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Animas City Theatre NYE Event
Animas City Theatre NYE Event Wednesday, December 31, 2025 Animas City Theatre • 128 E. College Drive, Durango, CO81301 MapEvent Website Event Description Animas City Theatre presents a New Year’s Eve party featuring High Country Hustle and the Pickpockets. Tickets are on sale now. Advanced ticket prices are currently $30 and will be $35 the day of the show. Doors at 8:00pm. Music from 9:00pm to 12:30am. This is a 21 and up event....
New Years Events For Durango
Make & Take New Years Charcuterie Class Tuesday, Dec 30, 2025 • 5:00 pm Graze Colorado Downtown Bistro & Bakery • Durango, CO Map Event Website Event Description Celebrate the final days of the year with the Sparkle and Graze NYE Make and Take, a festive charcuterie workshop designed to help you ring in the New Year in style. Guided by our team, you will learn charcuterie techniques, flavor balancing, seasonal pairings,...
Noel Night Friday, Dec 5, 2025 • 10:00 am – 10:00 pm
Noel Night Friday, Dec 5, 2025 • 10:00 am – 10:00 pm Downtown Durango • Durango, CO MapEvent Website Event Description Join friends, family, and neighbors for a joyous celebration hosted by Local First at Durango’s Annual Noel Night, Friday, December 5, 2025, a cherished tradition that kicks off the holiday shopping season with a bang! This community-wide event, now one of the biggest shopping days of the year, features...
Holiday Arts & Crafts Festival Select dates from Dec 5-7, 2025 • 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
Holiday Arts & Crafts Festival Select dates from Dec 5-7, 2025 • 10:00 am – 5:00 pm La Plata County Fairgrounds • 2500 Main Ave, Durango, CO 81301 Map Event Description There will be fine art and amazing crafts at this 3 day event! Come meet the creative people from the Four Corners. Local vendors will be offering paintings, jams and jellies, handcrafted jewelry, sewn goods, holiday sweets and treats, Christmas,...
Festival of Trees & Wreaths Dec 5-7, 2025 • 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Festival of Trees & Wreaths Dec 5-7, 2025 • 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad • 479 Main Ave, Durango, CO81301 MapEvent Website Event Description Get into the spirit of the season with the Festival of Trees & Wreaths, a free and family friendly holiday tradition! Event-goers will tour an enchanted forest of Christmas trees and wreaths decorated by our generous sponsors, bid on the...
Singing With Santa & Downtown Christmas Tree Lighting Friday, Nov 28, 2025 • 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Singing With Santa & Downtown Christmas Tree Lighting Friday, Nov 28, 2025 • 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm Buckley Park • Main Avenue, Durango, CO81301 MapEvent Website Event Description Kick off the holidays in downtown Durango with Singing with Santa at Buckley Park on Friday, November 28. Families can enjoy carols, cookies, hot chocolate, and a magical countdown to the community tree lighting with Santa himself. After the...
Turkey Trot Thursday, Nov 27, 2025 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Turkey Trot Thursday, Nov 27, 2025 • 10:00 am – 12:00 pm Fort Lewis College • 1000 Rim Drive, Durango, CO81301 MapEvent Website Event Description One of Durango’s most popular running races for close to 30 years has become a holiday tradition for so many families. The Turkey Trot, presented by Animas Surgical Hospital, features a 5-mile race and a 1-mile fun-run. All of the proceeds go to great local charities. Come...
The Polar Express Train Is Back November 21, 2025 – January 3, 2026
The Polar Express Train November 21, 2025 – January 3, 2026 Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad • 479 Main Ave, Durango, CO81301 Map Event Description Join the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad for the holiday classic, THE POLAR EXPRESS Train Ride, a magical theatrical interpretation of the classic tale of a child’s Christmas Eve journey to the North Pole featuring a ride on a steam locomotive....
Mesa Verde Entrance Fee-Free Day Tuesday, November 11, 2025
Mesa Verde Entrance Fee-Free Day Select dates from Jan 9 – Nov 11, 2025Select dates from January 9 through November 11, 2025 Mesa Verde National Park • Mile .7 Headquarters Loop Road, Mesa Verde National Park, CO81330 Map Event Description Mesa Verde waives it’s entry fee several times each year. This is due to efforts to encourage everyone to visit their national park, and applies to all national parks. Complete...
Pondering Pines Maker’s Market at Vallecito Lake Nov 8-9, 2025 • 11:00 am – 9:00 pm
Pondering Pines Maker’s Market at Vallecito Lake Select dates from Nov 8-9, 2025 • 11:00 am – 9:00 pmSelect dates from November 8 through November 9, 2025 at 11:00 am JW Vallecito Resort • 13030 Co Rd 501, Bayfield, CO81122 MapEvent Website Event Description Join us for a magical weekend at the Pondering Pines Holiday Maker’s Market, a two-day indoor event supporting Vallecito community members affected by the...
Downtown Children’s Halloween And Events
Downtown Children’s Halloween Friday, Oct 31, 2025 • 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm Downtown Durango • Durango, CO Event Description Join the fun in downtown Durango on October 31 from 4:00 – 6:00 PM for a safe, festive Halloween experience for kids. Little ghosts and goblins will roam Main Avenue and East 2nd Avenue, trick-or-treating at participating businesses (about 75–100 locations) handing out candy and non-candy items to children 10...
Halloween Bike Parade and Powerhouse Party Thursday, Oct 30, 2025 • 4:00 pm – 6:30 pm
Halloween Bike Parade and Powerhouse Party Thursday, Oct 30, 2025 • 4:00 pm – 6:30 pmThursday, October 30, 2025 at 4:00 pm Animas River Trail • Durango, CO Event Description Get ready for a ghoulishly good time at the Devo Halloween Costume Parade and Party! All Ages – Wear your costumes! All members of the public are welcome! Join us for a parade along the picturesque Animas River Trail, ending at the Powerhouse for an epic...
The Billionaire Oligarchs Are Coming for Your Pets
The billionaires know you love your furry family members, and they’d like profit from your affection. Have you had to seek veterinary attention for a beloved pet in recent years? Have you noticed higher costs for vaccines and routine exams? Do you occasionally need a pet-sitter and wish to purchase services from an on-line service? I’ve got bad news for you: the billionaires have fixed their sights on you and on every corner of the...
What Does It Mean to Be on the Spiritual Path?
I often hear people say, “I’m not religious, but I am spiritual.” The first part of that sentence is clear enough, because organized religions have been declining in attendance for decades. It is also true that the number of people who declare that they are atheists remains very small. But it isn’t so clear what it means to be spiritual. My mother was both religious and spiritual. There was no distinction in her mind. She prayed at...
The Rocky Horror Show
Event Description Come and be a part of the Rocky Horror experience at the DAC. Sing and dance the “Time Warp” along along with Brad and Janet as they discover the wonders “over at the Frankenstein place” as they learn about love, life, and transvestite aliens. One fateful night, Brad Majors and his fiancée, Janet Weiss — a wholesome, well-behaved, utterly normal young couple in love — innocently set out to visit an old professor....
Mercury Retrograde Dates for 2025 and 2026
What Is Mercury Retrograde and What Does It Mean for You? Mercury Retrograde will begin once again on November 9, 2025, and end on November 29, 2025. These periods of the year are thought to significantly influence your mood and actions. Learn more and find the 2025 and 2026 Mercury Retrograde dates below. Discover what Mercury Retrograde means for communication, travel, technology, and how it might impact your daily life....
Animas Valley Balloon Rally
Event Description The Animas Valley Balloon Rally hosts a full weekend of events each October. The event this year takes place October 17 – 19, 2025. The event kicks off with the Downtown Balloon Glow on Friday evening, where spectators will see multiple hot air balloons light up. The event also features a few candlesticks (baskets without their balloons.) This is a great opportunity to meet the pilots and get up close to the...
The Question That Changes People’s Lives
By Deepak Chopra, MD, FACP, FRCP Whether you see yourself on a spiritual path or not, there’s a powerful way to raise your experience of life. It consists of a single question, ‘Who am I?” If you ask this question seriously, it has a tremendous impact. You might find yourself making a personal breakthrough, turning a corner in your life, or even experiencing a transformation. My own breakthrough is a case in point. It occurred in the...
17th Annual Apple Days Festival
17th Annual Apple Days Festival DESCRIPTION Join the Good Food Collective for the 17th Annual Apple Days Festival brought to you by EsoTerra Ciderworks. The festival celebrates our region’s apple abundance, helps feed our community, reduces waste, and saves the bears! We invite you to join us for daily community harvests from September 20-October 9 and then on Saturday, October 11, from 9 am-12 pm at the Durango Farmers Market...
West Slope Startup Week 2025
West Slope Startup Week 2025 DESCRIPTION This is the third year for West Slope Startup Week in Durango! Five days of ideas, connection, and collaboration – all celebrating rural entrepreneurs and the communities they call home. This ‘conference’ is unlike any other! It is FREE and ‘a la carte’, meaning you get to choose your own adventure; come to as much or as little as you like. Sessions are hosted in...
