Free Music & Movies at Denver/Boulder Area Libraries in October 2026

The library isn’t just for books! Along with providing a wealth of information and resources, your local library system also hosts a variety of FREE events every month. Some events require registration, but nearly all are at no-cost to you to attend. Check your closest system’s events calendar, find the event that speaks to you, and take advantage of this invaluable community resource.

MAYBE YOU DIDN’T KNOW! All public libraries are part of the Colorado Libraries Collaborate. That means if you get a library card for one system, you can utilize other Colorado public libraries.

Typically, the alternative library will issue you a library card or affix a barcode sticker to your local library card. So if you have a Denver Public Library card, feel free to get one from Arapahoe Libraries or Boulder or any other that might be within a short drive of your home or work.

A few libraries restrict certain perks to residents only, but events are typically open to all, regardless of if you live within the district.

The events listed below include movie nights, concerts, and even a smattering of performing arts classes and is updated monthly. Events are primarily for adults with some open to multiple age groups.

If you have any updates, additions, deletions or closures, send an e-mail to info@milehighonthecheap.com.

NOTE: Some events may be canceled or rescheduled at the last minute, please double-check their calendar or call the branch you are planning to visit before the program if you have any questions about scheduling or attendance requirements.

Events with full registration lists are not included (though they fill up fast!). If registration for an event is full, many libraries offer waitlist options so don’t forget to check their calendars for additional programs.

Anythink Libraries – Adams County

• Dances of Latin America (Anythink Commerce City) – Saturday, October 3 | 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. | Adults | Registration Required
• Mountain Buddies Concert (Anythink Brighton – Large Meeting Room) – Tuesday, October 6 | 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. | All Ages
• Artsy Fartsy Listening Party (Anythink Huron Street – Meeting Room B) – Wednesday, October 21 | 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. | Adults | Registration Required 

Arapahoe Libraries – Arapahoe County

• Festival de Cine Latino/Latin Film Festival (Southglenn Library – Meeting Rooms A & B) – Thursday, October 1 | 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. | Adults | Registration Required 
• Festival de Cine Latino/Latin Film Festival (Eloise May Library – Meeting Rooms C & D) – Thursday, October 15 | 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. | Adults | Registration Required 
• Movie Monday (Sheridan Library – Dando Meeting Room) – Monday, October 19 | 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. | All Ages 

Aurora Public Library (APL)

• Monster Matinee (Tallyn’s Reach Library – Full Community Room) – Monday, October 5 | 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. | Tweens/Teens/Adults
  • Viewing Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941)
• Monster Matinee (Tallyn’s Reach Library – Full Community Room) – Monday, October 5 | 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. | Teens/Adults
  • Viewing The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)
• “The Librarians” Experience (Central Library – Large Community Room) – Thursday, October 8 | 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. | All Ages | Registration Required
• The Librarians (Mission Viejo Library – Community Room) – Saturday, October 10 | 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. | Tweens/Teens/Adults | Registration Required
• Monster Matinee (Tallyn’s Reach Library – Full Community Room) – Monday, October 12 | 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. | Tweens/Teens/Adults
  • Viewing Son of Frankenstein (1939)
• Monster Matinee (Tallyn’s Reach Library – Full Community Room) – Monday, October 12 | 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. | Tweens/Teens/Adults
  • Viewing The Thing From Another World (1951)
• Rocky Horror Picture Show (Central Library – Small Community Room) – Saturday, October 17 | 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. | Adults | Registration Required

Bemis Public Library – Littleton

• Big Ideas Lecture Series: “Who Owns Music?” (Sophie’s Place) – Thursday, October 8 | 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. | Adults 
• Documentary Screening: “The Librarians” (Large Meeting Room) – Tuesday, October 13 | 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. | Adults
• Documentary Screening: “The Librarians” (Large Meeting Room) – Sunday, October 18 | 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. | Adults

Boulder Public Library

• Docs After Dark (Main Library – Canyon Theater) – Thursday, October 1 | 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. | Teens/Adults
  • Viewing Butterfly in the Sky (2022)
• La Camera Presents The Elisa Garcia Quartet (Main Library – Canyon Theater) – Saturday, October 3 | 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. | All Ages
• Movie Screening “A Million Miles Away” (NoBo Library – 2nd Floor Community Room) – Saturday, October 3 | 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. | All Ages
• In Concert: Michael DeLalla (Gunbarrel Library – Joined Study Rooms) – Sunday, October 4 | 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. | All Ages
• Film Social (Main Library – Canyon Theater) – Sunday, October 4 | 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. | All Ages
  • Flora & Ulysses (2021)
• Memory Cafe: Songs and Sing Along (Reynolds Library – Meeting Room) – Tuesday, October 6 | 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. | Adults
• Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005) and Costume Swap (NoBo Library – 2nd Floor Community Room) – Tuesday, October 6 | 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. | Tweens/Teens/Adults
• Crafternoon Film (Main Library – Canyon Theater) – Saturday, October 10 | 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. | Teens/Adults
  • Viewing Death Becomes Her (1992)
• Midday Music Meditation (Meadows Library – Meeting Room) – Wednesday, October 14 | 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. | All Ages
• Saturday Classics (Main Library – Canyon Theater) – Saturday, October 17 | 1 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. | Teens/Adults
  • Viewing Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
• Spotlight: A Boulder Notoriety Show (Main Library – Canyon Theater) – Saturday, October 17 | 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. | Adults | Performers Must Register
• Music Therapy at the Library: Create, Connect, Grow (NoBo Library – 2nd Floor Community Room) – Monday, October 19 | 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. | Adults
• Boulder Movie Club (Main Library – Canyon Theater) – Thursday, October 22 | 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. | Adults
  • Viewing The Blair Witch Project (1999)
• Dear Steve … it’s Allie (Main Library – Canyon Theater) – Saturday, October 24 | 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. | All Ages
• Gunbarrel Classic Movies (Gunbarrel Library – Joined Study Rooms) – Sunday, October 25 | 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. | Adults | Registration Required
  • Viewing The Cat and the Canary (1927)
• Halloween Pick-a-Flick (Main Library – Canyon Theater) – Saturday, October 31 | 1 p.m. to 3:45 p.m. | Tweens/Teens/Adults
• Movie Matinee (Meadows Library – Meeting Room) – Saturday, October 31 | 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. | All Ages
  • Viewing Scooby Doo and the Witch’s Ghost (1999) 
• Halloween Undead Double Feature (Main Library – Canyon Theater) – Saturday, October 31 | 5 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. | Teens/Adults
  • Viewing Night of the Living Dead (1968) & Dawn of the Dead (1978)

Broomfield Library

• Friday Film (Eisenhower Meeting Room) – Friday, October 9| 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. | Adults
  • Viewing The Mummy (1999) 
• Stories of Migration and Music with Motus Theater and the Boulder Philharmonic String Quartet (Auditorium) – Thursday, October 15 | 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. | Adults
• Between Two Worlds (Eisenhower Meeting Room) – Friday, October 16 | 2 p.m. to 4:15 p.m. | Teens/Adults
  • Viewing The Dybbuk (1937)
• Memory Cafe: Acoustic Guitarist John Murphy (Lobby) – Wednesday, October 28 | 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. | Adults

Denver Public Library

• Samba Class (Lena Archuleta – Community Room) – Friday, October 2 | 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. | Adults | Registration Required
• Memory Cafe: Name that Tune Trivia (Virginia Village – Mead Community Room) – Tuesday, October 6 | 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. | 50+
• Matinee Movie Club (SIE Film Center – 2510 E Colfax Ave, Denver, CO 80206) – Wednesday, October 7 | 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. | 50+ | Registration Required
  • Viewing The History of Concrete (2026) 
• DCPA Presents: Shakespeare in Acoma Plaza (Central Library) – Saturday, October 10 | 12 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. | All Ages 
• Woodbury Film Club (Woodbury – Basement Community Room) – Saturday, October 10 | 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. | Adults
• Jazz performance with Michael Friedman plus information from Denver Aging & Financial Wellbeing (Central Library – Gates Reading Room) – Sunday, October 11 | 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. | 50+ 
• Memory Cafe: Sage Out & About Choral Performance (Virginia Village – Mead Community Room) – Tuesday, October 13 | 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. | 50+ 
• Memory Cafe: Halloween-themed Jukebox Bingo! (Virginia Village – Mead Community Room) – Tuesday, October 27 | 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. | 50+ 
• Circle Singing for People 50+ (Smiley – Basement Community Room) – Wednesday, October 28 | 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. | 50+

Douglas County Libraries

• None this month!

Englewood Public Library

• Monthly Movies (Anderson Room) – Monday, October 26 | 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. | Adults
  • Viewing The Philadelphia Story (1940)

Jefferson County Public Library

• National Good Neighbor Day: Movie Party (Golden Library) – Friday, October 2 | 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. | Adults
• Silver Screen Classics Movie Club (Golden Library) – Friday, October 9 | 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. | Adults
  • Viewing Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
• Exploring Blues Music with the Colorado Blues Society (Evergreen Library) – Saturday, October 10  | 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. | Adults
• Exploring Blues Music with the Colorado Blues Society (Arvada Balsam Temporary Library) – Saturday, October 17  | 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. | Adults
• Exploring Blues Music with the Colorado Blues Society (Conifer Library) – Monday, October 19  | 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. | Adults

Lafayette Library

• None this month!

Longmont Library

• Banned Together Film Screening (Longmont Museum – 400 Quail Rd., Longmont, CO 80501) – Sunday, October 11 | 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. | Teens/Adults | Registration Required

Louisville Public Library

• Silent Movie Night (801 Grant Ave) – Friday, October 9 | 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. | Adults | Registration Required
  • Viewing Skinner’s Dress Suit (1926)

Loveland Public Library

• None this month!

Westminster Public Library

• Hmong Music Line Dancing (Multipurpose Room L-211) – October 5, 12, 19, & 26 | 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. | All Ages
• Climate Future Film Festival: Youth, Reckoning, & Resolve (Community Room) – Saturday, October 24 | 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. | Teens/Adults

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