The largest city by landmass in the municipality of Colorado, Colorado Springs is a highly cultured city with many festivals and events that aims to showcase and preserve such cultures. Blessed with many beautiful sceneries, the area is popular with people looking to spend their time hiking, exploring caves, cliff dwelling, mountain biking, and sightseeing at the tip of Pikes Peak. Throughout the years, the city has also gone through massive economic gains and is still continually growing. With so many attractions and beautiful sceneries offered, Colorado Springs really shines whenever they host their festivals and events. If you are visiting the city soon, down below is a list of the top festivals in Colorado Springs, Colorado you should consider while planning your visit.
1. Colorado Springs Festival of Lights
One of the most anticipated events in Colorado Springs during December, the Festival of Lights has become an event that both locals and visitors enjoy. The event includes a variety of programs, all of which showcases the artistic and cultural values of the city. The Festival of Lights Parade begins at night, where floats, bands, and other performers take up the streets and parade through the night, entertaining people with creative light displays and joyous marching performances. The parade would start from the intersection of Tejon Street and end up at the intersection of Vermijo. If you love being dazzled by well-choreographed floats and light displays, the Colorado Spring Festival of Lights is something you should consider visiting.
Colorado Springs Festival of Lights
Address: 14960 Woodcarver Rd, Colorado Springs, CO 80921, United States
Website: Colorado Springs Festival of Lights
Takes place: December
2. Colorado Springs Art & Music Festival [Last event in 2019]
The Colorado Springs Art and Music Festival is an event held at the city’s central business district. It showcases all kinds of art and music through painting, ceramics, sculpture, photography, jewelry, wearable art, and live musical performances. They also have booths that sell artworks and products as well as services such as face painting. Visitors of the event will also enjoy the Libations garden where they can get a taste of the finest craft brews and wine from the city while enjoying the live music being played on stage. Visitors traveling to the city will have an easy time finding a place to stay as accommodations and other utilities will be easy to find at the location of the event.
Colorado Springs Art & Music Festival
Address: Alamo Square, 215 S. Tejon St.Colorado Springs
Website: Colorado Springs Art & Music Festival
Takes place: July
3. Holiday Chocolate Festival
Sampling over 100,000 kinds of chocolate, the Holiday Chocolate Festival in Colorado Springs is one of the biggest chocolate celebration events in the world. Treat yourselves with the finest of chocolates in Colorado Springs. They will be sampling all kinds and assortments of chocolates such as truffles, fudge, brownies, toffees, coffees, candy, cakes, cookies, fountains, and more! Aside from all the taste testing, there will also be ongoing live performances on stage and other fun family activities such as photos with Santa, face painting, green screen photo booths, and craft boots all of which are free with admission. VIPs will get a VIP admission bracelet, 12 taste tickets, 12 VIP indulgence tickets, early admission, reserved seating, and will enjoy a VIP access portal to all booths.
Holiday Chocolate Festival
Address: 3960 Palmer Park Blvd, Colorado Springs, CO, United States
Website: Holiday Chocolate Festival
Takes place: December
Price: 10 - 50 USD
4. Pikes Peak Celtic Festival [Last event in 2019]
Celebrating the old traditions of Colorado Springs, the Pikes Peak Celtic Festival is an event that showcases Celtic traditions through world-renowned Celtic Rock groups, champion Irish dancers, Irish and Scottish cuisine, and Guinness. Be greeted with the unique sounds of bagpipes and the smell of fish, chips, and the mountainous outdoors. Participants of the festival can join the whiskey/scotch tasting, piping, drumming, highland athletics competition, and music sessions. If you love Celtic tradition, Guinness, highland athletics, and the sounds of bagpipes, you’ll love the Pikes Peak Celtic Festival.
Pikes Peak Celtic Festival
Address: 225 N Gate Blvd, Colorado Springs, CO 80921, United States
Website: Pikes Peak Celtic Festival
Takes place: June
Price: 5 - 25 USD
5. Colorado Springs Oktoberfest
Enjoy drinking with your buddies while you get entertained by all kinds of activities being hosted at the event. Here visitors can join several contests to gain prizes and recognition. A few of the contests would be the Stein Hoisting Contest, Wiener Dog Race, Keg Tapping, and costume contests. Aside from engaging in competitive events, visitors can also indulge and enjoy all kinds of booths where people can enjoy wine tasting, eat food, and learn more about beers all the while being entertained by the live musical performances.
Colorado Springs Oktoberfest
Address: 225 North Gate Blvd, Colorado Springs, CO 80921, United States
Website: Colorado Springs Oktoberfest
Takes place: September
Price: 1 - 35 USD
6. Colorado Springs International Dragon Boat Festival [Last event in 2019]
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Witness the enthralling Colorado Springs International Dragon Boat Festival. The event features Chinese culture through sports, food, and all kinds of entertainment. The main event would be centered upon the stamina-crushing dragon boat competition. Visitors can choose to participate in the race or be a spectator and enjoy the beer garden and food truck bazaar in the area. As for those willing to participate, each team will have a chance to practice at Quail Lake for 50 minutes. Other notable areas in the event would be the Health and Wellness Village and Athlete’s Village.
Colorado Springs International Dragon Boat Festival
Address: Colorado Springs, Colorado,USA
Website: Colorado Springs International Dragon Boat Festival
Takes place: August
7. Colorado Springs Chinese New Year
Posted by Rebecca Archuletta on Saturday, 14 January 2017
Colorado Springs is a city of cultural diversity. It has welcomed the hosting of the Chinese New Year Festival as a yearly staple. The festival features the atmosphere of celebration through traditional Chinese dances, traditional lion dance, taiko, kung fu, live musical performances, and yo-yo exhibitions. Aside from all the performances, people joining the event can also enjoy Chinese cuisine through various food vendors in the area, as well as relax and enjoy a hot cup of tea at the teahouses together with some snacks.
Colorado Springs Chinese New Year
Website: Colorado Springs Chinese New Year
Takes place: January or February
8. Colorado Springs Haunted Brew Fest
Ever wanted to go out with your buddies taste-testing beer all the while dressed up as an undead? The Colorado Spring Haunted Brew Fest is a special event that features over 100 beverages from 70 of the best breweries and distilleries in the region. Join the hundreds of fun like-minded people as you drink up and socialize all throughout the event. People joining the event can wear any costume they want and can even win a 50 USD cash price for the best male costume and best female costume during the event.
Colorado Springs Haunted Brew Fest
Address: 1045 Lower Gold Camp Rd, Colorado Springs, CO 80905, United States
Website: Colorado Springs Haunted Brew Fest
Takes place: October
Price: 40 USD
Celebrating culture and tradition
Colorado Springs is a place of culture and tradition. They have a lot of festivities throughout the year, many of which showcasing Celtic art, music, and athletics. If you are ever going to visit the city, make sure to go on dates near events as this will greatly enhance your experiences of the city by not such learning but experiencing the city’s culture through fun festivals. The list above is a compilation of the most popular events in the Colorado Springs. These festivals listed are the events known to be fun, family-oriented, and have good reputations as an overall event.
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