MONDAY – FREE DAY! | Admission to the Denver Botanic Gardens at Chatfield waived. | C-470 at Wadsworth Boulevard, Littleton | botanicgardens.org
MONDAY – Tonight! Buffalo Bill | Emmy nominee Bill Mooney puts on an original one-man show as famed frontier showman William F. Cody. $10 at the door; $7 for Colorado Chautauqua members. | Chatauqua Auditorium, 900 Baseline Road, Boulder | centerwest.org
TUESDAY – The Power of One Perspective | Gully Stanford presents “The Promises and Pitfalls of P20,” the first installation in the city of Aurora’s Power of One lecture series. 7:30 p.m. Free. | Aurora Fox, 9900 E. Colfax Ave., Aurora | 303-739-6617 or auroragov.org/powerofone
TUESDAY-SATURDAY – Society for the Preservation and Advancement of the Harmonica convention | Denver’s Mile-Hi Harmonica club hosts the 43rd annual meet, which includes open-mic performances daily and a harmonica auction Saturday at 4 p.m. | Renaissance Denver Hotel, 3801 Quebec St., Denver | spah.org
WEDNESDAY – The Legendary Nikators | Boulder fave winds up the Bands on the Bricks free concert series. 7 p.m. | Pearl Street mall, between 13th and 14th streets, Boulder | boulderdowntown.com
WEDNESDAY – River Flicks | The Greenway Foundation screens “Ever After” around dusk at Confluence Park. Free. | 15th at Little Raven, Denver | greenwayfoundation.org or 303-455-7109
FRIDAY – Queen City Jazz Band | Swing favorite combo plays the downtown Denver lunch crowd. Noon- 1 p.m. Free. | Skyline Park, 16th and Arapahoe, Denver | denvergov.org/concertseries
FRIDAY – Boulder Philharmonic | The big orchestra takes it outdoors in a free concert at noon. | Pearl Street mall, between 13th and 14th streets, Boulder | boulderdowntown.com
SATURDAY – Collegiate Peaks Music Festival | Buena Vista jumps on the festival wagon with a free celebration of local music. Top bands playing funk, Afro-Caribbean, reggae, rock, jazz, country, bluegrass and more. 11 a.m.- 7 p.m. | Main Street, Buena Vista | collegiatepeaksmusicfestival.com
SATURDAY – Gold Hill Walking Tour | Historian John Sand, plus townfolk dressed in character, guide visitors on a tour of funky Gold Hill’s rich mining history. 11:30 a.m. Free. | Gold Hill, Colo. 72 to Gold Hill Road | historicboulderinc.org or 303-444-5192
SATURDAY – Chatfield Music Festival | Hear Buddy Guy, The Robert Cray Band and The Blind Boys of Alabama. Gates open at noon, the show starts at 1 p.m. $50; $45 for Botanic Gardens members. | Denver Botanic Gardens at Chatfield, C-470 at Wadsworth, Littleton | botanicgardens.org
SATURDAY – North Weld Open Horseshoe Pitching Competition | With all the end-of-summer festival hoopla swirling, we find ourselves longing for simpler things, like the sound of a perfectly thrown ringer during a game of horseshoes. You’ll hear plenty around the pits at Windsor Town Park; this is a state-tournament qualifying competition. 9 a.m. | Old Town Windsor | horseshoepitching.com
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