Rad Things To Do

Rad Things (to) Do - February 2026

Austin Nettleton

February is here, which means the average person will hear more puns about love and romance within the first two weeks of the month than the rest of the year. Whether you are looking for a hot date, a night out to celebrate the season, or a way to distract yourself from the romance-themed car commercials that permeate the airwaves, there are plenty of fun events to fall in love with around the Denver metro this month. Let’s get into it.

Kicking things off is the first of two Denver stops on the Monster Jam tour, roaring its way into the Ball Arena Feb. 6-8. Watch as the series’ best drivers and biggest machines defy all the laws of physics that Newton thought of way back in the day. Fans of the series will be able to witness Monster Jam’s most notorious trucks in action, such as “Grave Digger,” “Megalodon,” and “El Toro Loco” catch huge air and crush enough cars to make the giant magnet from “The Brave Little Toaster” jealous.

The other notable sporting event taking place this month is the return of All Elite Wrestling, as the stars of Dynamite and Collision face off in the squared circle at the Mission Ballroom Feb. 25!

Of course, there is plenty of action for sports fans across the metro area, as the Avalanche and Nuggets are in the middle of their respective seasons, hosting a slew of home games throughout February. Lovers of college sports are in for an action-packed month of collegiate athletics with the Buffs and Pioneers basketball teams, both men’s and women’s, wrapping up conference play, while the Denver Pioneers hit the ice at the Magness Arena in hopes of returning to the NCAA Frozen Four later this winter. Even the Colorado Mammoth is getting in on the action with two home games at Ball Arena!

For concertgoers, a slow January gives way to a loaded February. This month sees the return of Icelantic Skis’ ever-popular “Winter Mission” concert at the Mission Ballroom Feb. 20. This year’s event is headlined by one of modern hip-hop’s biggest names, BigXThaPlug, with Smino, Mick Jenkins, and PawPaw Rod as support. Additionally, modern metalcore and hard rock heavyweight Bad Omens brings its first-ever headlining arena tour to Ball Arena Feb. 24, with fellow hard rockers Beartooth and President joining as support. Other notable concerts across the metro include Nick Offerman, Adventure Club, Badflower, Rich Brian, YDG, Lights, and Atmosphere.

Whether you are looking for a date idea for Valentine’s Day or for a way to celebrate Singles Awareness Day that doesn’t involve watching reruns of “The Office” on your couch every year like the author of Rad Things (to) Do does, take a look at this month’s events and let RTD help you make your February special.

THE MAIN EVENT

This month’s featured events

Date: Feb. 6-8: Monster Jam

The deets:

Feb. 20: Icelantic’s Winter Mission

The deets:

Feb. 24: Bad Omens – “Do You Feel Love Tour” with Beartooth and President

The deets:

Feb. 25: All Elite Wrestling presents Dynamite and Collision

The deets:

THE UNDERCARD

Notable sports, concerts, musicals and plays; speakers, and other rad events taking place nearby RTD stops and stations this month

Sports

Basketball

Denver Nuggets

  • Venue: Ball Arena
  • Transit options:
    • Light rail lines: E, W (Ball Arena•Elitch Gardens Station)
    • Bus routes: 1, 15L, 20 (Auraria Parkway and 7th/9th Street)
  • Ticketing and event information: https://www.ticketmaster.com/ball-arena-tickets-denver/venue/246112
  • Schedule:
    • Feb. 9: vs. Cleveland Cavaliers
    • Feb. 11: vs. Memphis Grizzlies
    • Feb. 25: vs. Boston Celtics

University of Colorado Buffaloes

  • Venue: CU Events Center
  • Transit options:
    • Bus routes: 204, 225/225D, DASH, SKIP, FF1, FF2, F5, GS (Broadway and Regent Drive/20th Street)
  • Ticketing and event information: https://cubuffs.evenue.net
  • Schedule:
    • Men’s
      • Feb. 7: vs. Arizona State University
      • Feb. 21: vs. Oklahoma State University
      • Feb. 25: vs. Kansas State University
  • Women’s
    • Feb. 4: vs. West Virginia University
    • Feb. 8: vs. Texas Christian University
    • Feb. 14: vs. Brigham Young University
    • Feb. 21: vs. Texas Tech University
    • Feb. 24: vs. University of Utah

University of Denver Pioneers

  • Venue: Hamilton Gymnasium
  • Transit options:
    • Light rail lines: E, H (University of Denver Station)
    • Bus routes: 24 (University of Denver Station)
  • Ticketing and event information: https://denverpioneers.evenue.net/list/GS
  • Schedule:
    • Men’s
      • Feb. 12: vs. South Dakota State University
      • Feb. 19: vs. University of South Dakota
      • Feb. 21: vs. St. Thomas University
    • Women’s
      • Feb. 5: vs. University of South Dakota
      • Feb. 7: vs. St. Thomas University
      • Feb. 11: vs. University of Omaha
      • Feb. 21: vs. South Dakota State University

Hockey

Colorado Avalanche

  • Venue: Ball Arena
  • Transit options:
    • Light rail lines: E, W (Ball Arena•Elitch Gardens Station)
    • Bus routes: 1, 15L, 20 (Auraria Parkway and 7th/9th Street)
  • Ticketing and event information: https://www.ticketmaster.com/ball-arena-tickets-denver/venue/246112
  • Schedule:
    • Feb. 2: vs. Detroit Red Wings
    • Feb. 4: vs. San Jose Sharks
    • Feb. 26: vs. Minnesota Wild
    • Feb. 28: vs. Chicago Blackhawks

University of Denver Pioneers

  • Venue: Magness Arena
  • Transit options:
    • Light rail lines: E, H (University of Denver Station)
    • Bus routes: 24 (University of Denver Station)
  • Ticketing and event information: https://denverpioneers.evenue.net/list/GS
  • Schedule:
    • Feb. 7: vs. Colorado College
    • Feb. 27-28: vs. Arizona State University

Lacrosse

Colorado Mammoth

University of Denver Pioneers

  • Venue: Peter Barton Lacrosse Stadium
  • Transit options:
    • Light rail lines: E, H (University of Denver Station)
    • Bus routes: 24 (University of Denver Station)
  • Ticketing and event information: https://denverpioneers.evenue.net/list/GS
  • Schedule:
    • Men’s
      • Feb. 7: vs. United States Air Force Academy
      • Feb. 21: vs. Cornell University
      • Feb. 28: vs. University of Michigan
    • Women’s
      • Feb. 19: vs. Towson University

Other sports

Feb. 6-8: Monster Jam

Feb. 20-21: CHSAA State Wrestling Championship

Feb. 25: All Elite Wrestling presents Dynamite and Collision

Live theatre and musicals at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts

Transit options:

  • Light rail lines: D, H (Theatre District•Convention Center Station)
  • Bus routes: ART (Champa and 13th streets) | 9, 15/15L (15th and Curtis streets) | 0, 6, 8, 19, 48, 52 (15th and Champa streets) | 10, 28, 38, 43, 44 (15th and Stout streets) | 16FR (16th and Curtis streets)

Ticketing and event information: https://www.denvercenter.org/tickets-events/

Shows:

  • Ongoing through March 1: “Cowboys and East Indians” at the Singleton Theatre
  • Ongoing through Feb. 22: “Godspeed” at the Kilstrom Theatre
  • Feb. 4: “Dirty Dancing In Concert”
  • Feb. 11-22: “Water For Elephants” at the Buell Theatre
  • Feb. 27-28: “Meredith Wilson’s ‘The Music Man’” at the Buell Theatre

Concerts

Ball Arena

Transit options:

  • Light rail lines: E, W (Ball Arena•Elitch Gardens Station)
  • Bus routes: 1, 15L, 20 (Auraria Parkway and 7th/9th Street)

Concerts:

  • Feb. 18: Ricardo Arjona – “Lo Que El Seco No Dijo Tour”
  • Feb. 24: Bad Omens – “Do You Feel Love North America 2026”
    • Support: Beartooth, President

Bellco Theatre

Transit options:

  • Light rail lines: D, H (Theatre District•Convention Center Station)
  • Bus routes: ART (Champa and 13th streets) | 9, 15/15L (15th and Curtis streets) | 0, 6, 8, 19, 48, 52 (15th and Champa streets) | 10, 28, 38, 43, 44 (15th and Stout streets) | 16FR (16th and California streets)

Concerts:

  • Feb. 5: Planton
  • Feb. 13: Colorado Middle All State Choir
  • Feb. 20: Ramon Ayala
  • Feb. 26: Father Greg Boyle

Boettcher Concert Hall

Transit options:

  • Light rail lines: D, H (Theatre District•Convention Center Station)
  • Bus routes: ART (Champa and 13th streets) | 9, 15/15L (15th and Curtis streets) | 0, 6, 8, 19, 48, 52 (15th and Champa streets) | 10, 28, 38, 43, 44 (15th and Stout streets) | 16FR (16th and Curtis streets)

Concerts:

  • Feb. 6-8: Colorado Symphony – “Tchaikovsky's Sixth “Pathétique” + Shostakovich Cello Concerto No. 1”
  • Feb. 13-14: Colorado Symphony with Pink Martini – “Valentine’s Day”
  • Feb. 15: Denver Young Artists Orchestra Spectacular
  • Feb. 20-22: Colorado Symphony – “Shostakovich Piano Concerto No. 1 with Olga Kern + Rachmaninoff's Second”
  • Feb. 26: Colorado Symphony, Sutton Foster, and Kelli O’Hara
  • Feb. 28: Colorado Symphony and Bruce Hornsby

Paramount Theatre

Transit options:

  • Light rail lines: D, H (16th•California Station)
  • Bus routes: 1, 9, 10, 15/15L, 20, 44 (17th Street and Glenarm Place) | 16FR (16th Street and Glenarm Place)

Concerts:

  • Feb. 5: Three Dog Night, Ambrosia, and John Ford
  • Feb. 6: Justin Williams – “One For The Ages Tour”
  • Feb. 7: James Acaster
  • Feb. 12: Nick Offerman – “Big Woodchuck”
  • Feb. 13: Mania: The ABBA Tribute
  • Feb. 14: Matt McCusker – “Healing Frequency Tour”
  • Feb. 18: Mac McAnally – “Margaritas and Memories”
  • Feb. 19: Clue with Lesley Ann Warren
  • Feb. 20: Zachariah Porter
  • Feb. 21: Michael Carbonaro – “Wonderboy”
  • Feb. 24: Vitamin String Quartet – “Music of Billie Eilish”
  • Feb. 27: Michelle Buteau – “The Surviving and Thriving Tour”
  • Feb. 28: Gary Owen – “No Hard Feelings Tour”

Mission Ballroom

Transit options:

  • Commuter rail line: A (38th•Blake Station)
  • Bus route: 48 (Brighton Boulevard and 43rd Street)

Concerts:

  • Feb. 6: Adventure Club – “Throwback Tour”
    • Support: Avello, Sabai
  • Feb. 7: Chris Lorenzo
    • Support: San Pacho, Marco Strous
  • Feb. 13: The Martinez Brothers – “Órbita”
  • Feb. 14: Wreckno, Super Future
    • Support: Onhell, Mindset, Two Girls One Laptop
  • Feb. 15: Freya Skye – “Stars Align Tour”
  • Feb. 20: BigXThaPlug – “Icelantic’s Winter Mission”
    • Support: Smino, Mick Jenkins, PawPaw Rod
  • Feb. 21: Sidepiece
  • Feb. 27: Drama
    • Support: Amtrac, Blank Sense
  • Feb. 28: Maddy O’Neal, Tokimonsta
    • Support: Mary Droppinz

Fillmore Auditorium

Transit options:

  • Bus routes: 15/15L (Colfax Avenue and Ogden Street) | 12 (Corona Street and Colfax Avenue)
    • NOTE: Construction work on the East Colfax Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project may impact RTD service to this venue. Check Next Ride and Service Alerts for the latest updates before boarding.

Concerts:

  • Feb. 10: Jade – “That’s Showbiz Baby! The Tour”
  • Feb. 12: Snow Strippers
    • Support: EvilGiane, EERA
  • Feb. 13: Dark Star Orchestra

Ogden Theatre

Transit options:

  • Bus routes: 15/15L (Colfax Avenue and Ogden Street) | 12 (Corona Street and Colfax Avenue)
    • NOTE: Construction work on the East Colfax Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project may impact RTD service to this venue. Check Next Ride and Service Alerts for the latest updates before boarding.

Concerts:

  • Feb. 5: Adventure Club – “Throwback Tour”
  • Feb. 7: Del Water Gap
    • Support: Hannah Jadagu
  • Feb. 13: Magic City Hippies
    • Support: Supertaste
  • Feb. 14: Rootbeer Richie & The Reveille – “Mile High Mardi Gras Mambo”
    • Support: Ghost Funk Orchestra, The Mañanas, Dogtags
  • Feb. 17: Rich Brian – “Where Is My Head?”
  • Feb. 20: Cool Customer
    • Support: K+Lab, Two Guys (Crawdad Sniper and Chez), Freq
  • Feb. 21: Geoff Tate – “Geoff Tate’s Operation: Mindcrime – The Final Chapter”
  • Feb. 25: The Devil Makes Three
    • Support: Lightnin’ Luke
  • Feb. 26: Badflower
    • Support: Point North, Olive Vox, Analog Amara
  • Feb. 27: Gogol Bordello – “We Mean It, Man! Tour 2026”
  • Feb. 28: Franc Moody – “Chewing The Fat Live”

Summit Music Hall

Transit options:

  • Commuter rail lines: A, B, G, N (Union Station)
  • Light rail lines: E, W (Union Station)
  • Bus routes: 0, 9, 15, 20 (18th and Blake streets) | 52 (20th and Blake streets) | RX (20th and Larimer Street) | 38 (Lawrence and 20th streets) | 10, 19, 32, 120X, FF1, FF2, FF3, LD1, FMR, 16FR (Union Station)

Concerts:

  • Feb. 3: Jessie J – “No Secrets Tour”
  • Feb. 4: Lord of the Lost, The Birthday Massacre – “The Dark Winter Tour”
    • Support: Wednesday 13
  • Feb. 7: YDG – “You + Me Forever Tour”
    • Support: The Resistance, Costa
  • Feb. 11: Michael Shannon, Jason Narducy
    • Support: Bobcat Goldthwait
  • Feb. 24: Monolink – “The Beauty Of It All Tour”
    • Support: Parallelle
  • Feb. 25: Lights – “Come Get Your Girl Tour”
    • Support: Softcult
  • Feb. 27: Donny Benét

Marquis Theater

Transit options:

  • Commuter rail lines: A, B, G, N (Union Station)
  • Light rail lines: E, W (Union Station)
  • Bus routes: 0, 9, 15, 20 (18th and Blake streets) | 52 (20th and Blake streets) | RX (20th and Larimer Street) | 38 (Lawrence and 20th streets) | 10, 19, 32, 120X, FF1, FF2, FF3, LD1, FMR, 16FR (Union Station)

Concerts:

  • Feb. 3: Bravo The Bagchaser – “R2DC Tour”
    • Support: Lil Maru, GMoneyDT
  • Feb. 7: Fresh Fruit!
    • Support: Mystee, Supermoon
  • Feb. 10: Left To Suffer
    • Support: The Last Ten Seconds of Life, Fr3ak
  • Feb. 13: Yung Bans
  • Feb. 19: Beauty School Dropout – “Where Did All The Butterflies Go?”
    • Support: Nightbreakers
  • Feb. 21: Hayden Coffman
    • Support: Lane Smith
  • Feb. 22: Nathan Evans && The Saint PHNX Band
  • Feb. 26: Jeremy Jordan, Age of Madness
    • Support: HRZN
  • Feb. 27: Glitterer
    • Support: Graham Hunt, Prize Horse

Gothic Theatre

Transit options:

  • Bus routes: 0 (South Broadway and Eastman Avenue)

Concerts:

  • Feb. 6: North Mississippi Allstars – “Still Shakin’ Tour”
  • Feb. 10: Sudan Archives
    • Support: Suhreetah
  • Feb. 13: Sons of Legion
  • Feb. 14: The Record Company – “Give It Back To You 10th Anniversary Tour”
    • Support: Jontavious Willis
  • Feb. 22: Clipping
    • Support: Open Mike Eagle
  • Feb. 23: Black Pistol Fire – “Flagrant Act of Bliss Tour”
  • Feb. 27: Denm – “Dual Nature Denm Tour”
    • Support: Evening Elephans, Obed Padilla

Boulder Theater

Transit options:

  • Bus routes: 204, 205, 208, 225/225D, DASH, JUMP, SKIP, BOLT, GS, NB1/2/3, FF1, FF2, FF5, AB1/AB2 (Downtown Boulder Station)

Concerts:

  • Feb. 6: Stella Cole and the Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Feb. 7: Shakedown Street
  • Feb. 10: The Revivalists
  • Feb. 13: The Record Company – “Give It Back To You 10th Anniversary”
    • Support: Johntavious Willis
  • Feb. 14: DeVotchKa
  • Feb. 20: Atmosphere – “Winter Carnival Tour 2026”
    • Support: Sage Francis, R.A. the Rugged Man, Kool Keith, DJ Mr. Dibbs
  • Feb. 25-26: Daniel Donato – “Daniel Donato’s Cosmic Country”
  • Feb. 28: All Them Witches – “House of Mirrors Tour”
    • Support: King Buffalo

Other venues RTD provides bus or rail service to include, but are not limited to the Bluebird Theater, Cervantes’ Masterpiece Ballroom and Other Side, Larimer Lounge, HQ, Hi-Dive, The Oriental Theater, The Federal Theatre, and Fox Theatre. Visit app.rtd-denver.com/nextride/plan and enter the desired venue or concert to view available nearby transit options.

Written by Austin Nettleton

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