Durango’s best bets for the weekend include the Animas Valley Balloon Rally from Friday to Sunday and the Fort Lewis College Community Concert Hall open house Sunday.
People will gather this weekend in the Animas Valley, about 10 miles north of Durango at U.S. Highway 550 and Hermosa Meadows Road, to watch hot air balloons take to the sky during the second annual Animas Valley Balloon Rally.
The event will kick off with a media flight at 8:15 a.m. Friday, and two mass-ascensions will be featured at the same time Saturday and Sunday, with tethered hot-air balloon rides available for $10. Parking will be available in the meadow. Attendees will not be permitted to park along Highway 550.
The rally will also include “balloon glows” at 7 p.m. Friday from the General Palmer Hotel to East Second Avenue in downtown Durango and at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the launch site in Hermosa. Attendees can view the inflation of balloons at 6:30 p.m. Friday in the 500 block of Main Avenue, in front of the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad depot. Photography is encouraged and images captured by community members can be printed onto shirts at the location.
To view a video of last year’s event, visit http://bit.ly/2x87EOd.
For more information, visit www.facebook.com/animasvalleyballoonrally.
To celebrate its 20th anniversary, the Community Concert Hall will hold an open house from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday at Fort Lewis College, 1000 Rim Drive. Tours of the concert hall, local arts groups and entertainment will be featured. The event is free and open to all.
For more information, call 247-7657.
Live by Living Walk Along the Animas River, 10 a.m., Durango Public Library, 1900 East Third Ave., 375-3380.
“Way to Go!” Together and Local First workshop, 1 p.m., Carnegie Building, 1188 East Second Ave.
First anniversary celebration, 4:30 p.m., Absolute Physical Therapy and Wellness, 277 East Eighth Ave., 764-4094.
Cortez homebuyer education class, 8:30 a.m., $15, Southwest Medical Group, 20 S. Market St., Cortez.
Durango Lions Club Chili Craft Fair, 10 a.m., $6, La Plata County Fairgrounds, 2500 Main Ave., 749-5582.
Harvest Festival, noon, Durango Nursery and Supply, 271 Kaycee Lane.
20th anniversary of Joy Cabin opening, 1 p.m., Animas Museum, 3065 West Second Ave., 259-2402.
Trails 2000 trail work, 8 a.m., East Animas Climbing Area, 2000 County Road 250.
Birth of Baha’u’llah bicentenary celebration, 2 p.m., Durango Community Recreation Center, 2700 Main Ave.
