Fort Collins Foodie Walk @ Downtown Fort Collins — 5–8pm — Participating Old Town shops put out bites and pours on the third Friday. Free to walk, and the route changes month to month. 👉 Graze downtown

Beer Release: Coconut Cowboy @ City Star Brewing (Berthoud) — 3–10pm — Coconut in a beer is a commitment. City Star made it. 👉 Ride the coconut

Wolverine Farm Happy Hour @ Publick House (Fort Collins) — 4–6pm — Wednesdays and Fridays, in the letterpress shop that also serves beer. 👉 Pull up a proof

Larimer County Farmers' Market @ 200 W. Oak Street (Fort Collins) — 9am–1pm — The CSU Extension market, running on the Oak Street plaza. Peak season for sweet corn, peaches, and tomatoes all at once. 👉 Fill the tote

Loveland Farmers Market @ Downtown Loveland — from 9am — Overlaps the Corn Roast parade route, so give yourself parking margin. 👉 Beat the parade

CoCo Station Popup @ Loveland Farmers Market (Loveland) — from 9am — A guest vendor taking a booth at the regular market. 👉 Meet the newcomer

Greeley Farmers' Market @ Downtown Greeley — 8am-12pm — Weld County growers, and the shortest drive from Monster Day for anyone who needs vegetables after five hours of latex. 👉 Shop before the monsters

Peculier Ales 6th Anniversary Party @ Peculier Ales (Windsor) — All day — Six years of a brewery that spells it the old way on purpose. 👉 Raise six

Sunday Fun-Day with live music from Marty Astry @ Snowy Peaks Winery (Estes Park) — 2–5pm — The standing Sunday afternoon at Estes' downtown winery. 👉 Slow the weekend down

Sunday Happy Hour @ Mighty River Brewing (Windsor) — 1–4pm — Dollar off pints, same as Thursday, better light. 👉 Take the discount

Kids Eat Free @ Island Grill (Fort Collins) — 10am–9pm — All day, every Sunday. 👉 Feed the crew

Cook Your Own Steak Night @ Marr's Mountain Cabins and Tavern (Red Feather Lakes) — 5–7:30pm — They hand you the raw steak and point at the grill. If it's overcooked, that's between you and yourself. 👉 Own your sear

The Art of Chocolate & Wine @ Tesoro by Sweet Heart Wine (Fort Collins) — 6–8pm — A guided pairing at Sweet Heart's Old Town tasting room. 👉 Pair it properly

$4 Guinness Pints @ Lucky Joe's Sidewalk Saloon (Fort Collins) — 👉 Wait for the settle

All You Can Eat Catfish & Live Jazz Jam @ Island Grill (Fort Collins) — 7–9:30pm — Catfish and an open jazz jam on the same ticket, which is a combination nobody else in town is attempting. 👉 Go back for thirds

End of Summer Mixology Workshop @ Downtown Loveland — 6:30-9:30pm — Chamber-run cocktail class as the season turns. 👉 Shake down the summer

Wolverine Farm Happy Hour @ Publick House (Fort Collins) — 4–6pm — 👉 Same shop, midweek

Student Night @ Greeley Climbing Collective (Greeley) — 5–9pm — Student pricing on the walls Friday evening. 👉 Send it cheap

Astronomy Night with the NoCo Astronomical Society @ Viestenz-Smith Mountain Park (Loveland) — 8pm — Volunteer astronomers set up scopes in the Big Thompson Canyon, well past the city glow. Bring a red flashlight if you have one. 👉 Look up properly

Be You Yoga @ The Love Shack (Loveland) — 9–10am — Morning flow at the mocktail bar, which means no bar-adjacent excuses afterward. 👉 Start it right

Beach Buti @ The Love Shack (Loveland) — 7–9pm — Buti is yoga with tribal dance and a lot more cardio than the mat suggests. 👉 Shake the mat

Introduction to Fly Fishing @ St. Peter's Fly Shop (Fort Collins) — 12:00pm-4:00pm — The shop's beginner class, taught by people who fish the Poudre every week. 👉 Learn the drift

Run & Walk Club @ Konstruct Brewing (Fort Collins) — 6–7:30pm — Both paces welcome, which is the part most run clubs leave out. 👉 Pick your pace

Monday Run Club @ The Neighbor (Fort Collins) — 5:45pm — Hosted by GYTC. 👉 Clock a Monday mile

Author Spotlight with Amalie Howard @ Cherry on Top Bookshop (Fort Collins) — 5pm — 👉 Meet the author

Poetry Reading and Book Release @ Wolverine Farm Publishing (Fort Collins) — 7–8pm — A release night at the press that prints the books it sells. 👉 Hear it first

Open Mic: Small Wonders @ Global Village Museum (Fort Collins) — 6pm — Hosted by Booger with the Petrichor Collective, in a museum full of folk art from everywhere else. 👉 Take the mic

Booger's Poetry Slam @ The Neighbor (Fort Collins) — 5:30pm — Competitive poetry, scored out loud, in front of everybody. 👉 Bring your best three minutes

Storytime @ Cherry on Top Bookshop (Fort Collins) — 10am — 👉 Sit on the rug

F*@#'d Up Book Club @ Old Firehouse Books (Fort Collins) — 6–7pm — The name is the content warning. 👉 Read something unwise

Queer Writes @ Wolverine Farm Publishing (Fort Collins) — 6–8pm — 👉 Write it your way

An Evening with Ian Patterson and Laura Resau @ Old Firehouse Books (Fort Collins) — 6–7pm — Resau is a Fort Collins novelist with a long shelf of award-winning YA behind her. 👉 Pull up a chair

Science on Tap: How to Find an Alien @ Wolverine Farm Publishing (Fort Collins) — 6:30–8:30pm — A real scientist on the actual methodology of the search, which is stranger and more rigorous than the movies allow. 👉 Scan the sky

Gulo Gulo Poetry Community Discussion @ Wolverine Farm Publishing (Fort Collins) — 6–8pm — 👉 Talk it through

Dr. Jackson Crawford @ MeadKrieger Meadery (Loveland) — 6:30–8pm — Crawford is one of the most widely followed Old Norse scholars working, and he does this talk monthly in a mead hall. The venue is not an accident. 👉 Raise a horn

Scarlet Readers Book Club @ Cherry on Top Bookshop (Fort Collins) — 5:30pm — 👉 Discuss the ending

Beginning Alcohol Ink Class @ Greeley Creative Arts Center (Greeley) — 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM — Alcohol ink moves on its own and you steer it. Good for people who hate precision. 👉 Let it bleed

Workday: Painting @ Loveland CreatorSpace (Loveland) — All day — Open studio time at the makerspace, not a class. 👉 Claim an easel

Crafting Beaded Wind Chimes @ Bath Garden Center (Fort Collins) — 12pm — You leave with the chime. 👉 Make a little noise

Botanical Painting Workshop with Brita LaTona @ Golden Poppy Herbal Apothecary (Fort Collins) — 11am — Painting plants in a shop that sells them dried, tinctured, and in tea. 👉 Paint the herb

Dead Pen Drawing Club @ Wolverine Farm Publishing (Fort Collins) — 6–9pm — Bring a pen that's nearly out of ink and draw until it is. 👉 Drain the pen

e-NABLE Prosthetics @ Loveland CreatorSpace (Loveland) — 6–7:30pm — Volunteers 3D-print prosthetic hands and ship them to people who need them, for free. Genuinely one of the better uses of a makerspace in the region. 👉 Lend a hand

Craft Workshop: Clay Mushroom Earring Holder @ The Atrium (Fort Collins) — 6pm — Very specific, very charming, exactly the kind of thing that sells out. 👉 Shape a small fungus

Fused Glass Night Class & Open Studio @ Loveland CreatorSpace (Loveland) — 5–8pm — 👉 Fire it up

The Love Shack Adventuring Guild, August Session Night 2 @ The Love Shack (Loveland) — 6–7pm — Tabletop roleplaying at a sober bar, which removes the usual barrier for a lot of people. 👉 Roll for initiative

Board Game Day @ Scrumpy's Hard Cider (Fort Collins) — All day — The shelf is deep and the cider is local. 👉 Pick a box

International Trivia and Wine Night: Wonders of the World @ Global Village Museum (Fort Collins) — 6pm — Trivia written by a museum, which means it will be harder than you expect. 👉 Wonder aloud

Humdinger Trivia @ City Star Brewing (Berthoud) — 6–8pm — 👉 Humdinger it

Trivia Night @ Konstruct Brewing (Fort Collins) — 6:30–8:30pm — 👉 Build a winning team

Mocktail Masterminds Trivia @ The Love Shack (Loveland) — 6:30–8:30pm — 👉 Think sober, win big

Cribbage Night @ City Star Brewing (Berthoud) — 6–8:30pm — Fifteen-two, fifteen-four, and a room of people who take the peg board seriously. 👉 Count your crib

Bingo! @ Peculier Ales (Windsor) — 6–8pm — 👉 Daub your card

Trivia Night @ Scrumpy's Hard Cider (Fort Collins) — 7:30–9:30pm — 👉 Cider and certainty

Dueling Pianos Official Road Show @ Moxi Theater (Greeley) — Fri & Sat 8pm — Two nights, two pianos, and an audience that decides what gets played. 👉 Request something cruel

Show & Tell for Grown Ups @ The Love Shack (Loveland) — 8–10pm — Adults bring an object and explain why it matters. It is exactly as good as it sounds. 👉 Bring the weird thing

Drag Punk w/ Yung Racoon @ The R Bar and Lounge (Fort Collins) — 👉 Get loud in heels

A Touch of Whimsy: Memoirs of a Coffee Table @ Lincoln Center (Fort Collins) — 7pm — A show narrated by furniture. That is the premise and it commits. 👉 Hear the table out

Acoustic Eidolon @ Bas Bleu Theatre (Fort Collins) — 7:30pm — Hannah and Joe Scott play a double-necked guitjo built for exactly one person on earth. Worth seeing for the instrument alone. 👉 Hear the guitjo

Country Swing Dance Lessons @ The Exchange (Greeley) — 6:30pm — 👉 Learn the turn

Boot Scoot USA @ Aggie Theatre (Fort Collins) — 9pm — Line dancing in a rock venue, which is a funnier sight than it should be. 👉 Scoot the boot

Evening of Swing: Free Swing Dancing Lessons @ Old Town Churn (Fort Collins) — 6:30pm — Free lessons, ice cream on hand, no partner required. 👉 Swing out

Gimme Gimme Disco @ Aggie Theatre (Fort Collins) — 8:30pm — A touring ABBA-forward dance party. Dress accordingly or don't. 👉 Take a chance on it

moe. @ The Mishawaka (Bellvue) — Fri & Sat 8pm, 2-day pass available

JerryFest with members of Dead Floyd, Tumbledown Shack and FY5 @ Washington's (Fort Collins) — 7pm

Vivian Oblivion / Señorita Sometimes / Half Rot / Instruments of Crime @ The Atrium (Fort Collins) — 7:30pm

Ty March w/ Hoa Cago and Zane Neale @ Chipper's Lanes (Greeley) — 7–11pm

House Wrens @ Magic Rat, The Elizabeth Hotel (Fort Collins) — 8–10pm

Mountain Duo @ City Star Brewing (Berthoud) — 6–8:30pm

Third Turn @ Horsetooth Tavern (Fort Collins) — 6–9pm

Ryan Millard @ MeadKrieger Meadery (Loveland) — 6:30–8:30pm

Reminisce @ Mighty River Brewing (Windsor) — 6–9pm

Aubrey Dale @ Peculier Ales (Windsor) — 7–9pm

Kansas Dawson @ Marr's Mountain Cabins and Tavern (Red Feather Lakes) — 7–9pm

Jon Pickett of Chain Station @ The Rock Inn Mountain Tavern (Estes Park) — 5–8pm

J. K. Halvorson @ Snowy Peaks Winery (Estes Park) — 5–7pm

Dueling Pianos @ Sweet Heart Winery (Loveland) — 6–8pm

Jeannie Holme's Birthday Bash w/ Matt Woods and Jeff Shepard @ Swing Station (Laporte) — 8pm

Randy Craig @ Lucky Joe's Sidewalk Saloon (Fort Collins) — 9–11:55pm

SHRED THE COWBOY @ The Sand Bar (Windsor)

Chuck Ragan @ The Armory (Fort Collins) — 8pm

Women Who Rock: Black Hearts Remain, Gone Full Heathen, Rebellion Rising @ The Atrium (Fort Collins) — 7:30pm

90's Addiction w/ Ankle Drag @ Chipper's Lanes (Greeley) — 7:30–11pm

Sasha Stone @ Magic Rat, The Elizabeth Hotel (Fort Collins) — 8–10pm

Hoss and the Hangman @ City Star Brewing (Berthoud) — 6–8:30pm

Elise Wunder @ Horsetooth Tavern (Fort Collins) — 12–2:30pm

Kansas Dawson @ Horsetooth Tavern (Fort Collins) — 7–10pm

Jedi Jazz Collective @ Konstruct Brewing (Fort Collins) — 3–5pm

Interstellar Troubadour @ Mash Lab Brewing (Windsor) — 4–7pm

Christine Alice @ Mighty River Brewing (Windsor) — 7–9pm

John and May McKay @ Peculier Ales (Windsor) — 6–9pm

Aaron Simmons @ Marr's Mountain Cabins and Tavern (Red Feather Lakes) — 7–9pm

Random & True Jazz Duo @ The Rock Inn Mountain Tavern (Estes Park) — 5–8pm

Lois and the Lantern @ Swing Station (Laporte) — 8pm

Live Music Saturdays @ The Corner Slice (Fort Collins) — 7:30pm

Dave Kimball @ Lucky Joe's Sidewalk Saloon (Fort Collins) — 9–11:55pm

Karaoke Night @ Scrumpy's Hard Cider (Fort Collins) — 8pm–12am

Karaoke w/ KJ Heather @ The R Bar and Lounge (Fort Collins)

FREE: Sunday Summer Series with SolPride @ The Mishawaka (Bellvue) — 2pm, free

Rusty 44 Family-Friendly Free Concert and Art Show @ 1879 Avery House (Fort Collins) — 4pm, free, on the lawn of an 1879 sandstone house

Sunday Sessions: Ruffknz, Pomona, Ras Cus @ The Atrium (Fort Collins) — 2pm

Milk N Fox / Kamfield / The Bad Roommates @ The Atrium (Fort Collins) — 6:30pm

Mad Dog Blues Duo @ City Star Brewing (Berthoud) — 5–7:30pm

Live Jazz with Bobby Wiens @ The Crown Pub (Fort Collins) — 7–10pm

Brian Kittrell @ Horsetooth Tavern (Fort Collins) — 1–4pm

Flock of Hummingbirds @ Maxline Brewing (Fort Collins) — 3–5pm

Elia King @ The Rock Inn Mountain Tavern (Estes Park) — 5–8pm

Open Mic Night @ Lucky Joe's Sidewalk Saloon (Fort Collins) — 7–10pm

Free Bluegrass Mondays @ The Neighbor (Fort Collins) — 6pm, free

Bella Metz @ The Rock Inn Mountain Tavern (Estes Park) — 5–8pm

Mic Drop Mondays with Mike @ The R Bar and Lounge (Fort Collins)

The Azures / Sonic Dispatch / The Rattlecaps @ The Atrium (Fort Collins) — 7:30pm

Quintessential Jazz @ Avogadro's Number (Fort Collins) — 7–9pm

Wesley Scott @ The Rock Inn Mountain Tavern (Estes Park) — 5–8pm

Open Mic @ Panhandler's Pizza (Fort Collins) — 6–9pm

An Evening with Lettuce, Cook Tour @ Washington's (Fort Collins) — 8pm

The Azures & The Futons @ Chipper's Lanes (Greeley) — 6:30–10pm

Open Funk Jam w/ Val Chillmer @ Chipper's Lanes (Greeley) — 7–9:30pm

Residency Concert w/ K8ie + Friends @ Wolverine Farm Publishing (Fort Collins) — 6–8pm

Luke Hahn-Zollo @ CooperSmith's Brewpub (Fort Collins) — 7–9pm

Celtic Jam and Trad Session @ Lucky Joe's Sidewalk Saloon (Fort Collins) — 7–9pm

Acoustic Jam with Tommy Ventura @ Marr's Mountain Cabins and Tavern (Red Feather Lakes) — 6:30–9pm

Geoff Clark @ The Rock Inn Mountain Tavern (Estes Park) — 5–8pm

Karaoke w/ KJ Heather @ The R Bar and Lounge (Fort Collins) — 8pm