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SATURDAY Native Americans are an integral part of the history of Garden of the Gods, and they will share their traditions and stories in music, dances and stories at the annual Rock Ledge Ranch Powwow , Saturday. Site blessing 10 a.m.
, Grand Entry noon. Food for sure and even Indian tacos. Vendors.
Admission $4-$8. rockledgeranch.com/event/annual-powwow-2 FRIDAY-SUNDAY Delicious Pueblo chiles are the pride of that area's growers.
The nose-tingling aroma of those chiles in huge roasters with garlic will line the city's Union Avenue in the 30th Pueblo Chile & Frijoles Festival all weekend. Vendors, food, music, cooking competitions and 30 hot air balloons launching mornings from Langoni soccer fields. Evening glows will have inflated balloons in Riverfront Park.
Festival hours 3 p.m. to midnight Friday, 10 a.
m. to midnight Saturday, 10 a.m.
to 5 p.m. Sunday.
pueblochilefestival.com FRIDAY-SATURDAY Wear your comfy flannels for the UpaDowna Folk 'n' Flannel Festival & Fundraiser, raising funds for the "outdoor adventure-based nonprofit." Family friendly and it includes dancing at the silent disco, listening to bands, playing games, eating pie and doing a race scavenger hunt through America the Beautiful Park.
Tickets according to events. eventbrite.com/e/folknflannel-festival-fundraiser-tickets-969487361797 .
At the Meanwhile Block across Cimarron from the soccer stadium, Weidner Field. SATURDAY Dead Man's Brewfest returns with tastings of favorite beers, liquors and wine at Weidner Field, 111 W. Cimarron St.
VIP entry $139, 5-9 p.m. Saturday; general admission 6 to 9 p.
m., $69. It is on the field and inside at the stadium and will benefit Big Brothers Big Sisters.
switchbacksfc.com/dead-mans-brewfest FRIDAY Light water lanterns in the dark honoring someone special at September Lights Fest starting before dusk, 4:30 p.m.
Friday, at Fox Run Regional Park. Other light-the-night activities: a light parade, roast marshmallows, a doggy-lights-costume contest and hear stories about stars. Food trucks available.
Tickets from $18.91 eventbrite.com/e/september-lights-fest-tickets-955958807527? .
On Saturday, a different Water Lantern Festival around Prospect Lake in Memorial Park, waterlanternfestival.com . SUNDAY A wild ride, the smash-em-up Fall Demolition Derby , Sunday at El Paso County Fairgrounds in Calhan.
Lots of action starting at 3 p.m., followed by music.
Admission $15, pit passes, and you could even register to go smashing, too. elpasocountyfair.com/p/events/2024fall-demo-derby SATURDAY A gazillion tarantulas are emerging from fields in Southern Colorado in time for La Junta Tarantula Fest Sept.
27-28. If you miss it, the Butterfly Pavilion’s “Spiders Around the World” exhibition in Westminster will include more than 20 tarantula species. That's just part of the spider wonderland opening Saturday in a special 80-foot Spider Zone.
There's even a spiderling nursery. See dozens of spider species in this limited-time exhibit and there's an opportunity to be up close to them as they weave their webs. Butterflies.
org/SpidersAroundTheWorld SATURDAY Hear the popular Sofa Killers and the youngsters will have a variety of entertainment at Fall Harvest Festival Saturday at Gold Hill Mesa Community Center. It's a benefit for Bear Creek Nature Center, 11 a.m.
to 2 p.m. The concert is free and there are $20 wristbands for all the children's activities.
Food vendors on site. SATURDAY Cemeteries are filled with fascinating, sometimes risque, stories and history. Two special tours this weekend.
Learn the Legends & Lore of Fairview Cemetery , presented by Old Colorado City Historical Society, Saturday from 1 to 6 p.m. Meet the OCC characters as they tell you their stories.
Tickets $18 or $20 on site, 1000 S. 26th St. occhs.
org/cemetery-crawl . In Cripple Creek, meet the mining-era people buried at Mt. Pisgah Cemetery .
Presented by the costumed Gold Camp Victorian Society Saturday and Sunday. Tickets are $15 each at the ticket booth in the District Museum parking lot at Bennett Avenue and 5th Street. goldcampvictoriansociety.
org FRIDAY-SUNDAY The Springs Fall Home Show is filled with ideas at Colorado Springs Events Center all weekend. Free. thespringhomeshow.
com.
