The Denver Post

FAIR WEATHER, FRIENDS

- County Fair. Western Complex, Cheyenne bellum Rascal Flatts 20), Miranda Lambert Keith Urban (July 26) and Tim McGraw Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum (which, full disclosure, Aurora History Museum’s “One Small Step”

Mid-summer is the perfect time to air our domestic obsessions, as evidenced by this weekend’s Denver

Since 2011, the three-day event has brought its quirky spin on traditiona­l fair fare to the National

just north of downtown at 4655 N. Humboldt St. If it’s proudly weird and hand-made, you can find it here: bug-eating, mustache, tattoo and spelling contests; blue ribbon competitio­ns for arts, crafts and animals; and activities and entertainm­ent ranging from goat yoga to carnival rides, food and drink. July 19-20. $5 for kids, $10 for adults. 3 and under free.

The Great Northern Frontier (Days).

28» One of the world’s biggest, FRIDAY-JULY oldest rodeo celebratio­ns kicks off today in southern Wyoming with Frontier Days, which offers a mix of public Western spectacle, livestockr­ooted competitio­ns, arts and crafts, food, drink and entertainm­ent that could fill a stadium several times over. In addition to acts such as Lady Ante(July 19), (July

(July 24),

(July 27), the event’s July 19 opening day celebratio­n features a Wild West Show and carnival, 10:30 a.m.-4 p.m. $15-$30. Prices vary for other events, which run through July 28 at Carey and West 8th avenues in Cheyenne. cfdrodeo.com

One last moonshot.

The flurry of events celebratin­g the

moon landing will be but a memory next week. But since we’ve still got time — July 20 is the date in 1969 that humans first stepped on another celestial body — you’ve got no excuse to feel guilty for missing it. I moderated a panel at this week) brings its Apollopalo­oza festival to a close with presentati­ons and screenings (wingsmuseu­m.org/events/apollo), while free

exhibit is open until

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