Happy Hour at Victor's Sushi

Sept 6 & 7- 8am-11am
61 Aviation Ct. Pagosa Springs- BlackHawk Aviation by the Airport FBO. Sponsored by Vets 4 Vets and Rotary Club of Pagosa Springs

Contact carlenecomerrn@yahoo.com for more information.

What do you get when you combine a pet fashion show, really yummy food + drinks, and top that off with great live music?? You get REALLY happy and loved shelter animals!!!!

Please join us for our biggest event of the year next Saturday, September 6th. We’re so excited to come together as a community to enjoy a top notch fun evening, powered by supporters like YOU, who believe in a second chance for our animals. Your $110 ticket purchase is crucial to helping us care for our animals!!!

WHEN: September 6th, 5:30-8:30pm

WHERE: Pagosa Center for the Arts

We’ve got a super fun event lined up for you this year, including:

– A pet fashion show

– Live & Silent Auctions

– Dinner from a wide selection of delicious small plates

– Complementary featured cocktail & open bar

– Live music!!!

– Heartwarming animal success stories made possible by you!

Our shelter kiddos really need your support, and this fundraiser is an awesome way to give it to them AND have a truly amazing time. We are so excited to see you there!

Enjoy a great documentary time lapse movie all about mushrooms; Fantastic Fungi – The Magic Beneath Us plays on Thursday, September 18 at 7pm. Come try some delicious mushroom bites by crEATe, enjoy an amazing documentary and stay for a Q&A on mushroom cultivation by Aaron from Tooth and Gill. Doors open at 6pm.

Colorfest Weekend is brought to you by the
Pagosa Area Chamber of Commerce!

Colorfest is a fun-filled weekend full of activities for the whole family! Sept. 19-21, 2025 in various Pagosa Springs locations.

Passport to Pagosa Wine & Food Festival

9/19 from 6-9pm

• 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.

Mass Balloon Ascension

9/20 & 21 at 8am 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.

Bands & Brews Festival with Balloon Glow

9/20 5-8pm

• 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 Town Park/Athletic Field. 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.”
• 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 

BANDS & BREWS TICKETS 

• 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) Town Park

For more info visit https://pagosachamber.com/colorfest-hot-air-balloon-rally.html.

The 19th annual Mountain Chile Cha Cha takes place September 27th from 12:30 to 5:30 at Yamaguchi Park. Chile roasting, chile cook-off, food trucks and live music. $10 admisison; kids 12 and under are free. Rain or shine.

Roughly 50 entrants, both amateur and professional, compete in the cook-off. Some cooks get creative; others go classic. Kids activities, games and a lively beer garden.

$15 Chile Tasting fee. Tasting trays are available at the Chile Classic tent at around 12:30 PM (get in line early to get the freshies). Tasters are entitled to 12 tastes & a vote for the People’s Choice Award.

Buy tokens for the Margarita tasting and sample one or all of the offerings!

The Mountain Chile Cha Cha, co-hosted by The Pagosa Springs Chamber of Commerce, and will occur in Town Park, rain or shine. There is a 5K, 10K trail race for runners of all ages and abilities. There will also be a Mexican beer garden and margarita contest and tasting, where local restaurants and bars compete for the very best marg.

Prepare to have your senses tantalized with the smell of freshly roasted Hatch Green Chiles will be for sale and roasted on-site.
Cha Cha goers will also enjoy a Spanish music concert featuring Sangre Joven, a popular band that originated in the Northern New Mexico pueblo de Las Vegas.

EVENT SCHEDULE

5k 10k, Trail Races @ 8:30am 
On Reservoir River Ranch | Co Rd 119
Hosted by Pagosa Fun

Green Chile Cook-Off and Tasting @ 12:30

Live Music by – Sangre Joven & Str8 Shot @ 12:30
Americano/Latin Music Concierto

The Mexican Beer Garden Opens @ 10 am

Hatch Green Chiles
Roasted on site 

Kids Corner
Fun for kiddos

Margarita Contest @ 12:30
Local restaurants & bars
compete for the best margarita!

Day: Saturday, October 4, 2025
Time: 7:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Location: Pagosa Springs High School

AFFORDABLE ADULT WELLNESS LAB TESTS
LOCAL HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS
FARMERS MARKET VENDORS
VENDORS PROMOTING HEALTH SERVICES AND PRODUCTS
FARM-TO-TABLE LUNCH FEATURING LOCAL INGREDIENTS
KEYNOTE ADDRESS BY DR. JULIE BUCHNER, PHYSICIAN, PAGOSA SPRINGS MEDICAL CENTER

Join Rise Above Violence for our annual Runway for Rise Recycled Fashion Gala. October 4th from 6-9pm. This FUN-raising event is sure to wow you with some frugal but fabulous outfits as teams compete to raise funds and create an amazing runway ensemble out of soda can tabs, wine corks, an element from nature, and recycled and repurposed thrifted items. Support your favorite teams by voting for them online or the night of.

Tickets go on sale August 25th at https://riseaboveviolence.org.