Saturday
Food & drink
Oyster and Stout Festival. Try the new Blue Island Oyster Stout -- brewed with live Blue Island No. 9 Oysters from Picnic Bay, New York -- with Oysters from both coasts. Denver Beer Co., 1695 Platte St. Noon-5 p.m. $30. 12 extra oysters for an additional $20.
Belgian Brew Fest. Belgian-style beers from 10 Colorado breweries, food trucks and music from Velvet Compass and The Goonies. Bruz Beers, 1675 W. 67th Ave., Suite 100. 1-5 p.m. Free-$48.
Crawfish boil with live music from Vinal. Monkey Barrel, 4401 Tejon St. 1-4 p.m.
The Kitchen Next Door is now open in Stapleton at 10155 E. 29th Drive, Suite 160. It opens at 11 a.m.
Entertainment
Best bet: “Divisions.” Wonderbound dance company and the Flobots collaborated on a performance confronting the struggles between personal identity, community, individual freedom and collective power. Newman Center for the Performing Arts, 2344 E. Iliff Ave. 7:30 p.m. $22-50.
Best bet: Comedy Saved The Video Star. Comedians do standup, hen play their favorite music video, which everyone discusses afterward. Night starts with a half hour of TRL (they'll take your music video requests). Mutiny Information Café, 2 S. Broadway. 9:30 p.m.
Best bet: Totally Tennyson. Seventh annual '70s-, '80s- and '90s-themed street crawl of the bars, restaurants, shops and more along Tennyson between 35th and 46th avenues. 4-10 p.m. $35-75.
The Colorado Symphony Ball: Rock and Roll Royalty. Performances from the Colorado Symphony and Tracksuit Wedding and, at some ticket levels, dinner. Fillmore Auditorium, 1510 N. Clarkson St. 6 p.m. $150-1,000.
“Disgraced.” A 2013 Pulitzer Prize-winning play about a man who spends his adulthood downplaying his upbringing, but finds misconceptions about his culture too much to bear after a high-profile court case and his wife’s Islam-inspired art show. Ricketson Theatre, 1400 Curtis St. 1:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. $35.
“The Secret Garden.” The classic story comes to the stage in the form of a musical. Stage Theatre, Speer Boulevard and Arapahoe Street. 1:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. $35-75.
Hyper Future Tour featuring Eptic Music Die and Gentlemen's Club. Ogden Theatre, 935 E. Colfax Ave. 9 p.m. $20-35.
Red Bull Sound Select presents: Masego & the Traphouse Jazz Band. Bluebird Theater, 3317 E. Colfax Ave. 8 p.m. $5-15.
Potato Pirates and The Bunny Gang. Gothic Theatre, 3263 S. Broadway. 7:30 p.m. $5-18.
Master Ferocious. Larimer Lounge, 2721 Larimer St. 8:30 p.m. $8-10.
The Dirty Circuits EP release. Lost Lake Lounge, 3026 E. Colfax Ave. 9 p.m. $10-12.
Muscle Beach. Hi-Dive, 7 S. Broadway. 9 p.m. $10.
Brothers Comatose. Globe Hall, 4483 Logan St. 9 p.m. $15-18.
The Unified Field - A Sonic Bloom Pre-Party. Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom and Other Side, 2637 Welton St. 8:30 p.m. $20-25.
6 Million Dollar Band (for Totally Tennyson). Oriental Theater, 4335 W. 44th Ave. 9 p.m. $35-75.
Peter Hook & The Light. Summit Music Hall, 1902 Blake St. 7 p.m. $25-45.
Avec Sans. Marquis Theater, 2009 Larimer St. 7 p.m. $12-15.
Anisha Rush Quartet: Original Compositions (final night). Nocturne, 1330 27th St. 7 p.m. $10.
Silent disco. Ratio Beerworks, 2920 Larimer St. 8-11 p.m. Free.
For families
Independent Bookstore Day. A read-a-thon featuring staff members dressed as their favorite characters, face painting, book fairies and more. Second Star to the Right, 4353 Tennyson St. 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
Take a trip to the Butterfly Pavilion. At any given moment, Westminster’s Butterfly Pavilion is home to 16,000 fluttering beauties, with new specimens added every week. But this simulated rainforest is more than a pretty sight. It’s a place for lepidopterists — or butterfly scientists — to explain how fragile creatures contribute to ecosystems everywhere. Butterfly Pavilion, 6252 W. 104th Ave., Westminster. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Free-$11.
For your brain
Best bet: Doors Open Denver. Take self-guided or expert-guided tours of high-profile, historic and otherwise significant spaces in Denver that are not normally open to the public. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Free.
Independent Bookstore Day at Tattered Cover. Activities will include "blind dates" with a book, literary stencil making, make-your-own Golden Books and more. Tattered Cover, 1628 16th St. 9 a.m.-9 p.m.
Independent Bookstore Day at BookBar, 4280 Tennyson St. 10 a.m.-10 p.m.
If These Wall Could Talk: Architecture Stories with Sam Pike. Sit for a five-minute session with Pike to record a audio story about your favorite building in Denver. The stories will later be released online. Denver Central Library, 10 W. 14th Ave. Parkway. 11 a.m.-4 p.m.
For a cause
People's Climate March on Denver. One of nearly 300 marches coinciding with the national People's Climate March on D.C. Civic Center Park. 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
Sports
Colorado Rapids vs. Orlando City, 2 p.m.
Colorado Rockies at Arizona Diamondbacks, 6:10 p.m.
Sunday
Food & drink
Best bet: Puppy Playtime & Brunch. Donate $5 or more to play with adoptable puppies from a no-kill Colorado shelter and enjoy a complimentary cocktail or mocktail from The Nickel. Hotel Teatro, 1100 14th St. 10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. (Last weekend, we mistakenly listed this event. It's really happening this weekend, we promise.)
The Kitchen Next Door is now open in Stapleton at 10155 E. 29th Drive, Suite 160. It opens at 11 a.m.
Entertainment
Best bet: Synthesizer Sunday, a Union of Architecture and Sound. Open-air performance by five musicians taking turns playing synthesizers, inspired by the distinctive glass roof of the Galleria. Denver Performing Arts Complex, 1400 Curtis St. Noon-3 p.m.
Best bet: “Divisions.” Wonderbound dance company and the Flobots collaborated on a performance confronting the struggles between personal identity, community, individual freedom and collective power. Newman Center for the Performing Arts, 2344 E. Iliff Ave. 2 p.m. $22-50.
“Disgraced.” A 2013 Pulitzer Prize-winning play about a man who spends his adulthood downplaying his upbringing, but finds misconceptions about his culture too much to bear after a high-profile court case and his wife’s Islam-inspired art show. Ricketson Theatre, 1400 Curtis St. 1:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. $35.
“The Secret Garden.” The classic story comes to the stage in the form of a musical. Stage Theatre, Speer Boulevard and Arapahoe Street. 1:30 p.m. $35-75.
Joe Pug and Anais Mitchell. Bluebird Theater, 3317 E. Colfax Ave. 8 p.m. $17-20.
Hello, Mountain. Larimer Lounge, 2721 Larimer St. 8 p.m. $8-10.
Compliments to the One. Lost Lake Lounge, 3026 E. Colfax Ave. 8 p.m. $8-10.
Sadistik. Cervantes Other Side, 2637 Welton St. 8 p.m. $13-16.
New Language. Marquis Theater, 2009 Larimer St. 7 p.m. $10-12.
Le Pompe and Keeping the Groove for Gypsy Jazz. Swallow Hill Music, 71 E. Yale Ave. 11 a.m. $27.
Art
Best bet: The Art of Brunch. Gallery hopping and complimentary brunch bites at more than 30 galleries and business in the Art District on Santa Fe. 11 a.m.-4 p.m.
For families
DMNS Dia del Niño free day, with special performances, music and activities. Denver Museum of Nature & Science, 2001 Colorado Blvd. 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
DAM Dia del Niño free day. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway. 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
For your brain
Best bet: Doors Open Denver. Take self-guided or expert-guided tours of high-profile, historic and otherwise significant spaces in Denver that are not normally open to the public. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Free.
Then & Now: A Retrospective on Art, Politics and Summer of Love. An intergenerational panel discussion with artists, writers and scholars on similarities and differences in the political situation in 1967 and 2017. The Deer Pile, 206 E. 13th Ave. 3:30-6:30 p.m.
For a cause
Impact: clothing and hygiene items for the homeless. Help hand out clothes and other necessities to people in need. Cervantes Masterpiece, 2635 Welton St. 12:30-3 p.m. $10 per person, $20 per family.
Sports
Colorado Rockies at Arizona Diamondbacks, 2:10 p.m.
