SATURDAY-SUNDAY

First Peoples Festival is a two-day tribute to the Native American history of Estes Park and the Ute and Arapaho tribes that spent summers there starting hundreds of years ago. Experience the Indigenous culture with music, dancing, food, art and at the Competition Powwow. estesparkeventscomplex.com. 

FRIDAY-SATURDAY

A tradition of verse and ballads and cowboys around the campfires during National Western Stock Show weeks, the 34th Colorado Cowboy Poetry Gathering is this weekend in Golden at Buffalo Rose Event Center, 1119 Washington Ave. Family days Friday and Saturday with music and stories. Tickets: ColoradoCowboyGathering.org.

THURSDAY-MARCH 30

It’s all about Colorado’s artists as Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities opens the juried Art of the State 2025. Every third year the galleries’ 10,000 square feet are filled with the best in Colorado contemporary art. Jurors for this year were Jane Burke, executive director, Union Hall; Chris Herron, Kirkland Museum of Fine & Decorative Art; Collin Parson, director of Galleries and Curator, Arvada Center. Opening reception is Thursday, 6-9 p.m., arvadacenter.org

MONDAY-JAN. 29

Starting Monday, worldwide artist teams will be in Breckenridge carving 25-ton, 12-foot-tall blocks of snow during the 34th International Snow Sculpture Championships. Watch them create until the following Friday when the winner will be named at Riverwalk Center. Timed viewing is Saturday and includes People Choice awards. The art will be on display through Jan. 29. gobreck.com/event/international-snow-sculpture-championships

FRIDAY

Captain America is in the spotlight Friday at Bounce Empire in Lafayette. Bouncing all day, but superhero time is 6 to 9 p.m. at the inflatable amusement park, 1380 S. Public Road. Children under 7 must bounce with a parent, those 7 to 17 need a signed waiver and a parent on site. Admission $29. feverup.com/m/286348

SATURDAY-SUNDAY

Winter sports action fun in Pagosa Springs: Skis and Saddles – Skijor Pagosa, Saturday and Sunday. Cheer as riders on horseback pull skiers and snowboarders through jumps, gates and rings on an obstacle course at the Archuleta County Fairgrounds. skisandsaddles.com. 

MONDAY

Coming up Monday is the Martin Luther King Jr. Marade, parade, march and bike ride, as Denver honors the civil rights leader. Opening ceremonies at 9:30 a.m. at the MLK statue in City Park. The parade is 10:45 a.m. from Civic Center Park where it also ends with closing ceremonies at noon. At 2 p.m., the Legacy Bike Ride is a 5-mile loop starting and ending in the park and riding by Black history landmarks. For more events: denver.org/things-to-do/fall-winter/festivals-events/martin-luther-king-day

WEDNESDAY-FEB. 9

There’s a posted “high ticket demand” at Denver Center when Marty McFly is zapped back to the past in a DeLorean in “Back to the Future: The Musical” next Wednesday through Feb. 9 at Buell Theatre. Watch as he flies back to the present to help eccentric scientist Doc Brown. denvercenter.org