<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=0srkTp_1GzoHTgn00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0srkTp_1GzoHTgn00" width="1250" height="833" ><figcaption>PHOTO: Float Like a Buffalo will headline the first Stoke Sessions concert of the season in Vail. | Photo by Sarah Shuel Photography</figcaption></figure>Music festivals, films, slopeside concerts and a chili cookoff are all on tap this week Welcome to our roundup of the best events across Colorado this month. Check out our October performing arts preview here, and read on for other happenings all over the state. For more, check out our events calendar.THIS WEEKThe third Rocky Mountain Polish Film Festival includes six feature films and four short films by acclaimed Polish artists. The screenings are at the Regal UA Denver Pavilions. Ski season is well underway, with more resorts scheduled to open this weekend. Vail is slated to open both its chairlifts and its Stoke Sessions concert series at Checkpoint Charlie in Vail Village. Float Like a Buffalo plays the first show on Friday, with opener the WIlliams Brothers. The next show is The Sponges with Aspens on Nov. 20.Elsewhere on the slopes, Breckenridge opens today. Eldora has pushed back its scheduled Friday opening, and other dates are tentative, so check resort websites before heading for the hills.The Metro State University theater department will stage “Picasso at the Lapine Agile” by Steve Martin. The absurdist comedy is set in a Parisian cafe in 1904, and will be staged at the King Center on the Auraria campus. The show opens Thursday, and runs through Sunday, Nov. 22.The Ridgway Independent Film Festival brings six blocks of independent short films on Saturday and Sunday, after an opening party on Friday night. This year’s theme is campfire stories. A volunteer-led grassroots effort created the festival shortly after Ridgway became one of Colorado’s first Certified Creative Districts. All screenings are at the historic Sherbino Theater. Eateries around Estes Park will offer special menus and meals through Sunday, Nov. 22. Diners also can check into each spot in an online passport for a shot at prize packages. Offers range from a $15 slider, chili and cinnamon roll combo at Glen Haven General Store to an exclusive $75 five-course menu at Ember Restaurant &amp; Bar. Bayou Smokehouse and City Star Brewing will host the free Berthoud Blues Bash from noon to 8 p.m. Saturday, with live music from the Jack Hadley Band, the Johnny O Band, Mad Dog Blues Duo, 100LB Housecat and Delta Sonics.The Swallow Hill Banjofest is a day of performances, jams and workshops with Kaia Kater, Allison de Groot, Nic Gareiss and Natalie Spears, as well as Swallow Hill instructors and community members. Workshops and jam sessions run from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., followed by a concert at 7 p.m.Colorado’s craft breweries, small-batch distillers and professional chefs will sling unlimited samples on Saturday to help fund kids’ cancer research through the Morgan Adams Foundation. The festival runs from 6 to 9 p.m. at The Arch in Denver’s RiNo neighborhood, and blues mainstays Hazel Miller &amp; the Collective will perform.The Bighorn Sheep Festival runs from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., with education, crafts and other activities. The first 50 kids at the town booth will get a free stuffed bighorn sheep. PLAN THE NEXT FEW WEEKSWe Fortify hosts its annual ‘Gala, Not Gala’ fundraiser from 5 to 9 p.m. at the Hotel Polaris in north Colorado Springs. The disco-themed party includes dinner, a paddle raise, dancing and a celebration of We Fortify’s work to tackle housing insecurity and generational poverty. The 7th annual Estes Park Holiday Wine Festival runs from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Estes Park Events Complex. The festival includes more than 100 varietals from at least 20 Colorado wineries, as well as retail and holiday vendors, food vendors, free pics with Santa and free kids’ activities. Each ticket includes a wine glass, wine tote, and unlimited tastings. Non-drinker and children’s tickets also are available.Copper Mountain hosts the Stifel Copper Cup, a Ski World Cup event, with men’s and women’s races. The races are free to attend, but VIP passes and grandstand tickets are available for purchase. There also will be live music with headliners O.A.R., fireworks, slalom races and other events. Warren Station and River Run Village in Keystone will welcome winter with a Winter Carnival and the lighting of River Run. Kids can write letters to Santa at Warren Station or meet the big guy in River Run Village. There also will be live music, kids’ crafts, drink specials and free hot cocoa. Sunday Bankers will play in Warren Station.As always, please send us your events and announcements. We’re happy to share them. If they don’t fit in this events roundup, we will add them to our events calendar.</div></body>

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Music festivals, films, slopeside concerts and a chili cookoff are all on tap this week. Welcome to our roundup of the best events across Colorado this month. Check out our October performing arts preview here, and read on for other happenings all over the state. For more, check out our events calendar.

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