Featured Happenings
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6:00pm / Durango Public Library
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6:30pm / The Durango Collective
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7:30pm / Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College
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5:00pm / Ska Brewing
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9:00am / Toh-Atin Gallery
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4:00pm / Toh-Atin Gallery
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5:00pm / Durango Public Library
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5:00pm / The Subterrain, Durango Winery
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1:00pm / Durango Public Library
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6:00pm / Animas City Theatre
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8:30pm / Durango Arts Center
January 2016 Events
New Year's Day Brunch Train
9:30am / Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad
For a trip reminiscent of turn-of-the-century travel, start the New Year onboard the D&SNG steam-powered train.
The Polar Expressâ„¢
5:00pm / Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad
Based on the award-winning book by Chris Van Allsburg and adapted to the big screen in 2003, the story of a child's Christmas Eve journey comes alive onboard...
The Polar Expressâ„¢
5:00pm / Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad
Based on the award-winning book by Chris Van Allsburg and adapted to the big screen in 2003, the story of a child's Christmas Eve journey comes alive onboard...
Free Books!
12:00pm / Downtown Security Storage
On Sunday, January 3, from 12-5pm @923 Narrow Gauge Avenue, Durango Book Rescue is giving away thousands of free books!
Thank you for reading!
Traditional Irish Music Jam
12:30pm / The Irish Embassy Pub
Bring your instrument and join in or watch the live entertainment!
Free Voice Workshop
4:00pm / Smiley Building
Introduction to Transformational Voice. Join Linda for a profound and fun introduction to her comprehensive system to discover and experience your Authentic...
Sacred Hula Dance
10:00am / The Smiley Building Rm 24
Live your ALOHA with sacred Hawaiian Hula dance. Meditation-in-motion, soothing for the soul, healthy, fun discipline for the body. Mondays 10:15 AM and...
Free Voice Workshop
7:00pm / Smiley Building
Introduction to Transformational Voice. Join Linda for a profound and fun introduction to her comprehensive system to discover and experience your Authentic...
Q&A Audio Chat: Envy and Jealousy-- How to Break Free
12:00pm / Christian Science Reading Room
Responding to questions from an online audience, Ron Mangelsdorf—a Christian Science healer—provides uplifting thoughts and examples. Submit...
2016 Kids’ Follies Auditions
4:00pm / Durango Arts Center
2016 Kids’ Follies Auditions
Tuesday & Wednesday
January 5 & 6, 2016
4–6pm
Children ages 8–18
$30...
Auditions for The Durango Voice
8:00am / Henry Strater Theatre
The Durango Voice- a singing competition - like the TV show - the Voice is being held in Durango as a fundraiser for Manna Soup Kitchen.
Pre-professional...
2016 Kids’ Follies Auditions
4:00pm / Durango Arts Center
2016 Kids’ Follies Auditions
Tuesday & Wednesday
January 5 & 6, 2016
4–6pm
Children ages 8–18
$30...
#WBW Way Back Wednesdays
5:00pm / Ska Brewing World HQ
Let's go back. Way Back. It's Way Back Wednesdays! Food specials from The Container of Food paired with a way-back movie streaming on our color televisions.
Bluegrass Jam
6:00pm / The Irish Embassy Pub
Come jam out or listen to some excellent bluegrass music!
Pub Quiz
6:30pm / The Irish Embassy Pub
general knowledge trivia; nightly and monthly winners, teams of up to 6 people
Winter Wonderland Group Show
5:00pm / Sorrel Sky Gallery
Portrayals of the western landscape, its inhabitants and adornments fill the gallery offering reflection upon the beauty and quintessential aspects of...
First Thursdays Art Walk
5:00pm / Participating Merchants
The First Thursdays gallery walk is a celebration of the arts in downtown Durango when galleries and other venues showing art open their doors on the first...
Sacred Hula Dance
5:30pm / Smiley Building Rm 24
Live your ALOHA with sacred Hawaiian Hula dance. Meditation-in-motion, soothing for the soul, healthy, fun discipline for the body. Mondays 10:15 AM and...
CANCELLED: BID Coffee and Conversation Meeting
8:30am / First National Bank of Durango
BID hosts a monthly meeting for anyone interested in Downtown and North Main Ave. activities. BID’s Coffee and Conversation meeting is always held...
The White Season
10:00am / Durango Arts Center
The White Season
Celebrating the ephemeral beauty of winter
January 8–January 30
Opening Reception: Friday, January 8, 5–7pm
A...
The White Season Opening Reception
5:00pm / Durango Arts Center
The White Season
Celebrating the ephemeral beauty of winter
January 8–January 30
Opening Reception: Friday, January 8, 5–7pm
A group...
IRREGULARITIES Opening Reception
5:00pm / Durango Arts Center
IRREGULARITIE
Jen Pack displays works embodying a space in the seam between painting and sculpture
January 8–February 20
Artist...
Miss Straightjacket: Or How I am Learning to Become Comfortable with Visibility
7:00pm / Durango Arts Center
Miss Straightjacket:
Or How I am Learning to Become Comfortable with Visibility
Artist Lecture by Jen Pack
Friday, January 8
7–8pm (following...
IRREGULARITIES Artist Lecture
7:00pm / Durango Arts Center
IRREGULARITIE
Jen Pack displays works embodying a space in the seam between painting and sculpture
January 8–February 20
This...
Two Hearts Wedding Expo
11:00am / La Plata County Fairgrounds
Durango's and Farmington’s premiere Bridal Fair! The Four Corners Wedding Show is the region's largest Bridal Show, featuring over 45 exhibitors...
Starry Night Snowshoe Tour at Andrews Lake
6:00pm / San Juan National Forest
Bundle up for the Starry Night Snowshoe Tour at Andrews Lake. San Juan Mountains Association presents this free event in partnership with San Juan National...
The Wailers, with Mike Love
7:00pm / Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College
Often considered the greatest living advocates of Jamaica's reggae tradition. Inspired by Rastafarian beliefs and an ambition to reach an international...
Comedy Night
7:30pm / The Henry Strater Theater
Doors for all shows open at 7:30.
All shows begin at 8pm
All shows are 18+
All Comedians are TDB and subject to change
Traditional Irish Music Jam
12:30pm / The Irish Embassy Pub
Bring your instrument and join in or watch the live entertainment!
Auditions for The Durango Voice
8:00am / Henry Strater Theatre
The Durango Voice- a singing competition - like the TV show - the Voice is being held in Durango as a fundraiser for Manna Soup Kitchen.
Pre-professional...
Sacred Hula Dance
10:00am / Smiley Building Rm 24
Live your ALOHA with sacred Hawaiian Hula dance. Meditation-in-motion, soothing for the soul, healthy, fun discipline for the body. Mondays 10:15 AM and...
exhibit IRREGULARITIES
10:00am / Durango Arts Center
IRREGULARITIES
Jen Pack displays works embodying a space in the seam between painting and sculpture
January 8–February 20
This...
Intro to Pastel Painting
10:00am / Durango Arts Center
Intro to Pastel Painting
with Deborah Sussex
January 12–February 2 (4 sessions)
Tuesdays, 10am–12pm
$120 DAC Members / $140 Non-Members
First...
Great Decisions 2016
11:30am / Durango Public Library
Great Decisions is America's largest discussion program on world affairs. The program model involves reading the Great Decisions Briefing Book, watching...
Handwriting for Healing & Answers Forum
5:30pm / Marriott Hotel
New events to Colorado's Western Slope so January in "Introduction Month" - and are FREE to ages 18+.
Are you struggling with fear? Relationship problems?...
Ladies of the Mines documentary movie
6:00pm / Vallecito Room, Student Union Building
On January 12th, a free screening of the Rocky Mountain PBS documentary “ Ladies of the Mines†will take place in the Vallecito Room of the...
Rocky Mountain PBS screening of "Ladies of the Mines"
6:00pm / Vallecito Room at Fort Lewis College
“Colorado Experience,†a weekly program broadcast on Rocky Mountain PBS, is coming to southwest Colorado in January to introduce viewers and...
exhibit IRREGULARITIES
10:00am / Durango Arts Center
IRREGULARITIES
Jen Pack displays works embodying a space in the seam between painting and sculpture
January 8–February 20
This...
Green Business Roundtable: Organic vs Local
12:00pm / Henry Strater Theater
Which should you support? Should local farmers get certified as organic? Why or why not? Local Farmer, Linley Dixon, will delve into the pros and cons...
#WBW Way Back Wednesdays
5:00pm / Ska Brewing World HQ
Let's go back. Way Back. It's Way Back Wednesdays! Food specials from The Container of Food paired with a way-back movie streaming on our color televisions.
Life Drawing
5:00pm / Durango Arts Center
Life Drawing
with Ed Bolster
January 13–February 10
Wednesdays, 5–6pm
$100 DAC Members / $120 Non-Members
Working from live models,...
Bluegrass Jam
6:00pm / The Irish Embassy Pub
Come jam out or listen to some excellent bluegrass music!
Pub Quiz
6:30pm / The Irish Embassy Pub
general knowledge trivia; nightly and monthly winners, teams of up to 6 people
Beginner Two-Step and Swing Class
6:30pm / Wildhorse Saloon
Join us for a 'Buckin' Good Time' at The Wildhorse Saloon. This class is design to get you off on the right foot building a solid dance foundation.
$10...
The Peking Acrobats
7:00pm / Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College
Called a modern-day kaleidoscope of entertainment and wonder, the Peking Acrobats defy the laws of gravity and leave audiences spellbound. Accompanied...
Beginning Drawing
2:00pm / Durango Arts Center
Beginning Drawing
with Ed Bolster
January 14–February 11
Thursday, 2–4 PM
$120 DAC Members / $140 Non-Members
Designed for the novice,...
Sacred Hula Dance
5:30pm / Smiley Building Rm 24
Live your ALOHA with sacred Hawaiian Hula dance. Meditation-in-motion, soothing for the soul, healthy, fun discipline for the body. Mondays 10:15 AM and...
La Plata Quilters Guild meeting
5:30pm / First United Methodist Church
La Plata Quilters Guild will meet on Thursday, January 14 at their new location, First United Methodist Church at 2917 Aspen Drive in Durango. The program...
San Juan Basin Archaeological Society monthly meeting
7:00pm / Lyceum, Center of Southwest Studies
The next meeting of the San Juan Basin Archaeological Society will be held at 7:00 PM, Thursday, January 14th at the Center of Southwest Studies at Fort...
Purgatory Winterfest
9:00am / Purgatory Resort
All sorts of winter activities and live music all weekend!
Durango Social Dance Society
6:00pm / Henry Strater Theater
An evening of ballroom and social dance featuring the sounds of
Lisa Blue and Her Big Dance Band
enhake
7:00pm / St. Mark's Episcopal Church
St. Mark's Recital Series presents enhake - enhake thrilled 3rd Ave. Arts audiences on the 2015 Durango Chamber Music Festival. They return to the St....
Instrument Discovery Day - presented by Music in the Mountains
9:00am / Jones Hall at Fort Lewis College
INSTRUMENT DISCOVERY DAY - Session 1
In collaboration with Fort Lewis College, Katzin Music and Durango High School students,...
Purgatory Winterfest
9:00am / Purgatory Resort
All sorts of winter activities and live music all weekend!
The Metropolitan Opera: Live in HD - Les Pêcheurs de Perles (Bizet)
10:30am / Vallecito Room at FLC Student Union
Bizet’s gorgeous opera of lust and longing set in the Far East returns to the Met stage for the first time in 100 years. Soprano Diana Damrau stars...
Durango Wedding Expo
12:00pm / La Plata County Fairgrounds
Come enjoy all the booths filled with ideas!
Instrument Discovery Day - presented by Music in the Mountains
1:00pm / Jones Hall at Fort Lewis College
INSTRUMENT DISCOVERY DAY - Session 2
In collaboration with Fort Lewis College, Katzin Music and Durango High School students,...
Purgatory Winterfest
9:00am / Purgatory Resort
All sorts of winter activities and live music all weekend!
Vallecito Nordic Demo Day!
9:00am / Vallecito Nordic trailhead
Come out and try cross country ski gear (classic and skate), and snowshoes from local retailers.
Free Gumbo and Chili while supplies last.
Kids...
Traditional Irish Music Jam
12:30pm / The Irish Embassy Pub
Bring your instrument and join in or watch the live entertainment!
Auditions for The Durango Voice
8:00am / Henry Strater Theatre
The Durango Voice- a singing competition - like the TV show - the Voice is being held in Durango as a fundraiser for Manna Soup Kitchen.
Pre-professional...
exhibit IRREGULARITIES
10:00am / Durango Arts Center
IRREGULARITIES
Jen Pack displays works embodying a space in the seam between painting and sculpture
January 8–February 20
This...
Sacred Hula Dance
10:00am / Smiley Building Rm 24
Live your ALOHA with sacred Hawaiian Hula dance. Meditation-in-motion, soothing for the soul, healthy, fun discipline for the body. Mondays 10:15 AM and...
Intro to Pastel Painting
10:00am / Durango Arts Center
Intro to Pastel Painting
with Deborah Sussex
January 12–February 2 (4 sessions)
Tuesdays, 10am–12pm
$120 DAC Members / $140 Non-Members
First...
Live Q & A Audio Chat--Personality or Infinite Individuality
12:00pm / Christian Science Reading Room
Responding to questions from an online audience, Kevin Granule—a Christian Science healer—provides uplifting thoughts and examples.
Submit...
Who's Bad: The Ultimate Michael Jackson Tribute Band
7:00pm / Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College
Who's Bad is the longest running Michael Jackson tribute band, offering what has been described as a jaw-dropping musical performance.
Working in Miniature
9:00am / Durango Reccreation Center
Working in Miniature
This 4 week class explores designing botanicals and nature in miniature. Analyze subject and placement with instructor...
The Scribble Club
10:00am / The Clay Room
This class will introduce preschoolers to the exciting world of art. We will work with several different types of art media in a fun environment. The purpose...
Radon Awareness
2:00pm / Pine River Library
Wendy Rice, La Plata County Extension Office, will present this class on the causes and effects of radon in your home. Free radon kits will be given to...
#WBW Way Back Wednesdays
5:00pm / Ska Brewing World HQ
Let's go back. Way Back. It's Way Back Wednesdays! Food specials from The Container of Food paired with a way-back movie streaming on our color televisions.
Life Drawing
5:00pm / Durango Arts Center
Life Drawing
with Ed Bolster
January 13–February 10
Wednesdays, 5–6pm
$100 DAC Members / $120 Non-Members
Working from live models,...
Cutest Kid Contest
5:00pm / Kids Rock and Cardwell Aukerman Photography
Please join us for the Cutest Kid Contest presented by Kids Rock and Cardwell Aukerman Photography.
$20 entry fee per child age newborn to...
Bluegrass Jam
6:00pm / The Irish Embassy Pub
Come jam out or listen to some excellent bluegrass music!
Pub Quiz
6:30pm / The Irish Embassy Pub
general knowledge trivia; nightly and monthly winners, teams of up to 6 people
Starting Your Business Workshop
8:00am / Durango Public Library
Starting a business can be challenging and uncertain. This course is designed to help you navigate through the steps you need to start a business. Presenters...
Beginning Drawing
2:00pm / Durango Arts Center
Beginning Drawing
with Ed Bolster
January 14–February 11
Thursday, 2–4 PM
$120 DAC Members / $140 Non-Members
Designed for the novice,...
Live Music: Charlie Milo Trio
5:00pm / Ska Brewing World HQ
Colorado Springs Rock/Funk & Blues. $3 pints!
Bump 'n' Grind Coffee Cream Stout Release
5:00pm / Ska Brewing World HQ
We take our delicious, award winning milk stout, add coffee and chocolate to the mix and enter it into our seasonal stout program.
Tapping at 5pm and...
Exhibit opening reception "Thunder in Our Voices"
5:00pm / Center of Southwest Studies
The contentious issue of oil and gas pipelines across indigenous lands is the subject of an exhibition opening at the Center of Southwest Studies at Fort...
Artist Reception with Marikay Shellman
5:00pm / Pine River Library
Join local local artist, beekeeper, and rancher Marikay Shellman for refreshments celebrating her art exhibit at the Pine River Library.
Hawaiian Hula Dance
5:30pm / Smiley Building Rm 24
Live your ALOHA with sacred Hawaiian Hula dance. Meditation-in-motion, soothing for the soul, healthy, fun discipline for the body. Tuesday mornings 10:15...
Local Medicinal Plants: Hawthorn
7:00pm / Durango School of Herbal Studies
Connect with your local medicinal plants. Coming up next is the magnificent Hawthorn, one of my favorite cardiovascular tonics. Parts used, harvesting,...
Western Colorado Food and Farm Pre-Conference
1:00pm / US Tractor
Two separate pre-conference workshops are available.
No Till – Minimum Till Equipment and Management Options- This field trip to US Tractor and...
Reception, "Site Unseen: Anna Hepler"
4:30pm / Fort Lewis College Art Gallery
The exhibition will run January 22 - February 19, 2016. At the heart of Hepler’s work is the thrill of making things and the excitement of training...
iAM MUSIC Institute Open House
6:00pm / iAM MUSIC Institute
Would you like to get more involved in cultivating Empowered, Progressive Music Education and Music Scene in the Southwest? iAM MUSIC is a 501c3 non-profit...
Western Colorado Food & Farm Forum
8:30am / Montrose Pavilion
The conference has a wide array of breakout sessions which convey vital, regionally specific agricultural information in areas including maximizing crop...
On Communion: Acting Is Interacting- An Introduction to “Moscow Art Theatre†Techniques
10:00am / Durango Arts Center
Winter 2016 Adult Theatre
“The Saturday Seriesâ€
All Classes: $34 DAC Member / $40 Non-Member
On Communion: Acting Is Interacting-...
Durango Nature Studies' Full Moon Snowshoe Hike
5:00pm / Haviland Lake/Chris Park
Join DNS Staff on a dusky exploration of natural history, nocturnal animals, local landforms, and cool moon facts and legends. We’ll be doing...
Underground Sessions
7:00pm / The Irish Embassy Pub
live music with Virginia Sky; doors open at 6:30, $5 cover
Traditional Irish Music Jam
12:30pm / The Irish Embassy Pub
Bring your instrument and join in or watch the live entertainment!
Winter Wonderland Workshop
9:00am / Seed Studio
Seed Studio is offering a full day workshop of art, yoga & nature for kids ages 6-12yrs.
exhibit IRREGULARITIES
10:00am / Durango Arts Center
IRREGULARITIES
Jen Pack displays works embodying a space in the seam between painting and sculpture
January 8–February 20
This...
Hawaiian Hula Dance
10:00am / Smiley Building Rm 24
Live your ALOHA with sacred Hawaiian Hula dance. Meditation-in-motion, soothing for the soul, healthy, fun discipline for the body.
Monday Jan. 25 @...
Classic Movie: Heaven Knows Mr. Allison
7:00pm / Pine River Library
This free 1957 movie stars Robert Mitchum and Debra Kerr and directed by John Huston. It's a touching tale of a nun and a Marine stranded together on an...
Intro to Pastel Painting
10:00am / Durango Arts Center
Intro to Pastel Painting
with Deborah Sussex
January 12–February 2 (4 sessions)
Tuesdays, 10am–12pm
$120 DAC Members / $140 Non-Members
First...
Auditions for Lip Sync Band Contest
5:00pm / El Rancho Tavern
Get down without a DJ when the Rancho gets a-rockin'.
Bring your music on MP3 and show us what you got!
Judging based on Lip Sync...
38th Annual Snowdown Back to the 80's
9:00am / Various locations
What in the 80’s is the focus of the 80’s theme for Snowdown 2016?
Is it the music? Is it the movies?
Is it...
Snowdown Doughdown eating contest
9:00am / Durango Doughworks – 2653 Main
Donuts! Who doesn't love donuts? You can scarf your fill in this contest! This is not your Eighties Lean Cuisine; mmmmmm donuts are back again!
Event...
Paint up Snowdown
9:30am / Durango Arts Center
Calling all Artists! We'll gather at the Durango Arts Center, sign up and go out and paint 'en-plein-air'. Subjects could be Durango, Snowdown Events,...
The Scribble Club
10:00am / The Clay Room
This class will introduce preschoolers to the exciting world of art. We will work with several different types of art media in a fun environment. The purpose...
Snowdown Fashion Do's & Don'ts
12:00pm / La Plata County Fairgrounds - Exhibit Building
Hey all you gnarly Durango Betties and Dudes! Are you ready for a Totally Tubular scene and want to party hardy? That's the ticket! We are going Back to...
Snowdown Totally Awesome Scavenger Hunt
12:00pm / Billy Goat Saloon
Teams of 4 will dig the highways, the byways and the hang-outs around Durango for the items on the list. Pick up lists between Noon and 8 PM at the Billy...
Snowdown Corko Arto
12:00pm / The Wine Merchant
Cork art and Cork sculpture. Wigged out or rad to the max, let your pinterest addiction and imagination go wild! Featuring categories both large and small,...
Keg Cap Frisbee Golf
1:00pm / El Moro Spirits & Tavern
Test your skill at Keg Cap Frisbee!
Three chances with a prize for each win.
Dress to impress! Must be 21+.
Event Cost:...
Family Feud Snowdown Style
2:00pm / Diamond Belle Saloon
This game is similar to the TV classic, but with our 80s SNOWDOWN flavor. Four 4-person teams will compete for the top prize. Must be 21+.
Event...
Snowdown Costume Contest
2:30pm / The Palace Restaurant
Motor 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....
38th Annual Bartender's Contest
4:00pm / Moe’s Lounge
The Official SNOWDOWN 2016 Cocktail is chosen during this traditional event. Now in it's 38th year since this party started! We know all you thirsty Bohos...
#WBW Way Back Wednesdays
5:00pm / Ska Brewing World HQ
Let's go back. Way Back. It's Way Back Wednesdays! Food specials from The Container of Food paired with a way-back movie streaming on our color televisions.
Life Drawing
5:00pm / Durango Arts Center
Life Drawing
with Ed Bolster
January 13–February 10
Wednesdays, 5–6pm
$100 DAC Members / $120 Non-Members
Working from live models,...
Snowdown 80s Game Gauntlet
5:00pm / Ska Brewing World HQ
A gauntlet race made up of everyone's favorite 80s games and toys. Trivia and a bit of beer drinking mixed in to keep it interesting. Must be 21+
FREE
Sign...
11th Annual Snowdown Kids Follies
5:00pm / Durango Arts Center Theatre
Come and enjoy the Annual SNOWDOWN Kid's Follies, a fun and exciting “youth†version of the SNOWDOWN Follies that allows all kids in the community...
Snowdown Spellebration
5:30pm / Henry Strater Theater
Hosted by the Durango Education Center.
Spellebration is the one and only spelling showdown of SNOWDOWN! 12 (3-person) teams will test their...
Bluegrass Jam
6:00pm / The Irish Embassy Pub
Come jam out or listen to some excellent bluegrass music!
Snowdown Cribbage Tournament
6:00pm / Elks Lodge
Time once again to get out your cool cribbage board and sign up for this event! Regular 6-card play, single
elimination. Bring boards and cards if you...
Snowdown Euchre Tournament
6:00pm / VFW
A fun, fast-moving card trick-taking game usually played with a partner. Play Euchre by house rules. Practice from 5-6 PM, tournament registration beginning...
Magical Musical Mystery Tour
6:00pm / The Irish Embassy Pub
Hosted by AIKO AIKO Sound.
SNOWDOWN’S oldest music trivia contest! Teams of 4 will test their knowledge of music trivia in a variety...
Kayak Pool Slalom
6:00pm / Durango Rec Center
Hosted by Durango Whitewater.
Family friendly kayak event where Olympians, beginners, dudes and dudettes, and youth paddle and have tubular...
80s Pub Quiz
6:30pm / The Irish Embassy Pub
general knowledge trivia; nightly and monthly winners, teams of up to 6 people
Ping Pong Tournament
6:30pm / Moe’s Lounge
Loop it, Flick it, Smash it! Single elimination, regulation ping-pong. Must be 21+.
Event Cost: FREE
Entry Deadline: Time of event
Prizes:...
Skarute Roma Skankin for Snowdown
7:00pm / Ska Brewing World HQ
Carute Roma will hit Ska Brewing in a Two-Tone musical costume, playing a free show for '80s Snowdown! We'll be rockin classic ska tunes, and skankin up...
11th Annual Snowdown Kids Follies
7:30pm / Durango Arts Center Theatre
Come and enjoy the Annual SNOWDOWN Kid's Follies, a fun and exciting “youth†version of the SNOWDOWN Follies that allows all kids in the community...
21st Annual Lady F's Lunacy
7:30pm / Lady Falconburgh’s Barley Exchange
Back for the 21st year in a row, the most venerable Lady Falconburgh hosts this display of intrepidity, smarts, cool brains and 80s wits. Jeopardy and...
Lip Sync Band Contest
8:00pm / El Rancho Tavern
Yes, you too, can totally pull a Milli Vanilli! Croon your crazy faves at this All New Lip Sync Contest. Get down without a DJ when the Rancho gets a-rockin'....
11th Annual Polar Beer Plunge
8:00pm / Carver Brewing Company
Inspired by the legendary “Polar Bear Plungeâ€, this event introduces a new medium - BEER! This has to be one of SNOWDOWN'S coolest events....
38th Annual Snowdown Jokedown
8:30pm / Derailed Pour House
An original SNOWDOWN tradition, this hilarious event is older than cheese, choice chill, and consists of non-stop laughs! Come watch your favorite Jokedown...
Wild Bull Riding Competition
9:00pm / The Wild Horse Saloon
Riders on the Wild Horse Saloon's mechanical bull will be judged on 1) time, 2) style, and 3) crowd amusement during each ride on the Way Phat Bull. Male...
38th Annual Snowdown Back to the 80s
1:00pm / Various locations
What in the 80’s is the focus of the 80’s theme for Snowdown 2016?
Is it the music? Is it the movies?
Is it...
Phantasy Phooseball
1:00pm / Buckley Park
Hosted by Southwest Center for Independence.
Human foosball played on a small field to support a great cause. Teams of 6 players include a...
Iron Mixologist
1:00pm / El Moro Spirits and Tavern
Test your bartending skill with mystery ingredients. Like Iron Chef but with booze! Tournament style, single elimination. Should be mega-fun! Must be 21+.
Event...
Beginning Drawing
2:00pm / Durango Arts Center
Beginning Drawing
with Ed Bolster
January 14–February 11
Thursday, 2–4 PM
$120 DAC Members / $140 Non-Members
Designed for the novice,...
Kan Jam
3:00pm / Balcony Backstage
Play horseshoes with a Frisbee and a partner. Two people to a team. Guaranteed to be a righteous good time! Must be 21+.
Event Cost: FREE
Entry...
Beat it! Eat it! Oyster Slurping
4:00pm / Highway 3 Roadhouse
It’s a race against the clock to see how many oysters can slither down your throat in 60 seconds! No ralphing! Limited to the first 10 men and first...
Name That Tune
4:00pm / 8th Avenue Tavern
Music of the 80s! We will play 5 – 20 second snip-its of songs and then stop the music so contestants can guess the title and artist. Get the 411...
Boozin' Beacons
4:00pm / Downtown Durango
A rollicking collision involving teamwork, knowledge of the downtown bar scene and skill with an Avalanche Beacon. Teams will be sent out across a predetermined...
Snowdown Jr. King and Queen Contest
4:30pm / Best Western Rio Grande Inn
Hosted by McDonald’s and the Best Western Rio Grande Inn.
This is the final selection of SNOWDOWN’s Junior King and Queen from...
11th Annual Snowdown Kids Follies
5:00pm / Durango Arts Center Theatre
Come and enjoy the Annual SNOWDOWN Kid's Follies, a fun and exciting “youth†version of the SNOWDOWN Follies that allows all kids in the community...
Waterslide-a-thon
5:00pm / Durango Rec Center
Hosted by Society for the Preservation of the Durango Metropolitan Society.
Second annual competitive waterslide event where participants...
22nd Annual La Plata Open Space Benefactor Wine & Spirits Tasting & Silent Auction
5:30pm / Mutu’s Italian Kitchen
Hosted by Bank of Colorado and other local businesses.
A SNOWDOWN standby and a benefit for LaPlata Open Space Conservancy with proceeds used...
Hawaiian Hula Dance
5:30pm / Smiley Building Rm 24
Live your ALOHA with sacred Hawaiian Hula dance. Meditation-in-motion, soothing for the soul, healthy, fun discipline for the body.
Monday Jan. 25 at...
Beer Pong Tournament
6:00pm / Pongas
Teams of two will play a double elimination tournament with traditional beer-pong rules. Not to be confused with the Pong video game of the 80s! Must be...
Magical Musical Mystery Tour Finals
6:00pm / The Irish Embassy Pub
Hosted by AIKO AIKO Sound.
SNOWDOWN’S oldest music trivia contest! Teams of 4 will test their knowledge of music trivia in a variety...
Snowup Treadmill Challenge
6:00pm / Steaming Bean
Hosted by Durango Running Company.
How high can you climb? Each contestant has 5 minutes to push their limits and climb as many vertical...
Beer Pong Tournament
6:00pm / Pongas
Teams of two will play a double elimination tournament with traditional beer-pong rules. Not to be confused with the Pong video game of the 80s! Must be...
Dodgeball!
6:30pm / Durango Rec Center
Hosted by Southern Ute Community Action Program s, Inc. (SUCAP).
The sure cure for January blues is riotous dodgeball fun after work on Thursday...
Bar Olympics
6:30pm / Derailed Pour House
Let the games begin! Teams of two compete in a relay of spiffy bar games from goofy things your friends won’t do to drinking faster than the next...
Snowdown 80s Trivia
6:30pm / Powerhouse Science Center
Geek out on 80's Trivia
Teams of 5 people
Must be 21+
11th Annual Snowdown Kids Follies
7:30pm / Durango Arts Center Theatre
Come and enjoy the Annual SNOWDOWN Kid's Follies, a fun and exciting “youth†version of the SNOWDOWN Follies that allows all kids in the community...
Lady F's Lunacy - second elimination round
7:30pm / Lady Falconburgh’s Barley Exchange
Back for the 21st year in a row, the most venerable Lady Falconburgh hosts this display of intrepidity, smarts, cool brains and 80s wits. Jeopardy and...
Arm Wrestling Tournament
8:00pm / Wild Horse Saloon
Co-hosted by A & L Coors.
Single elimination bracket tournament; Six men’s and six women’s weight divisions. Tell your competitor to “Eat...
Snowdown Beard Competition
8:00pm / Carver Brewing Co.
Got Beer’d? Those who are facial-hair-endowed are encouraged to get beer and beard at Carvers. Contestants entering the 3 month long “Beard...
Snow Your Di'nt 80s Sky Party
9:00pm / Derailed Pour House
Gear up for the 80s ski season with this ski trivia dance party event. Sign up and show up your best 80s dance moves, answer some 80s trivia and have the...
Karaoke Contest
10:00pm / 8th Avenue Tavern
Warm up those vocal chords for this annual karaoke contest! There are lots of great 80s jams for contestants to sing. Judges will pick winners each night...
Beer Bingo
10:00pm / Moe’s Lounge
Just like regular bingo except you can win drinks and/or a keg!
Entry Deadline: Time of event
Event Cost: FREE
Prizes: 1st, Free Keg from...
38th Annual Snowdown Back to the 80's
9:00am / Various locations
What in the 80’s is the focus of the 80’s theme for Snowdown 2016?
Is it the music? Is it the movies?
Is it...
Snowdown Totally Awesome Scavenger Hunt Judging
9:30am / Billy Goat Saloon
Doors open at 9:30 AM, judging at 10 AM sharp.
Teams of 4 will dig the highways, the byways and the hang-outs around Durango for the items...
Snowdown Waiter/Waitress Race
2:00pm / Steamworks Brewery
Traditionally one of SNOWDOWN’S wildest events. Coed teams of servers from area restaurants compete in a fun and frequently messy obstacle course...
Four Square Tournament
4:00pm / Durango Welcome Center
The object is to be in the lead square #1 at the end of play. Players take a kneeling position in each of the four squares. All you Madonna wannabes get...
80's Costume Contest
4:30pm / Grassburger
Hosted by Mayor’s Youth Advisory Commission.
Righteous costume contest for youth and teens! Be trendie and wear your best 80s costume...
80's Photo Fun
5:00pm / Durango Welcome Center
Show off your 80s attire and capture the fantabulous moment forever with a FUN photo. The Welcome Center is hosting a FREE (only one per person) photo...
Human Pac Man
5:00pm / Moe’s Lounge
Very cool! Participants gobble up as many pac dots, (or you could call them pellets but how gross is that?) as they can in a predetermined time. Pac dots...
The Snowdown Chow Down to the Max
5:30pm / Durango Elks Lodge
Most definitely join us at the historic Durango Elks Lodge #507 for an 80s dinner! Menu: Manwich sloppy joes, tri-colored pasta salad and a fresh side...
Snowdown Light Parade
6:00pm / Downtown Durango
This show is hosted by the SNOWDOWN Board and sponsored by Serious Texas Barbeque, Three Springs, Tile & Light Art of Durango, The Wells Group, C&J Gravel...
Snowdown 80's Teen Flash Dance
7:00pm / La Plata County Fairgrounds Exhibit Hall
Hosted by Century 21 Premiere/Adaptive Sports.
Cowabunga! This is where all the cool and totally awesome come to shake a leg. This dance...
Chapman Challenge Uphill/Downhill Race
7:30pm / Chapman Hill Ski Area
Hosted by Pine Needle Mountaineering.
This event is so flash! An uphill/downhill race at Chapman Hill where all forms of human snow travel...
Twister
7:30pm / Moe’s Lounge
This wicked event starts immediately after the Parade is finished. As if you don’t know, Twister is played on a large plastic mat and players are...
Snowdown Ski Softball
7:30pm / FLC Softball Complex - Fort Lewis College
Hosted by Purgatory Mountain Patrol.
Two happen’en rival teams — Purgatory Mountain Patrol and the Ski/Snowboard School, continue...
Ralph Dinosaur Presents the 80's
8:00pm / American Legion Auxiliary
Don’t be a couch potato dude! Chill with your homefry while you dance to the jams of Ralph Dinosaur!
Must be 21+.
Event Cost:...
Mr. Black Music Trivia
8:00pm / Derailed Pour House
Don’t be a ditz…Play along with one of the best classic 80’s rock bands in the Four Corners. Name the most songs and/or artists throughout...
Ralph Dinosaur Presents the 80s
8:00pm / American Legion Auxiliary
Don’t be a couch potato dude! Chill with your homefry while you dance to the jams of Ralph Dinosaur! Must be 21+.
Event Cost: $15...
Karaoke Contest
10:00pm / 8th Avenue Tavern
Warm up those vocal chords for this annual karaoke contest! There are lots of great 80s jams for contestants to sing. Judges will pick winners each night...
Snowdown Hot Air Balloon Rally Brunch Train
8:00am / Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge RR
Enjoy a hot brunch, champagne, live music, and Snowdown trivia games. Watch the D&SNG-sponsored mass ascension of the hot air balloons!
Snowdown Balloon Rally & Mass Ascension
8:00am / Hwy 550 N, N. side of Hermosa Meadows Rd
Up, up and away in my beautiful balloon! This spectacular event features a totally tight display of rad hot air balloons ascending in the early morning...
Triton's Underwater Adventure
9:00am / Durango Community Recreation Center
Hosted by Splash Down Diving. r
Join us for our 5th Annual Underwater Adventure. Way cool games await you underwater. A trained PADI Professional...
Totally 80s Preschool Dance Party
9:30am / Durango Public Library
Young children and families can dance the
morning away to their favorite 80s dance music. Boogie down at the Library! Open to toddlers, preschoolers,...
Durango Nature Studies' Tassel Eared Squirrel Workshop
10:00am / Haviland Lake/Chris Park
Learn about Abert Squirrels from the nation’s expert while on snowshoes. Explore their habitat and learn about their adaptations.
Snow Games
10:00am / Santa Rita Park
Hosted by McDonald’s.
This choice SNOWDOWN event is now entertaining second-generation locals! I kid you not! Crazy fun games for your...
Doggie Olympics
10:00am / Creature Comforts
Hosted by Creature Comforts & Durango Kennel Club.
Doggie Olympics - where all of the fantabulous canine friends of Durango’s righteous...
Metropolitan Opera in HD - Puccinis Turandot
10:30am / Vallecito Room of the Student Union at Fort Lewis College
Christine Goerke, Lise Lindstrom, and Nina Stemme, three of opera’s greatest dramatic sopranos, take turns in the title role of the proud princess...
Spam Carving
11:00am / Durango Welcome Center
Hosted by Fort Lewis College.
Ace, come and carve a fantabulous creation based on an 80s theme. You are welcome to bring bling for your creation....
Paint up Snowdown Award Ceremony
11:00am / Durango Arts Center
Entries are due 10AM Saturday Jan 29 at the Fairgrounds Extension Hall. Paintings will be judged at Noon and exhibited until 3PM. Entrant's paintings will...
Snowdown 9 ball tournament
11:00am / Pongas
Now in its 20th Year! Double Elimination, the number of entries will determine format, up to 64 players. Doors open at 10 AM. Commemorative T-shirts will...
Snowdown Book Games
12:00pm / Maria's Bookshop
Partake in such events as speed alphabetizing, book-on-the- head relay, literary trivia, and backwards walking and reading
Snowdown Chili Cook-off
12:00pm / La Plata County Fairgrounds Exhibit Hall
Hosted by Sunnyside Farms Market & The Durango Bootleggers Society.
Make sure you’re ready to chow down on some gnarley red and green...
Snowdown Bloody Mary Contest
12:00pm / La Plata County Fairgrounds Exhibit Hall
Hosted by Vodka 360.
Those who lay claim to Durango’s Best Bloody Mary can show off their goods at this bloody good time! The Bloody...
Cowabunga Wipepout: A teen Snowdown event
12:30pm / Buckley Park
Join the fun at Buckley Park for the free Cowabunga Wipeout, a wild and challenging obstacle course for kids 8-18 years old on Saturday Jan 30th. Teams...
Snowdown Broomball Tournament
12:30pm / Chapman Hill Ice Rink
This coed single-elimination tournament is the bomb! The City of Durango hosts this 6-on-6 tournament. “Official Broomball†equipment is required....
16th Annual Outhouse Stuffing
1:00pm / Gazpacho’s
Hosted by Gazpacho’s New Mexican Restaurant, Durango Auto Detail, Lou’s B&B.
SNOWDOWN presents the 16th annual Outhouse Stuffing...
11th Annual Snowdown Belt Sander Drag Races
1:00pm / Kroeger’s Ace Hardware
Just when you think you’ve seen everything…each contestant will race their belt sander down a two-lane, 50-foot track. The first sander to...
Cornhole Tournament
1:00pm / American Legion
Attention all wannabe cornstars! The totally awesome cornhole tournament is back again! Try to sink four bean bags through the hole in the wooden platform!...
Lecture on the History of Skiing in La Plata County
1:30pm / Animas Museum
On Saturday, January 30 at 1:30 PM at the Animas Museum, former Director and long-time Purgatory ski patroller Robert McDaniel will reprise his talk “Long...
Long Boards and Rope Tows
1:30pm / The Animas Museum
Long time ski patrolman and former Museum Director, Robert McDaniel, will present a lively lecture on the history of skiing in La Plata County between...
Snowdown "Eighties Prom" Gala Benefit Event
6:00pm / Sorrel Sky Gallery
Come enjoy an evening of winter madness at this ‘like totally rad’ event that hangs tight to this year’s Snowdown theme, Back to the...
Movie Night at the Library
6:30pm / Pine River Library
Golden Globe winning movie The Martian will be shown. Matt Damon stars as a NASA botanist who becomes stranded on Mars and the efforts to rescue him.
Lady F's Lunacy - Finals
7:30pm / Lady Falconburgh’s Barley Exchange
Back for the 21st year in a row, the most venerable Lady Falconburgh hosts this display of intrepidity, smarts, cool brains and 80s wits. Jeopardy and...
La Plata County Search & Rescue Breakfast
7:00am / La Plata County Fairgrounds Exhibit Hall
Need to refuel after all your 80s fun and games? Come enjoy some groovy pancakes! And hey man, you can so bogart this feast of pancakes, including ham,...
Snowdown Balloon Rally & Mass Ascension
8:00am / Hwy 550 N, N. side of Hermosa Meadows Rd
Up, up and away in my beautiful balloon! This spectacular event features a totally tight display of rad hot air balloons ascending in the early morning...
Traditional Irish Music Jam
12:30pm / The Irish Embassy Pub
Bring your instrument and join in or watch the live entertainment!
