Denver Arts Week arrives with over 500 events

Denver is celebrating its annual Arts Week with over 500 events from this Friday, Nov. 6 through Nov. 15.

The 10-day celebration begins with First Friday Art Walks hosted by organizations like the 40 West Arts District, Art District on Santa Fe, River North Art District, Tennyson Berkeley Association.

Free Night at the Museums also returns, with a gaggle of museums offering free admission from 5-10 p.m.

Eighteen institutions are participating, including the Colorado History Museum, Denver Art Museum, the Black American West Museum, Wings Over the Rockies.

Visitors can also take free shuttles to hop between locations.

“(Denver Arts Week) is a really great way to rediscover, both for residents and for visitors,” said Flavia Light, Visit Denver’s vice president and chief tourism development officer. “Residents have a chance to rediscover things, visit new neighborhoods that they haven’t been (to) in a while, and then for visitors, it’s just a great way for them to see everything that’s going on in Denver.”

The schedule also includes hundreds of events, such as live music, dance and theater performances, comedy shows, plus open gallery walks.

Take a browse on Visit Denver’s website . There’s truly an arts event for all ages and backgrounds.

If you’re feeling jazzy, Lakewood Cultural Center is celebrating the 100th birthday of Miles Davis with the Colorado Jazz Repertory Orchestra on Nov. 6. And don’t forget to bring cash to the Lavender Hill Cultural District’s first drag showcase on Nov. 6.

You can spend time exploring Colfax Avenue for Forty Years on the ‘Fax at the Colorado History Museum or enjoy a night with the Denver Astronomical Society at the Historic Chamberlin Observatory.

Light said the week is a “great reminder” of the diversity and depth of Denver’s art and culture scene.