Fri
Oct 9
HUGEL Presents Make The Girls Dance
Junkyard · RiNo
Fri 2:00 PMTBD
French house don HUGEL throws a daytime dance party at the Junkyard before the weekend even officially starts.
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First in Denver · Event Desk
The Pull
The trendy Denver slate, Oct 8–31, 2026. Day parties, boozy brunches, rooftop DJs, vintage markets, and the shows worth screenshotting. Refreshed every Monday.
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Curated picks
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Day parties & rooftops
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Boozy brunches
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Free events
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Day Parties & Rooftops
2Sat
Oct 17
Galantis: MIDSOMMAR at Junkyard
Junkyard · RiNo
Sat 5:00 PMTBD
Galantis turns the Junkyard into a Swedish summer party with a production level that will confuse your October brain.
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Boozy Brunch
5Sun
Oct 11
Hamburger Mary's Drag Brunch
Hamburger Mary's Denver · City Park West
Sat 10:30 AM & 1:00 PM$10 cover + menu
Jessica L'Whor's weekly bottomless-mimosa drag spectacular with a chaotic drag-roulette finale that never gets old.
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Sun
Oct 11
Illusions Drag Queen Brunch Show
Glow Lounge 2nd Floor · Capitol Hill
Sat 1:30 PMTicketed
Ongoing celebrity drag brunch with rotating queens, bottomless drinks, and a crowd that comes to scream.
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Mon
Oct 12
Drag Bingo Brunch at Denver Milk Market
Denver Milk Market · LoDo
Sun 11:00 AM–1:00 PMTBD
Weekly drag queen bingo brunch inside Wazee Street's food hall with bottomless mimosas and performers who will absolutely steal your card.
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Sun
Oct 18
Hocus Pocus Drag Brunch at Denver Improv
Denver Improv Comedy Club · Stapleton / Northfield
Sun 2:00 PM$31+
A Halloween drag tribute to Hocus Pocus hosted by Jessica L'Whor with witches twerking and bottomless brunch vibes.
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Sat
Oct 31
Cimera Rooftop Drag Brunch (Monthly)
Cimera at The Source Hotel · RiNo
Last Sat, Noon–2:00 PMTBDLast Saturday of month = Oct 31, just outside window; the listing runs through fall.
Monthly rooftop drag brunch on top of The Source Hotel is one of Denver's most screenshot-ready mid-day events.
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Nightlife & Theme Parties
11Thu
Oct 8
Madeon
Mission Ballroom · RiNo
Thu 9:00 PM$41+
French pop-electronic prodigy headlines Mission Ballroom in a show designed to hit you in the feels and the chest at the same time.
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Fri
Oct 9
Maceo Plex at ReelWorks
ReelWorks · RiNo
Fri 7:00 PMTBD
Maceo Plex's deep, hypnotic techno is the ideal Friday night reset and ReelWorks gives it the warehouse room it deserves.
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Fri
Oct 9
Evan Giia DJ Set at Club Vinyl
Club Vinyl · Downtown
Fri 10:00 PM (doors)TBD
TheHundred drops Evan Giia into Club Vinyl for a late-night DJ set that skews 2 AM dance floor energy.
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Fri
Oct 9
Carnivale De Sensuale: Les Monstres at Federal Theatre
Federal Theatre · Golden Triangle
Fri 8:00 PMTBD
Denver's Halloween burlesque spectacular opens its month-long run with fire, feathers, and a monster theme that delivers.
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Thu
Oct 15
DJ Shadow at Mission Ballroom
Mission Ballroom · RiNo
Thu 8:00 PM$49+
The Endtroducing pioneer brings a career-spanning audio-visual set to one of Denver's best-sounding rooms.
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Fri
Oct 16
Afrojack at Mission Ballroom
Mission Ballroom · RiNo
Fri 8:00 PM$26+
Dutch EDM powerhouse takes over Mission Ballroom for a high-energy mainstage set that starts late and goes hard.
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Sat
Oct 17
Whipped Cream at Club Vinyl
Club Vinyl · Downtown
Sat 10:00 PM (doors)TBD
TheHundred brings Whipped Cream's sharp bass-heavy DJ set to Club Vinyl for a night that punches above its ticket price.
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Sat
Oct 17
Gimme Gimme Disco at Fox Theatre
The Fox Theatre · Boulder
Sat 8:30 PMTBD
The best ABBA tribute dance party going is an instant good-time guarantee if you are within an hour of Boulder.
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Sat
Oct 17
D.O.D at Mission Ballroom
Mission Ballroom · RiNo
Sat 9:00 PMTBD
UK house DJ D.O.D brings a festival-grade energy to Mission Ballroom in a weekend stacked with electronic options.
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Fri
Oct 23
Krewella at The Church
The Church Nightclub · Capitol Hill
Fri 10:00 PM (doors)TBD
Krewella's late-night set inside The Church is the kind of Halloween-week club night that feels intentionally designed to go viral.
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Fri
Oct 23
Odd Mob at Mission Ballroom
Mission Ballroom · RiNo
Fri, time TBDTBD
Australian tech-house rising star Odd Mob brings the Mission Ballroom's October DJ residency to a Halloween-week peak.
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Markets & Vintage
2Sat
Oct 17
Larimer Vintage Market at Denver Central Market
Denver Central Market · RiNo
Sat 11:00 AM–7:00 PMFree
Colorado's best vintage curators take over Denver Central Market for a full-day thrift haul alongside great food stalls.
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Sat
Oct 17
Larimer Vintage Market (Oct 3 edition note: Oct 17 next)
Denver Central Market · RiNo
Sat 11:00 AM–7:00 PMFree
Curated vintage vendors plus Denver Central Market's food hall makes this the best free Saturday in RiNo this month.
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Concerts
18Thu
Oct 8
Doja Cat: Tour Ma Vie World Tour
Ball Arena · Downtown
Thu 7:30 PM$82+
Doja Cat's massive arena production supporting Vie is the pop-rap spectacle of the season.
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Thu
Oct 8
Tape B Hallow Rocks (Night 2)
Red Rocks Amphitheatre · Morrison
Thu 6:00 PMTBD
Night one of Tape B's two-night Halloween season takeover at Red Rocks with a full supporting electronic lineup.
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Fri
Oct 9
Tape B Presents: Hallow Rocks
Red Rocks Amphitheatre · Morrison
Fri 6:00 PMTBD
Tape B stacks PEEKABOO, Flava D, and XaeboR for a bass-heavy Halloween warm-up at the most cinematic venue on earth.
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Fri
Oct 9
Judah and the Lion at Summit Music Hall
Summit Music Hall · Downtown
Fri 6:30 PMTBD
Folk-pop energy meets alt-rock in a crowd that will absolutely be singing every word.
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Sat
Oct 10
Sara Landry at Red Rocks
Red Rocks Amphitheatre · Morrison
Sat 6:00 PMTBD
Hard techno's biggest name makes her Red Rocks headlining debut with Pendulum opening in DJ mode.
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Sat
Oct 10
Snarky Puppy at Mission Ballroom
Mission Ballroom · RiNo
Sat 8:00 PMTBD
The Grammy-winning collective turns jazz into a full-body experience on a massive stage.
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Tue
Oct 13
Shaboozey with Noah Cyrus at Red Rocks
Red Rocks Amphitheatre · Morrison
Tue 7:00 PMTBD
The country-rap crossover of the moment steps up to Red Rocks with Noah Cyrus in what is clearly his biggest Colorado night yet.
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Tue
Oct 13
Kacey Musgraves: Middle of Nowhere Tour
Ball Arena · Downtown
Tue, time TBDTBD
Kacey Musgraves arena tour is a moody, psychedelic country set that her devoted Denver fan base has been waiting for.
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Sat
Oct 17
Sueco at Meow Wolf
Meow Wolf Convergence Station · Sun Valley
Sat 7:00 PMTBD
The alt-rap provocateur performs inside Convergence Station for a two-night run, with the immersive art doing as much work as the setlist.
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Sat
Oct 17
Dermot Kennedy: The Weight of the Woods Tour
Red Rocks Amphitheatre · Morrison
Sat 8:00 PMTBD
The Irish songwriter's cinematic folk-pop is made for outdoor amphitheaters and Red Rocks is arguably the best of all of them.
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Sat
Oct 17
Sammy Rae and the Friends at Ogden Theatre
Ogden Theatre · Capitol Hill
Sat 8:00 PMTBD
Sammy Rae's maximalist indie-jazz-rock party is the kind of show where the room ends up dancing whether it planned to or not.
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Sun
Oct 18
Gorillaz: The Mountain Tour
Ball Arena · Downtown
Sun 7:00 PMTBD
Damon Albarn brings Gorillaz back to North America for the first time since 2022, with Little Simz and Deltron 3030 on the bill.
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Sun
Oct 18
Sueco Night 2 at Meow Wolf
Meow Wolf Convergence Station · Sun Valley
Sun 8:00 PMTBD
The second night of Sueco's Meow Wolf residency lets the art hit different once the first-night curiosity wears off.
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Mon
Oct 19
Phoebe Bridgers at Ball Arena
Ball Arena · Downtown
Mon 7:30 PMTBD
Punisher-era fan favorite graduates to arenas and this Denver date has been the talk of the local indie crowd all month.
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Mon
Oct 19
Isabel LaRosa at Meow Wolf
Meow Wolf Convergence Station · Sun Valley
Mon 8:00 PMTBD
The TikTok-to-alt-pop breakout brings her brooding sound into a multiversal art installation for what should be an unhinged Monday night.
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Wed
Oct 21
MUNA with hemlocke springs at Red Rocks
Red Rocks Amphitheatre · Morrison
Wed 8:00 PMTBD
MUNA's euphoric indie-pop paired with Red Rocks' natural acoustics is a crowd-that-dances-the-whole-time situation.
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Thu
Oct 22
Macklemore at Red Rocks
Red Rocks Amphitheatre · Morrison
Thu 7:00 PMTBD
Macklemore's return to Red Rocks is a nostalgia-fueled crowd-sing with production that earns the mountain backdrop.
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Fri
Oct 23
Mersiv (Two Sets) at Red Rocks
Red Rocks Amphitheatre · Morrison
Fri 5:00 PMTBD
Mersiv plays two full sets on the same night at Red Rocks, with an art-heavy production that made him famous at this exact venue.
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Immersive & Culture
1Thu
Oct 22
Denver Film Festival
Various Venues · Various
Thu Oct 22 through Nov 1, times vary$15+ per screeningOpens Oct 22, within window.
One of the country's oldest film festivals kicks off with a 49th edition slate that punches well above its regional weight.
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Comedy
4Fri
Oct 9
Colin Armstrong at Denver Comedy Underground
Denver Comedy Underground · LoDo
Fri, time TBDTBD
OFTV and Comics to Watch alum Colin Armstrong brings a sharply observed set to one of Denver's best small rooms.
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Fri
Oct 9
Steph Tolev at Comedy Works Downtown
Comedy Works Downtown · Larimer Square
Fri 7:30 PM$20+
The Canadian comedian whose absurdist physicality made her a festival darling headlines Comedy Works for a full weekend run.
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Sat
Oct 17
Nikki Glaser: The Stunning Tour
Paramount Theatre · Downtown
Sat 7:00 PMTBD
Comedy's hottest ticket right now hits the Paramount stage in a show that has been selling out every city on the tour.
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Sat
Oct 17
Brad Wenzel at Denver Comedy Underground
Denver Comedy Underground · LoDo
Sat, time TBDTBD
Don't Tell Comedy and Conan vet Brad Wenzel does an intimate set in Denver's tightest underground room.
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Food & Drink
3Sat
Oct 10
Great American Beer Festival
Levitt Pavilion, Ruby Hill Park · Ruby Hill
Sat & Sun, Noon–4:00 PMSession ticket required
GABF moves outdoors for the first time ever, putting 500 breweries and 2,000-plus beers under the Colorado sky.
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Fri
Oct 16
Denver Wiesn Oktoberfest
National Western Center · Globeville
Fri–Sun Oct 16–18, hours varyFree general admission; VIP $115+Also runs Oct 22–23 within our window.
Brand-new Munich-linked Oktoberfest with a 108-foot Ferris wheel, Hofbräu beer, and a real delegation from Germany.
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Thu
Oct 22
Denver Wiesn Oktoberfest (Weekend 2)
National Western Center · Globeville
Thu–Sat Oct 22–23, hours varyFree GA; VIP $115+
Second weekend of Denver's Munich-linked Oktoberfest with Hofbräu flowing, a 108-foot wheel, and Bavarian dinner packages.
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The Pull is curated from a weekly multi-source sweep and checked against live listings. Dates, times and prices drift, so tap through to the source before you make plans. Recurring events show the next date this week.