👻 Spooky Season Events

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📆 Events This Week & Upcoming

🍸 Cocktails & Connection at Goosetown Station (10/5 @ 5:30-8:30pm) - RESCHEDULED to today; “Raise a glass to being unapologetically ourselves with a special guest performance by Colorado music icon Hazel Miller.” Hosted by Golden Women in Business and open to all women, even if not a member.

🔢 Music Bing at Cannonball Creek Brewing (10/6 @ 6pm) - “You'll have a chance to win some fantastic prizes—including Avalanche tickets, gift certificates, and more! All proceeds benefit the Arvada West Dance Team!”

🎤 Beck Venture Center Startup Forum: Startups, Capital & the Nuclear Renaissance (10/7 @ 3:30pm) - “Join the Beck Venture Center for an exclusive fireside chat between two of the leading powerhouses in the nuclear energy ecosystem to learn what the industry actually looks like from the inside.” Free to attend, free food and happy hour.

✍ Contemplative Memoir at Foothills Art Center (10/7 @ 5:30pm) - “No life is without miracles and magic, great loss and great love.”

🫡 History of the United States’ Native Veterans at Golden History Museum (10/7 @ 6pm) - From WWII's Navajo code talkers, all the way to the modern War on Terror, Native Americans have a vital role in the U.S. military…Join Steven LaPointe, working with the American Indian Veterans of Colorado and the Sister Nations Color Guard” at the Golden History Museum.

🍺 Krispy King Lager Competition & Festival at Barrels & Bottles (10/8 @ 2-9pm) - “Welcome to the 5th Annual Krispy King Lager Competition & Festival to celebrate crisp, delicious LAGERS! Our competition is unlike any other, as all beers are submitted in kegs and judged from those same kegs.” DJ, live music, karaoke(!), and 47 lagers on tap and being judged.

🛂 Passport-palooza at JeffCo (10/8 @ 5-7pm) - “Come get your passport application processed—no appointment necessary, at the Jefferson County Courts and Administration building located at 100 Jefferson County Parkway.”

🗳️ Ballot Issues Forum by League of Women Voters of JeffCo (10/8 @ 6pm) - Free and open to the public. Statewide ballot issues explained! In person at Common Flame (14350 W 3nd Ave, Golden) or join the live-stream here.

🕯 Make & Take: Adorned Coconut & Soy Wax Candles at Earth Sweet Boutique (10/8 @ 6pm) - “Join us in this warm & cozy class as we transition seasons and make beautiful candles!”

💀 The Talking Dead Interactive Pub Crawl (10/9 @ 6:3pm) - “Step into the shadowy corners of downtown Golden, Colorado, on an unforgettable three-hour ghost tour where history and the supernatural intertwine.” Meet at The Golden Mill.

☕ Coffee with Councilors at the Golden Cemetery (10/10 @ 10am) - “Join your local City Councilors for a historic tour of the Golden Cemetery! Local storyteller and historian Barb Warden will lead a tour of the grounds, alongside City of Golden cemetery staff. No registration is required, and the event is free and open to the public”

🥳 Downtown Development Authority Block Party (10/10 @ 11am-3pm) - “Foothills Art Center and Miner's Alley Performing Arts Center will have live music and performances, and tasty bites from local food vendors will be available. This is a family-friendly event designed to give Golden residents the opportunity to meet and greet with the DDA.”

🌶 Golden’s Original Chilifest 2026 (10/10 @ 12pm) - “Whether you are a competitor or competitive chili taster, mark the date in your calendar now!”

👨‍🎤 That Eighties Band at Buffalo Rose (10/10 @ 8pm) - “Join one of the state’s most beloved live acts for a night packed with high-energy hits, incredible musicianship, and nonstop nostalgia.”

🧘 Sacred Feminine: The Ayurvedic Journey from Perimenopause through Menopause at PranaTonic (10/11 @ 12-4pm) - “Join us for a deeply nourishing women’s workshop honoring the sacred relationship between the moon, a woman’s body, and the rhythms of nature.”

😺 Meow-loween: A Cat Takeover at New Terrain (10/14 @ 5-9pm) - Cats in backpacks, cat photography mini sessions, cat costume contest, and more.

👻 Mines Museum Spooktacular (10/17 @ 2-5pm) - “Mines Museum is throwing a Monster Mash! Join us for a super fun, FREE, teal pumpkin trick or treat event.” All ages.

🎤 Stories Worth Telling Festival at The American Mountaineering Center (10/16-10/18) - “Stories Worth Telling Festival is proud to showcase live storytellers, artists who bring personal narratives to life through voice, presence, and direct connection with the audience.”

📚 Fall Whale of a Used Book Sale (10/22-25) - “Mark your calendars to shop over 90,000 gently used books, records, collectibles, CDs, DVDs, puzzles AND MORE!” Located at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds.

⚽ Mines Women’s Soccer vs New Mexico Highlands (10/23 @ 6pm)

👻 Boo-Logical Adaptations Night Hike (10/23 @ 7pm) - “Step into the shadows on a beginner friendly Halloween night hike and uncover the spooky secrets of local wildlife.”

🤠 2026 Golden Frontier Gala (10/24 @ 5:30pm) - Save the date for the Golden Civic Foundation’s gala in support of BGOLDN. First 50 ticket purchasers will receive a complementary Miner’s Alley ticket.

🏕 American Alpine Club Gala at Buffalo Rose (10/24) - “The American Alpine Club’s Annual Gala brings the climbing community together for an evening of celebration, recognition, and connection.”

🏈 Mines Football vs South Dakota Mines at Marv Kay Stadium (10/24 @ 12pm)

🌕 Full Moon Hike & Yoga at New Terrain Brewing (10/25 @ 4:30pm) - “Let’s move, connect, breathe and flow together under the full moon at North Table Mountain. Enjoy a short hike at North Table Mountain with a gentle yoga practice at the top under the full moon.”

📚️ Books & Benders Book Club at Cannonball (10/27 @ 6pm) - Everyone welcome. This month’s book is “The Dog Stars” by Peter Heller; November 24th “Wild Dark Shore” by Charlotte McConaghy.

🏃 Golden Hell Week (10/26-10/30) - An incredible week on the local trails! Run one or all routes.

🪦 Clear Creek Crypt at Clear Creek Makerspace (10/29 @ 6pm) - “One of the makerspace’s biggest annual social events…Clear Creek Makerspace is turning into a crime scene for "Murder at the Creek" and we need your help to solve the whodunit...Friends, family, community, and non-members welcome!”

🎃 Monster Mash at Golden History Museum & Park (10/31 @ 2-4pm) - “Calling all little ghouls, goblins, superheroes, princesses, and pirates! Put on your costumes and join the Golden Library, Golden History Museum & Park, and Foothills Art Center for a drop-in Halloween party.”

🎃 Voodoo on the Bayou Halloween Party at The Eddy (10/31 @ 6pm) - Free to attend with RSVP. “Come dressed to impress (or scare!), sip on spooky cocktails, dance the night away, and experience a Halloween celebration with a little bayou magic.” DJ, Tarot readings, spooky cocktails, costume contest.

🚀 Halloween Party feat. Foggy Mountain Spaceship at New Terrain (10/31 @ 6pm) - “Come celebrate New Terrain Brewing’s Halloween Party feat. Foggy Mountain Spaceship AND the once-annual release of our two beloved candy beers – Sour Patch Kids Sour & Almond Joy Brown. Be sure to put on your best Halloween attire for a Costume Contest w/ prizes!”

🍂 Yard Waste Collection Days (11/2-11/6) - Just a reminder as you plan your seasonal yard work. “Yard Waste Collection Days happen twice a year–once in the spring and once in the fall for residents who participate in the Pay-As-You-Throw waste collection program.”