City: Colorado Springs, CO
Category: Annual Events & Festivals
City: Colorado Springs, CO
Category: Annual Events & Festivals
18. Commonwheel Arts & Crafts Festival
City: Colorado Springs, CO
Category: Annual Events & Festivals
Telephone: (719) 685-1008
Description: This juried art show and sale features artists of all media, from painting to pottery. Held every Labor Day weekend, this eclectic mix of arts and crafts features some of the best artists of the region and beyond. Food and entertainment make this an event that’s a joy to walk through, even if one isn’t currently in the market for a new piece for the living room wall.
City: Colorado Springs, CO
Category: Annual Events & Festivals
City: Colorado Springs, CO
Category: Annual Events & Festivals
City: Colorado Springs, CO
Category: Annual Events & Festivals
Address: 225 N. Gate Blvd.
22. Emma Crawford Festival & Memorial Coffin Race
City: Colorado Springs, CO
Category: Annual Events & Festivals
Telephone: (800) 642-2567
Description: This ghoulish, all-in-good-fun festival takes some sad heritage and turns it into a street party worthy of the most rollicking Irish wake. Emma Crawford was a local of importance in the 19th century. Upon her demise, her civic standing became a little unstable as her coffin washed down from its supposed final resting place on Red Mountain to the town below. Her fate is celebrated with a coffin race of about 600 feet down Manitou Avenue. Teams are four somber runners who push a coffin-like vehicle with an Emma look-alike in the coffin. This is grave enough competition to require qualifying heats, and helmets for all Emmas. A Parade of Coffins, awards for the best grim Emma and most creative coffin, and other events put the final nail in this daylong event.
City: Colorado Springs, CO
Category: Annual Events & Festivals