Events
Boulder Channel 1 Events section has stories and video from fun happenings all over Boulder. We write stories about them and have news anchors and TV crews at them. Send event news to News@BoulderChannel1.com. Want to advertise it call 303-447-8531.
Flower Bin’s Giant Pumpkin Contest Sat. Oct 12
Oct 6th
Flower Bin’s Giant Pumpkin Contest Saturday, October 12th
Did you or your children grow a pumpkin this year?
Plan on entering it in this years contest!
Last year there were 11 adult entries ranging from 261 lbs to 1,149 lbs.
The children’s contest consisted of 14 participants ranging from 4 lbs to 136 lbs.
You or your child could be this year’s winner!
Heaviest pumpkin wins! The adult winners will receive Cash Prizes!
First – $500.00
Second – $300
Third – $100
First, Second and Third place ribbons and honorable mention ribbons for all other children
Entries must arrive before 11 AM. Inspection will proceed the weigh-in which begins at noon. (We open at 9 AM)
The contest is judged by the Great Pumpkin Commonwealth rules.
All spectators are welcome. This is a great family events with many picture oppurtunities!
Find out more at: http://www.theflowerbin.net/events.html
Meet the Spirits at Columbia Cemetery on Oct. 7
Sep 28th
On Sunday, Oct. 7, meet famous Boulder residents from the past, such as Tom Horn, “Rocky Mountain Joe” Sturtevant, Mary Rippon, “Lady of the Evening” Marietta Kingsley and many other Columbia Cemetery “residents,” who will rise from the dead to tell their stories from noon to 5 p.m. at Columbia Cemetery in the annual “Meet the Spirits” event.
Get into the Halloween spirit with Victorian mourners, funereal music, vintage hearses, and a reenactment of a solemn Masonic burial service by members of Columbia Lodge #14.
Ghost hunters will also demonstrate the equipment and techniques used in their paranormal research.
This fun and educational event is sponsored by Historic Boulder, Inc. and the City of Boulder Parks and Recreation Department. Tickets are $15 for adults, $12 for Historic Boulder members, $5 for children under 16, and are available in advance at Historic Boulder, 1123 Spruce St. in Boulder, or at Columbia Cemetery at Ninth and Pleasant streets on University Hill on the day of the event.
Proceeds benefit Columbia Cemetery and Historic Boulder. Rain/snow date for the event is 12 to 5 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 14.
For more information, call 303-444-5192. www.boulderparks-rec.org.
Buckstein + Mutton Busters – Boulder County Fair 2012
Aug 7th
Colorado artist Matt Buckstein, of American Idol fame, played at Boulder County Fair on August 2, 2012. Clips from the Mutton Busters Kids Rodeo are featured. These young cowboys and cowgirls (cowpeople?) have some serious guts!
Feels so American, man!