Best bets in and around Durango include the Animas Valley Balloon Rally’s balloon glow and mass ascensions.
Hot air balloons will light up the sky Friday evening in downtown Durango in the 500 block of Main Avenue in front of the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad Depot.
Arrive around 6 p.m. Friday to see the balloons inflate. The glow starts at about 6:30 p.m., weather permitting. Visitors will be able to see the balloon pilots in action. The balloons will come down around 7:30 p.m. The schedule is subject to change.
There will also be “candlesticks,” which are the balloon basket and burners, without the balloon. Pilots will let kids get in the basket and pull the burner.
The event is sponsored by the Durango Business Improvement District.
For more information, visit www.downtowndurango.org/downtown-balloon-glow.
Mass ascensions will be held, weather permitting, at 7:30 a.m. Saturday and Sunday in the Animas Valley north of Durango on Hermosa Meadows Road.
For more information, visit https://bit.ly/3v4qbK3.
Gothla, Halloween Belly Dance Show, 6:30 p.m., Elks Lodge, 901 East Second Ave. Halloween show, dance party immediately after. Costumes encouraged. Tickets $15, available at Animas Trading Co. and the door.
Merely Players’ production of “Men on Boats,” 7 p.m., Merely Underground, 789 Tech Center Drive, $30. Details and tickets: www.merelyplayers.org; 749-8585.
Animas River Cleanup with 5RTU, 9 a.m., Santa Rita Park, 149 South Camino del Rio. Bring gloves and water, trash bags provided. Meet at Santa Rita between 8:30 and 9 a.m. and clean up downstream to Purple Cliffs until noon. Meet back at Santa Rita Park for lunch and prizes.
Durango Daybreak Rotary – Chip Huntoon Food Drive for Manna, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., La Plata County Fairgrounds Parking Lot, 2500 Main Ave., and Albertsons, 311 W. College Drive. Bring nonperishable food to event. Monetary donations accepted as well.
