The Best Spring and Summer Festivals In Colorado

by Ashley Lipman

Perhaps it’s the beauty of the mountains. Maybe it’s the diversity of the modern cities just a few miles from beautiful mountains, clear mountain streams, fishing, and more, but Colorado is a lovely place to live. You can find great colleges and universities in the state, along with world-class medical facilities and specialists. What can’t be found in Colorado?
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Festivals and fairs
It is probably safe to say that Colorado is in the top few states for the number of festivals and fairs that are held. Some of these festivals date back for many decades, and there is likely a festival for anything you are interested in. There are festivals of music that go on for days. There are beer festivals, wine festivals, old-fashioned carnivals, and even hot air balloon festivals.  Selecting the top three would be impossible! Here are our favorites.

Photo Credit: Steven Lozano

Perhaps it’s the beauty of the mountains. Maybe it’s the diversity of the modern cities just a few miles from beautiful mountains, clear mountain streams, fishing, and more, but Colorado is a lovely place to live. You can find great colleges and universities in the state, along with world-class medical facilities and specialists. What can’t be found in Colorado?
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Festivals and fairsIt is probably safe to say that Colorado is in the top few states for the number of festivals and fairs that are held. Some of these festivals date back for many decades, and there is likely a festival for anything you are interested in. There are festivals of music that go on for days. There are beer festivals, wine festivals, old-fashioned carnivals, and even hot air balloon festivals.  Selecting the top three would be impossible! Here are our favorites.

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Keystone Mountain Town Music Festivals
If you are a music lover, this is the festival for you. The party goes on for the entire festival, but that is not all. The festival has attractions for everyone, including carnival rides and fantastic “fair food”. You will find vendors that literally prepares hundreds of pounds of bacon that are cooked to perfection! There are over 300 types of wine and hundreds of craft beers. Keystone Colorado should be on your summer list.

Capitol Hill People's Fair
This is the festival that begun all festivals in Denver. It began in the late 1700’s. This year it begins on June 1, 2018, and runs through July 3, 2018. This is an old-fashioned fair, but there are events for all ages, with literally hundreds of arts and crafts. There is every kind of food you could want.

There will be live entertainment in the forms of shows and concerts, with a large amount of the musical bands, ensuring that a good time.

2018 Donkey Derby Days - Cripple Creek Colorado
The Donkey Derby Days is a tradition in Cripple Creek which began in 1930. This year will be year 87. There is a special race track built just for donkey races, and people come from around the world to see this event. There are rides for children and food vendors line the streets.

Bring your dog for the dog show. Admission is FREE! By the way, stop by the jail museum and take a look at the outlaws and the lawmen that made Colorado the state it is today.

We cannot possibly list everything that is going on in Colorado this spring and summer. For a full list of events and festivals for spring and summer 2018, click here.

We encourage you to route your trip. You can try to hit the best of several, or you can make plans to go for a week-long trip and see all that you can.  Even if festivals are not your thing, between the music, art, shopping, food, and adventures that the cities offer will be enough to give you a vacation you will never forget!

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Ashley Lipman - Content marketing specialist

Ashley is an award-winning writer who discovered her passion in providing creative solutions for building brands online. Since her first high school award in Creative Writing, she continues to deliver awesome content through various niches.