Runway for Rise Fashion Event

Andrew Lippa’s Wild Party is based on Joseph Moncure March’s 1928 narrative poem of the same name, this darkly brilliant show features one of the most exciting, pulse-racing scores ever written.

It’s the roaring 1920s and the beautiful, young Queenie, although she tries, cannot find a lover able to satisfy her desires – until she meets Burrs, a vaudevillian clown with a voracious appetite for women.

Lovers Queenie and Burrs decide to throw the party-to-end-all-parties in their Manhattan apartment. After the colorful arrival of a slew of guests living life on the edge, Queenie’s wandering eyes land on a striking man. As the decadence is reaching a climax, so is Burrs’ jealousy.

This show contains graphic and adult content as well as crazy good music. See the live play at the Pagosa Springs Center for the Arts.

More information and tickets visit https://www.pagosacenter.org/

A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder is the knock-’em-dead, hilarious Tony Award winner for Best Musical.

When the low-born Monty Navarro finds out that he’s eighth in line for an earldom in the lofty D’Ysquith family, he figures his chances of outliving his predecessors are slight and sets off down a far more ghoulish path. Can he knock off his unsuspecting relatives without being caught and become the ninth Earl of Highhurst? And what of love? Because murder isn’t the only thing on Monty’s mind….

A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder is a murderous romp filled with unforgettable music, non-stop laughs and truly original and fresh comedy that will delight audiences and leave you begging for more.

More information and tickets visit https://www.pagosacenter.org/

Burris and Sons Rodeo takes place Thursday nights at the Archuleta County Fair Grounds! 

Rodeo Every Thursday Night June 5th-July 24th, 2025!  Includes Kids Events: Mutton Busting & Calf Scramble. 

• Gates open 5pm
• PreParty with Live Music and food vendors at 5:30pm
• Pre-show 6:30pm
• Performance 7pm.

PRICES:

• $25 for Adults, $15 for ages 7-17
• $5 parking.
• Tickets at gate or online.
• Get advance tickets at discount at Pagosa Springs Area Chamber of Commerce. More information and tickets at https://www.burrisandsonsbuckingbulls.com/rodeo-series/pagosa-rodeo

FREE live music concert at Yamaguchi Park from 5:30-8:30pm! Concert sound and great bands with proceeds from beer and wine sales at each concert benefitting a local nonprofit! The 2025 bands and dates:

• Friday, June 20th
  Nick Parr and the Selfless Lovers

  • proceeds benefit Chimney Rock Interpretive Association

• Friday, July 18th
  The Powell Brothers

  • proceeds benefit the Spanish Fiesta

• Friday, August 15th
  Band Kamp

  • proceeds benefit the Wolf Creek Ski Team

Bring your chairs and blankets and be ready to dance! Food Trucks and Spirits will be available! The FREE ComFest concerts take place in Yamaguchi park on the third-Friday of June, July and August and are suitable for the whole family!

For more information, please call the Ross Aragon Community Center at 970-264-4152.

The FREE Mountain Light Music Festival’s Trombone Summit takes place on Thursday, July 31st at 7pm at Mountain Light Lodge on Friday, August 1st at 6PM.

The Mountain Light Trombone Summit in 2025 features some of the finest collegiate and faculty trombonist in the country. This week-long chamber music festival will feature guest artists and faculty Jon Whitaker (University of Illinois), Steve Wilson (University of Texas El Paso)  and Brent Phillips (Baylor University) along with auditioned students at the Mountain Light Lodge.

This concert is free and open to the public (donations accepted but not required). Bring your ATV/Side by Side and explore the Voice of Wilderness Base Camp – home of the Mountain Light Lodge. ATV parking and concert viewing available!

For tickets, visit https://www.mountainlightmusicfestival.com/.

300C Columbine Ct, Pagosa Springs.

Join us Thursday, August 28 from 5-7pm at the Pagosa Springs Golf Club for our Labor Day Kickoff Concert featuring local favorite, Soul Fire! Soul Fire is a classic rock, blues, soul and country band.

$10 ticket supports the Archuleta County Fund that supports local nonprofits.

Square Top Bar-B-Q & drinks for purchase. No outside food/drinks or pets allowed.

For more info, visit https://www.swcommunityfoundation.org/labor-day-kickoff-concert/.

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.

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.