Featured Happenings
Events on this Day
Durango Snowdown Winter Festival begins!
9:00am / Various Locations
A winter festival throughout the community
Snowdown Doughdown
9:00am / Durango Doughworks
Donuts! Who doesn’t love donuts? You can scarf your fill in this contest! Let’s hope Homer (Steamshovel) Simpson doesn’t show up and...
Snowdown Steaming Savenger Hunt
11:00am / Durango Elks Lodge
Teams of 4 shall search the highways, byways and hideaways of Durango for the items on the list. The list has 100 items for you to find and all the items...
Snowdown Fashion Do's & Don'ts
12:00pm / La Plata County Fairgrounds Exhibit Hall
Are you ready to go Around Durango Fashion in 80 minutes? Gearing up for Steampunk fashion? Come to the drum with your finest dunnage. Whether you’re...
Wait, Wait! Let me Taste That!
12:00pm / Eno Wine Bar
Hosted by the Wine Merchant.
Blind wine tasting for industry and service professionals and/or other cork dorks!
Snowdown Costume Contest
2:00pm / The Palace Restaurant
Steam on down to the Palace in your best SNOWDOWN costume for the SNOWDOWN Costume Contest, a great place to be after the Fashion Do’s and Don’ts....
Family Feud Snowdown Style
2:00pm / Diamond Belle Saloon
This game is similar to the TV classic, but with a SNOWDOWN twist!
Four 4-person teams will compete for the top prize. Must be 21+.
Keg Cap Frisbee Golf
2:00pm / El Moro Spirits & Tavern
Come on in between 2 and 5 PM Wed. and take our frisbee golf challenge. Lots of prizes and $2 PBR all day! Keg cap frisbee golf gives you four ways to...
37th Annual Snowdown Bartendar's Contest
4:00pm / Moe’s Lounge
The official SNOWDOWN 2015 cocktail is chosen during this traditional event, in its 37th year since this party started! We know all you steamsters have...
Design your own mechanical
4:30pm / Pine River Valley Bank
Attention ladies, gentlemen and bio-mechanoids: Your local Pine River Valley Bank has need of you! Times have changed, and we require our devices to change...
2015 Kids’ Follies
5:00pm / Durango Arts Center
2015 Kids’ Follies: Steampunk Style
January 28 and 29, 2015
5 & 7:30 p.m. shows
More than 20 acts performed by children ages 8 – 18
Fun...
Steampunk Costume Contest
5:30pm / El Moro Spirits & Tavern
Miss Goodie's Cancan Revue is part of evening's
entertainment & festivities.
$300.00 best Steampunk outfit.
$ 175.00 runner up
$175.00 Most...
Snowdown Spellebration
5:30pm / Henry Strater Theater
Hosted by the Durango Education Center.
Spellebration is the one and only spelling showdown of SNOWDOWN! There will be 12, 3-person teams. They will...
Steampunk Mixer
5:30pm / El Moro Spirits
Get gussied up in your best Steampunk and strut your stuff down to El Moro. Prizes for those best dressed. Everyone who shows flaunting their Steampunk...
Business Management & Planning Course
6:00pm / Fort Lewis College - SBDC
Master essential skills for starting, managing or growing your business.
12 week class appropriate for new or experienced owners or managers of businesses...
Magical Musical Mystery Tour
6:00pm / Lost Dog Bar
Hosted by AIKO AIKO Sound and The Lost Dog Bar.
SNOWDOWN’S oldest music trivia contest! Teams of 4 will test their knowledge of music trivia in...
Kayak Pool Slalom
6:00pm / Durango Rec Center
Kayak, canoe and SUP slalom. Imagine punks beating through the steam after a perfectly good powder day. Those prepared for the wild west can handle the...
Euchre
6:00pm / Lost Dog Bar
A fun, fast-moving card trick-taking game usually played with a partner. Play Euchre by house rules. Practice from 4-5 PM, tournament registration beginning...
Butt Darts
6:00pm / Brew Pub & Kitchen
A SNOWDOWN twist on the classic party game “Quarters.†Teams of four will compete for the coveted Golden Ass. Sign up begins Monday Jan. 26....
Snowdown Cribbage Tournament
6:00pm / Elks Lodge
Time once again to get out your steam cribbage board and sign up for this event! Regular 6-card play, single elimination. Bring boards and cards if you...
Foosball 'Bring Your Partner' Tournament
6:30pm / El Rancho Tavern
Who needs outdoor sports in the middle of winter when we can play in the comfort of a bar where there's beer? This is the only foosball tounament and it's...
Scotch Doubles Pool Tournament
7:00pm / Pongas
Grab your cue and your partner and “Punk†on over to Pongas! Alternating shots by teams of two against other competing teams in 8-ball pool....
20th Annual Lady F’s Lunacy
7:30pm / Lady Falconburgh’s Barley Exchange
Back for the 20th year in a row, the most venerable Lady Falconburgh hosts this display of intrepidity, smarts, steam power and punk lore. Jeopardy and...
2015 Kids’ Follies
7:30pm / Durango Arts Center
2015 Kids’ Follies: Steampunk Style
January 28 and 29, 2015
5 & 7:30 p.m. shows
More than 20 acts performed by children ages 8 – 18
Fun...
10th Annual Polar Beer Plunge
8:00pm / Carver Brewing Co.
Inspired by the legendary “Polar Bear Plungeâ€, this event introduces a new medium - BEER! Only the most intrepid Steampunks will head over...
Guinness Games - Ants in the Pants
8:00pm / The Irish Embassy Pub
Steampunk ants in the pants! Adult players will compete individually for prizes. Arrive early to sign up and play.
37th Annual Snowdown Jokedown
8:30pm / Derailed Pour House
An original SNOWDOWN tradition, this hilarious event is older than steam, punker than punk, and consists of non-stop laughs! Come watch your favorite...
Bull Riding…Steampunk Style!
9:30pm / The Wild Horse Saloon
In full costume contestants will be judged on 1) time, 2) style, and 3) crowd amusement during each ride on the mechanical bull (aka Steam Bull). Must...
