AX: axs.com
CW: comedyworks.com
PMH: pueblomemorialhall.com
TM: ticketmaster.com
MUSIC
Thursday: K-Love’s Celebrate Christmas Tour — Featuring Natalie Grand and Danny Gokey with Mac Powell, 7 p.m., Pueblo Memorial Hall, 1 City Place, Pueblo, $19.75 and up; PMH.
Thursday: Must Die! — With Tisoki, Rsenik, Bwrz, 9 p.m., Fox Theatre, Boulder, $18-$20; AX.
Thursday-Saturday: The Lil Smokies — 8 p.m. Thursday, 9 p.m. Friday-Saturday, Bluebird Theater, Denver, $29; AX.
Friday: Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats Holiday Show — 7 p.m., Ball Arena, Denver, $20 and up; TM.
Friday: The Fab Four Performs The Beatles’ “Rubber Soul” — 7:30 p.m., Paramount Theatre, Denver, $34 and up; TM.
Friday: Papadosio — With Desert Dwellers, Snakes and Stars, 5AM Trio, 8 p.m., Mission Ballroom, Denver, $29.95-$60; AX.
Friday: The Railbenders — With The Jons, 8 p.m., Gothic Theatre, Englewood, $25; AX.
Friday: The Edge Band — 8:15 p.m., Fox Theatre, Boulder, $49.99 and up; AX.
Friday: Level Up Seance Tour — With Drinkurwater, Green Matter, Bruer, 9 p.m., Ogden Theatre, Denver, $29 and up; AX.
Saturday: Howlin’ Goatz — With Sierra Miles, Wendy Woo, 7 p.m., Fox Theatre, Boulder, $15-$18; AX.
Saturday: Face Vocal Band – Best. Christmas. Ever! — 7:30 p.m., Paramount Theatre, Denver, $20 and up; TM.
Saturday: The Main Squeeze — With Antwaun Stanley, Nate Werth, Adam “Shmeeans” Smirnoff, Parris Fleming, Isaac Teel, D.J. Williams, Nicholas Gerlach with DJ Parrisian, 8 p.m., Ogden Theatre, Denver, $25.50; AX.
Saturday: TroyBoi — With Evan Giia, Mzg, 8 p.m., Mission Ballroom, Denver, $35-$89.95; AX.
Saturday: Roger Clyne & the Peacemakers — With The Jons, 9 p.m., Gothic Theatre, Englewood, $29.99; AX.
Wednesday: Face Vocal Band – Best. Christmas. Ever! — 7:30 p.m., Boulder Theater, Boulder, $25-$45; AX.
Dec. 21: Holdfast. — With Volores, Sophie Gray, 8 p.m., Bluebird Theater, Denver, $20; AX.
STAGE
Thursday-Saturday: Cat Cohen — 7:30 p.m., Comedy Works Downtown, 1226 15th St., Denver, $25-$30; CW.
Thursday-Saturday: Pat McGann — 7:30 p.m. Thursday, 7:15 and 9:45 p.m. Friday-Saturday, Comedy Works South at the Landmark, 5345 Landmark Place, Greenwood Village, $18-$28; CW.
Thursday-Sunday: “PAW Patrol Live! The Great Pirate Adventure” — Bellco Theatre, Denver, $49 and up; AX.
Thursday-Tuesday: “The Nutcracker” — With Denver Ballet Theatre, The PACE Center, 20000 Pikes Peak Ave., Parker, $29 and up; parkerarts.org.
Thursday-Dec. 23: “Home for the Holidays” — Lone Tree Arts Center, Main Stage, 10075 Commons St., Lone Tree, $38 and up. Sensory inclusive performance, 7 p.m. Sunday, $25; lonetreeartscenter.org.
Friday-Saturday: “Brown Sugar Nutcracker” — Presented by Dance with Georgia, 7 p.m., Junkyard Social Club, 2525 Frontier Ave., Suite A, Boulder, $25; tinyurl.com/5yhjc3d5.
Friday-Saturday: “Drunk Christmas” — An abbreviated, drunken version Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” presented by Audacious Immersive, 8 p.m., Fiction Beer Co., 19523 Hess Road, Suite 103, Parker, go online for prices; audacioustheatre.com.
Saturday: Broadway Holiday Cabaret — 7 p.m., Cherokee Ranch & Castle, 6113 N. Daniels Park Road, Sedalia, $68.50; cherokeeranch.org.
Saturday-Sunday: “Making Merry” — Presented by Stories on Stage, 2 p.m. Saturday, Nomad Playhouse, 1410 Quince Ave., Boulder; 1 p.m. Sunday, King Center, 855 Lawrence Way, Denver, $26; storiesonstage.org.
Saturday-Sunday: HoliSlay — Holiday drag performance, 8 p.m., Denver’s Meow Wolf, Convergence Station, 1338 1st St., Denver, $32.50-$42.50; tickets.meowwolf.com/events/denver.
Sunday: “Irish Christmas in America” — 2 p.m., Parsons Theatre, 1 E. Memorial Parkway, Northglenn, $23-$30; northglennarts.org.
Sunday: “Brown Sugar Nutcracker” — Presented by Dance with Georgia, 6 p.m., Dairy Arts Center, 2590 Walnut St., $15; tinyurl.com/5yhjc3d5.
Sunday: Michelle Buteau — 7 p.m., Paramount Theatre, Denver, $29 and up; TM.
Sunday: Pat McGann — 7 p.m., Comedy Works Downtown, 1226 15th St., Denver, $18; CW.
Tuesday: Holiday Roast — For mature audiences, 7:30 p.m., Comedy Works South at the Landmark, 5345 Landmark Place, Greenwood Village, $14; CW.
Wednesday: Holiday Roast — For mature audiences, 7:30, Comedy Works Downtown, 1226 15th St., Denver, $14; CW.
Dec. 21: “The Tale of Jacob Marley” — 6:45 p.m., Cherokee Ranch & Castle, 6113 N. Daniels Park Road, Sedalia, $65.25; cherokeeranch.org.
Dec. 21: Phil Palisoul — 7:15 p.m., Comedy Works South at the Landmark, 5345 Landmark Place, Greenwood Village, $22; CW.
Dec. 21-23: Josh Blue — 7:30 p.m. Dec. 21-23, 9:45 p.m. Dec. 23, Comedy Works Downtown, 1226 15th St., Denver, $30; CW.
Through Sunday: “Icy Haught” — Wonderbound, 3824 Dahlia St., Denver, go online for prices; wonderbound.com.
Through Sunday: Granny Dances to a Holiday Drum — Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Theatre, 119 Park Ave. West, Denver, $35 and up; cleoparkerdance.org/tickets.
Through Dec. 23: “FoMo: Formerly Mormon” by Frankie Lee — Benchmark Theatre, 1560 Teller St., Lakewood, $18 and up; benchmarktheatre.com.
Through Dec. 23: “Yippee Ki Yay” — Garner Galleria Theatre, Denver, $46-$52; denvercenter.org/tickets-events.
Through Dec. 23: “Little Red” — DCPA Theatre for Young Audiences, Randy Weeks Conservatory Theatre, Denver, $16-$30; denvercenter.org/tickets-events.
Through Dec. 23: “Santa’s Big Red Sack” — The People’s Building, 9995 E. Colfax Ave., Aurora, go online for prices; santasbigredsack.com.
Through Dec. 24: “SIX” — Buell Theatre, Denver, $35 and up; denvercenter.org/tickets-events.
Through Dec. 24: “A Christmas Carol” — Wolf Theatre, Speer Boulevard and Arapahoe Street, Denver, $35 and up; denvercenter.org/tickets-events.
Through Dec. 30: “The Story of the Nutcracker” — Presented by Miners Alley Children’s Theater, 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Saturdays, Miners Alley Playhouse, 1224 Washington Ave., Golden, go online for prices; minersalley.com.
Through Dec. 30: “Black Nativity” — A holiday musical, Vintage Theatre, 1468 Dayton St., Aurora, $20-$38; vintagetheatre.org.
Through Dec. 31: “Holly, Alaska” — Presented by Butterfly Effect Theatre of Colorado, Dairy Arts Center, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, go online for prices; thedairy.org.
Through Dec. 31: “The Great American Trailer Park Christmas Musical” — Miners Alley Performing Arts Center, 1103 Arapahoe St., Golden, go online for prices; minersalley.com.
Through Dec. 31: “A Christmas Story” — Miners Alley Playhouse, 1224 Washington Ave., Golden, go online for prices; minersalley.com.
ART
Through Dec. 29: “Naturalism Now” — Gallery 1261, 1261 Delaware St., Denver; 1-303-571-1261, gallery1261.com.
Through Dec. 30: “More Than Place: Colorado, Women, and Land” — El Pueblo History Museum, 301 N. Union Ave., Pueblo, go online for prices; elpueblohistorymuseum.org.
Through Jan. 31: “The World In Denver” Photography by Robert Weinberg — History Colorado Center, 1200 N. Broadway, Denver. Go online for prices: historycolorado.org.
Through Feb. 11: “The Tropical Paintings of Manabu Saito” — Denver Botanic Gardens, 1007 York St., Denver, go online for prices; botanicgardens.org.
Through Feb. 11: “Amoako Boafo: Soul of Black Folks” — Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, go online for prices: denverartmuseum.org.
Through Feb. 11: “Personal Geographies: Trent Davis Bailey/Brian Adams” — Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, go online for prices: denverartmuseum.org.
Through Feb. 18: “Golden Legacy: Original Art from 80 Years of Golden Books “— Freyer – Newman Center, Denver Botanic Gardens, 1085 York St., Denver, go online for prices; botanicgardens.org.
Through Feb. 18: “Cowboy” — MCA Denver, 1485 Delgany St., Denver, go online for admission prices. Tickets: mcadenver.org.
Through March 3: “All Stars: American Artists from The Phillips Collection” — Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, go online for prices. Tickets: denverartmuseum.org.
Through March 31: “Tanya Marcuse: Laws of Nature” — Freyer – Newman Center, Denver Botanic Gardens, 1085 York St., Denver, go online for prices; botanicgardens.org.
Through April 1: “You Should’ve Seen It: Pueblo’s Mineral Palace” — El Pueblo History Museum, 301 N. Union Ave., Pueblo, go online for prices; elpueblohistorymuseum.org.
Through May 5: “Spotlight: Inside Collections Care and Conservation” — Clyfford Still Museum, 1250 Bannock St., Denver, go online for prices: clyffordstillmuseum.org.
Through May 12: “The Skeletal World of José Guadalupe Posada” — Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, go online for prices: denverartmuseum.org.
Through May 31: “Revolt 1680/2180: Runners + Gliders” — History Colorado Center, 1200 N. Broadway, Denver. Go online for prices: historycolorado.org.
Through June 30: “The Russells in Denver, 1921” — Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, go online for prices: denverartmuseum.org.
Through Oct. 14, 2024: “Retro Spectacle” — By Stacey B., Hypnotic Turtle DreamBox: The Little Galleries, 115 Garnet St., Broomfield; facebook.com/hypnoticturtledreambox.
Through Dec. 7, 2025: “Perfectly Imperfect: Korean Buncheong Ceramics” — Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, go online for prices: denverartmuseum.org.
COMPILED BY CARLOTTA OLSON,
THE GAZETTE, 636-0221, [email protected]