Denver Arts Events August 18-24, 2025

This week’s list is all about the line—learn how to draw the human body, view an exhibition of playful, yet sophisticated, curved lined paintings, and avoid the parking lines at Red Rocks by catching a festival at an intimate South Broadway venue. If I had five nights to enjoy a performance, concert, or exhibition this week, this is what I’d do. Enjoy.

✺ August 18: Watch Match in a Haystack, a documentary about the women of a contemporary dance group in Ukraine during Russia’s invasion.3 p.m. every day this week at Sie Film Center. Playing through August 22. Get Tickets.

✺ August 21: Draw or paint clothed and nude live models with Colorado Figure Drawing at the Denver Art Society. 5:45 p.m. More info and registration.

✺ August 21-24: Go check out a show at the Ghost Canyon Fest, an independent music festival curated by the folks at Wax Trax Records. The fest encompasses shows over three days at several locations, including Hi-Dive and Skylark Lounge. View the schedule and buy tickets.

✺ August 22: View Tatyana Hope’s bright, playful paintings at “Child’s Play,” opening at Next Gallery in the 40West Arts District on August 22. More info.

✺ August 23: View Adam Smith’s photography of the musicians of the Deep South and enjoy live music by Ben Nichols Ben Nichols (Lucero), Luther Dickinson (North Mississippi All-Stars), and Alvin Youngblood Hart in Hellhound On My Trail at The Oriental Theater. Doors open at 6 p.m. More info and tickets.

Elsewhere:

✺ Ongoing: View an exhibition centering women in the West, “Cowgirl Artists of America: Women's Work,” at the A.R. Mitchell Museum of Western Art in Trinidad, CO. Exhibition runs August 1- Sept 20. More info.