Regional
Events Calendar
2008
Canon
City & Florence
April
26 Artist Gallery Tour
May
8 Amazing Mom's Art Show at the Blue Spruce Gallery
May
18 Main Street Car Show
May
24, 25, 26, Black Powder Shoot Florence Mountain
Park
June
4 - Aug 20 WEDNESDAY NIGHT ENTERTAINMENT IN PIONEER PARK
PAVILION 7PM talent line-up
June 4 Southern Colorado Concert Band
June 11 TBA
June 18 Slow Children at Play
June 25 Second Wind
July 2 Country Time (from California)
July 9 Cougar Hill
July 16 Sugar Foot
July 23 TBA
July 30 United States Air Force
Academy Wild Blue Country
August 6 Country Line Ramblers
August 13 Willson & McKee
August 20 TBA
June
6-7 GALLERY STROLL Artist display work along Main Street
June
7 Appreciation BBQ 11 AM Pioneer Park
Pavilion, Florence
Chamber
provides BBQ to show their appreciation to Florence shoppers
Nominal
Fee
June
7 EVENING STRET DANCE on South Pikes Peak
August
15 HOT AUGUST NIGHTS Entertainment & Sales on Main
Street
September
19 FLORENCE PIONEER DAY DANCE Florence Elks Lodge 8 PM
until 12
PM
September
19 & 20 JUNTIQUE V Open Air affair with Antique Vendors
September
20 81st FLOENCE PIONEER DAY CELEBRATION
Parade downtown
Florence,
craft & food booths and program at Pioneer Park and Park Pavillion
September
20 EVENING STREET DANCE South Pikes Peak
Oct
10 & 11 PAINT THE TOUWN 4TH ANNUAL PLEIN ART FESTIVALwith
Show &
Sale
October
31 HALLOWEEN TRICK OR TREAT for the youngsters sponsored
by
Florence
Chamber of Commerce & Downtown Merchants Downtown Florence
4
to
6 PM
November
20 CHRISTMAS LIGHTS ILLUMINATED FOR THE SEASON
November
22 SANTA CLAUS COME TO TOWN Saturdays & visits
Downtown
Florence,
Music, Games, Window Decorating and Special Events every Saturday
until
December 25th.
Cripple
Creek
Classic
Melodrama An Arrant Knave (Butte)
June
6 - July 26
Chili
Cookoff - June 20-22
Donkey
Derby Days
June
27-29
Parade,
Children’s activities, Burro Races,
Chicken
Bingo, Downhill Gravity Race,
1890’s
style Gold Stroll and Dance,
and
much more
4th
of July Celebration: Fireworks
July
4
Colorado
Mounted Ranger BBQ, Music,
Vintage
Base Ball Game (1860’s rules)
Oklahoma
(Butte Opera House)
Aug.
1-September 30
Cripple
Creek Honors America’s Armed Forces
August
15-17
Parade,
Static Displays, Fireworks & much more
Cruise
Above the Clouds
September
13-14
Fall
Festival - Oct. 3-5
Two
Mile High Aspen Tours (location TBA)
September
Frankenstein
in Cripple Creek (Butte Opera House)
October
5-31
Boozaar
(City Park and Recreation Building 5:30 pm)
October
31
Mircale
on Bennett Avenue (Butte Opera House)
November
21-December 31
Gold
Camp Christmas
December
5th annual Christmas Parade,
Senior
Club Bazaar & Tree decorating contest,
Colorado
Springs Chorale performance,
Ice
Sculptures (weather permitting)
Florence
See
Canyon City Above
Florissant
Pikes Peak Historical Society
All the following events
will be at the Florissant Library
Chautauqua/”Fossils!
Florissant’s Claim to World Fame” With Dr. Herb Meyer
Sun, Feb 17
2:00 pm
PPHS Annual Meeting
Sat, Mar 8
12:00 pm
Chautauqua/”Ludlow: History
& Poetry”
Sun, Apr 20
2:00 pm
With David Mason
Chautauqua/”The Notorious
Sherman Bell”
Sun, May 18
2:00 pm
With Ray White
Chautauqua/”Teddy Roosevelt
in the Flesh”
Sun, June 22
2:00 pm
With Steve Smith
HERITAGE DAY JULY 26
Pancake Breakfast
Florissant Fire House 7am
Historic Homesteads
Tour Pikes Peak Historical Society Museum
Tabeguache Utes Dance
at FFBNM
Sat, Aug 9
7:00 pm
Florissant Fossil Beds Natn'l
Monument 748-3253 or 748-3562
Chautauqua “American Indians
of the
Sun, Nov 16
2:00 pm
Pikes Peak Region “
With Celinda Reynolds Kaelin
Royal Gorge
Bridge & Park
See
Canyon City Above
Victor
Donkey
Derby Race start in Victor June 29
Gold
Camp Hill Climb Racers - June 21 & 22 in Victor
Gold
Rush Days - July 18, 19, 20
Victor
Celebrates the Arts - Plein air Show/Sale/Festival in Victor Labor
Day Weekend; 719-689-2999; victorarts.org
A
Heritage Christmas - kids games, Santa Claus, stores open for shopping,
lighted headframe tours, caroling around the bonfire, Christmas home lighting
awards and Christmas goodies at the community center December 15
November
21-January 1 Gold
Camp Christmas Holiday Headframe Lighting. Weekends thru Dec. 25 and Dec.
26-Jan. 1. Tour maps at the Victor Hotel, Gold King Mtn. Inn, Cripple Creek
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