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Mountains & <strong>Mesas</strong><br />
Adventure Destinations<br />
Festivals, Music, and Events<br />
For more Trinidad events, and more info on the<br />
events listed here, check out<br />
www.historictrinidad.com/events.html. For more<br />
info on events in Huerfano County, visit spanishpeakscountry.com/event-calendar/.<br />
April 23 – Wayne Faust Comedy Night at Dodgeton<br />
Creek Brewery, Trinidad, 5-10 pm.<br />
May 21 – <strong>2016</strong> Armed Forces Day Parade downtown<br />
Trinidad 10 am.<br />
May 28 - Picker’s Paradise. Booths <strong>with</strong> antiques,<br />
primitives, junque and up-cycled products for pickers<br />
along <strong>with</strong> an all-day open mike, downtown La<br />
Veta.<br />
June 9-12 – Raton Summer Fun Fest at Raton High<br />
School, Raton, times vary each day.<br />
June 9-12 - Burning Man music festival, Valdez<br />
June 10-11 – Santa Fe Trail Days at Central Park,<br />
Trinidad<br />
June 16-19 - Sonic Bloom music festival at Humming<br />
Bird Ranch, I25 Exit 64 Lascar Rd. sonicbloomfestival.com<br />
June 18 - Annual Friends of the Fiber Festival, La<br />
Veta Town Park, La Veta.<br />
June 23-26 – 4th Annual Trinidad Family Fun Days<br />
at Las Animas County Fairgrounds, Trinidad, times<br />
vary daily.<br />
June 24-25 - Cuchara Hermosa Art Show, Cuchara,<br />
www.cucharahermosa.org<br />
July 1 - 4th July Celebration and International Balloon<br />
Rally at Raton's La Mesa Air Field, Raton. Ascensions<br />
begin by 6:30 am, and the day is capped off<br />
<strong>with</strong> night-glows and great food. The city of Raton<br />
hosts a parade, street dance, crafts, and fun in the<br />
park, finishing <strong>with</strong> a fireworks display.<br />
July 2 - Spanish Peaks Music Festival, La Veta Airport,<br />
La Veta, spanishpeaksmusicfestival.com<br />
July 2-3 - Art in the Park and quilt show, La Veta<br />
Town Park, La Veta<br />
July 4 – July 4 Fireworks at Trinidad Lake, Trinidad<br />
July 4 - Cuchara July 4th Celebration, downtown<br />
Cuchara, 11 am<br />
July 23 - Francisco Fort Days, Francisco Fort, La Veta<br />
July 17-19 -Mt. Carmel Festival, Mt. Carmel Health<br />
and Wellness Center, Trinidad. www.mtcarmelwellness.org<br />
July 26-30 - Las Animas County 4-H Fair, Las Animas<br />
County Fairgrounds, Trinidad<br />
July 29-30 - Gardner Hippie Days, Gardner Community<br />
Center, Gardner<br />
Aug. 13- 14 - Huajatolla Heritage Festival, La Veta<br />
town park, La Veta<br />
Aug. 27 – Trinidaddio Blues Fest <strong>2016</strong> at Trinidad<br />
Central Park, Trinidad, 11 am - 11 pm.<br />
trinidaddio.com<br />
Aug. 31 - Sept. 6 - Battlemoor VII, Hummingbird<br />
Ranch, I 25 Exit 64 Lascar Rd. www.Battlemoor.org<br />
Sept. 3-5 - Trinidad Round-Up Labor Day Parade<br />
and weekend, downtown and Las Animas County<br />
Fair Grounds, Trinidad<br />
Sept. 3 - Mountain Mining Days, downtown<br />
Walsenburg.<br />
Sept. 9 – Artocade crazy fun art-car parade, 9-11 am,<br />
Trinidad.<br />
Sept. 22-25 - 12th Annual Celtic Music Festival,<br />
Huerfano, www.celticmusicfest.com<br />
Oct. 1 – Oktoberfest, downtown La Veta.<br />
Oct. 8 – Shadow of the Breasts Fest, Aguilar<br />
Food<br />
May 14 - Faragosi Fest “Louisiana Style Shrimp Boil<br />
at Las Animas County Fairgrounds, Trinidad, 2-9<br />
pm.<br />
Aug. 6 - Gardner Chuckwagon, Gardner Methodist<br />
church, Gardner, 2-5 pm<br />
Cars and Bikes<br />
June 11 - Kruizer’s Car & Bike Club Annual Car &<br />
Bike Show at Brix Sports Bar, Trinidad, registration<br />
at 8 am.<br />
Sept. 9 - Artocade, downtown Trinidad, 9-11 am.<br />
Oct. 1 - Oktoberfest, downtown La Veta.<br />
Outdoor recreation<br />
Jan. 1 - Raton Polar Bear Plunge on the South Boat<br />
Ramp at Lake Maloya, other winter activities follow<br />
the plunge.
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