A Selection of Colorado Annual Events
JANUARY National Western Stock Show & Rodeo, Denver Cowboy Downhill, Steamboat ESPN X-Games, Aspen International Snow Sculptures, Breckenridge Ice Climbing Festival, Ouray
FEBRUARY Winter Carnival, Steamboat Springs Mardi Gras Mania, Crested Butte International Film Festival, Boulder
MARCH
Elk Mountain Grand Traverse, Crested Butte St Patrick’s Celebrations (Statewide – check out Denver & Snowmass) American Indian Pow Wow, Denver Frozen Dead Guy Days Festival, Nederland
APRIL Spring Blast, Winter Park Santa Fe Trail Day, Las Animas Taste of Vail, Vail Fat Tire Festival, Fruita
MAY
Indian Arts & Western Culture Festival, Cortez Royal Gorge Rodeo, Cañon City Art & Jazz Festival, Grand Junction Boulder Creek Festival, Boulder Denver Day of Rock Music Festival, Denver
JUNE Food & Wine Classic, Aspen Strawberry Days, Glenwood Springs Greeley Stampede, Greeley
Balloonavista, Buena Vista Evergreen Rodeo, Evergreen River Festival, Gunnison Donkey Derby Days, Cripple Creek Colorado Brewers’ Festival, Fort Collins
JULY Fourth of July Celebrations, Statewide Durango Fiesta Days & Rodeo, Durango Buffalo Bill Days, Golden Cowboy Round-Up Days, Steamboat Springs Wildfl ower Festival, Crested Butte Cattlemen’s Days, Gunnison Cherry Creek Arts Festival and Fourth of July Celebrations, Denver Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo Days, Colorado Springs Mountain Fair Music & Art, Carbondale Rocky Mountain Regional Rodeo, Golden Hot Air Balloon Rodeo, Steamboat Springs Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, Colorado Springs
AUGUST
Mountain Music Festival, Manitou Springs Gold Rush Days, Buena Vista Bluegrass & Beer Festival, Keystone Peach Festival, Grand Junction Railfest, Durango Corn Roast Festival, Loveland Garfi eld County Fair, Rifl e
SEPTEMBER Taste of Colorado, Denver Colorado State Fair, Pueblo Council Tree Pow Wow, Delta Chile ‘n’ Frijoles Festival, Pueblo Colorado Balloon Classic, Colorado Springs Copper Country, Copper Mountain
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NOVEMBER Starz Denver Film Festival, Denver Gingerbread House Competition, Beaver Creek Festival of Trees, Greeley Mile High Holidays, Denver, November and December
DECEMBER
Christmas and New Year’s Eve Festivities, Statewide Parade of Lights, Grand Junction US Snowboard Grand Prix, Copper Mountain Torchlight Ski Down, Winter Park Parade of Lights, Denver
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A balloon festival in Steamboat Springs
Blues & Brews, Telluride
Meeker Classic Sheepdog Championship Trials, Meeker TRA Rodeo & Las Animas County Fair, Trinidad
OCTOBER Great American Beer Festival, Denver Pumpkin Festival, Cortez Ghost Walks, Glenwood Springs Great Pumpkin Harvest Festival at Four Mile Historic Park, Denver Boo at the Zoo, Colorado Springs
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