Where to Celebrate July 4th In Denver

Antares | Feb 28, 2011 |

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Festivals, Festivities, and All Around Fun

Parades

Across the Front Range, many towns have 4^th of July parades and festivals to celebrate our country's independence. The city of Denver does not have a parade, but many of the surrounding suburbs, including Lakewood, Highlands Ranch, and Lone Tree, have local celebrations. Small towns throughout Colorado also offer a genuine slice of hometown Americana in their Independence Day revelries.

Cherry Creek Arts Festival

For over 20 years, the Cherry Creek Arts Festival has entertained Denver residents over the July 4^th weekend. This festival features a large, but selective group of artists peddling their wares to attendees. These artists come from around the country and include painters, sculptors, glassmakers, photographers, and many more.

The food selection at the Cherry Creek Arts Festival makes your Independence Day barbecue look like a weenie roast. Turkey legs, burritos, gyros, smoothies, cotton candy, pizza. Just about everything worth eating is available at the festival, and in the past, a wine tasting booth is available to those of age.

Thankfully for parents, festival organizers have an entire street dedicated to children's activities. Kids can paint a children's mural and can chalk up the street. There is even an entire tent with arts and crafts, free to all participants. This is a great way to get your kids out of the sun while it also gives parents a few moments to sit down and relax.

No festival would be complete without a full itinerary of music, and the Cherry Creek Arts Festival does not disappoint, as three stages lay host to varied local and national music and performing groups. Performances generally start in the late morning and continue throughout the day.

Fun Runs

Check local schedules to find a 5k race before eating too many calories at your barbeque. The City of Lone Tree usually organizes a 5k-race open to all participants.

Concerts

For many years, the popular rock band Blues Traveler has performed a July 4^th concert at Red Rocks. Whether you are seeing Blues Traveler or not, enjoying a concert at the foot of Colorado's mountains is a perfect way to celebrate the 4^th. Be sure to check local schedules to confirm dates and times of any concerts.

Where to see fireworks

The Suburbs

Most towns across the Front Range have some sort of fireworks display on or around July 4^th. Before the show, be sure to know where the fireworks are being shot off so you can scope out a perfect viewing spot.

Denver Sports Teams

Fireworks in Denver from the grass at Coors Field Denver is home to seven major league sports teams, and three of those teams usually offer the absolute best fireworks displays on the July 4^th holiday.

The most popular fireworks show in Denver happens at Coors Field, home of the Colorado Rockies. Tickets to the July 4^th game generally sell out months before the game date. Guests seated in the Rock Pile and in the Left Field Pavilion seats watch the fireworks show from the Coors Field grass. These tickets sell out the quickest and will demand the highest prices if purchased on the secondary market. The Rockies also usually have another fireworks show after a game on July 3^rd. This game does not sell out as quickly, but it still sells out months in advance.

The Colorado Rapids soccer team and Denver Outlaws outdoor lacrosse team also host very popular fireworks displays on July 4^th. The Rapids play at Dick's Sporting Goods Complex in Commerce City, and the Outlaws play at Mile High Stadium, which is also the home of the Denver Broncos football team. Tickets to these events are cheaper and easier to obtain than tickets to the Rockies fireworks games.