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Colorado Events - October 2024

Oct 1 - Featured - Colorado Springs - Olympic City USA
Colorado Springs Metro - ARTS MONTH Orchestrated by the Cultural Office of the Pikes Peak Region - Annual celebration that raises awareness for the quality, diversity, and value of the arts in our community; it coincides with National Arts & Humanities Month, which has been observed throughout the United States for several decades. Plan to have at least one new cultural experience with family or friends this #ArtsOctober: October 1-31, 2024

Colorado Springs is Olympic City USA! Pikes Peak inspired the song America the Beautiful. Visitors find plenty to explore and experience: outdoor adventures, affordable lodging, mountains, and 55 attractions!

Oct 3 - Westcliffe - Sangres Art Guild: Haunting Images @ The 3rd Street Gallery - Artistic creations by local Young Artists - Judged by nationally renowned local artist Melody DeBenedictis: Thursday-Monday from 11am-4pm October 3-7, 10-14, 17-21, and 24-26, 2024

Oct 4 - Ouray - Ridgway Farmers Market @ Hartwell Park, Downtown Ridgway - Vendors change weekly with local: fruits, vegetables, meats, eggs, cheese, baked goods, flowers, plants, natural body care products, artisan crafts: Friday from 10am-2pm May 24 - October 11, 2024

Oct 5 - Colorado Springs Metro - Old Colorado City Farmers Market @ Bancroft Park - Local vendors selling corn, squash, cantaloupe, fresh herbs, honey, cheese, bread, pasta, salsas, crafts, homemade soaps and fresh flowers: Every Saturday from 8am-1pm June 1-October 26, 2024

Oct 10 - Westcliffe - Sangres Art Guild: Haunting Images @ The 3rd Street Gallery - Artistic creations by local Young Artists - Judged by nationally renowned local artist Melody DeBenedictis: Thursday-Monday from 11am-4pm October 3-7, 10-14, 17-21, and 24-26, 2024

Oct 11 - Ouray - Ridgway Farmers Market @ Hartwell Park, Downtown Ridgway - Vendors change weekly with local: fruits, vegetables, meats, eggs, cheese, baked goods, flowers, plants, natural body care products, artisan crafts: Friday from 10am-2pm May 24 - October 11, 2024

Oct 14 - Vail Area - 13th Annual Man of the Cliff @ Harry A. Nottingham Park - Lumberjack games and outdoor ruggedness; don your favorite flannel and try your hand at axe throwing, keg tossing, speed chopping, and more! All the while, enjoy craft brews, local food trucks, and mountain town vibes: Saturday from 10am-5pm October 14, 2024

Oct 17 - Westcliffe - Sangres Art Guild: Haunting Images @ The 3rd Street Gallery - Artistic creations by local Young Artists - Judged by nationally renowned local artist Melody DeBenedictis: Thursday-Monday from 11am-4pm October 3-7, 10-14, 17-21, and 24-26, 2024

Oct 18 - Westcliffe - WCPA Live Theater: Squirrels @ Jones Theater - Winter is coming to the big tree in this fast-paced dark comedy. Will there be enough nuts?!: Friday/Saturday @ 7:30pm and Sunday @ 2pm, October 18-20 and 25-27, 2024

Oct 19 - Colorado Springs Metro - Pumpkins in the Park @ Bancroft Park - Harvest festival for the whole family with Pumpkin Patch, Pumpkin Painting, Balloon Animals, Face Painters, Kids Coloring Crafts, Fall Crafts, cookies and treats: Saturday starting at 4pm October 19, 2024

Oct 19 - Westcliffe - OKTOBERFEST 2024 Beckwith Ranch @ Westcliffe - Westcliffe’s favourite Bavarian celebration - Oktoberfest Parades - Live bands - Giant Steins - Bratwurst - It’s impossible not to have a good time: Saturday from 11am-4pm October 19, 2024

Oct 24 - Westcliffe - Sangres Art Guild: Haunting Images @ The 3rd Street Gallery - Artistic creations by local Young Artists - Judged by nationally renowned local artist Melody DeBenedictis: Thursday-Monday from 11am-4pm October 3-7, 10-14, 17-21, and 24-26, 2024

Oct 25 - Westcliffe - WCPA Live Theater: Squirrels @ Jones Theater - Winter is coming to the big tree in this fast-paced dark comedy. Will there be enough nuts?!: Friday/Saturday @ 7:30pm and Sunday @ 2pm, October 18-20 and 25-27, 2024

Oct 26 - Featured - Colorado Springs - Olympic City USA
Colorado Springs Metro - Annual Emma Crawford Coffin Races & Festival in Manitou Springs - Since October 1995, Manitou Springs, in honor of Emma Crawford, has coffin races. This is a fun and crazy event, honoring her dying wish to be buried on top of Red Mountain; 12 men carried her coffin up the 7,200 foot slope. Some say she haunts Red Mountain to this day. A parade and awards for the best Emma, the most creative coffin, and the best overall entourage complete the day-long event. All month long Manitou Springs celebrates with Skeleton Craze and ghost tours of Old Manitou each weekend: Friday October 26, 2024

Oct 26 - Crystal River Valley - Happy Halloween! @ Marble - Trunk or Treat at The Marble HUB, Zombie Mill Workers at The Marble Gallery, Nightmare Before Christmas at Marble Mo Creations, Haunted Cave Trunk at Marble Gem & Mineral Show: starting at 5pm Friday October 26, 2024

Oct 27 - Featured - Leadville Railroad
Leadville & Twin Lakes Area - Leadville Railroad - Close date: October 27, 2024

Spectacular railroad trip in Leadville CO. Ride into the untamed wilderness along the Southern rail line: view Colorado's two highest peaks, summer wildflowers and majestic aspen groves that turn gold in fall.

Oct 31 - Westcliffe - Sangres Art Guild: In the Mood for Art @ The 3rd Street Gallery - Features some of the best artists in Colorado - Visual art in all mediums, styles and themes - member and non-members: Thursday-Monday from 11am-4pm, October 31-November 30, 2024

Colorado Towns with Calendars of Events

Alamosa - Includes Blanca, Capulin, Center, Fort Garland, Hooper, Mosca, San Luis, Sanford
Allenspark - Includes Meeker Park, Raymond
Angel Fire - Includes Eagle Nest
Antonito - Includes Conejos, Mogote
Aspen & Snowmass Village - Includes Basalt, Snowmass Village
Bailey & Pine Area - Includes Conifer, Grant, Pine, Shawnee
Boulder - Includes Eldorado Springs, Lafayette, Louisville
Buena Vista Area - Includes Johnson Village, Nathrop, St. Elmo
Burlington - Includes Cheyenne Wells, Kit Carson, Seibert, Stratton
Chama
Colorado Springs Metro - Includes Black Forest, Falcon, Fountain, Monument
Craig - Includes Hamilton, Maybell
Crawford
Creede
Crested Butte
Cripple Creek - Includes Victor
Crystal River Valley - Includes Carbondale, Marble, Redstone
Cuchara Valley Area - Includes Cuchara, La Veta
Del Norte - Includes Monte Vista
Delta
Denver Area - Includes Arvada, Aurora, Brighton, Broomfield, Castle Rock, Centennial, Commerce City, Elizabeth, Elbert, Englewood, Fort Lupton, Golden, Greenwood Village, Highlands Ranch, Hudson, Lakewood, Larkspur, Littleton, Parker, Westminster, Wheat Ridge
Denver Mountain Area - Includes Black Hawk, Central City, Empire, Evergreen, Genesee, Georgetown, Golden Mountains, Idaho Springs, Idledale, Morrison
Dinosaur Area - Includes Rangely
Dolores Area - Includes Mcphee Reservoir, Stoner
Dove Creek
Durango - Includes Bayfield, Hesperus, Ignacio, Lemon, Vallecito Lake
Estes Park - Includes Drake
Farmington
Fort Collins - Includes LaPorte, Wellington, Windsor
Fort Morgan - Includes Akron, Brush, Keenesburg, Orchard, Weldona
Fowler - Includes Rocky Ford
Glenwood Springs - Includes New Castle
Grand County
Grand Junction - Includes Clifton, De Beque, Fruita, Gateway, Palisade
Grand Lake - Includes Granby, Ski Granby Ranch
Grand Mesa Area - Includes Austin, Cedaredge, Collbran, Eckert, Mesa
Greenhorn Valley - Includes Beulah, Colorado City, Lake San Isabel, Rye, San Isabel
Gunnison - Includes Almont, Blue Mesa Lake, Ohio City, Parlin, Pitkin, Sargents, Sapinero, Taylor Park, Waunita Hot Springs
Gypsum
Hot Sulphur Springs - Includes Parshall
Julesburg - Includes Haxtun, Holyoke
Kremmling
La Junta - Includes Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site, Branson, Las Animas
Lake City - Includes Powderhorn
Lamar - Includes Campo, Eads, Granada, Holly, Pritchett, Sheridan Lake, Springfield, Two Buttes, Walsh, Wiley
Leadville & Twin Lakes Area - Includes Granite, Twin Lakes
Limon - Includes Genoa
Longmont - Includes Frederick
Loveland Area - Includes Berthoud, Evans, Greeley, Johnstown
Lyons
Meeker - Includes Buford, Trappers Lake
Mesa Verde Area - Includes Cortez, Mancos
Montrose Area - Includes Cimarron, Olathe
Naturita & Nucla Area - Includes Nucla
Navajo Dam
Navajo Lake - Includes Arboles, Navajo Dam
Nederland - Includes Eldora
North Fork Valley - Includes Hotchkiss, Paonia, Somerset
Norwood
Ouray - Includes Ridgway
Pagosa Springs Area
Park County - Includes Alma, Como, Fairplay, Hartsel, Jefferson, Spinney Mountain Reservoir
Pikes Peak Area - Includes Cascade, Chipita Park, Deckers, Green Mountain Falls, Manitou Springs, Woodland Park
Pikes Peak West - Includes Divide, Eleven Mile Reservoir, Florissant, Lake George, Tarryall Reservoir
Platoro
Poudre River Canyon - Includes Bellvue, Glendevey, La Porte, Rustic
Pueblo - Includes Pueblo West
Red Feather Lakes - Includes Livermore, Virginia Dale, Tie Siding WY
Red River
Rifle - Includes Battlement Mesa, Parachute, Silt
Royal Gorge Area - Includes Cañon City, Coaldale, Cotopaxi, Florence, Guffey, Penrose, Texas Creek
Ruedi Reservoir Area - Includes Meredith
Salida - Includes Howard, Monarch, Poncha Springs
San Luis Valley - Northern - Includes Crestone, Mineral Hot Springs, Moffat, Saguache, Villa Grove
Santa Fe
Silverton
South Fork Area
Steamboat Springs - Includes Clark, Columbine, Hahn's Peak, Hayden
Sterling - Includes Briggsdale, Crook, Fleming, Grover, Stoneham
Stonewall - Includes Weston
Strasburg
Summit County - Includes Breckenridge, Copper Mountain, Dillon, Frisco, Green Mountain Reservoir, Heeney, Keystone, Silverthorne
Sweetwater
Taos
Telluride - Includes Rico
Trinidad - Includes Aguilar
Vail Area - Includes Avon, Beaver Creek, Dotsero, Eagle, Edwards, Minturn, Red Cliff, Wolcott
Wagon Wheel Gap
Walden (North Park) - Includes Gould, North Park Area, Rand
Walsenburg
Westcliffe - Includes Rosita, Silver Cliff
Winter Park - Includes Fraser, Tabernash
Yampa - Includes Bond, Burns, McCoy, Oak Creek, Phippsburg
Yuma - Includes Wray

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