Boulder Taco Fest leads a weekend of enjoyable occasions

a Lucha Libre match on the Boulder Taco Fest at Foothills Community Park on August 28, 2021. (Cliff Grassmick/Staff Photographer)TODAY

Documentary

You can catch the brand new documentary “Ask E. Jean,” which follows the outstanding lifetime of E. Jean Carroll from Miss Cheerleader USA by way of her profession as a trailblazing journalist and when she turned the one feminine to defeat Donald Trump in court docket — twice — when it screens at 4 p.m. Friday, 6:30 p.m. Saturday and a pair of p.m. Sunday on the Boedecker within the Dairy Arts Center, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder; $11-$14; thedairy.org.

Murder thriller

One piano, two actors, 13 suspects and untold laughs ignite on stage when Utah’s American Crossroads Theatre presents the whodunit musical comedy “Murder for Two” at 7:30 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays, and a pair of and seven:30 p.m. Saturdays, Friday by way of Aug. 29, on the Dairy Arts Center, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder; $16-$35; thedairy.org.

Mountain jams

Taking inspiration from the Front Range mountain environment, in addition to their very own various musical backgrounds, the five-piece Bear Hat weaves collectively a mix of bluegrass, swing, blues and rock ‘n’ roll, and the band performs at 8 p.m. Friday on the Gold Hill Inn, 401 Main St., Gold Hill; $20; goldhillinn.com.

WEEKEND

Taco Fest

Boulder County distributors dish out top-notch tacos alongside craft beers, tequilas, 4 matches of lucha libre wrestling and reside music from Dirty Turkeys and 2MX2; midday to 4 p.m. Saturday, on the Boulder Civic Area and Library, Broadway and Canyon Blvd., Boulder; $39 (youngsters beneath 12 free); bouldertacofest.com.

Comedy

Dallas-based deadpan comic Thomas Nichols brings sharp-witted stand-up protecting every thing from cartoons to politics, together with fellow comics Ricky Ramos, Mo Vida, Emily Kingsley, Wes Williams and host Zoe Rogers, in the course of the Dairy Comedy present at 8:30 p.m. Saturday at 2590 Walnut St., Boulder; $17; thedairy.org.

Art market

The artistic output of an array of artisans can be on show in the course of the Summer Art Market 2026 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday on the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 thirteenth St., Boulder. Visit bmoca.org for extra data.

FUTURE

The Bard

Shakespeare’s witty story of affection, deception and forgiveness involves life when the Upstart Crow Theatre Company levels “Much Ado About Nothing” from Thursday by way of Sept. 6 on the Dairy Arts Center, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder; $24-$28 (plus varied name-your-price nights); thedairy.org.

FREE

Grands

Grandma and Grandpa get some much-deserved consideration when the town of Longmont sponsors its Grandparents Day Celebration at Sandstone Ranch, together with reside music, dancing, crafts and extra, from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday on the Ranch, 3001 Colorado Highway 119, Longmont; free; longmontcolorado.gov.

KIDS

Stage

Kids may also help adapt a kids’s e book to the stage in the course of the interactive Theater with Miss Joanie occasion from 11 a.m. to midday Saturday within the Canyon Theater on the Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder; free; boulderlibrary.org.

Gaming

Teens in grades 6 by way of 12 can compete, cooperate and collaborate on Nintendo Switch video games in the course of the Teen Gaming Club from 5 to six p.m. Thursday on the Longmont Public Library, 355 Emery St., Longmont; free; longmontcolorado.gov.

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