Each Thursday, explore Denver’s essential weekend events curated by The Denver Gazette. Dive into cultural experiences and entertainment delights across the city. Whether you enjoy art galleries, pottery, or outdoor sports, there’s something for everyone in Denver’s vibrant cultural scene. To submit an event for consideration, email [email protected].

FRIDAY-SUNDAY

A weekend to experience the Aurora Borealis Festival in, yes, Aurora, at award-winning Aurora Highlands’ Winged Melody Park. They’re recreating the beautiful Aurora Borealis colors projected skyward through LED technology and with an immersive sound dome, a light tunnel, silent disco, art installations, and festival food trucks, music and artisan vendors. Free but timed reservations recommended. $75 VIP packages available with premium parking and special access to festival attractions. To reserve a spot, AuroraBorealisFestival.com.

SATURDAY

Denver Art Week free Night at the Museums is a special gift to the community and an ideal time to visit some of the area’s best museums when they’re all open late and no-cost admission. Between 5 and 10 p.m. Saturday participants can take  shuttles between museums to see dinosaurs, women’s history, the firefighter’s museum, iconic art museums, counterterrorism learning lab, cultural icons, aviation history and so many more. denver.org/denver-arts-week/free-night-at-the-museums

FRIDAY-NOV. 10

A film lover’s delight, the 47th Denver Film Film Festival, is packed with entertainment and thought provoking subjects. Screens will be filled with more than 200 films and shorts. Locations include the Sie Film Center, 2610 E. Colfax, AMC 9 and CO 10, 826 Albion; Denver Botanic Gardens; Ellie Caulkins Opera House; MCA Denver, 2644 W. 32nd St. Special guests from the movie world to be announced. Information and available tickets:  denverfilm.org/denverfilmfestival.

FRIDAY-SUNDAY

Dia De Los Muertos (Day of the Dead) is celebrated all around the metro area and here is a sample. Visit the Art Crawl in 40 West Arts District, 6501 W. Colfax Ave., Lakewood, for cultural traditions including unique ofrendas (altars), exhibitions and Friday night’s 6-9 p.m. Aztec dancers, unique food trucks and craft stations.Free, 40westarts.org/#!map The Muertos en Westwood Street Festival, Friday through Sunday, 3900-1400 Morrison Road. Three days with different focuses of Dia de Muertos. Friday is El Camino al Miktlan honoring the nine levels of Miktlan. Saturday is Muertos en el Barrio celebrating “the Chicano and Mexican-American community’s reclamation of Día de los Muertos.” Sunday is Festival de las Catrinas with what have become modern observances. hechoenwestwood.com/muertosenwestwood.html

FRIDAY

See the beautiful area in what could have been Colorado’s capital city until Denver won out. That territorial history and having a name, Coors, closely allied with the city are all part of the Downtown Golden Walking Tour. The guide is with History Colorado Center, which describes it as a moderate walking tour of up to two miles on streets or easy trails and with some stairs. It all begins and ends at the Visitors Center, 1010 Washington Ave. Friday from 1 to 3 p.m., $40. historycolorado.org/tours-and-treks

SATURDAY-SUNDAY

Opening gift-shopping days for the three-weekend Urban Holiday Market at Union Station. An open-air market joins the historic site’s specialty shops. Times 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Live music and food vendors. coloradoevents.org

SUNDAY

Following Saturday’s Free Night at the Museum participation, the Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum, 7711 E. Academy Blvd., will be sensory friendly Sunday from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Free admission for children or adults with sensory processing sensitivities and their families. The newest exhibit is “Space: A Journey to our Future.” Space exploration, learn about the planets, touch rocks from the lunar surface and red planet, and spin on a centrifuge. wingsmuseum.org

FRIDAY

Spirits & Bluegrass, a combo of Colorado Craft Distilleries and mountain bluegrass music, is Saturday’s event in Estes Park for the 21+ folks. Music noon to 5 p.m., spirits 1 to 4 p.m. at Estes Park Events Complex with 30 distilleries and 5 bluegrass bands on two indoor stages. Tickets $25 and $45. estesparkeventscomplex.com/rocky-mountain-craft-spirits.html

SATURDAY-SUNDAY

The Denver Women’s Chorus opens its 41st season with music from new Tony winner Suffs and Broadway classics Les Misérables, Anyone Can Whistle, and Cinderella. Saturday at Central Presbyterian Church, 1660 Sherman St., 2 and 7:30 p.m.; Sunday at Broomfield Auditorium, 3 Community Park Road, 3 p.m. Tickets $13-$28 at denverchoruses.org/doyouhearthepeoplesing