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Summer Concert Series

(May through October)

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Red Rocks Park & Amphitheatre. No music lover’s bucket list is complete without experiencing a concert at the world-famous Red Rocks Park & Amphitheatre, and during the day, you can hike the park’s scenic trails amidst ancient, giant boulders.

Credit: Colorado

Denver Beer Week and Great American Beer Festival

(Sept. 18-26, 2020)

A nine-day, citywide celebration of all things beer ending with Great American Beer Festival, the biggest gathering of beer aficionados in the nation boasts more than 4,000 different beers from 800 breweries for three days at the Colorado Convention Center.

Credit: Brewers Association

Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, and Mexican Modernism

(Oct. 25-Jan. 17, 2021)

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Denver Art Museum (Oct. 25-Jan. 17, 2021) will explore the Mexican modernism movement through paintings and photography.

Credit Stevie Crecelius

Mile High Holidays

(November – January, 2021)

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Experience the holidays in Denver with the annual Parade of Lights, performing arts shows and millions of twinkling lights, including the brilliantly lit, 110-foot tall Mile High Tree.

Credit: Nikki A Rae

Learn more about Denver’s biggest events in 2020.


For more information on the Official Gateway City of Denver, visit VISITDENVER.com.

 

Claude Monet: The Truth of Nature exhibit at Denver Art Museum

Oct 21-Feb 2, 2020. The exhibition will feature more than 120 paintings spanning Monet’s entire career and will focus on the celebrated French impressionist artist’s enduring relationship with nature and his response to the varied and distinct places in which he worked. Only at Denver Art Museum this winter and the Barberini in Potsdam, Germany in 2020.

Photo: Denver Art Museum

Mile High Holidays

November 29-January 26, 2020. Experience the magic of Mile High Holidays with holiday events including the annual Parade of Lights, performing arts shows, downtown ice skating rink, German Christkindl market and colorful light displays throughout the city center, Denver Zoo and Denver Botanic Gardens.

  • New in 2019: Check out the MILE HIGH TREE! Step inside this brilliantly lit, 110-foot tall immersive sculpture opening November 30 in Sculpture Park at the Denver Performing Arts Complex – free every evening for the whole family! Amazing light & music shows take place every 30 minutes along with food, drink and holiday photo ops.

The holiday season ends with the annual National Western Stock Show & Rodeo (Jan 11-26, 2020). Grab your cowboy boots and head over to the world’s premier stock show and one of the nation’s largest rodeos.

Photos: Denver Union Station Grand Illumination, National Western Stock Show

Weekend Amtrak Ski Train to Winter Park Ski Resort

January 10-March 29, 2020 from Denver Union Station

Photo: Winter Park Express

Denver Professional Sports

Denver is home to seven professional sports teams that offer behind-the-scenes tours of their venues. During the winter months, cheer on the Colorado Avalanche (hockey) or the Denver Nuggets (basketball) at Pepsi Center or Denver Broncos (football) at Broncos Stadium at Mile High, both in the walkable downtown area.

Photos: Colorado Avalanche Fan, Denver Broncos football

For more information, visit: VISITDENVER.com

Denver Beer Week – Sept 27-Oct 5, 2019

Leading up to the Great American Beer Festival® every year, Denver Beer Week is a celebration of all things beer, includes beer tastings at local Denver restaurants, beer-paired dinners, “meet the brewer” nights, beer tappings, Denver brewery tours and a variety of entertaining beer events throughout the city.

To experience more of the craft beer scene, take a self-guided tour along the Denver Beer Trail and sample the craft beer paradise in The Mile High City. Explore the featured breweries, most of which are in the walkable downtown area, and you will find everything from Stouts to Lagers and all the flavors in between. Denver’s craft beer culture is thriving and creative.

Photo: Denver Beer Co

Be a professional sports fan!

Denver is home to seven professional sports teams that offer behind-the-scenes tours of their venues. During the winter months, cheer on the the Colorado Avalanche (hockey) or the Denver Nuggets (basketball) at Pepsi Center or Denver Broncos (football) at Broncos Stadium at Mile High, both in the walkable downtown area.

Photo: Colorado Avalanche Fan

Claude Monet: The Truth of Nature exhibit at Denver Art Museum

Oct 21-Feb 2, 2020. The exhibition will feature more than 120 paintings spanning Monet’s entire career and will focus on the celebrated French impressionist artist’s enduring relationship with nature and his response to the varied and distinct places in which he worked. Only at Denver Art Museum this winter and the Barberini in Potsdam, Germany in 2020.

Photo: Denver Art Museum
Cover Photo: Denver Broncos football

For more information, visit VISITDENVER.com.

Visit Historic Fort Snelling, which was built near the junction of the Mississippi and Minnesota rivers, and will be celebrating its 200th birthday in 2020. Over U.S. Holiday weekends, May 25-27, or July 4, 2019, visitors can explore the grounds and engage with the many historical stories, cannon firings, blacksmithing demonstrations and activities. Experience the military dress parades and visit the stone barracks to learn more about the daily life of the U.S. Soldiers and the role of the military in the growth of our nation.

Learn about Native American history and the fort’s role in U.S. expansion, as well as the African Americans at Fort Snelling including Dred and Harriet Scott whose struggle to gain freedom from slavery helped ignite the Civil War (1861-1865).

Minnehaha Falls in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Photo credit: Visit Minneapolis

Ten minutes away, Minnehaha Falls (meaning Waterfall in Dakota) at Minnehaha Regional Park overlooks the Mississippi River and is one of Minneapolis’ oldest and popular parks. The Dakota people considered the Falls an important place where all could gather in peace. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s epic poem “The Song of Hiawatha” transformed the Falls into an icon, as it became known around the world.  The poem depicts the fictitious brave Hiawatha and the princess Minnehaha, and a bronze statue of the two is located at the top of the Falls.

Near the falls is a historic marker, commemorating a June 1964 trip to the site by President Lyndon B. Johnson and above the Falls is a sculpture of Taoyateduta, the Dakota Chief known as Little Crow.

The new Minneapolis restaurant by Chef Sean Sherman, slated to open in late 2019, is called The Sioux Chef: An Indigenous Kitchen, which will feature Minnesota and Dakota territories Ojibwe, Dakota and Lakota cultures.

Chef Sherman is committed to revitalizing Native American Cuisine and currently runs Tatanka Truck, a food truck serving exclusively First People’s cuisine or pre-contact Native American Fare (before contact with the settlers).  He has won the 2018 James Beard Foundation Book Award for Best American Cookbook for his book, The Sioux Chef’s Indigenous Kitchen which he co-wrote with Beth Dooley.

On your visit to the region, be sure to include

  • Native American Tours Our People Our Stories (OPOS); Tours include sacred native sites, American Indian art and history
  • Native American Burial Mounds found in Bloomington, Eagan, St. Paul, and around Lake Minnetonka where the city of Mound was named for the bumps and rises that marked the Native American burial sites
  • Eagle viewing (U.S. National Bird) at the 14,000-acre (5,666 ha) Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge, in Bloomington, just minutes from Mall of America® and MSP International Airport
  • Native American Pow Wows or Wacipis (annual festivals filled with tradition and dancing; the annual Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community Wacipi holds the largest Pow Wow in Minnesota and in the region

To learn more, visit MSPBGateway.com or contact:

Meet Minneapolis:
612.767.8116
www.minneapolis.org

Visit Saint Paul:
651.265.4904 | 800.627.6101
www.visitsaintpaul.com

The Bloomington Convention & Visitors Bureau:
952.278.8506 | 866.435.7425
www.bloomingtonmn.org

Upcoming blockbuster exhibitions for the arts and culture scene in Denver

Denver Art Museum. Photo Credit: VISIT DENVER

The Denver Art Museum will host two special exhibitions in 2019. Dior: From Paris to the World (through March 3, 2019) showcases 70 years of the House of Dior’s legacy in the fashion world; and Claude Monet: The Truth of Nature (Oct. 20, 2019-Feb. 2, 2020) will feature more than 100 paintings from the celebrated French impressionist’s career.

Da Vinci. Photo credit: VISIT DENVER

Experience Leonardo Da Vinci: 500 Years of Genius (March 1-Aug. 25, 2019) at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science, with life-size replicas of Leonardo’s machine inventions and a “Secrets of the Mona Lisa” exhibit.

Upcoming Festivals and Events


For more information, contact:
VISIT DENVER, The Convention and Visitors Bureau
1555 California St., Suite 300
Denver, CO 80202
Ph. 303-892-1112
www.VISITDENVER.com

Minneapolis Repeats as Nation’s Best Park System

Minneapolis has the best park system in the United States, according to The Trust for Public Land’s 7th annual ParkScore® index. “Minneapolis will always be a great city in a park. From quality of life, to safe recreational space, to tourism—our parks are critical to who we are as a city. I’m thrilled that our park system continues to earn accolades. We have world class parks and the world is taking notice,” added Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey. Since 2015, Minneapolis and Saint Paul have taken the top two spots on the ParkScore® index.

Photo courtesy of Visit St. Paul

Visit Saint Paul’s Summit Avenue for Victorian Architecture

Don’t miss iconic Summit Avenue to see some of the capital of Minnesota’s best historical and architecture sights. Summit Avenue is the longest stretch of Victorian-style architecture in the country and is home to the Cathedral of Saint Paul – the third largest completed church in the United States. It’s also home to the James J. Hill House – former home of the former railroad magnate which you can takes tours of — as well as the childhood home of literary genius F. Scott Fitzgerald.

Photo by Paisley Park, courtesy of Bloomington CVB

Bloomington’s Paisley Park

Paisley Park, Prince’s extraordinary private estate and production compound in Chanhassen, Minnesota, located just 15 minutes from Bloomington, provides Prince fans the unprecedented opportunity to tour the production studio and creative oasis of one of the greatest and most beloved music artists of all time. To see the location and to book tickets for the variety of tours available, click here 


Contact

Meet Minneapolis:
612.767.8116
www.minneapolis.org

Visit Saint Paul:
651.265.4904 | 800.627.6101
www.visitsaintpaul.com

The Bloomington Convention & Visitors Bureau:
952.278.8506 | 866.435.7425
www.bloomingtonmn.org

Feature Image: Mike Krivit Photography, courtesy of Meet Minneapolis

The RiNo (River North) Art District is “where art is made.” The district’s interesting blend of urban charm and unique industrial revival makes it a great destination for visitors. Historic warehouses and factories now house jazz bars, restaurants, brewpubs, art galleries and working studios.

RiNo outdoor bar. Credit Adam Larkey

RiNo boasts a diverse mix of creative businesses ranging from visual artists, designers and furniture makers, to craft distillers and brewers, winemakers, creators of unique outdoor gear and small-batch coffee roasters. The art definitely extends beyond gallery walls in this neighborhood, with its colorful and innovative street art murals in alleys and on buildings around almost every corner!

From September 3-9, 2018, the annual CRUSH Street Art Festival (which stands for Creative Rituals Under Social Harmony) organizes artists, in partnership with local businesses, to splash color and concepts across the RiNo neighborhood. The event has become a platform for artists to gather, create, share ideas and techniques, all to the delight of some 20,000 spectators and visitors.

Ratio Beerworks in RiNo neighborhood credit VISIT DENVER

Upcoming Festivals and Events


Contact
VISIT DENVER, The Convention and Visitors Bureau
1555 California St., Suite 300
Denver, CO 80202
Ph. 303-892-1112
www.VISITDENVER.com