Round 7 of the AMA Toyota Motocross Championships heads to Thunder Valley MX park in Lakewood, CO, which is only 15 minutes from downtown Denver. For this week’s Things To Do In…, we got some help from local resident Scott LaLonde, from Podium Marketing. For more information on the facility, be sure to check out www.mxthundervalley.com.

There’s a pre-race party at the Colorado Mills Mall on Thursday the 19th from 6-10 p.m., featuring live music, Red Bull FMX Show with Jeff Tilton and Tommy Clowers, and an autograph signing from these Toyota-backed riders: Kyle Chisholm, Josh Hill, Sean Hackley, Matt Lemoine and Alisa Nix.

The Colorado Mills Mall has lots of good eat/drinks: Yard House, Outback, Jillian’s and The Keg

Red Rocks Amphitheatre

You can take in a concert at the famous Red Rocks Amphitheatre: ABBA is playing Friday. For those that need even more 70s, there’s Leftover Salmon (Boulder, bluegrass Saturday)
www.redrocksonline.com

Coors Brewing

Coors Brewery Tour: Watch as the magic happens!
www.coors.com (Must be 21)

Denver Zoo: Another place for Ping to lose a limb.
www.denverzoo.org

Denver Botanic Gardens: A little calm before the storm.
www.botanicgardens.org

Denver Art Museum: Check out some very cool collections.
www.denverartmuseum.org