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Best bets for the weekend

This weekend, your best bets are the Tour de Farms and Mancos Valley Summer Brewfest, both happening Saturday.

Colorado State University Extension and Garden Project of Southwest Colorado will present the 11th annual Tour de Farms, a bicycle tour of local farms and gardens, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday in Durango and Bayfield.

The tour celebrates the homegrown agricultural and gardening community, and includes a six-mile, family-friendly bike ride in Durango or a 20-mile bike ride through the Florida River Valley. (The long ride is sold out.)

An after-party with music by Stillhouse Junkies, prizes, free beer and local food will be held at Ska Brewing Co., 225 Girard St.

Tickets are $25.

For more information, visit www.thegardenprojectswcolorado.org/tourdefarms2017.

The third annual Mancos Valley Summer Brewfest, an afternoon of local music, beer, wine and food, will be held from 1 to 7 p.m. Saturday at Cottonwood Park, 230 Cedar St., in Mancos.

Live music by Lawn Chair Kings, Charlie Milo Trio, Jade Masque, The Outskirts and The Afrobeatniks will be featured, and craft beer from Mancos Brewing Co., Dolores River Brewery and Copper Club Brewing Co. will be available.

For more information, visit www.mancosbrewingcompany.com/mancos-valley-summer-brewfest.

SATURDAY

11th annual Tour de Farms, 7:30 a.m., $25, Ska Brewing Co., 225 Girard St., 247-5792.

Home-buyer education class, 8:30 a.m., Fort Lewis College, 1000 Rim Drive, www.fortlewis.edu.

The Great Migration: The Journey of the Monarch Butterfly, 10:30 a.m., free for members, $10 for nonmembers, Durango Nature Center, U.S. Highway 550 at Bondad Hill, River’s End Lane, 382-9244.

Christine Polinsky Lightner Creek fire victim fundraiser, 11 a.m., Durango Harley-Davidson, 750 South Camino del Rio, 259-0778.

Mancos Valley Summer Brewfest, 1-7 p.m., Cottonwood Park, 230 Cedar St., Mancos, http://bit.ly/2xc2Zu3.

Durango Roller Girls vs. Albuquerque Unicorns, 6 p.m., Chapman Hill, 500 Florida Road, www.durangorollergirls.com.

SUNDAY

Durango Flea Market, 7 a.m.-3 p.m., La Plata County Fairgrounds, 2500 Main Ave., 385-0385.



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