Life is more colorful with SCFD
We fund culture
Seven counties. 300 organizations. One mission: To make sure you have amazing experiences. Let us introduce you to our funded partners.
Performing Arts
Kantorei
Mission Statement
To elevate the human experience through choral excellence.Learn More
1 of 323 organizations funded by SCFD
Performing Arts
Platte Valley Players
Mission Statement
To enrich, educate, and entertain our community members by providing a creative and superior theatrical experience and create an outlet for community involvement toward quality entertainment.Learn More
1 of 323 organizations funded by SCFD
Performing Arts
Skyline Chapter, Sweet Adeline’s International
Mission Statement
Skyline Chorus makes music to bring joy to and transform lives.Learn More
1 of 323 organizations funded by SCFD
Visual Arts
PlatteForum
Mission Statement
To use the arts as a bridge. To connect youth and artists with resources to reach their full potential.Learn More
1 of 323 organizations funded by SCFD
Cultural History
Tesoro Cultural Center
Mission Statement
To create community-based events and education programs that are designed to enrich and celebrate our cultural heritage.Learn More
1 of 323 organizations funded by SCFD
Performing Arts
Parker Arts
Mission Statement
To enhance local economic vitality and quality of life by offering unique gathering spaces and providing access to a wide variety of high-quality performances, exhibits, and educational programs in arts, culture, history and science.Learn More
1 of 323 organizations funded by SCFD
Performing Arts
The Colorado Choir and Chorus Organization
Mission Statement
To further the musical training of its members and to demonstrate our passion for music and thus inspire, educate and entertain our audiences.Learn More
1 of 323 organizations funded by SCFD
Cultural History
Parker Area Historical Society
Mission Statement
The mission of the Parker Area Historical Society (PAHS) is to study, record, preserve and make available the history of the Parker and surrounding areas by encouraging historic research, recording historic events and sites, promoting preservation and restoration projects, and by publicly displaying historic artifacts and literature.Learn More
1 of 323 organizations funded by SCFD
Performing Arts
Brightonmusic Choir and Orchestra Inc.
Mission Statement
To encourage adult singers and musicians to join our ranks and renew their love of musical performance. We welcome talented singers and musicians regardless of age or financial circumstance to join one or more of our ensembles and share their talent with our patrons.Learn More
1 of 323 organizations funded by SCFD
Performing Arts
Control Group Productions
Mission Statement
Control Group Productions is a platform for live arts research, development, distribution, and advocacy. Driven by the belief that art is integral to a healthy society, and guided by values of bold innovation in artistic excellence, we advance the Denver community and the global culture by creating original works, supporting other artists' work, and engaging the public with powerful, immersive aesthetic experiences, dialog, and education.Learn More
1 of 323 organizations funded by SCFD
Free Days Are Back
Enjoy in-person and virtual programming from the cultural community. Please always check with organizations prior to attending as dates and times are subject to change.
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Colorado Dragon Boat Festival
2024 Colorado Dragon Boat Festival: Come join us for the 2024 Colorado Dragon Boat Festival! Free & Open to the public! There is something for the whole family! Check out our website for more information. Races start at 8 a.m. and go all day. The Festival begins each day at 10 a.m.
Colorado Dragon Boat Festival
2024 Colorado Dragon Boat Festival
Local Theater Company
WE THE PEOPLE: THE DEMOCRACY CYCLE: From a mobile home park in Boulder, to a jail cell in Denver, to an unlikely council gathering in Gunnison, the three Democracy Cycle short plays reflect the stories of distinct Colorado communities. Join us for staged readings of these works that ask: where can we find shelter—a home—in these turbulent times? The answer may not be as far as we think. BOULDER Saturday, July 27, 2024 4:00-6 pm: Season 14 Kickoff Party featuring snacks, mocktails + friends (all are welcome! rsvp below) 6 pm: Democracy Cycle play reading 7:30 pm: Community Engagement Event Canyon Theater @ Boulder Public Library Main Branch 1001 Arapahoe Ave, Boulder, CO 80302 DENVER Saturday, August 3, 2024 7 pm: Democracy Cycle play reading 8:30 pm: Community Engagement Event Curious Theatre Company 1080 Acoma St, Denver, CO 80204
Clyfford Still Museum
Disability Pride (Americans with Disabilities Act) Celebration: Enjoy hands-on art-making and a movement-based activity for children and their families as the Clyfford Still Museum celebrates the 34th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)! Stop by the Museum’s outdoor forecourt from 10:30 am to 12:30 pm for a dance session brought to you by a Denver-based community partner. Alongside dance, there will be an art-making activity from 10:30 am to 12:30 pm. Visit and learn more about local community organizations that support and uplift people living with disabilities. These drop-in activities are for all ages and abilities. American Sign Language interpreters will be available. This event will happen on a SCFD Free Day.
Colorado Dragon Boat Festival
2024 Colorado Dragon Boat Festival: Come join us for the 2024 Colorado Dragon Boat Festival! Free & Open to the public! There is something for the whole family! Check out our website for more information. Races start at 8 a.m. and go all day. The Festival begins each day at 10 a.m.
Colorado Dragon Boat Festival
2024 Colorado Dragon Boat Festival
City of Lafayette Arts & Cultural Resources Department
Picnic on the Plaza Series: Picnic on the Plaza occurs every Thursday from May to August from Noon-1pm. (with July 4th being the exception)
Local Theater Company
WE THE PEOPLE: THE DEMOCRACY CYCLE: From a mobile home park in Boulder, to a jail cell in Denver, to an unlikely council gathering in Gunnison, the three Democracy Cycle short plays reflect the stories of distinct Colorado communities. Join us for staged readings of these works that ask: where can we find shelter—a home—in these turbulent times? The answer may not be as far as we think. BOULDER Saturday, July 27, 2024 4:00-6 pm: Season 14 Kickoff Party featuring snacks, mocktails + friends (all are welcome! rsvp below) 6 pm: Democracy Cycle play reading 7:30 pm: Community Engagement Event Canyon Theater @ Boulder Public Library Main Branch 1001 Arapahoe Ave, Boulder, CO 80302 DENVER Saturday, August 3, 2024 7 pm: Democracy Cycle play reading 8:30 pm: Community Engagement Event Curious Theatre Company 1080 Acoma St, Denver, CO 80204
Parker Arts
Parker Honey Festival; Mark your calendars for Sunday, August 4 when the 17th Annual Honey Festival makes its buzzworthy return to Parker. From 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at O’Brien Park, visitors can indulge in a fun-filled event aimed at raising awareness and appreciation for the humble honeybee through an array of educational and entertaining activities. The festival will welcome between 20-25 vendors, local beekeepers and beekeeping organizations who will showcase their wares and share their knowledge on all things bees! In addition, attendees can look forward to a kids hive, music and artistic displays. To enhance the educational aspect of the festival, all vendors will be required to offer an interactive and educational activity.
Wonder looks good on you
Culture creates vibrancy for us individually and collectively. It gives our kids a unique perspective and understanding of the world. It inspires all of us to get off the couch, discover the radical and the beautiful, and stretches our capacity to be transformed. Through our diverse, local culture, we come together, we come to new ideas, we come to our senses.
Going the Distance with India Wood
Over the course of 10 days in May, local naturalist and writer, India Wood, embarked on a diagonal hike across the Denver metro region. She had already hiked the first…
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Embracing Everything with Colorado MahlerFest
Following in the Footsteps of Dr. Martin Lockley at Dinosaur Ridge
