Denver Arts Events October 13-October 19, 2025

October in Denver isn’t only about placing 10 ft. Home Depot yard skeletons in humorous situations. Though I have a soft spot for this particular type of yard expression, the more exciting thing is that right about now, our city becomes alive with celebrations and exhibitions honoring the dead as we approach Día de los Muertos. If I could enjoy five performances, concerts, or exhibitions this week, this is what I’d do. Enjoy. 

✺ Oct. 14 See Xochimilco: Works by Eduardo Robledo Romero at Denver Botanic Gardens. This Mexican printmaker creates linocuts that feature skeletons and animals in mythical scenes. Through March 22. More info.

✺ Oct. 16 Celebrate illustrator Jeremy Collins’s new book, Eventually a Sequoia, in this art installation and live storytelling event at Truss House in RINO. 6 p.m. More info.

✺ Oct. 17 RemainReal Fine Art is hosting a public reception for their new exhibition highlighting oddities and fantasies, Whimsical Wonders. 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. More info. 

✺ Oct. 17-19 Head north to the Boulder Roots Music Fest. to catch headliners like The Rumble Ft. Chief Joseph Boudreaux Jr., Yonder Mountain String Band, and Andy Frasco & the U.N. More info and tickets.

✺ Oct. 18 Hear the Playground String Quartet perform the Colorado premiere of Gabriela Ortiz’s Altar de Muertos: String Quartet Masterworks at Kim Robards Dance. 7:30 p.m. More info and tickets.

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