Best bets this weekend include Animas River Days and the Elliot Weber live comedy album recording.
Animas River Days will take place from 7:45 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Santa Rita Park. Amateurs and pros will compete in a variety of water races and events. Featured events include river surfing, stand-up paddling, freestyle kayaking, boatercross, raft and kayak slalom, an inflatable rodeo and a costumed river parade.
The festival will also feature a live DJ, food and retail vendors, gear demonstrations, kids’ activities and a Ska Beer and Vodka Garden. No dogs are allowed inside the beer garden. Wrapping up the festival will be the Late Night Party featuring Posh Josh at 9:30 p.m. at El Rancho Tavern, 975 Main Ave.
Animas River Days is partnering with San Juan Citizens Alliance and other conservation groups to educate the community and surrounding areas about keeping rivers healthy and safe.
For more information, visit www.animasriverdays.com.
The Elliot Weber Coming Out Live album recording will take place at 8 p.m. Saturday at Irish Embassy Pub, 900 Main Ave. as part of the Laugh Therapy series. Laugh Therapy is a stand-up comedy show that hosts open mic nights on the third Thursday of the month and a showcase on the first Saturday of the month.
This month’s showcase will feature local comic Elliot Weber, who will record his first live comedy album during this free show. Joining Weber will be local comics Jacob Jonas and Kate McLachlan performing featured sets.
Doors will open at 7:30 p.m. and the show will start at 8 p.m. For more information, visit bit.ly/2Z1HD0H.
Summer S.T.R.E.A.M Program Sign Up and Blast Off Party in the Park, 5:30 p.m., Pine River Public Library, 395 Bayfield Center Drive.
Paint party, 7 p.m., $45 (must prepay), Animas River Beer Garden, Lounge and Grille, 501 Camino del Rio, shorturl.at/yBZ08.
Friends of the Pine River Library Annual Spring Book, Bake and Yard Sale, 8 a.m., Pine River Library, 395 Bayfield Center Drive, Bayfield.
Gary Gackstatter, crow quill pen-and-ink art, Durango Community Recreation Center, 2700 Main Ave.
Liver Down the River, 6 p.m., 11th Street Station, 1101 Main Ave.
Songs of Connection, 3 p.m., $20 adults/$5 students and children, St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 910 East Third Ave., shorturl.at/eDEKX.
