Events for August 29th, 2008

A Taste of Colorado

Civic Center Park - Broadway and Colfax Ave. - Denver

The 25th Annual Taste of Colorado is back and going down on Labor Day weekend.

The Drunkard National Convention

3 Kings Tavern - 60 S. Broadway - Denver

12 p.m.

The real DNC. Time to choose a party

Copper Country Music Festival

Copper Mountain Resort - 509 Copper Rd. - Copper Mountain

5 p.m. - 10:30 p.m.

Cowboys, guitars, spurs and a rodeo. What do they all have in common?

Allied Witches: Presidential Election Convention 2008

Mercury Cafe - 2199 California St. - Denver (17th Avenue / Up Town)

7:30 p.m.

Mercury Cafe is putting on quite the theater production for the DNC

American Presidential Experience

Invesco Field at Mile High - 1701 Bryant St. - Denver

9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

A full-scale replica of Air Force One and the Oval Office; this is the closest you'll get to the presidency

Colorado State Fair

Colorado State Fairgrounds - 1001 Beulah Ave. - Pueblo

10 a.m. - 12 a.m.

This is an 11-day festival during the DNC and let's be honest, with all the political shenanigans going down, we're not going to make it to Pueblo until the last four days of the Colorado State Fair.

Discobama

The Shag Lounge - 830 15th St. - Denver (Central Business District)

6 p.m. - 2 a.m.

DISCOBAMA is a week-long music and dance party bringing together Denver’s finest bands, DJs and friends. DISCOBAMA is a non-partisan, collective effort to recognize and celebrate our musical community while looking forward to a positive change for America’s future....

Dierks Bentley with Rodney Atkins and Cross Canadian Ragweed

Red Rocks Amphitheatre - 17598 W. Alameda Pkwy. - Morrison

7 p.m.

What can we say, Dierks is a stud.

The Eyes of Babylon

Denver Civic Theater - 721 Santa Fe Dr. - Denver

The critically acclaimed and award winning play "The Eyes of Babylon" starring former Marine Jeff Key, as he challenges the visiting Democrats to prove that they indeed care more for the troops than their Republican counterparts