🛍️ Riverside Market at The Eddy — 4–8 PM, The Eddy
Shop local vendors, food and handmade goods during the recurring riverfront market.

🗣️ Healing Rooms of the Grand Valley — 💲Free — 6:30 PM–8:30 PM, 1333 North 23rd St., Grand Junction
Non-denominational prayer support is available for physical, spiritual, emotional, or financial needs; no appointment required.

🎤 Trace Adkins: 30th Anniversary Tour — 💲 $59.45–$155 plus fees — Gates 6 PM, show 7 PM, The Amp at Las Colonias Park

🤠 Fruita RimRock Rodeo — 💲14+ Gates 6 PM, rodeo 7–10 PM, Rimrock Adventures
The weekly summer rodeo returns with traditional rodeo competition and family entertainment.

💧 The Current State of the Colorado: Hydrology and Home Conservation — 💲 Free — 4:30–6:30 PM, Confluence Center of Colorado
A speaker program connecting current Colorado River conditions with practical home water-conservation steps. The evening also includes a ribbon cutting for the new Tracing the Flow exhibit.

🎸 TV Star, GirlDad & Badger Badger at Copeka — 💲 $10 advance or $15 at the door — Doors 7 PM, Copeka Coffee, all ages
Three bands take over Copeka for an all-ages Tuesday-night concert presented by Deathslope.

🎻 Grand Valley Community Orchestra: Stories Through Music — 💲 Free — 7 PM, 631 26½ Road
The orchestra performs music by Stravinsky, Vivaldi, Sibelius and other celebrated composers.

🎶 Garden Grooves — 💲 Free — Trail Life Brewing
Trail Life’s weekly Wednesday concert series continues.

🎶 Misti Dawn Melody Live at Devil’s Kitchen — 💲 No cover listed — 4–6 PM, Devil’s Kitchen
Local singer-songwriter Misti Dawn Melody performs a rotating set of original songs and covers.

🌽 Market on Main — 💲 Free admission — 5:30 PM–dusk, Downtown Grand Junction
Downtown’s weekly summer market features produce, food, artisans, community booths and entertainment.

🎸 Fruita Thursday Night Concert Series: Rocky Mountain Ramblers — 💲 Free — 7:30 PM, Civic Center Park
The Rocky Mountain Ramblers bring bluegrass and roots music to Fruita’s free outdoor concert series.

🐾 Community Spay and Neuter Clinic — Dogs $35; cats $25 Thurs - Sunday— 8 AM–6 PM, Mesa County Fairgrounds
Bergen Spay & Neuter Alliance begins four days of discounted, appointment-only services for local pet owners. Surgery includes age-appropriate vaccinations, an e-collar and a microchip when needed.

🚚 Grand Valley Food Truck Friday — 💲 Free admission — 5–8:30 PM, Lincoln Park

🍷 Colterris Summer Sunsets: Dance Banditz — 5–8 PM, Colterris Winery, Palisade
Enjoy live music, local food trucks and estate-grown wine in the winery’s outdoor courtyard.

🎶 Ballads & Bottles — 💲 $25 — 6–8 PM, Sauvage Spectrum, Palisade
Eric Kelly, Kyle Harvey and Kelley Raymond perform original music during an intimate singer-songwriter night. Ciao Baby Pizza will serve dinner, sold separately.

🎨 August First Friday at The Art Center — 💲 Free — 6:30–9 PM, The Art Center
Three new exhibitions open—The Seasons: Fall, Works on Paper and Yugen—alongside the continuing Kephart: Material and Form. The evening includes hors d’oeuvres and a cash bar.

🎭 Villains Voice Cabaret — 💲 $5–$10 including fees — 7–8:30 PM, 631 26½ Road
Grand Valley Community Theatre gives the bad guys the spotlight in a family-friendly concert-style revue featuring memorable villains from Broadway and film.

🎤 Mark Wills — 💲 Tickets from $30 — 8–11 PM, Warehouse 25Sixty-five
The Grand Ole Opry member behind “19 Somethin’,” “Wish You Were Here” and “Don’t Laugh at Me” performs on the W Stage.

🎬 Tarzan — Movies Under the Stars — 💲 Free — Concessions 5:30 PM, grill 6 PM, movie at dusk, Glade Park Volunteer Fire Department
Bring lawn chairs and blankets for an outdoor showing of Tarzan. Games, a hayride and door-prize drawings take place before the movie, with food sales supporting the volunteer fire department.

🎶 Los Rieleros del Norte with Conjunto Primordial and Ekipo Inicial — 💲 $60 plus fees — 9 PM, Lux Event Center, 18+
A regional Mexican music show featuring Los Rieleros del Norte and special guests.

🚗 GJPD High School Traffic Safety Event — 💲 Free — Sessions 8 AM–noon and 1–5 PM, Grand Junction High School
Drivers ages 15–18 can learn defensive driving and distracted-driving prevention. Participants receive a completion certificate and a free school parking pass for the 2026–27 school year.

🍎 Cross Orchards Farmers Market — 8 AM–noon, Cross Orchards Historic Site
Shop produce, baked goods and handmade items in a historic orchard setting, with train rides and live music.

🍑 Fruita Farmers Market — 8:30 AM–12:30 PM, Fruita Civic Center
The Saturday market features local produce, handmade goods and community vendors.

🔮 The 4th Annual Gathering — 💲 $5; children under 12 free — 9 AM–6 PM, Grand Junction Convention Center
The event brings together psychic mediums, card and pendulum readers, Reiki practitioners, healers, paranormal groups and vendors. Singing-bowl sessions take place throughout the day.

🌊 DFWC Back 2 School Bash — 💲 Free admission — 10 AM–4 PM, Imondi Wake Zone, Fruita

🍺 Trail Life Brewing & Gear Junction Anniversary — 11 AM–10 PM, Trail Life Brewing and The Gear Junction
Celebrate 10 years of The Gear Junction and four years of Trail Life Brewing with all-day deals, prize drawings, flash temporary tattoos at 12:30 PM and live music at 12:30 and 6 PM.

✨ Summer Day’s #5: The Recovery Revival — 💲 Free — Noon–7 PM, Lincoln Park
The fifth annual community festival celebrates recovery, connection and personal growth with live music, food, a car show, vendors and a kids zone.

🎭 Villains Voice Cabaret — 💲 $5–$10 including fees — Shows at 2 PM and 7 PM, 631 26½ Road
Local performers channel memorable villains during a family-friendly theatrical revue filled with big vocals and villainous attitude.

🤘 DED with Dropout Kings and VRSTY — 💲 $25.91 including fees — Doors 6 PM, show 7 PM, Mesa Theater, all ages
The Anti-Everything Tour brings DED to Grand Junction with Dropout Kings and VRSTY.

😂 Matt Cobos Comedy — 💲 Tickets from $30 — 7:30 PM, Gemini Beer Company
Joke Junction welcomes Denver stand-up comedian and Comedy Works regular Matt Cobos.

🎤 Mark Mackay — 💲 Tickets from $18 — 8:30–11:30 PM, Warehouse 25Sixty-five
Mark Mackay brings a mix of guitar-driven rock, country soul and singer-songwriter storytelling to the W Stage.

🔭 August Star Party — State-park admission applies — 9–10 PM, Highline Lake State Park
Join the Western Colorado Astronomy Club for an evening of stargazing through club telescopes.

🐾 Community Spay and Neuter Clinic — 8 AM–6 PM, Mesa County Fairgrounds
The final day of the discounted community clinic. Spaces are limited and must be reserved in advance.

🍑 Palisade Sunday Farmers Market — 9 AM–1 PM, Third and Main streets, Downtown Palisade
Shop fresh produce, local foods and handmade goods during Palisade’s weekly Sunday market.

🤠 IV and the Strange Band with Clownvis Presley — 💲 $25.91 including fees — Doors 7 PM, show 8 PM, Mesa Theater, all ages
The Oddballs & Outlaws Tour pairs IV and the Strange Band’s outlaw-country sound with the unusual comedy and music of Clownvis Presley.

🎤 Josh Ward — Thursday, August 13, Warehouse 25Sixty-five
The Texas country singer brings his baritone vocals, hard-working cowboy style and a mix of dance-floor songs and heartfelt ballads to the W Stage.

🎻 Alison Krauss & Union Station featuring Jerry Douglas — 💲 $59.50–$99.50 plus fees — Saturday, August 15, 7:30 PM, The Amp at Las Colonias Park
The celebrated bluegrass and roots group performs favorites alongside music from Arcadia, its first studio album in more than a decade.

🎸 Little Feat: The Last Farewell Tour — Saturday, August 15, 7:30 PM, Avalon Theatre
The influential American band brings more than 50 years of rock, blues, funk, country and New Orleans-inspired grooves to the Avalon stage.

🍑 Palisade Peach Festival — Friday–Saturday, August 21–22, Riverbend Park
Celebrate Palisade’s famous fruit with peach-inspired food and drinks, live music, local vendors, family activities and a special anniversary drone show.

🔥 Australia’s Thunder From Down Under — Thursday, August 27, 8 PM, Avalon Theatre
The internationally touring male revue delivers a fast-paced show featuring choreographed dance routines, costumes and interactive audience entertainment.

👗 The Arc of Mesa County: This Is Me Fashion Show — 💲 Ticketed — Saturday, August 29, 7 PM, Asteria Theatre
An inclusive runway show celebrating individuals of all abilities. Proceeds benefit The Arc Mesa County and its advocacy, support and educational programs for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families.