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50 Free Summer Activities in Denver

Visit Mile High City This Summer Without Breaking the Bank 

 
Denver’s Blockbuster 2010 Summer is packed with free things to see and do, from fun festivals and outdoor movies to scenic drives and quaint mountain towns. Check out these fabulous freebies to keep you busy whether you’re a home-town resident or vacationing visitor. 
 
FREE FESTIVALS & EVENTS
 

Downtown Denver Arts Festival

May 28-30
Throughout Memorial Day Weekend at the Denver Pavilions mix and mingle with 150,000 art lovers at this free fest, featuring more than 125 of Colorado’s best artists.
 

First Friday Art Walks

June 4, July 2, August 6, September 3
Discover Denver’s thriving creative community during a First Friday celebration, held every first Friday of the month, during which galleries in Denver’s art districts stay open late for a festive, street party-like event.
 

Denver Chalk Art Festival

June 5-6
Larimer Square’s Italian street-painting festival is a two-day pavement painting in Downtown Denver. More than 200 artists come down to turn the streets of the Mile High City’s oldest street into a virtual museum of chalk art.

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Ellen Barone is an American writer and wanderer. She co-founded and publishes the group travel blog YourLifeIsATrip.com and is currently at work on her first book "I Could Live Here".