Colorfest Hot Air Balloon Rally 9.19-9.21, 2025
Colorfest Weekend is brought to you by the
Pagosa Area Chamber of Commerce!
This fun filled weekend is full of activities for the whole family!
Passport to Pagosa Wine and Food Festival - 9.19.25
Description
Annual wine and food festival highlighting delicious domestic and international wines with some of Pagosa's best restaurants and food vendors. Included with the ticket price comes seating, wine and food tickets, and a VIP gift. Wonderful live entertainment with crooner Maxwell Miller will enhance the evening.
This is a 21+ event.
Guests are invited to participate in the People’s Choice by voting for their favorite sample!
Time
Friday, September 19th from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Location
Pricing
This event has sold out in the last few years, get your tickets before they are gone. This event is only for those 21 and over.
Bands & Brews Festival - 9.20.25
Description
Colorfest Weekend is brought to you by the Pagosa Springs Area Chamber of Commerce! This fun filled weekend is full of activities for the whole family. Bands & Brews Festival (Available to all ages).
Enjoy a complimentary beer tasting glass with your purchase of a Beer Tasting Ticket. Along with your glass, you will be given a wristband that will allow you to try the beer during the festival. If you don't have a wristband you will not be served beer.
Food Trucks: Food will be available for purchase
Wine by the glass available for purchase.
*Must be 21+ to purchase a Beer Tasting ticket*
General Admission: Ticket purchase required for ages 15+ , all kids under the ages of 14 are FREE
Dogs are allowed, but MUST be on a leash
(Available to all ages)
Night Glow starts at 7-7:30 (dusk)
Breweries from throughout Colorado and Northern New Mexico compete for “People’s Choice” along with “Brewers Choice” awards in this event.
Enjoy tasting some unique new brews while listening to great live music all day long in Yamaguchi Park. Food vendors and kids activities make this a day for the whole family. As the sun sets we will be surrounded by hot air balloons for the annual “night glow.”
Mass Balloon Ascension
Saturday 20th and Sunday 21st
8 AM both mornings
Over 40 balloons fill the sky each morning for the mass balloon ascension! On Saturday morning, watch them lift off from downtown Pagosa Springs, and on Sunday, see them float over the uptown area ( Park Ave.) Free to the public.
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COLOR RUN 2025
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Place
684 S. 5th Street
Pagosa Springs, CO US 81147
Description
Hosted by the non-profit A Safe Place in Pagosa, Inc. (dba Aspen House & Aspen Services), this event is for the entire family. Run, walk, or baby stroller your way through our 5K course. This is an untimed event. You can get your white T-shirt color-coordinated by our volunteers at several color stations. The course is very user-friendly, scenic, and mostly flat so all can complete it. There will be awards/prizes for various costume categories so be creative and come decked out for some Colorful Fun!!
Registrations stay open until race day, September 20. Race day registrations are CASH ONLY!
Pre-race packet pick up is Friday, September 19 at PS FroYo, 459 Lewis Street from 4:30-7:00 p.m. Registrations will also take place at this time. If you cannot make pre-race pickup, check-in begins at 6:45 a.m. through 7:30 a.m.
All proceeds benefit the building of a home and providing services for adults with developmental disabilities in Pagosa Springs, CO.
Breakfast with Balloons — September 20th
What’s on the Menu?
Farmer’s Egg Bites with Kerrygold cheese & seasonal veggies
Crispy Bacon
Colorfest Fruit Salad
Pumpkin Muffins from Pagosa Baking Co. (gluten-free available)
Mimosas + Coffee
Live music to set the perfect morning vibe
PHOTO ESSAY: ColorFest 2024 Highlights