Wondering what there is to do this chilly weekend in the Mile High City? We have put together the ultimate roundup of the best things to do in Denver. Whether it’s walking the halls of an art gallery, hitting the dance floor at Tracks, or catching an amazing in-person concert, grab your gals; bundle up, and hit them streets.
FRIDAY 11/19
The Denver Game Lounge 7 p.m. – 10 p.m.
Join fellow LGBTQ folk and our allies as we share tabletop games, drinks, and food with plenty of card-drawing, dice-rolling, and meeple-moving. Learn a new game; make new friends, and feel free to bring your favorite board or card game to share.
Tracks
Roll into the ’90s! Join Tracks for an epic 90’s party in celebration of a finally #FREE BRITNEY! Bust out your best clueless wear; dust off those JNCOs; lace up them skates, and get ready to roll!
Charlie’s
The Triangle
Bring life back again with November’s edition of DIVA DRAG!
This month’s cast includes Denver’s BEST, Mikki Miraj, Khrys’taaal, Kelela, Anne-Michelle Misdemeanor, Lulu Alnite, Jessica L’Whor, Minor Misdemeanor, Coco Bardot, Vandy J Sexton, AND LaLa !!
The Fillmore
Out of all the Southern California, hardcore punk bands of the early ’80s, Bad Religion stayed around the longest, although frontman
Greg Graffin has remained the group’s sole constant member. For nearly four decades, they have retained their underground credibility without turning out a series of indistinguishable records that all sound the same. Instead, the band refined its attack, adding inflections of psychedelia, heavy metal, and hard rock along the way, as well as a considerable dose of melody. Between their 1982 debut, their first major-label record, 1993’s Recipe for Hate, and 2019’s politically charged Age of Unreason, Bad Religion stayed vital in the hardcore community by tightening their musical execution and keeping their lyrics complex and righteously angry.
SATURDAY 11/20
Enjoy shopping and treats at the holiday market at National Western Complex.
Mercury Cafe Denver
Join in the Dance Hall of Mercury Café for a trip to a glowing oasis, a secret spot, a Neon Garden. The Queer Dance Party of your dreams is happening.
XBar
It’s time to get back in the glow lounge this month for AFTERGLOW. DJ Spencer Huff will help us steam up the glow lounge, while you bring your best take on dark, disco glamour.
Summit Denver
Noted for throaty, yearning vocals that accompany his swimmy, indie soul-pop, Yellow Days is the performance alias of British musician George van den Broek. After some early releases during his teenage years, he began to gain traction with 2017’s full-length Is Everything Okay in Your World? Switching locales to Los Angeles, his follow-up, A Day in a Yellow Beat appeared in 2020.
Born in Manchester, England, and raised in Haselmere, van den Broek’s musical endeavors began when he got a guitar for Christmas at the age of 11. With influences that include Ray Charles, Mac DeMarco, and Thundercat, he started releasing stand-alone singles as a teen in late 2015. His debut EP, Harmless Melodies, arrived in November 2016.
Yellow Days continued to release periodic singles in 2017, some of which appeared on his debut LP, Is Everything Okay in Your World?, that October. It featured a guest spot by hip-hop artist Rejjie Snow. Early the next year, “Gap in the Clouds,” from his first EP, reached a broader audience when it accompanied the trailer for the second season of Donald Glover’s show Atlanta. Yellow Days followed up in April 2018 with the single “The Way Things Change” and a week’s worth of club shows in the U.S. that quickly sold out, before continuing the tour in Europe. The musician’s sophomore effort arrived in 2020. Titled A Day in a Yellow Beat, the project was written and recorded primarily in L.A., with van den Broek sourcing new inspiration from local collaborators. ~ Marcy Donelson, Rovi
SUNDAY 11/21
Wild Corgi Pub
Join LaLa Shearz and Friends every third Sunday for All Ages Drag Brunch at the Wild Corgi Pub featuring our All Ages Drag Kids. Doors open at 11:30am, with show at 12:00pm.
Hamburger Mary’s
Yass Queen!, one of Denver’s longest running shows, is back! The one-and-only Khloe Katz is back with one of the most popular shows to hit Mary’s li’l purple house.
Reelworks Event Center
This year’s show represents all of the good things that people bring into our lives. The show will be filled with new and inspiring fashions, and incredible hair creations.
On this World AIDS Day, December 1, 2021, we honor those lives we have lost and celebrate the achievements in health care.
Funds raised by Red Ball support programs and services for the more than 3,200 people living with HIV in the Denver metropolitan area seeking help, as well as supports critical prevention programs including a free syringe access program and free HIV/STI testing.
Veronica Holyfield
Intersectionality, accessibility, and squashing the sexist, patriarchal norms through queer pearls of wishful wisdom.
