TODAY
FREE HILL COUNTRY MUSIC
Mountain Melodies Music Festival
Noon to 5 p.m., Buffalo Bill Museum and Grave, 987 1/2 Lookout Mountain, Golden; 303-526-0744 and
Give an ear to Dakota Blonde, Harry Tuft & Friends, the Uptown Relics and other top local acoustic and folk musicians this afternoon as you drink in the views of the Denver skyline, the Divide and the northern Front Range. Bring your picnic and lawn chairs.
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WEDNESDAY – AUG. 12 The La Plata County Fair|At the La Plata County Fairgrounds in Durango, the fair rounds up horses, pigs, cattle, sheep, goats and smaller critters, including rabbits, for livestock events virtually interchangeable with county fairs of decades past. But the Demolition Derby? Not quite so old-school. | 2500 Main Ave., Durango |970-247-2308
THURSDAY 2007 Drum Corps International World Championship Quarterfinals| Broadcast live in high-definition format at 5 p.m. at three local cinemas carrying the live-via- satellite event at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif. | Greenwood Plaza 12 (8141 E. Arapahoe Road, Englewood), Denver Pavilions 15 (500 16th St., Denver) and Colorado Mills (14500 W. Colfax Ave., Lakewood). Admission is $18, available online at .
SATURDAY The Museum of Outdoor Arts brings a little bit of Boulder to Englewood and gives holy water fresh meaning with its Sacred Water Performance | The event is free and involves a lot of earnest dance, music, film and spoken- word elements. | 8 p.m., Englewood Amphitheater, 1000 Englewood Parkway (next to the light-rail station)
SATURDAY & AUG. 12 The 22nd annual Ridgway Arts and Crafts Rendezvous |150 vendors and food booths will be at this charming neighbor of Telluride and Ouray. The juried show displays paintings and photographs, carvings and jewelry. Sales from the event benefit Ridgway Community Pride, a nonprofit organization. | Ridgway Town Park | 970-626-5308
