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Denver Weekender: Dec. 21-24

Denver Weekender: Dec. 21-24

🎁 Holiday Contest, BINGO with Santa, and Social Darts Bar

Hunter Babcock
December 21, 2023

It’s Thursday the 21st day of December, Denver

🎁 “Spread the Denver based holiday cheer” contest!

We want to spread the holiday cheer to those who spread the word of Denver based. It’s simple, share the newsletter with friends, family, or co-workers. Then email us (respond directly to the newsletter) the names of each person you shared it with. The top three people to have the most sign-ups win an awesome local prize. The contest ends and the winners announced on Thursday, January 4th!

🥇 $25 gift card to the Denver Central Market [food hall in the heart of RiNo]

🥈 A burrito from Illegal Petes [or your favorite entree, $10 gift card]

🥉 A bag of coffee beans from Novo Coffee [you pick the type]

EVENTS

Christmas in Color (via website)

🏎️ Christmas in Color | Bandimere Speedway | Now - Sunday, December 31 | 5:30-10pm | $45 per vehicle | Load up your friends or family into the van and drive through acres of more than 1.5 million lights perfectly synchronized to holiday music you’ll hear right through your radio. Learn more here.

🏛️ Merry & Bright Lights Show | Union Station | Now - December 26 | 5-10pm | FREE | Enjoy an outdoor holiday light show that features interactive visual imagery created by local Denver artists projected across the station’s historic façade. Learn more here.

FOOD & DRINK

🎨 “Full Moon Christmas” | Sipping N’ Painting Highland | Saturday, December 23 | 7-9 pm | $35 | Relax sipping a beverage while painting a masterpiece. Quick tutorial followed by free paint time to create your own unique canvas art creation. No experience is needed! 21+. Learn more here.

Happy Hour of the Week

🍖 Work & Class

WED-SUN 5PM-6PM

While short, the Work & Class offers a fantastic “early work release program” happy hour. Located in RiNo the restaurant prides itself on high-quality food at a fair price. They offer $5 draft beers, $9 cocktails, and $2 off their wine selection. Their $8 spicy chicken pot pie is all of the rave along with the rajas chili cheese fries…yum! Check out the menu here.

Work & Class Patio (via Conde Nest Traveler)

HOT SPOT

New section alert! There are lots of events posted in this newsletter that come and go, but the local hot spot is here to stay and fun any time of year.

Flight Club (via website)

🎯 Flight Club | LoDo | Social darts bar

Nestled in the heart of downtown Denver, Flight Club is a new (opened this Fall) social darts bar. There are a bunch of semi-private playing areas, delicious food, and tasty cocktails. A great place for a date, birthday, or work event! You can book a reservation online (book early as times fill up fast), and prices are reasonable at $15 a person for a 90-minute time slot. Lauren and I have not been yet, but it is on the list for January!

OUTDOOR

Monika Hunzinger (via AllTrails)

HIKE: Cretaceous Trail Loop

⛰️ South Table Mountain Park | 20 min from Denver | Moderate | Route

3.0-mile loop trail near Golden, Colorado. Generally considered a moderate route, it takes an average of 1 h 10 min to complete. A loop with 324 feet of elevation gain (all in the first 1 mile) and awesome views of Denver and the front range! Dogs are allowed but must be on a leash. Consider boots given some muddy conditions!

Weather Report: ⛅ 49° high this weekend in Golden, Colorado