• Wednesday – October 26 (Doors open at 6 pm; curtain at 6:45 pm) — Murder at Marys Lake Theater presentation — A dinner theater featuring an evening of murder, intrigue, debauchery and Germans! Experience the glamour and sophistication of Colorado high society circa 1936 with Estes Park’s most notoriously immoral, despicable, vile, and gluttonous power couple, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Dunraven. A three-course dinner is included. Fee: $49.99. Contact: 877-254-0112.
  ALSO: Friday – October 29 AND Saturday October 30.

• Monday – October 31 (5 pm – 9 pm) — Halloween Festivities — Estes Park residents and visitors are encouraged to bring their little goblins downtown for Halloween fun. Elkhorn Avenue will be closed from Spruce Drive to Riverside Drive to allow safe passage for trick-or-treaters.

Saturday Evening Programs at Rocky Mountain National Park

• Saturday, October 23, (7:00 pm) — The National Parks: America’s Best Idea Fall Film Series at Beaver Meadows Visitor Center — Rocky Mountain National Park and PBS’s Education Series is proud to present The National Parks: America’s Best Idea Series starting October 30. Nearly a decade in the making, The National Parks: America’s Best Idea, a documentary series from acclaimed filmmakers Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan, is a breathtaking journey through the nation’s most spectacular landscapes and a celebration of the people, famous and unknown, who fought to save them for future generations to treasure. Each Saturday evening, at Beaver Meadows Visitor Center, the National Park Service is proud to host an hour long segment from the PBS series from October 30 through January 20.

  The first showing is The Scripture of Nature:
  Yosemite In 1851, a band of Indian fighters in California encounters a place of astonishing beauty, setting in motion events that bring other newcomers to Yosemite Valley: artists, writers, entrepreneurs, tourists, and eventually John Muir, who becomes a national voice for preservationists. He lobbied successfully for the creation of Yosemite Park in 1890 and then asked for additional protections when he toured President Theodore Roosevelt in the park in 1903. Muir’s persuasive words to Roosevelt and state authorities led to the return of Yosemite Grant to the federal government in 1906. His published writings were also instrumental in the creation of Grand Canyon and Sequoia national parks. Yosemite National Park, one of the first wilderness parks in the United States, is best known for its waterfalls, but within its nearly 1,200 square miles, you can find deep valleys, grand meadows, ancient giant sequoias, a vast wilderness area, and much more. We learn from the stories of those who walked Yosemite’s trails before us, allowing appreciation of their lasting footprints that led to conscious preservation. Today, 3.5 million people enter the park’s gates to explore.

  The national parks spring from an idea as uniquely American as the Declaration of Independence and just as radical: that the most precious portions of the land should be preserved, not for royalty or the rich, but for everyone, for all time. Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan share the stories of those magnificent places and the unforgettable people who kept them from destruction; stories of struggle and conflict, stirring adventure and enduring inspiration, set against a backdrop of stunning beauty and grandeurs.

  These evening programs are held at the Beaver Meadows Visitor Center in Rocky Mountain National Park at 7:00 p.m. They are free and open to the public. For more information about Rocky Mountain National Park, please call the park’s Information Office at (970) 586-1206.

Live Entertainment (NightLife):

Marys Lake Lodge (970-586-5958) Website

• Thursday – October 28 (7 – 10 pm Mary’s Lake Lodge) — Dennis-Tobias Band-Rock — Pop, Funk, Classics
• Friday - September 24 (8 – 11 pm Mary’s Lake Lodge) — Tavern: Dick Orleans hosts Friends of Folk Open Mic w/ Special Guest: Kathryn Warner
• Friday - September 24 (6:30 pm- 9:30 pm Mary’s Lake Lodge— The Chalet Room) — James Davis, classical guitarist 6:30 – 9:30 p.m.
• Saturday - September 25 (8 – 11 pm Mary’s Lake Lodge— Tavern:) — HAPPY HALLOWEEN, COSTUME CONTEST, DANCE, DECORATIONS -Dennis-Tobias Band-Rock — Pop, Funk, Classics Grand Room: Remus Tucker Band Classics and Southern Fried Rock

Rock Inn Tavern (970-586-4116) Website

• Every Thursday (7:30 pm) —Acoustic Bluegrass open jam w/Garth Lewis & Greg Glasgow

Lonigans Saloon Nightclub & Grill Website

• Every Tuesday (9:00 pm) — Open Mike Night
• Saturday -October 30 (9:00 pm) —DJs Halloween Costume Party

Nicky’s Restaurant-Summer Music Schedule (970-586-5376) Website

• Every Friday & Saturday (5:00-8:00 pm) — Jazz Piano with Ray Young
• Every Friday & Saturday (8:00-11:00 pm) — Gerry Valero — Easy Listening.

Aspen Lodge Ranch Resort (970-586-8133) Website

• Friday – October 29 (7 pm) — Landon Smith
• Friday & Saturday – October 29 &30 — Scary Wagon Rides — Call 970-586-8133 for reservations.
• Saturday October 30 (7 pm) — Dick Orleans-Folk/Rock

At the Movies:

• Historic Park Theater — 970-586-8904
• Reel Mountain Theater — 970-586-4227