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Weekly Highlights in Colorado

Every featured event of the week, past and present

Emma Crawford Coffin Races in
Weekly Highlight Oct 19–26, 2026

Emma Crawford Coffin Races in

Manitou Springs' Emma Crawford Coffin Races and Festival returns to downtown Manitou Avenue on Oct. 24, 2026, with a free parade at noon and costumed teams racing coffins down the street.

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Kevin Cook: Colorado Creatures
Weekly Highlight Oct 12–19, 2026

Kevin Cook: Colorado Creatures

Naturalist Kevin Cook brings his 'Creatures You Never Knew Live in Colorado' series to the Old Town Library in Fort Collins on October 13, 2026, for a free talk on the state's overlooked wildlife.

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Jail Art Stories at Old Town
Weekly Highlight Oct 12–19, 2026

Jail Art Stories at Old Town

Larimer County Programs Specialist Clint Burkholder shares the stories behind artwork made inside the Larimer County Jail, tied to a fall exhibit at the Old Town Art Gallery, Oct. 15, 2026 at the Old Town Library in Fort Collins.

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Old Town Library's 50th Birthday
Weekly Highlight Oct 12–19, 2026

Old Town Library's 50th Birthday

Fort Collins' Old Town Library marks 50 years at 201 Peterson St. with a 1970s-themed party and a 1976 time capsule opening on October 17, 2026.

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Open Streets Fort Collins 2026
Weekly Highlight Oct 12–19, 2026

Open Streets Fort Collins 2026

Fort Collins closes Laurel Street to cars on Sunday, October 18, 2026, for the free Open Streets festival — with Ollie's Bike Parade leading the way.

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Fountain Harvest Games
Weekly Highlight Oct 12–19, 2026

Fountain Harvest Games

Fountain's free Harvest Games returns to City Hall on Oct. 17, 2026, with a giant vegetable weigh-off, Food Network pumpkin carvers, live music, and a costume contest.

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Castle Rock After Dark
Weekly Highlight Oct 5–12, 2026

Castle Rock After Dark

For three decades, a small-town historical society has turned the town's oldest legends into a free October walking tour — and the stories are stranger than the fiction.

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Ghosts of the Quarry Town
Weekly Highlight Oct 5–12, 2026

Ghosts of the Quarry Town

For eight October nights, the Castle Rock Museum leads lantern-free walks through downtown's haunted and tragic past, starting from a 150-year-old railroad depot.

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Ten Acres of October
Weekly Highlight Oct 5–12, 2026

Ten Acres of October

For one weekend a year, Chatfield Farms throws open its gates to the biggest single-weekend party Denver Botanic Gardens hosts — a pumpkin patch, a Colorado-shaped corn maze, and a farm that spent all year getting ready.

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Colorado flag
Weekly Highlight Oct 5–12, 2026

Take Home a Banned Book

During Banned Books Week, CU Boulder's libraries hand out frequently challenged titles in an engineering lobby — and the numbers behind the gesture are the highest ever recorded.

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At Denver Bake Fest, Eighty
Weekly Highlight Sep 28 – Oct 5, 2026

At Denver Bake Fest, Eighty

Now in its fourth year, Zach Martinucci's scrappy county-fair-style baking competition has grown into a free Saturday-morning festival — and a proving ground for everyone from pandemic hobbyists to a ten-year-old who keeps winning.

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A Library, a Light Show, and 150
Weekly Highlight Sep 28 – Oct 5, 2026

A Library, a Light Show, and 150

For one night in October, CU Boulder will project a century and a half of its own history onto the west face of Norlin Library — the building a Depression-era president once dreamed would be the finest between Chicago and the Pacific.

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Colorado flag
Weekly Highlight Sep 28 – Oct 5, 2026

Blueprints From the Sun: A Rare

A free open house at CU Boulder's Research Park Greenhouse lets visitors make sun-printed cyanotypes from plant matter, hunt through a world-renowned teaching collection, and trace the lost history of Boulder's apple orchards.

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The New Front Door: How a Police
Weekly Highlight Sep 14–21, 2026

The New Front Door: How a Police

CSPD and TESSA join forces Sunday at the Ent Center for the Arts for a free, open-door crash course in cyberbullying, AI, sextortion, and the hidden corners of the apps your kids already use.

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On One Block of Downtown Denver
Weekly Highlight Sep 14–21, 2026

On One Block of Downtown Denver

Spirit of Japan returns to Sakura Square for a third year of sake, street food and a whole tuna carved before a crowd — on the last remaining block of Denver's Japantown.

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Before the Whistle, a Different
Weekly Highlight Sep 14–21, 2026

Before the Whistle, a Different

A police-versus-fire exhibition, a professional soccer match, and a fireworks finale turn a downtown stadium into a one-night civic ritual of remembrance.

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A Tiny Railroad Carries a Town's
Weekly Highlight Sep 7–13, 2026

A Tiny Railroad Carries a Town's

On a September morning, a garden train and handcrafted replicas of Castle Rock's landmarks turn the museum's backyard into a miniature tribute to the railroad that built the town.

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A Boot Full of Hope: Castle Rock
Weekly Highlight Aug 31 – Sep 6, 2026

A Boot Full of Hope: Castle Rock

For four days over Labor Day weekend, Castle Rock firefighters will hold out their boots to passing strangers — a ritual that began in Boston in 1952 and has become a beloved tradition for the department.

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Boulder Roots Festival Is Now Tulagi, Returning to Pearl Street with a Bigger Second Year
Weekly Highlight Aug 24–30, 2026

Boulder Roots Festival Is Now Tulagi, Returning to Pearl Street with a Bigger Second Year

The second edition of the Boulder Roots Music Festival, held August 27–30, 2026, takes on the new name Tulagi and expands into visual and performing arts.

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Boulder Roots Festival Is Now
Weekly Highlight Aug 24–30, 2026

Boulder Roots Festival Is Now

The second edition of the Boulder Roots Music Festival, held August 27–30, 2026, takes on the new name Tulagi and expands into visual and performing arts.

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The Final Note of a Decade
Weekly Highlight Aug 24–30, 2026

The Final Note of a Decade

On the last Saturday of August, a Bob Seger tribute band and a 65-piece orchestra join forces to close out the 10th anniversary season of Castle Rock's Summer Concert Series.

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