Entry No. 104 — the Denver file — filed under: diy

D3 Arts

A nonprofit community arts-and-music space on Morrison Road in Westwood, one of Denver's most overlooked and most Mexican neighborhoods. Roughly 90% of shows are all-ages and booze-free, run on donations - donation-based punk and local-band bills, skate jams with Sorry Mom Skate Company, Last Friday art openings, recovery meetings, and bilingual cultural events like its annual Frida Kahlo celebration and the traditional Mikailhuitl festival. It's the rare DIY venue built around community health and cultural identity rather than the bar tab, and almost nobody outside Southwest Denver knows it's there.

The move: Go to a Last Friday art opening or a donation-based all-ages show, then walk Morrison Road for Westwood's Mexican panaderias and taquerias - a sober-friendly, genuinely local date that costs almost nothing.

📍 Before you go It's a small storefront right on Morrison Road, the diagonal street cutting across Westwood's grid in Southwest Denver, so read it as a low-key shopfront, not a marquee venue, and know the address before you arrive. There's nothing to drop in on: pick a specific event off the schedule and go for that. This is a working, heavily Latino residential neighborhood and a real community-health space, so come as a respectful guest and park considerately on the corridor or side streets. Pair it with the Westwood Creative District public art along Morrison Road, best on foot in warmer months, though the corridor is mid-redevelopment so access can shift.

• 📍 Westwood
• 💸 Free
• ⚡ Up for anything
• 🌗 Indoors

Where: 3632 Morrison Rd, Denver, CO 80219 (Westwood)

Hours: Event-driven; opens for shows, skate sessions, art openings, and recovery meetings rather than fixed hours. Many events donation-based. Check d3arts.org or @d3artswestwood for the current schedule.

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Further reading: Westword · Official site

last checked: 2026-06-07