Jeffco Crew #080 - OctoberFest, WanderFest & Pressing Apples

Happy Friday ya'll, I hope September is treating you well.

Quite a few of you asked what app I used to backup our family photos to save our storage space and iCloud account - it's called Immich and I do recommend checking it out.

It's National Cheeseburger Day! Lots of cheeseburger deals around town if you are hungry today.

And last random find of the week, hard not to love these awesome skins for your mittens this ski/snowboard season - get a trail map right where you can see it. Made here in Golden!

Okay, let's get into it.

🗓️ Upcoming Things to Do

Send me feedback, events or ideas.

📍 Note: Family-friendly or kid-focused stuff is in blue boxes!

Friday 9/18

Through Saturday / New Terrain Brewing (Golden) - 🎉 WanderFest 10 Year Anniversary Party, celebrate a decade of craft brewing

8am / Heritage Lakewood (Lakewood) - 🥞 Cops That Cook Pancake Fundraiser, support a good cause with police-made pancakes

10am / Golden Library (Golden) - 🕷️ Spider Sensation, discover what makes spiders extraordinary with Butterfly Pavilion

10am / Heritage Lakewood Belmar Park (Lakewood) - 🍎 Cider Pressing, make your own cider with traditional wooden presses

5pm / Clear Creek Valley Park (Arvada) - 🎶 Parkfest feat. Wash Park Band w/ Hand Turkey, a free celebration to wrap up this season's Hyland Hills Park and Recreation District’s annual Summer Concert Series

5pm / Akihabara (Westminster) - 🎮 MHB FGC Friday Tournament, compete in fighting game competition

5pm / LUKI Brewery (Arvada) - 🎺 Mariachi 303, celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with traditional mariachi and covers

5pm / Revival Brews (Evergreen) - 💕 Friday Night Date Night, enjoy romantic evening specials

5pm / The Link (Lakewood) - 🧗‍♀️ Kids Night Out, let ages 5-12 enjoy climbing and swimming while you take a breather

5:30pm / Barrels & Bottles Brewery (Golden) - 🎸 Jay Martin, catch this acoustic set

5:30pm / Lakewood Library (Lakewood) - 🏕️ Teen After Hours: Back to Summer Camp, make friendship bracelets and play water games

6pm / Dirty Dogs Roadhouse (Golden) - 🎤 Fuzzheads, rock out with the famous band

6pm / Inks & Drinks (Westminster) - 🌱 Terrarium Workshop & Book Swap, build your own mini garden and swap reads

6pm / Standley Lake Library (Westminster) - 🎭 After Hours Tarot Reading and Masquerade Mystery Night, solve a murder mystery behind the mask

6:30pm / Goosetown Station (Golden) - 🪕 Sugar Britches, toe-tap to bluegrass favorites

7pm / Center for the Arts Evergreen (Evergreen) - 🎸 The Decaf Muchachos & Kara Kappuccina, sing along to covers spanning rock, pop, and soul

7pm / Inks & Drinks (Westminster) - 🌿 Terrarium Workshop & Book Swap, build your own mini garden and swap reads

7pm / Silver Vines Winery (Arvada) - 🎸 Michael Strappelli, enjoy acoustic jazz guitar

8pm / LandLocked Ales (Lakewood) - 😂 Rotating Tap Comedy Show, laugh with locally known comedians

8pm / The Alley (Littleton) - 🎸 Dave Gunders & Co., rock out with the local band

8pm / The Woodcellar (Evergreen) - 🎸 Nikki Z. & the Vizzion, catch this dynamic live performance

Saturday 9/19

All day / New Terrain Brewing (Golden) - 🎉 WanderFest 10 Year Anniversary Party, celebrate a decade of craft brewing

8am / 10th St. and Illinois St. (Golden) - 👩‍🌾 Golden Farmers Market season opener, shop fresh local produce

8am / Historic Downtown Littleton (Littleton) - 🥕 Downtown Littleton Farmers Market, shop fresh local produce

8am / Elk Meadow/Noble Meadow (Evergreen) - 🥾 Miles for Malt Community Hike, hike for a cause with the community

8am / Arvada Community Garden (Arvada) - 🌶️ Chili Roasting and Apple Pressing, a free garden event, you bring your own chilis and they’ll roast them for you, or bring your own apples and use our press to make apple juice

10am / Mile Hi Church Parking Lot (Lakewood) - 🥕 Lakewood Farmers Market, shop fresh local produce

9am / Lakewood (Lakewood) - 💙 Love Lakewood Day, join nearly 400 volunteers for community service projects

9am / Old 121 Brewhouse (Lakewood) - 🍺 Yuck-toberfest Off Flavors Course, learn to identify beer defects with Advanced Cicerone Miss Lupulin

10am / Evergreen (Evergreen) - ♻️ Evergreen Rotary Recycle Day, bring items for recycling

11am / Avalanche Harley-Davidson (Golden) - 🏍️ Meet Your Match Open House, enter to win a Street Glide plus food and entertainment

11am / Deer Creek Library (Littleton) - 🏴‍☠️ Talk Like a Pirate Day: Bookmobile, celebrate with pirate fun and stories

11am / Foothills Art Center Creative Campus (Golden) - ✏️ Drawing Perspective: Gratis Session, learn perspective drawing fundamentals for free

11am / Sundance Gardens (Evergreen) - 🌷 Bulb Class, learn to plant beautiful bulbs for spring

12pm / Dirty Dogs Roadhouse (Golden) - 🏍️ Victor Marx Motorcycle Rally w/ Soul Food Band, rock with Marine Corps MC Colorado at 3pm

12pm / Buchanan Park (Evergreen) - 🍺 Evergreen Oktoberfest, join the epic Bavarian bash

12pm / Old Crows Antiques (Golden) - 🏈 Randy Gradishar Autograph Session, meet the Broncos legend

12pm / Belmar (Lakewood) - 🐕 Barktember Fest: Wiener Dog Race Sign Up, enter your speedy dachshund in the race

12pm / LandLocked Ales (Lakewood) - 🍺 LandLockedtoberfest, celebrate Oktoberfest all day

12pm / Colorado Tap House (Arvada) - 🐕 Dog Adoption Event, meet your new furry friend with Peppy Pet Rescue

12pm / Locavore Beer Works (Littleton) - 🍺 Oktoberfest Celebration, taste six German-style lagers and play traditional games

4pm / Old 121 Brewhouse (Lakewood) - 🎸 Madeline McCabe, enjoy soulful acoustic sets from the Omaha singer-songwriter

5pm / Cannonball Creek Brewing Co. (Golden) - 🎨 Paint & Pints, create your masterpiece with guided instruction

5:30pm / Revival Brews (Evergreen) - 🎸 Jon Ham, enjoy live-looping classic rock and funk

6pm / Littleton Social (Littleton) - 🐉 The Dragon's Feast — A Dungeons & Dragons Adventure, experience an immersive D&D campaign with themed feast and live boss battle

6:30pm / Coal Mine Ave Brewing Company (Littleton) - 📖 Book Club discussing "Theo of Golden", explore Allen Levi's tale of kindness w/ Wandering Book Co [?]

7pm / Buffalo Rose (Golden) - 🤠 Country Line Dancing Night at The Rose w/ Jeff Goodwin and the Front Range Cowboys, two-step to authentic country sounds with dance instruction

7pm / Buffalo Rose Sky Bar Stage (Golden) - 🎸 Sonic Highways, Jagged & Ten, experience '90s rock tributes to Foo Fighters, Alanis Morissette & Pearl Jam

7pm / Silver Vines Winery (Arvada) - 🎤 Tyler Glasgow, catch intimate acoustic performances

8pm / The Alley (Littleton) - 🎤 Bobby S. Duo, enjoy the acoustic duo performance

8pm / The Woodcellar (Evergreen) - 🤘 Dooley Noted Does Sabbath, rock out to Black Sabbath tributes at Fall FREAK-Quinox

Sunday 9/20

9am / Olde Town Arvada (Arvada) - 🥕 Olde Town Farmers Market with local vendors and fresh produce, support local growers

8am / Snowpack Taproom & Pizzeria (Conifer) - 🛍️ Snowpack's Cottage Market, shop handcrafted goods from local artists and makers

8am / Golden High School (Golden) - 🏃🏼‍♂️ Golden Gallup, Golden's largest annual race that takes you right through downtown under the famous Welcome sign

10am / Jefferson County Fairgrounds (Golden) - 🐾 Foothills Animal Shelter Fall Market, check out local vendors and food trucks to support adoptable pets

12pm / The Alley (Littleton) - 🎸 Josh Blackburn, catch the local guitar legend

1pm / Dirty Dogs Roadhouse (Golden) - 🎵 Cover Alls Band, sing along to your favorite covers

2pm / iN-TEA (Littleton) - 🫖 Make Your Own Chai Class, blend your perfect spice mix

3pm / The Golden Mill (Golden) - 🎵 Ace Engfer, vibe to cosmic Americana from this Colorado multi-instrumentalist

4pm / Goosetown Station (Golden) - ⚡ The Golden Hearts, rock out with local favorites

4:30pm / LandLocked Ales (Lakewood) - ✍️ Writing Workshop Meetup, connect with local writers

7pm / Buffalo Rose (Golden) - 🎸 Stevie Rave On & Powerhouse, groove to electrifying blues with Stevie Ray Vaughan tribute and Colorado favorites

Monday 9/21

7am / The Club at Rolling Hills (Golden) - ⛳ Max Plumb Memorial Golf Tournament, play for a good cause

8am / Hiwan Golf Club (Evergreen) - ⛳ Evergreen Christian Academy Golf Tournament, support local education through golf

10am / Martin Marietta (Golden) - 🏭 Behind the Scenes Tour: Martin Marietta, explore the mine's industrial operations

Tuesday 9/22

10am / Center for the Arts Evergreen (Evergreen) - 🥕 Evergreen Farmers Market, shop local goodness

5pm / The Golden Mill (Golden) - 💃 Dine Back Night: GHS Dance Team, support Golden High School's dance team

6pm / Colorado Tap House (Arvada) - 🧩 Jigsaw Puzzles On Tap - 2026 Fall Mini Season - Qualifier Night #2, race to complete puzzles and win gift cards

6pm / Majestic View Nature Center (Arvada) - 🌖 Autumnal Equinox Celebration, an adult celebration of the autumn equinox at a nature center, marking the season with an evening gathering

6pm / Holidaily Brewing Company (Golden) - 🎨 Paint & Pints, paint a Van Gogh-inspired Colorado landscape on canvas

7pm / Akihabara (Westminster) - 🎮 Losers Bracket, compete in elimination tournament

Wednesday 9/23

7am / Golden Welcome Center (Golden) - 🌊 Coors Clear Creek Cleanup Event, help protect the waterway

11am / Golden (venue TBD) - 🔥 Startup Forum: Fireside Chat w/ Jack Norbeck, Fervo Energy, learn about geothermal innovation

3pm / Foothills Art Center Creative Campus (Golden) - 🎨 Golden StArt w/ Victoria Eubanks, create art with instructor Victoria

3pm / New Terrain Brewing (Golden) - 🚴 Bike Demo Days, test ride the latest mountain bikes

5:30pm / Colorado Tap House (Arvada) - 🎸 Rin Tarsy, vibe to live acoustic music

6pm / Arvada Community Garden (Arvada) - 🪴 Free Garden Class, learn what you need to close down your garden for the season

6pm / Golden History Museum (Golden) - 🏛️ John C. Vivian: Golden's Wartime Governor of Colorado, discover the only Golden resident to serve as Colorado Governor

6pm / Marmalade Lounge (Arvada) - 🎸 Kenny Lee Young, enjoy soulful acoustic rhythms

6pm / Old 121 Brewhouse (Lakewood) - 🎸 Tony Schiess, enjoy live acoustic music

See ya next week!