Labor Day spells the end of the summer, one of your last chances to enjoy the great weather before Fall brings the chill. As a Denver limousine driver, Labor Day can be a busy time for us. After all, wouldn’t it be more relaxing to take a limo ride to an event? You deserve it!
Here are some great Denver Labor Day events you don’t want to miss (and don’t want to miss me taking you too). Are you spiritual? Get in touch with your chakras at the Celebration Metaphysical Fair or satisfy your more earthly appetites at A Taste of Colorado. Ready to get out of the city? Have some family fun at the Colorado State Fair in Pueblo or the Jazz Aspen Snowmass Labor Day festival!
A Taste of Colorado
Dates: Friday, Sept. 2 – Monday Sept. 5, 2011
Times: 11:30 a.m. – 10 p.m. Fri., 10:30 a.m. – 10 p.m. Sat. & Sun., 10:30 a.m. – 8 p.m. Mon.
More than 500,000 people make this free, four-day festival the focus of their Labor Day Weekend, enjoying the offerings of more than 50 area restaurants and an elegant fine dining area that highlights gourmet cuisine from renowned chefs and offers daily cooking demonstrations. The food is just the beginning of the fun though. The fest also features:
- 250 marketplace artisans and vendors selling one-of-a-kind items;
- Seven stages of live entertainment featuring progressive rockers ASIA (Sept. 2), Canadian guitar hero Pat Travers (Sept. 3), British Invasion band Herman’s Hermits (Sept. 4) and jazz rockers Blood, Sweat & Tears (Sept. 5);
- The LEGO Experience Tour, where kids can get their hands on thousands of LEGO bricks and use their imaginations to build their very own LEGO creation for display at the festival
Arrive there in style in a Denver limo!
Jazz Aspen Snowmass Labor Day Festival
Dates: Friday, Sept. 2 – Sunday Sept. 4, 2010
Time: Music starts at 4 p.m. Fri., 3 p.m. Sat. & Sun
Location: Snowmass Village
What: Steely Dan headlines the annual music festival in the mountains. Other performers include the Zac Brown Band, Michael Franti & Spearhead and Girl Talk.
Cost: Tickets are $60 for Friday and $85 for Saturday or Sunday. A pass for all three days is $200.
Celebration Metaphysical Fair
Dates: Friday, Sept. 2 – Sunday, Sept. 4, 2011
Time: 1 p.m. – 9 p.m. Fri., 10 a.m. – 7 p.m. Sat., 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. Sun.
Location: Denver Merchandise Mart Expo, I-25 & 58th Ave.
What: The Metaphysical Fair features seminars on chakras, Native American astrology and healing meditation.
Cost: Admission is $5 per day. Readings of 20 minutes are $20. Some workshops also charge a fee.
Contact: 719-634-1810
Root for the Rockies! Colorado Rockies vs. Arizona Diamondbacks
Date: Monday, September 5, 2011
Time: 1:10 p.m.
Location: Coors Field
What: The Rockies and D-backs do not get a day off for Labor Day.
Cost: Tickets are $4 – $70.
Contact: 303-ROCKIES
Rock Out At Red Rocks
Sept. 2-4, Red Rocks Park & Amphitheatre
By the end of August, the famed Red Rocks summer concert season is winding down – but there are still can’t-miss shows left to see.
- Sept. 2: Bluegrass superstar Alison Krauss (Sept. 2) and her longtime backing band Union Station bridge the gap between roots music and country, rock and pop.
- Sept. 3-4: Guitar icon Santana and comedian George Lopez are teaming up as co-headliners for the Divine Rascals show, featuring a set of sizzling Latin grooves from Santana and standup from Lopez.
Jam All Weekend Long with PHISH
Sept. 2-4, Dick’s Sporting Goods Park
Jam band titans Phish bring their summer tour to a close in Denver with a three-night stand at Dick’s Sporting Goods over Labor Day Weekend. Convenient onsite camping will be available in the soccer fields adjacent to the stadium.
Get Marvelously Muddy At The Denver Art Museum – For Free
Sept. 3, Denver Art Museum
Enjoy one of the Mile High City’s top attractions for FREE on Saturday. The Denver Art Museum’s must-see, museum-wide program Marvelous Mud – a multimedia celebration of clay and creativity throughout the ages – offers plenty of chances for families to get their hands dirty while creating their very own masterpiece.
See Fireworks Over Elitch Gardens Theme & Water Park
Sept. 4, Elitch Gardens Theme & Water Park
Denver has been celebrating all summer long with the nightly fire, color, light and music of “IGNIGHT,” Elitch Gardens’ award-nominated new live show. As a spectacular finale to the show’s run, and in celebration of Labor Day weekend, the park will give Denverites a real blast on Sunday, September 4 at 9 p.m. with a fireworks show featuring the biggest and brightest display in the park’s arsenal.
Dream The Dream With Les Miserables At The Denver Center
Aug. 30 – Sept. 10, Denver Center for the Performing Arts
This brand new 25th anniversary production of Boublil & Schönberg’s legendary musical, Les Miserables, features new staging and re-imagined scenery inspired by the paintings of Victor Hugo. This new production has already been acclaimed by critics, fans and new audiences and is breaking box office records wherever it goes.
Go To The Top Of The Continent on Mount Evans Highway
Through Labor Day
Your last chance to get as high as you can possibly go comes on Labor Day. Take a limousine ride with us to the highest paved road in North America. A day trip to the top is a journey that climbs to the 14,264-foot summit of Mount Evans – one of 54 peaks in Colorado that soar to 14,000 feet and above – the famous “fourteeners.” After Labor Day, Mount Evans generally closes to motorists due to snow.
