for kids
Snowdown Light Parade
Snowdown Light Parade Friday, Jan 31, 2025 • 6:00 pm Downtown Durango • Main Street, Durango, CO 81301 Event Description Durango’s only nighttime parade, where lighted floats create a dazzling delight in Durango’s most entertaining procession along Main Avenue. Entrants are encouraged to incorporate lights on their floats. Floats compete for bragging rights in several categories. Post courtesy of...
The Gingerbread Lodge
The Gingerbread Lodge Saturday, Dec 14, 2024 • 9:00 am – 1:00 pm Black Diamond Lodge • Durango, CO Map Event Website Event Description Join us at the Black Diamond Lodge for a free community holiday event! Enjoy festive decorations, Christmas music, a roaring fire, free hot cocoa and cookies, and fun activities for kids. 🎄 Highlights include: Gingerbread House Contest (free to enter, adult & kid categories) with public...
The Nutcracker Ballet
The Nutcracker Ballet December 13-15, 2024 Fort Lewis College Community Concert Hall • 1000 Rim Drive, Durango, CO MapEvent Website Event Description A tradition at the Community Concert Hall, the “Nutcracker” performed by the highly-acclaimed State Street Ballet of Santa Barbra will be returning to Durango this December for four performances. The San Juan Symphony will perform with the ballet. This performance is...
Holiday Arts & Crafts Festival
Holiday Arts & Crafts Festival Sunday, Dec 8, 2024 • 12:00 – 4:00 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, alpaca and Navajo decor,...
Local Cookie Decorating Class with FLC Alumni
Local Cookie Decorating Class with FLC Alumni December 8, 2024 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM Mountain Dough Baking Co., Durango CO Do you want to learn the basics of decorating sugar cookies? Join fellow FLC grads for a fun-filled cookie decorating and catered brunch event at alumni-owned Mountain Dough Baking Co. Together, we will practice basic piping and filling techniques and will walk away with these four beautifully decorated...
Noel Night
Noel Night Friday, December 6, 2024 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 6, 2024, 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 special offers, live music,...
Holiday Caroling
Holiday Caroling December 4, 11, 18 • 7:00 – 10:00 pm Durango Hot Springs • Durango, MapEvent Website Event Description Reserve a relaxing hot springs admission and embrace the holiday season with Four Corners Carolers! Four Corners Carolers will be performing from 5-8 PM for the first 3 Wednesday’s of December! Complete Schedule Wednesday, December 4, 2024 Wednesday, December 11, 2024 Wednesday, December 18, 2024...
Singing With Santa & Downtown Christmas Tree Lighting
Singing With Santa & Downtown Christmas Tree Lighting Friday, Nov 29, 2024 • 5:30 – 7:30 pm Buckley Park • Main Avenue, Durango, CO 81301 MapEvent Website Event Description Kick off your holiday season with Singing with Santa in Downtown Durango! Join us the day after Thanksgiving for this cherished annual tradition. Everyone is welcome to Shop, Dine, and Celebrate as we usher in the festive season. Come Downtown to...
THE POLAR EXPRESS™ Train Ride Is Back
Tickets Now Available for the 2024 Season! Experience the magic this holiday season! Join us for a truly unforgettable immersive theatrical re-creation of the classic holiday story, THE POLAR EXPRESS™ Train Ride. Climb aboard a vintage steam train as it departs our Durango Depot for the North Pole to pick up Santa Claus himself. You’ll be immersed in the story as our chefs serve you hot chocolate and a sweet treat while you listen to...
Dropping the rope
Purg kicks off 2024-25 season with pancakes, perks and some (real!) snow A skier does a happy dance at the bottom of Purg’s Sixpack during the “bonus” weekend Sat., Nov. 9. In one of the earliest openings in recent memory, Purg officially begins daily operations Nov. 16. / Photo by Christian Ridings Maddy Gleason – 11/14/2024 You’ve probably had Nov. 16 circled on your calendar as Purgatory’s opening...
Veterans Day Durango
Veterans Day Monday, November 11, 2024 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM Main Street and 1550 Main Avenue Durango, CO 81301 !550 Main Avenue, Durango, CO 81301 Veterans Day is a Special Day set aside to honor all our veterans for their service to this nation. The Day starts with a Veterans Day Parade which starts at 11:00 on Main Street. If you wish to join the Parade please contact us. The Parade is followed by an Air Force Fly Over....
Children’s Halloween Trick-or-Treat & Carnival
Children’s Halloween Trick-or-Treat & Carnival Thursday, Oct 31, 2024 • 4:00 – 6:00 pm Downtown Durango • Durango, CO Map Event Description The little ghost and goblins fill the streets of Downtown Durango on October 31 for the Children’s Halloween Event. This is a fun and safe option for kids to trick or treat in costume at nearly 100 participating merchants. This event is for children 10 and under, accompanied by...
Halloween Bike Parade and Powerhouse Party
Halloween Bike Parade and Powerhouse Party Thursday, Oct 24, 2024 • 4:00 – 6:30 pm Animas River Trail • Durango, CO MapEvent Website 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 Halloween Party! Get...
Apple Days Festival Saturday, Oct 12 & 13, 2024
Help Harvest Apples Before The Event Oh boy! We are setting out to harvest 4,587 pounds of fresh apples in preparation for the festival, and we need your help.Join us on one of our pre-event apple harvests! RSVP For an Apple Days Harvest volunteer at the festival Want to get involved? We are looking for apple pressers, apple juice pourers, and more! Sign up below to help us have the best Apple Days yet. P.S. You’ll get a free...
A Spooky Night at the Pumpkin Patch Friday, October 11, 2024
A Spooky Night at the Pumpkin Patch Select dates from Oct 11-19, 2024 • 6:00 – 8:30 pm Falfa Pumpkin Patch • 54 County Road 221, Durango, 81303 MapEvent Website Event Description Come see our spooky animated monsters come to life! Hot chocolate, treats, and a Halloween movie are included with the price of admission. Costumes and flashlights encouraged! Enjoy hot chocolate and a movie in the pumpkin patch or venture up to the...
Jordan World Circus Thursday, October 3, 2024 6:30 pm
Ticket Information DATE & SHOWTIME: Thursday, October 3, 2024 6:30 pm CITY & LOCATION: LA PLATA CO. FAIRGROUNDS 2500 Main Ave, Durango, CO 81301 DURANGO, CO PRE-SALES SPECIAL TICKETS Pre-Sale Special Tickets are limited to the First 100 General Admission Sales. These may be used for Adults or Children and may be combined with coupon offers such as Free Children’s tickets. Free Children’s Tickets may have been distributed...
Pumpkin Festival Is Back
Pumpkin Festival September 14 – October 29, 2024 Jack-A-Lope Acres • 7195 CR 318, Ignacio, CO 81137 MapEvent Website Event Description Join us this fall at Jack-A-Lope Acres for our favorite season of all, Pumpkin season! The Pumpkin Festival celebrations kick off on September 15th with the opening of the family run farm to the community. Jack-A-Lope Acres serves as the Durango and Farmington area’s go to pumpkin patch...
Spoketober Returns To Durango
Spoketober A Month-Long Celebration of All Things Cycling Hosted by Visit Durango, the City of Durango, and various other organizations throughout the community, Spoketober is a celebration of all things cycling. This includes mountain biking, road biking, e-biking, gravel biking, BMXing, bike commuting, and everything in between. This annual event lasts throughout the month of October: the 1st through the 31st, and includes various...
The Traveling Comic Book Store Sat Sep 21 2024 at 09:00 am to 03:00 pm
About the event Durango, CO – The Traveling Comic Book Store Happening at the La Quinta Inn & Suites in Durango, CO! Everything you can find at a comic book store. Hours are 9am-3pm local time. Admission is $1 for adults and kids 12 and under get in free. The admission is also an entry into a raffle for the $50 shopping spree! Drawing at 2:30pm. You may also like the following events from Kenny’s Comics: This...
Devo Days Bike Festival NEW DATES ARE AUGUST 16-18 !!
Events Devo Days Bike Festival !! UPDATE: DEVO DAYS HAS BEEN DELAYED DUE TO WEATHER AND LOW REGISTRATIONS. THE NEW DATES ARE AUGUST 16-18 !! Devo is proud to present the 2nd Annual Devo Days Bike Festival August 9-11 16-18, 2024 at Purgatory Resort, Durango, CO Free Skills Clinics XC, STXC, DH, Enduro, and More! All ages are welcome! The Devo Days Mountain Bike Festival at Purgatory Resort is a thrilling and action-packed...
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