If you have an event taking place in the Denver area, email information to [email protected] at least two weeks in advance. All events are listed in the calendar on space availability.

Friday

Joy Park Free Night — Zip through the air, dig in the sand dunes, splash in the river or scramble, slide and soar through Adventure Forest, 4:30-8 p.m. or sunset, Children’s Museum of Denver at Marsico Campus, 2121 Children’s Museum Drive, Denver; mychildsmuseum.org/whats-happening.

Orchard ‘Til Dark – Summer Market — 5-9 p.m., The Orchard Town Center, 14697 Delaware St., Westminster; theorchardtowncenter.com/events.

Denver Municipal Band Summer Concert Series — With the Jazz Band, 6:30-7:45 p.m., Bates & Hobart Park, 6000 W. Bates Ave., Denver; denvermunicipalband.org.

Kurtis Conner — 7 p.m., Paramount Theatre, 1621 Glenarm Place, Denver, $67 and up. Tickets: ticketmaster.com.

Mt. Joy — 7 p.m., Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre, 6350 Greenwood Plaza Blvd., Greenwood Village, $62 and up. Tickets: axs.com.

B-Side Music Fridays Rooftop Live Music Series — With Namebackwards & Fruta Brutal, 7-9 p.m., Museum of Contemporary Art, 1485 Delgany St., Denver, $22.28. Tickets: tinyurl.com/593hpr3j.

Nine Inch Nails — 7:30 p.m., Ball Arena, 1000 Chopper Circle, Denver, $69 and up. Tickets: ticketmaster.com.

Bear Grillz — With Stryer, Kotrax, All Nighter, 9 p.m., Bluebird Theater, 3317 E. Colfax Ave., Denver, $41.95-$54.06. Tickets: axs.com.

Friday-Saturday

Turning Leaves Book Sale — 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Friday, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Aug. 16, Denver Botanic Gardens, Fryer-Newman Center, Schlessman Family Atrium and Lobby 1085 York St., Denver, free admission; tinyurl.com/bdhhed8k.  Access to the galleries and Gardens requires a ticket.

Rene Vaca — 7 and 9:30 p.m., Comedy Works South at the Landmark, 5345 Landmark Place, Greenwood Village, $29-$59; CW.

Morning Jacket — With Melt, 7:30 p.m., Red Rocks Amphitheatre, 18300 W. Alameda Parkway, Morrison, $80 and up. Tickets: axs.com.

CARLOTTA OLSON, The Denver Gazette