Free Things To Do in Denver This Weekend: November 13-15, 2026
November 12, 2026
Cherry Creek lights its tree with Colorado makers set up under it, Union Station runs its outdoor holiday market both days, and Nightbots races robots at Stanley Marketplace, all of it free, November 13-15, 2026.
1. "Unspoken: The Visual Language of Silence" Opening at 40 West Gallery
The opening crowd has moved on, which is the right time to spend a half hour with a show about silence. Unspoken: The Visual Language of Silence hangs at The HUB at 40 West Arts, 6501 West Colfax Avenue in Lakewood, through November 29, free to anybody who walks in. The district posted 5 to 9 PM for its First Friday opening and nothing for the weeks after, so check gallery hours before you make the drive out Colfax.
2. Holiday Pop Up Market at Lakewood Cultural Center
Lakewood opened its holiday market a full two weeks before the December ones, so the tables have not been picked over by people shopping in a panic. Local makers fill the Corner Gallery at the Lakewood Cultural Center, 470 South Allison Parkway in Belmar, through November 23, and walking in costs nothing. No hours are posted for the market itself, so time your visit to the building's.
3. Urban Holiday Market at Denver Union Station
Six market dates in November, two of them this weekend, and the whole thing sets up outside Union Station where you were getting off the train anyway. Free to browse, 11 AM to 5 PM Saturday and Sunday, no ticket and no RSVP. It is an outdoor market in the middle of November, so the only cover charge is a coat you can shop in.
Markets4. Cherry Creek Tree Lighting Holiday BAZAAR
Cherry Creek lights its tree Saturday, and Colorado makers are open for five hours before that happens. Holiday BAZAAR runs 2 to 7 PM at Cherry Creek Shopping Center, 3000 East 1st Avenue, free at the door, with food carts, hot chocolate and Santa making his appearance. Leashed dogs are welcome, and there is a free Eventbrite RSVP if you want the reminder. Shop first and watch the lights second.
5. Second Fridays at Edgewater Public Market: CR38TED Takeover
CR38TED, the Denver organizer that works with more than 45 local artists, runs this month's Second Fridays pop-up inside Edgewater Public Market, 5 to 8 PM on Friday the 13th. Free, no ticket, no RSVP, in the indoor food hall at 5505 West 20th Avenue, which means weather is not a factor and dinner is twenty feet away.
6. Nightbots Take Over Stanley!
Robot racing in a market common area is a format BattleBots never got around to, and this one is free. Nightbots sets up in Stanley Marketplace's common area in Aurora from 11 AM to 3 PM Sunday, no registration and no ticket, running alongside the market's regular brunch and shopping hours. Bring the kid who takes apart the remote control car, then get in the brunch line.
Quick answers
- What is happening in Denver this weekend, November 13-15, 2026?
- Friday starts indoors, with CR38TED taking over Second Fridays at Edgewater Public Market from 5 to 8 PM. Saturday carries the weekend: Colorado makers at Holiday BAZAAR in Cherry Creek from 2 to 7 PM ahead of the tree lighting, plus the Urban Holiday Market at Union Station from 11 to 5. Sunday the Union Station market runs 11 to 5 again and Nightbots races robots at Stanley Marketplace from 11 to 3, while Unspoken at 40 West Gallery and Lakewood's Holiday Pop Up Market stay open all weekend.
- What free things are there to do in Denver this weekend?
- All six picks here are free to get in: Unspoken: The Visual Language of Silence at 40 West Gallery in Lakewood, the Holiday Pop Up Market at the Lakewood Cultural Center, the Urban Holiday Market at Denver Union Station, Holiday BAZAAR at Cherry Creek Shopping Center, Second Fridays at Edgewater Public Market, and Nightbots at Stanley Marketplace in Aurora. Four of them are markets, so free covers the door and nothing that happens once you are looking at the tables. Two come with a note: 40 West has posted no hours past its First Friday opening, and the Lakewood market has none of its own either.
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