2013 Summer Events - Durango, CO

Durango Festivals:

May 24-27: Iron Horse Bicycle Classic

May 31-June 1: Durango Blues Train

June 8-10, 14-6: Dinosaur Train

June 21-22: Fun in the Sun Arts & Crafts Fair

June 29: Durango Dirty Mountain Bike Competition

July 4: Independence Day Express

July 7-28: Music in the Mountains

July 12-14: Art on the Animas

July 12-14 Four Corners Gem and Mineral Show

July 20-28: Fiesta Days

August 15-18: Durango Railfest

August 14-15: Oktoberfest

August 21-22 Durango Autumn Arts Festival

August 24: San Juan Brewfest

August 29- Sept. 2: Four Corners Motorcycle Rally

September 7-8: Whole Expo

2013 Summer Events - Silverton, CO

Silverton Festivals:

June 15: Taste of Silverton

June 15: Block Party Street Dance

July 4: Fourth of July Celebration/Fireworks

July 12-14 Hardrock 100 Endurance Run

July 20: Kendall Mountain Run

July 20: Silverton Barbershop Music Festival

August 9-11: Hardrockers Holidays

August 16-18 Great Western Rocky Mountain Band Festival

September 7-8: Silverton Quilt Show

2013 Summer Events - Mancos, CO

Mancos Festivals:

June 1: Dolores River Festival

June 22-23: Mancos Open Studio Tour

June: 29 Fireworks/Ground Hog Lake

July 26-28: Mancos days

August 9-10: Escalante Days

August 18-19: Mancos Renaissance Fair

August 29- Sept. 2: Sugar Pine Ranch Rally

September 15: Dolores Harvest Days

September 27: Grand Summer Nights

September 27-29: Mesa Verde Country Balloon and Arts Festival

Spring 2013 Events

Feb 27-Mar 3 ~ Durango Film Festival

Mar 13 ~ 101 Years of Broadway at FLC

Mar 30 ~ Spring Fest: Bayfield

Apr 7 ~ Brewski Microbrewfest

Apr 14 ~ Tri the Rim Triathalon at FLC

Apr 26-28 ~ Mudfest: Ouray

May 2-4 ~ Durango Wine Experience

Restaurant FACTS!

It is finally official - Durango really DOES have more restaurants per capita than San Francisco!

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Outside Magazine names "Snowdown" as one of North America's Best Winter Carnivals!

Excerpt from Outside Magazine's 1/4/12 article by Greg Melville:
Durango, Colorado
Snowdown, Durango’s annual February party, is proof positive that the long Rocky Mountain winter isn’t very kind to the psyche of the town’s stir crazy locals. It takes the mind of a very creative shut-in to think up events like the Polar beer plunge (picture an outdoor pool of beer), beard growing competition, burp-off championship, donut eat-off, kayak pool slalom contest, ski softball game, arm wrestling competition, winter triathlon (the events are skiing/snowboarding, snowshoeing, and snow tubing), and the contest to see who can stuff the most people into an outhouse at one time. Put all that together, and Snowdown may be the only winter carnival in the country that scares more people away from a town than it attracts. And that’s why you shouldn’t miss it. This year's carnival runs February 1 to 5.

Outside Magazine Awards

When Outside Magazine’s October 2011 issue hits stands, all of Durango will know that we are the “Next Big Thing.”  Our mountain town won the title while being awarded a coveted top-10 spot in Outside Magazine’s “Life is Better Here” article in the October issue.  Congratulations Durango!