Arts Month
October is Arts Month in Colorado Springs. Let Arts Month introduce you to endless opportunities for creative experiences that will surprise, move and inspire you.
Led by the Cultural Office of the Pikes Peak Region, our local Arts Month collaborates with individual artists, arts organizations, and community partners from across our region. Existing cultural offerings are amplified with special Arts Month programming to create an October calendar that’s rich with amazing local art to see, hear, taste and experience!
Arts Month Events
Although our local Arts Month celebration is embraced with equal energy and excitement during all thirty-one days of October, for planning and promotional purposes, the month is divided into four discipline-specific Theme Weeks: Regardless of what Theme Week it is, we invite you to “Open Your World With Art” this October and experience the richness of our local arts community.
Explore the full calendar of events happening all month long.
Week 1: Visual & Culinary Arts
Week 2: Theater & Film
Week 3: Poetry, Prose & Comedy
Week 4: Music & Dance
Week 1: Visual & Culinary Arts
October 1 - 7
To kick off Arts Month, Visual and Culinary artists around the Pikes Peak Region show off their art galleries, culinary classes, and crafting. Check out the ongoing First Friday Art Walks in downtown COS and Old Colorado City, a brewhouse tour at Goat Patch Brewery, arts classes at the Colorado College Fine Arts Center and much more.
Week 2: Theater & Film
October 8 - 14
The second week of Arts Month takes the stage with artists showcasing their film and live theater productions. See a play at the Ent Center for the Arts, attend a magic show or view local artists' short films.
Week 3: Poetry, Prose & Comedy
October 15 - 21
Our local artists will have you laughing, crying and everything in between. Listen in or participate in an open mic event by Poetry 719, hear Pikes Peak Poet Laureate 2023, Ashley Cornelius, read a stunning new poem, or attend a comedy show.
Week 4: Music & Dance
October 22 - 28
Watch artists dance and sing the night away with their performances. You'll also find spooky themes throughout some events to commemorate the Fall season and Halloween. Find shows at ICONS, Pikes Peak Center for the Performing Arts, the Fine Arts Center at Colorado College and other stages across the region.
Get Involved
1. Explore the full calendar of Arts Month events and more details at ArtsOctober.com
2. Reveal more of your world with the arts right here in the Pikes Peak Region
3. Use the hashtag #ArtsOctober to spread the word
4. Check out PeakRadar.com for events all year l
