Head to Downtown Crested Butte this Saturday for the official lighting of the tree on Elk Avenue. Santa and Mrs. Claus will make an appearance, so bring the little one for a great photo opportunity. The UCC Bell Choir and Tyler Hansen will perform live holiday music. The festivities begin at 5pm on Elk Avenue between Second and Third Streets.
Following the tree lighting, The West End Public House will host cookie decorating, ornament making, and watching movies.
The holidays are here!
Crested Butte has been selected again as one of the host towns for the 2012 USA Pro Cycling Challenge. Last year was the inaugural race that travels throughout Colorado and Crested Butte was excited to be a part of the huge success of this event. It’s exciting to be chosen for a second year in a row! The event takes place in August, 2012.
Read the full article here: http://www.denverpost.com/cycling/ci_19499003
9 News in Denver did a story on our local, lovable celebrity — Jingles the Cat. Watch the video to see the Coolest Cat in Colorado.
Here’s a peek at some of the fun events lined up this summer…
Crested Butte Restaurant Week
Jun 3 – 10, 2011
Crested Butte Farmers Market
Every Sunday, Jun 13 – Oct 16, 2011 from 10:00 AM to 2:00PM (Primary Location: 100-block of Elk Avenue)
Fat Tire Bike Week
June 23 – 26, 2011
Alpenglow: Free Outdoor Concerts in the Park
Every Monday, Jun 27 – Aug 22, 2011
Crested Butte Music Festival
Jul 3 – 14, 2011
4th of July Celebration with Parade, Music, Fireworks!
July 1 – 4, 2011
Crested Butte Wildflower Festival
Jul 11 – 17, 2011
Crested Butte Land Trust Wine & Food Festival
Jul 20 – 24, 2011
Crested Butte Arts Festival
Aug 5 – 7, 2011
AWEfest 2011 (Artists of the West Elk Art Displays)
Most Sundays, Jul 10 – Aug 21, 2011
Chefs on the Edge Culinary Competition
Aug 29, 2011
…and much, much more!!! See you this summer!
Photo courtesy of the Elk Mountain Lodge
Update to Big Air on Elk 2011:
Watch the recorded event here: http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/13284574
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The Big Air on Elk is back again this year and is going to be better than ever!
What is Big Air on Elk???
A crazy, unique, crowd-pleasing event where Elk Avenue is shut down for several blocks to allow for a giant “kicker” to be built right in the middle of downtown. Skiers and snowboarders are towed behind snowmobiles to launch high into the air an perform their best tricks for the panel of judges and audience. You really have to see it to believe it!
Best Place to Take It All In???
The snowmobiles start at 2nd Street. The kicker is at 3rd Street. And the landing is at 4th Street. So the best viewing of Big Air will be between 3rd & 4th Streets. The fun kicks off at 5pm.
Not Lucky Enough to be in Crested Butte on March 12???
You can still be part of the fun! The event will be streamed LIVE on ColoradoFreeSkier.com and www.skicb.com. So check it out!
This event benefits the Crested Butte Ski Club.
Photos courtesy of The Ruby of Crested Butte
Mardi Gras is just a week away on March 8! Come celebrate Fat Tuesday Crested Butte style…
The annual Mardi Gras parade starts from the Depot (near the 4-Way Stop in downtown Crested Butte) at 5:30 pm and progresses up Elk Avenue. Don your beads and colorful mask or just come as you are!
Extend the fun by attending the Gumbo Competition immediately following the parade upstairs in the Mallardi Cabaret. $5 for a cup and tasting spoon. Bar opens at 6pm.
It’s very easy to get around Downtown Crested Butte… shops, galleries, restaurants, bars, and lodging are all within walking distance.
If you are headed to Crested Butte Mountain Resort – just 3 miles away – you can ride the free shuttle bus. The bus operates year-round and runs every 15 minutes during peak winter & summer seasons (less frequently during the shoulder seasons) and picks up at various locations throughout town. It’s a free and convenient way to get to and from the ski area.
All buses are wheelchair accessible. Ski/snowboard racks are provided, or you can carry your gear on with you. Dogs and other animals are allowed on the bus if they are in a pet carrier. And children’s strollers, wagons and similar child transport devices are permitted in their collapsed condition.
Visit www.mtnexp.org to view maps, current schedules, and other information.
Haven’t heard about the Alley Loop Nordic Skiing Marathon in Downtown Crested Butte? Well then you are in for a TREAT!
Take Downtown’s main street, Elk Avenue, and transform it into a corduroy track extending to side streets, alleys, footbridges and the hilly outskirts. Throw in hundreds of nordic skiers dressed in some of the wackiest and wildest costumes ever. And you have the Alley Loop!
You just have to see it to believe it….
Here’s the Scoop…
WHAT:
An American Birkebeiner qualifying race, Colorado Cup Series Race AND Crested Butte’s largest costume party, the Alley Loop features a unique course that winds its way through the streets and alleys of downtown CB!
DATE:
Saturday, February 5, 2011
TIME:
42 km classic race start@ 9 am (new for this season)
3 km start @ 9:30 am
1.5 km start @ 9:35am
42 km, 21 km, 10 km, 5 km, interval starts begin @ 10:00 am
PLACE:
Races start on Elk Avenue and wind around the town
FOR MORE INFO:
Visit the Crested Butte Nordic Center website
Photos courtesy of the
Gunnison-Crested Butte Tourism Association
So many events going on at the Crested Butte Center for the Arts this winter! The Center for the Arts is located on the outskirts of Downtown Crested Butte, walking distance from most lodging (free bus service is available as well). Check out all the fun an unique productions below….
Play-Ground Theatre |
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January 15, 2011, 4:00 PM Play-Ground Theatre presents Fairy Tale Theatre, bringing more whimsy and fantasy to Crested Butte. Will the troll gobble the Billy Goats? Can the Prince rescue Rapunsel from the witch’s tower? Will Red Riding Hood get the goodies to grandma? You’ll find out in Play-Ground’s most popular show. |
Dive! Living Off America’s Waste |
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January 21, 2011, 8:00 PM Inspired by a curiosity about our country’s careless habit of sending food straight to landfills, the multi award-winning documentary DIVE! follows filmmaker Jeremy Seifert and friends as they dumpster dive in the back alleys and gated garbage receptacles of Los Angeles’ supermarkets. |
Drew Emmitt Band with Spring Creek and Grass It Up |
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January 28, 2011, 7:00 PM Drew Emmitt, Tyler Grant, Steven Sandifer and Eric Thorin hit the Center’s stage with Spring Creek opening up the show. Join us for a night of heavy-hitting bluegrass from some genuine CB-grown music. |
Second City: All-Stars Improv |
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January 31, 2011, 8:00 PM The Center for the Arts presents Second City Improv All Stars! An evening of fully improvised comedy from the acknowledged masters of the form, “Second City’s Improv All Stars”. |
The Wailin’ Jennys |
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February 8, 2011, 8:00 PM Three extraordinary voices, two founding singer-songwriters, one singular vision: The Wailin’ Jennys continue to evolve into far more than the melodious sum of their individual talents five years after blowing in on a fresh acoustic breeze from Canada’s mid-western heartland. |
Snowball Express |
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February 13, 2011 “Snowball Express” is a 1972 screwball comedy film made by Walt Disney Productions about a man who leaves his desk job to run a hotel left to him by his uncle, with Crested Butte as the location! |
Willy Porter |
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February 18, 2011, 8:00 PM “With his exquisite, tranquil guitar work, Willy Porter could easily astonish an audience without singing one note. His ability to engage the audience with his personality and intellect raises Porter from the level of guitar wonk into the realm of masterful performer.” -Earvolution |
Mollie O’Brien and Rich Moore |
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February 25, 2010, 8:00 PM When Mollie met Rich, it was way beyond girl meets boy. Call it a convergence of two musical minds and hearts. After 30 years of music-making, mostly apart, Mollie O’Brien and Rich Moore are enjoying a fresh harmonic convergence onstage. |
Ballet Nouveau Colorado |
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February 27, 2011 In 2007, Garrett Ammon and Dawn Fay took the artistic helm of Ballet Nouveau Colorado and launched the company onto the national scene. Under their visionary leadership, BNC has transformed into a laboratory dedicated to nurturing and developing captivating contemporary dance. |
Ellis Paul with Chris Trapper |
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March 6, 2010, 8:00 PM Ellis Paul is one of the leading voices in American songwriting. He was a principle leader in the wave of singer/songwriters that emerged from the Boston folk scene, creating a movement that revitalized the national acoustic circuit with an urban, literate, folk pop style that helped renew interest in the genre in the 1990s. |
Peter Kater |
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March 13, 2011, 8:00 PM Multi-Platinum selling Pianist-Composer-Producer, Peter Kater, has received 6 Grammy Award Nominations in the last 7 years with his recent nomination being for his “In A Dream” collaboration (2009) with long time STING guitarist, Dominic Miller. In 2008 Peter received a Grammy Award nomination for his AMBROSIA recording. |
“Race Across the Sky 2010” |
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March 20, 2011, 8:00 PM “Race Across the Sky 2010” follows the success of 2009’s “Race Across the Sky” Leadville Trail 100 event, which focused on the August 2009 cyclists’ journey including six-time champion Dave Wiens and seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong. |
The Four Seasons Quartet of the Colorado Symphony |
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March 24, 2011, 8:00 PM Made up of four talented musicians from the Colorado Symphony in Denver, Colorado, the recently formed Four Seasons String Quartet came together when four friends discovered a love of playing together. |
Lovely article. Great photos. You should check it out:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/millie-kerr/christmas-perfection-in-c_b_804154.html