Updated: July 17, 2024
Summer Events
For those looking to branch out of the regular routine or discover their next favorite event, look no further. Keep checking back for fun events throughout the season!
We’ve put together a list of some of the must-see events going on around the Pikes Peak Region this summer.
Throughout the Summer
Battle of the Bighorn Challenge with Echo Canyon River Expeditions
May-September 2024
Hosted by Echo Canyon River Expeditions, this timed challenge is best described as an obstacle course that meets the river. You will battle alongside your teammates to be the first raft through Bighorn Sheep Canyon!
Summer Concert Series at First & Main Town Center
Fridays in June and July, 5:00-7:00 pm
Join First & Main Town Center for live music, drinks and a good time! A long list of local bands will play, including The SofaKillers, Martini Shot and Wirewood Station.
Classic Tuesdays Summer Concerts in Old Colorado City
Tuesday Nights June-October 2024
Enjoy free outdoor concerts in Bancroft Park from 6:00-8:00pm! Upcoming performances include Tidal Breeze Hot Club Trio, The Moldy Figs, The 719 Band, Manitou Strings, and more.
Brunch & Blooms at Gather Mountain Blooms
From 10:00-noon, every Sunday in June.
Join Gather Mountain Blooms for Sunday brunch amongst the flowers at Venetucci farm. Enjoy this special event every Sunday in June from 10:00 am-1:00 pm. This is such a fun and unique outing with your friends or makes for the perfect date! A brunch board with mimosas is provided at the Garden Gazebo and picnic tables are set up to enjoy the farm ambiance. Then, when you are ready, stroll the flower fields and cut a beautiful bouquet to bring home.
Drag Brunch at Streetcar520
Various dates throughout 2024
Join Streetcar520 the first Sunday of every month for Drag Brunch, featuring the talented Kai Lee Mykels, from noon-2:00 pm. Enjoy mimosas by the glass or bottle. No reservations, first come first serve.
Hillside Gardens Summer Concert Series
Every Wednesday, May 12-October 2
Wednesday Nights in the Garden when the sun goes down the music turns up! We offer a variety of wines, beer, and cocktails at our four full-service bars. Be sure to check out our newly remodeled tequila bar at Cactus Jacks! Local food vendors serve a variety of fares from light bites to dinner. Feel free to bring folding chairs or blankets.
Colorado Springs Conservatory Summer Camps
June-August
Programs are available for children ages 4-18 and subjects include performance, music production and theatre.
Vintage Market Days
May 31 - June 2, 2024
Vintage Market Days is an upscale vintage-inspired indoor/outdoor market featuring original art, antiques, clothing, jewelry, handmade treasures, home décor, outdoor furnishings, consumable yummies, seasonal plantings and a little more. Vintage Market Days® events are so much more than a flea market. Each Vintage Market Days event is a unique opportunity for vendors to display their talents and passions in creative venues.
June 2024 Events
Family Exploration Day
June 1, 2024
El Pomar’s Penrose Heritage Museum is hosting a Family Exploration Day, free and open to the public. The community is invited to join us for a day of immersive fun and interactive activities.
Stranger Side of Victor & Spirits of Sunnyside Walking Tours
1st and 3rd Saturdays, June-October 2024
Downtown Victor: Local historian, Alicia Petri, will lead a walking tour of downtown Victor, highlighting some of the stranger, little-known history of the town – from the Labor wars to gunfights and shootouts and more. In addition, learn about the historic buildings that line the streets, and discover stories about some of the town’s citizens.
Sunnyside Cemetery: Local historian Alicia Petri will guide you through the cemetery telling stories of grave robbers, insurance fraud, and unusual characters.
Summer Music Festival at Colorado College
June 2 - June 21, 2024
Colorado College Summer Music Festival is celebrating 40 years with special guests, music fellows from all over the world, and a great lineup of concerts and recitals. This is a three-week program for 52-54 advanced student musicians, including violin, viola, cello, bass, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, and piano. Purchase tickets to the performances online, or attend a free pre-concert.
Roll Bike Art Festival
June 7, 2024 | 5 - 9 pm
Roll Bike Art Festival is a yearly celebration of the bicycle through all mediums of art. The exhibit showcases artworks from all over, with themes ranging from the history and aesthetic of bicycles to modern cycling culture.
This year's theme is Cirque du Bike, and will be featuring circus themed bicycle artwork and classic bikes, as well as local vendors and circus performers, with live music and food trucks to round out the night.
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Summer Living History Program
June 9, 2024 | 1 pm - 5 pm
Experience Colorado history in style at Rock Ledge Ranch Historic Site. Learn about Native American trade at the American Indian Area. Make a cornhusk doll at the Homestead Cabin. Discover the hard-working and ingenuous spirit of early pioneer homesteaders and farmers in the 1880s Garden. Perfect your skills at Victorian games and tour the 1870s Rock Ledge House. Listen to the rhythmic ‘clink, clink’ of the blacksmith’s hammer hitting the anvil as you immerse yourself in the life of an 1890s blacksmith. Explore the 1907 Orchard House while you learn about life for Edwardian servants and upper-class citizens of Colorado Springs.
Feast of Saint Arnold Family Friendly Beer Festival
June 8, 2024 | 12 pm - 4:30 pm
"Colorado's Family Friendly Beer Festival " showcases the best of Colorado's craft brewers, winemakers, and emerging distilleries. It is located on the historic grounds of the Chapel of our Saviour Episcopal Church in the heart of the Broadmoor Neighborhood at the foot of Cheyenne Mountain.
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Pikes Peak Pride
June 8-9, 2024 | 10 am - 7 pm
Pikes Peak Pride 2024 is a community event expected to gather thousands of visitors together from across the state and Pikes Peak Region into downtown Colorado Springs. There will be two full days of vendor booths, food trucks, beer garden and high energy entertainment to include a fabulous parade on Sunday.
Southern Colorado Juneteenth Festival
June 14 - 16, 2024
Southern Colorado Juneteenth Festival is the biggest celebration of inclusion to ever be held at America the Beautiful Park in Colorado Springs. The mission is to bring together people from every background and community for a time of celebration, music and family fun.
Victor Gem & Mineral Show
June 14-16, 2024
The annual Victor Gem & Mineral Show will be held June 16-18. The event will be held in downtown historic Victor and is free to the public. The show will include vendors from across the state selling Colorado dug minerals. Items for sale will include polished gems, hand-crafted jewelry, rough slabs, specimens, cabochons, geodes, Cripple Creek turquoise, and more. There will also be gold and gem panning at the Victor Lowell Thomas Museum. Show hours are from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm Friday and Saturday and 9:00 am to 4:00 pm on Sunday.
Oddities Alley
June 15-16, 2024 | 10 am - 6 pm
Oddities Alley is Colorado's only locally based oddities and curiosities exposition - for the alt wierdos, by the alt wierdos!
Western Street Breakfast
June 20, 2024
A celebration of Colorado Springs’ deep-rooted western heritage, this festival has been happening since World War II. Gather round as event organizers close down the streets and cook up a delicious hot breakfast, including entertainment and a western dress-up contest.
Junkin Market Days' Summer Market
June 21-22, 2024
The market features unique products such as: Boutique clothes, jewelry, home decor, furniture, candles, gourmet foods and lots more! This is a place for shoppers who are serious about shopping & fun!
Poochella
June 22, 2024
Join Under the Sun Dog Training & Daycare for the most epic & groovy dog pool party of the summer!
Donkey Derby Days
June 28-30, 2024
For more than 80 years, Donkey Derby Days has topped the list of favorite Cripple Creek events. People from all over the world descend on downtown, drawn by a chance to watch a race inspired by the town’s resident donkey herd, believed to be distant relatives of the original donkeys from the town’s Gold Rush days.
July 2024 Events
Summer Concert Series at First & Main Town Center
Fridays in June and July, 5-7pm
Join First & Main Town Center for live music, drinks and a good time! A long list of local bands will play, including The SofaKillers, Martini Shot and Wirewood Station.
4th of July Celebrations
July 4, 2024
Celebrate American Independence with a series of festivals, block parties, concerts, and spectacular fireworks shows in communities across the Pikes Peak Region on Tuesday, July 4. Signature events include the Star Spangled Symphony & July 4th Block Party, a 4th of July Street Fair & Beer Garden in Monument, and the Festival on the 4th in Palmer Lake.
Broadmoor Traditions Fine Art Festival
July 6 & 7, 2024
The Broadmoor Traditions Fine Art Festival brings together 100+ Sculptors, Painters, Jewelers, Ceramists, Metal & Woodworkers, and more!
Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo
July 9-13, 2024
The Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo has been a Colorado Springs tradition since 1937, showcasing top rodeo talent and action, while providing wholesome entertainment for area residents, as well as visitors to the region. Fans come from far and wide to enjoy top rodeo action and tons of family fun, all while honoring our local military and their families.
You Pick Opening Day at Gather Mountain Blooms
July 13th | 8:00am-12:00pm
Join Gather Mountain Blooms as it celebrates the opening of you-pick flower season at Venetucci Farm. Enjoy a hot cup of coffee while you roam the flower fields and browse local artwork for sale.
Devotchka at Desert Reef Hot Springs
July 13th, 6:30-10pm
Soak in natural mineral hot spring pools before and during the show, with an intimate and limited audience under the starry skies of the high desert. They welcome festival-goers of all types to enjoy, so feel free to bring a camp chair or blanket to add to your show experience. Arrive at 6:30 to begin soaking, and music commences at 8 pm.
Manitou Chamber Music Festival
July 16-26, 2024
The Manitou Chamber Music Festival proudly announces its 11th season, set to captivate audiences with a series of exquisite concerts during the last two weeks of July. This year's performances will feature a diverse range of works by composers from all eras, promising an unforgettable musical experience for all attendees.
Taste of Pikes Peak
July 18, 2024 | 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Taste of Pikes Peak brings together restaurants, beverage and industry suppliers to promote the Pikes Peak Region’s food and beverage scene while raising funds to support Colorado Restaurant Association - Pikes Peak Chapter and ProStart programs in regional high schools. Join us in 2023 for a brand new event format on the evening of Thursday, July 27 in Downtown Colorado Springs. This year’s event features tastes from more than 60 local restaurants, breweries and distilleries with a concert from the Colorado Springs favorites, the SofaKillers.
Tails, Tunes & Tastes
Thursdays, July 25 & August 29, 2024
Join Cheyenne Mountain Zoo for a magical evening on the mountain, exclusively reserved for those age 21 and up. Local musicians will set the mood throughout the Zoo! Tickets to Tails, Tunes & Tastes include unlimited small plates and two drink tickets.
Rocky Mountain Flower Fest
July 27, 2024 | 4:00 - 9:00 PM
Gather Mountain Blooms is combining a music festival with a farm full of flowers! There will be flower installations for photos, flower crowns to wear, food trucks to enjoy, lavender lemonade, beer, whiskey tasting, an artisan fair and more! Come enjoy a day with music and flowers at the farm.
August 2024 Events
Music & Blooms
Thursdays in August | 5:30-7:30pm
Enjoy live music while gathering your fresh farm flowers at Gather Mountain Blooms! Make it a fun date night, bring your friends or get the family together to roam the farm fields.
Tie Dye Night
August 11, 2024
Choose to do matching shirts for you and your dogs, you and your partner or everyone in the family!
Women's Eco-Adventure Glamping Retreat
August 20-24, 2024
Embark on an extraordinary five-day journey with Dragonfly Paddle Yoga amidst majestic mountains and serene alpine waters. Your days will be filled with paddleboarding, invigorating walks/hikes, tranquil meditation, and rejuvenating yoga sessions. This exclusive experience is thoughtfully crafted for women seeking renewal, reconnection, and revitalization in the embrace of Mother Nature.
Colorado Springs Water Lantern Festival
August 24, 2024
Water Lantern Festival is filled with fun, happiness, hope, and great memories that you'll cherish for a lifetime. This is a family friendly event that can be shared by everyone. Friends, families, neighbors, and lots of people that you haven't met can come together to create a peaceful, memorable experience.
Sunflower Days
August 29-31, 2024
Join us for 4 days of sunflower celebration at Gather Mountain Blooms. The flower fields should be in full bloom with 7 different varieties of sunflowers to enjoy.
Commonwheel Artists Festival
August 31-September 1, 2024
Commonwheel Artists Co-Op’s 50th Annual Labor Day Weekend Art Festival in Manitou Springs is always filled with art and music the whole family can enjoy.The Art Festival is held at Memorial Park in Historic Manitou Springs, just a few minutes west of Colorado Springs.
