Denver Arts Events December 15-21, 2025

As we approach the shortest days of the year, I’m taking a moment to express gratitude for the range of performances and exhibitions that are helping me fill these long nights with joy and intrigue. If I could enjoy six performances, concerts, or exhibitions this week, this is what I’d do. Enjoy.

✺ December 15 View Tracy Stuckey’s vibrant pop-Western paintings at his latest exhibition Mid-Century Western. Visions West Contemporary. More info.

✺ December 16 Part performance, part lecture, join Profs & Pints Denver: Mary Shelley Speaks. Woodie Fisher Kitchen & Bar. 6 p.m. Get Tickets.

✺ December 18 Enjoy jazzy holiday sounds in MAS Presents Mr Sun Plays Ellington's Nutcracker. The Savoy. Doors 5 p.m. More info and tickets.

✺ December 20 Join local musicians as they serenade the longest night of the year. Songs and Stories for the Longest Night. Dairy Arts Center. 7 p.m. More info and tickets.

✺ December 20 See Los Mocochetes and frontman and poet Jozer G perform at Eye for Prevention’s Winter Solstice Healing Event. Ollin Cafetzin. 12-4 p.m. More info.

✺ December 21 View the film of the West End production of Tony and Olivier award-winning Broadway play Life of Pi. Sie Film Center. 12 p.m. Get tickets.

❆ Get your gifts from local artists at one of Denver’s Holiday Art Markets.

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