Festivals and Events in Western Colorado & Delta County

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Western Colorado Events Festivals-Cedaredge, Delta Colorado

2010 Events and Festivals in Western Colorado

Let the fun begin! Cedaredge, Delta County and Western Colorado host lots of festivals and year-round events and activities, please use this comprehensive list of  information to plan your activities on the Western Slope. Your Delta County visit will be worthwhile. Discover a different side to Colorado- with mountains, canyons, organic produce, wineries, festivals, music, farmer's markets and rollicking good times. We have a variety of Festivals on the Western Slope that start in April and go through December. Click below, Visit Us and Enjoy!

Local Delta Tourism Event Calendar and Information 

FEBRUARY

• Internationally Sanctioned Sled Dog Race & Skiing Completion on Grand Mesa 
• Redstone Winter Festival

MARCH

• Home & Garden Show
• Eckert Crane Days  - a favorite for bird watchers around the region.  The Sandhill cranes land between late March and mi-April. The Fruitgrower's Reservoir hosts many birds including Ducks, Geese,  Eagles, Pelicans and Blue Herons. All this just 3 miles due south of Cedaredge Colorado.

APRIL

•  Fruita Fat Tire Festival - Mountain Biking, Music and Brewskis....a perfect match.
• Colorado Logging at Confluence Park in Delta

MAY

• 20TH Annual Art and Jazz Festival in Grand Junction
• Junior College Baseball World Series in Grand Junction 
•  Annual Sheep Camp Stock Dog Trials  - Hotchiss Colorado
• Youth Fishing Derby @ Confluence Park in Delta
• Annual River Awareness Float
• Annual Gateway, Colorado Auto Fest - Gateway is 1 1/2 hours from Cedaredge.  Confluence of several canyons and the Dolores River.  The resort at Gateway has a fabulous car museum with over 10 million dollars in cars that go from turn of the century to today's muscle cars.  Additionally there is an outpost grocery/deli store and a fine dining restaurant.

JUNE

• COUNTRY JAM
• Glenwood Springs Strawberry Festival 
•  Ride the Rockies Bicyling Tour  -coming through Cedaredge on June 14th.
• Dinosaur Days
• Crawford Pioneer Days
• Night on the Town on Pioneer Town - Burgers, fun and a shootout on a frontier main street in the heart of Pioneer Town located in Cedaredge Colorado. Great for big and little kids. June 15- 970-856-3100
• Delta County Memorial Hospital’s Mountain Vineyard Wine Festival @ Cedaredge
• Cedaredge Heritage Days   -970-856-3100  - held June 5 in Cedaredge, Colorado
• Gateway on the Byway-June 5th- Cedaredge, Colorado   www.cedaredgecolorado.com
• Edge of the Cedars Art Show- June 10-13- Cedardge, Colorado- 970-856-3842

JULY

• Mesa County Fair
• Paonia Cherry Days - vendors, food, art and music make up this weekend event held in the town park in Paonia on the Fourth of July weekend .
• Annual Little Britches Rodeo - just off Main Street in Cedaredge Colorado, new this year a street dance.
• Dreamtime Festival in Paonia
• Deltarado Days
• Top of the Rockies BMW Motorcycle Rally
• Ice Cream Social in Pioneer Town - Cedaredge Colorado - bring out the kid in yourself July 31.
• International Serenity Motorcycle Rally in Cedaredge - July 29- August 1

AUGUST

• Palisade Peach Festival
• ROCK JAM
• Olathe Sweet Corn Festival - music and the world famous Olathe sweet corn.  August 7 in Olathe, Colorado. 
• Annual BBQ & Blues Festival
• Community Picnic in Cedaredge Park -970-856-6961  - August 28
• Delta County Fair- 970-872-3226- Hotchkiss, Colorado August 8-14
• Orchard City Annual Town Picnic-970-835-3337  - August (TBA)

SEPTEMBER

• Colorado Mountain Winefest The best and most fun festival on the western slope, blue skies, wine, food and music
• Fruita Fall festival
• Tour of the Vineyards Bicycle
• Colorado Pro Rodeo Finals
• Air Show with the Blue Angels
• Ute Council Tree Pow Wow
• Color Sunday - September 26 on the Scenic Byway- 970-856-6961
• Valley Symphony Orchestra- September 11- 970-856-6961

OCTOBER

• CEDAREDGE APPLEFEST - Harvest Festival for three days in Cedaredge Colorado. Music, Food and Fun!
• Five Alarm Chili Cookoff - September 30 in Cedaredge Colorado.  970-856-6961
• Golden Gala- Music, food and fun in Cedaredge, Colorado October 1.  970-856-6961

NOVEMBER

•  Arts and crafts fair in Hotchkiss  Great craft fair in Delta County
• Pottery for Pioneer Town- 970-856-7524 ~November 16

DECEMBER

• Parade of Lights in Delta - small town Americana at its best.
• Cedaredge Sled Dog Racing
• Holiday Craft Fair at Bill Heddles Rec. Center in Delta Colorado
• Winter Festival- Enjoy the snow in beautiful Cedaredge, Colorado.  December (TBA)

We hope you have enjoyed all these links to the events, festivals and attractions on the Western Slope and Delta County Colorado. We especiallly find the spring, summer and fall months to be a fun time to spend in Cedaredge Colorado with all the event and recreational opportunities. So come on down and visit "our side of the divide" and experience vintage classic colorado with its organic foods, wines, recreation, festivals and civilized way of life.

All the wonderful attributes of Delta County Colorado contribute to making this area one of the best places to live in our state.

If you need further assistance or have any realestate questions for the Cedaredge or Delta County Colorado area.

Kathy Hirschboeck, RE/MAX Mountain West Broker Associate, 970-201-3639