wooden merchandise, connoisseur packaged meals, soaps, candles and distinctive objects you received’t discover elsewhere. The Craft Show Extraordinaire advantages senior residents via the Castle Rock Senior Activity Center.

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

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

ENGLEWOOD — The Colorado Potters’ Fall 2024 Pottery Sale runs Thursday via Saturday at First Plymouth Congregational Church. Potters will current greater than 2,000 objects together with pottery, sculpture and jewellery. Admission is free.

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

HIGHLANDS RANCH — More than 100 distributors can be on the Holiday Gift Fair with hand-crafted items, jewellery, pottery, picket crafts, wreaths, glass, hand-knit objects, vacation items and bathtub merchandise. The present runs 9 a.m. to five p.m. Saturday at Eastridge Recreation Center.

EVERGREEN — The twenty fourth annual Alternative Gift Fair options distinctive crafters and nonprofits from all over the world. The truthful is an arts competition 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 occasion will provide one-stop buying for many who crave must-have vacation crafts, magnificence merchandise, meals and extra. Santa Claus can be available for household images and there can be face portray, coloring and grownup refreshments. The market, which is free and open to the general public, runs from 9 a.m. to three p.m.

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DENVER — One of the Brown Palace Hotel & Spa’s greatest traditions, the thirty sixth annual Champagne Cascade, can be held Sunday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Kickstarting the vacation season, the annual occasion options grasp swordsman utilizing sabers to sever the bottlenecks of Moet Champagne after which pouring into the uppermost glass of an two-story excessive, 5,000+ champagne glass pyramid.

DENVER — The Chili, Booze & Brews is a chili, booze and brews competitors that includes limitless samples from Colorado craft breweries, small-batch distilleries and native eating places. The enjoyable begins at 6 p.m. Saturday at The North Wynkoop Building close to Mission Ballroom. The meals and beverage competitors advantages The Morgan Adams Foundation.

DENVER — Mile High Basketball is again within 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 begin 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 selection between a 5K and 10K which are open to runners, joggers and walkers of all ages. Proceeds from registration charges go on to serving to Colorado’s veterans via the Colorado Veterans Project. Online registration is open at DenverVeteransDay.com.

COLORADO SPRINGS — Bear Creek Nature Center could have its tenth Bear Run on Saturday at 10 a.m. Runners can select a 3K or 5K course. All new runners get a bear swimsuit to maintain and put on in the course of the run. Returning runners can mud off their bear swimsuit from earlier runs and register at a reduced fee.

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

DENVER — One of probably the most terrifying haunted homes within the nation returns for 2 extra 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 again within the Mile High City. The nationwide tour of the hit musical will carry out on the Buell Theatre via Sunday, Nov. 24. “Hamilton” options e book, music, and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda. The musical contains a rating that blends hip-hop, jazz, blues, rap, R&B and Broadway. Tickets are on sale at DenverCenter.org.

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

DENVER — There is not any higher venue for reside music within the nation than Colorado’s Red Rocks Amphitheatre. Although summer season has ended, there’s nonetheless time to catch a present at one of many world’s greatest venues. Concerts at Red Rocks are scheduled via 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 latest exhibition, “Animals of the Rainforest.” An immersive, live-animal expertise goals to move guests into the world’s most numerous ecosystem. Guests will come face-to-face with rainforest animals, discover shows of recreated pure habitats and study conservation efforts. “Animals of the Rainforest” is included with museum admission.

DENVER — The forty seventh annual Denver Film Festival runs via Sunday. In addition to the movie screenings, the Denver Film Festival has particular occasions, together with filmmaker Q&A periods, panel discussions, workshops, receptions, and trade networking alternatives.

DENVER — Denver Arts Week goes via Sunday. The annual celebration of arts and tradition in Denver helps to make artwork accessible to everybody and celebrates the numerous proficient artists in the neighborhood.

“Venom: The Last Dance” has topped the field workplace for 2 weekends whereas cinemas anticipate a number of films main as much as Thanksgiving. Overall field workplace continues to lag behind 2023 by nearly 12%. But vacation moviegoing will probably give the trade an end-of-year increase with titles like “Gladiator II” and “Wicked” on the way in 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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