2012 COLORADO - JUNE 2012
Food & Wine Festivals, Shows & Local Events
(see also: 2011 - 2008)
May 31-June 7, 2012 Young Cattlemen's Conference - Denver, Colorado
June 1-2, 2012 5th Annual Royal Gorge Holy Smoke BBQ Showdown
Canon City, Colorado
We are happy to announce that beginning in 2012 we are combining the Holy Cow! Blues Festival with the Holy Smoke BBQ Showdown. Now we can enjoy music and BBQ together while helping our community.
June 2, 2012 Manitou Springs Colorado Wine Festival - Manitou Springs, Colorado
Over 24 wineries will be pouring samples of the wines they produce. Food & entertainment.
June 7-9, 2012 Colorado Winefest - Denver, Colorado
Festivities include wine seminars and chef demos.
June 8-9, 2012 Snowmass Chili Pepper & Brew Festival - Snowmass Village, Colorado
The 9th Annual Snowmass Chili Pepper & Brew Fest combines 3 fiery components into 1 weekend. The International Chili Society holds its 2 chili competitions and tastings in Snowmass, while microbrewers face off in a summer ale competition with 2 brew sampling sessions, featuring 70 plus breweries. New this year is a European and exotic beer tasting tent. Headlining music acts all weekend.
June 8-9, 2012 12th Annual Boats, Bands & BBQ - Pueblo, Colorado
With great food, live music and a festival-type atmosphere, this is one experience your family is sure to enjoy. The highlight of the event is a full fledged Kansas City BBQ Society sanctioned cook-off competition. Other events include ice cream eating and wing eating contests as well as a junior cook-off competition for the kids.
June 9, 2012 25th Annual Rhubarb Festival - Pine Grove, Colorado
Pancake breakfast (with rhubarb sauce), music, parade, crafts, fun activities for kids. Winners of the rhubarb cooking contest will be crowned Rhubarb King & Queen and get to ride in the parade!
June 13, 2012 The Celebrity Chef Tour - Denver, Colorado
Benefiting the James Beard Foundation, featuring Award-Winning Chefs
June 14-16, 2012 115th Annual Strawberry Days Festival - Glenwood Springs, Colorado
The oldest civic celebration west of the Mississippi. Join us for our hometown parade, free strawberries and ice cream in the park, live entertainment all weekend, a large arts fair, food court, parade, pro rodeo, carnival, Kidsfest and much more. It's fun for the whole family.
June 14-16, 2012 19th Annual Colorado Barbecue Challenge - Frisco, Colorado
The Challenge brings Kansas City flavor to the Rockies, as 60 teams from across the country take barbecue to a whole new level. Attendees will enjoy many activities, including pig races, the 5K Bacon Burner run, live music, an exclusive chef demo and a private Breckenridge Distillery whiskey tour with the winning barbecue teams.
June 15-17, 2012 Food & Wine Classic in Aspen - Aspen, Colorado
For 29 years, the Food & Wine Classic has been the premier culinary and wine event of its kind. Each June, Food & Wine magazine hosts 5,000 highly targeted consumers, members of the restaurant industry and press in Aspen. The three-day weekend includes seminars, cooking demonstrations and wine tastings.
June 16-17, 2012 35th Annual Springs Spree - Colorado Springs, Colorado
Springs Spree is one of Colorado Springs’ oldest community celebrations. Over the past 34 years, this celebration has been the region’s most anticipated event of the year with up to 70,000 people in attendance, enjoying 2 days of Music, Food and Free Family Fun For Everyone. Attendance: 70,000.
June 16-Sept 28, 2012 Woodland Park Fine Arts & Crafts Fair - Woodland Park, Colorado
Held Fridays and Saturday from June through September. Roadkill Chili Cook-Off, Chalk Drawing Contest for Kids, Dog Walk, Live Music. Next to a Farmers Market, at the base of Pikes Peak are places to camp, fish, hike, ride horses, and just hang.
June 23-24, 2012 23rd Annual Colorado Brewers' Festival - Fort Collins, Colorado
Great beer, food, music and fun. Over 50 beers from 30 Colorado breweries will be enjoyed along with great live music Saturday and Sunday in Historic Downtown!
June 27-July 1, 2012 31st Annual Telluride Wine Festival - Telluride, Colorado
The Telluride Wine Festival is the longest running wine festival in Colorado. Join us to enjoy engaging wine seminars, cooking demos with celebrity chefs, wine tastings, live concerts and more!
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