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Best bets this weekend in and around Durango

The fourth annual Fat Bike Race, hosted by DUST2 and the Wolf Creek Trail Blazers, will begin at 9 a.m. Saturday on Forest Service Road 725 on Wolf Creek Pass, also known at Old Wolf Creek Road. There will be a 4.5-mile and 10-mile course.

Best bets this weekend include the Frozen Foot Fiesta and “Disaster!”

The Frozen Foot Fiesta will take place Friday and Saturday in Pagosa Springs.

Festivities will begin with the puzzle party contest at 6 p.m. Friday at The Springs Resort. The fourth annual Fat Bike Race, hosted by DUST2 and the Wolf Creek Trail Blazers, will begin at 9 a.m. Saturday on Forest Service Road 725 on Wolf Creek Pass, also known as Old Wolf Creek Road. There will be a 4.5-mile and a 10-mile course.

Fat bike race registration will open at 8 a.m., and the race will begin at 9 a.m. There will be hot beverages and free cinnamon rolls for all participants, and all participants will receive a free one-day pass to the hot springs.

After the bike race, a 5K snowshoe race will be held at noon at the Pagosa Springs Community Center, 451 Hot Springs Blvd. Other outdoors activities, such as a snowball throw, obstacle course and snowman contest, will be offered. The awards and after-party will be held at 4 p.m. at the Mother Spring Patio.

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Four Corners Musical Theatre Company will present “Disaster! A ’70s Disaster Movie Musical” at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday with a 2 p.m. matinee Sunday at the Farmington Civic Center, 211 W. Arrington St.

“Disaster!” delivers earthquakes, tidal waves, infernos and unforgettable ’70s hits like “Knock on Wood,” “Hooked on a Feeling,” “Sky High,” “I Am Woman” and “Hot Stuff.” It’s 1979, and New York’s hottest A-listers are lining up for the opening of a floating casino and discotheque. What begins as a night of boogie fever quickly turns to panic as the ship succumbs to multiple disasters.

Tickets are $8 to $32 and can be purchased online at www.fmtn.org/Shows, in person at the box office or by calling (505) 599-1148.

FRIDAY

Merely Players presents “Macbeth,” 7 p.m., $26, Durango Arts Center, 802 East Second Ave.

Fort Lewis College Concert Choir: The Greats, 7 p.m., $10 adults, free for FLC students (with ID) and those 18 and younger, Community Concert Hall at FLC, 1000 Rim Drive, https://bit.ly/2vEFOwZ.

“Four Weddings and an Elvis,” 7:30 p.m., $12, Totah Theater, 315 W. Main St., Farmington, https://bit.ly/2HvnFo0.

SATURDAY

Tim Sullivan and his band: A fundraiser, 5 p.m., VFW Post 4031, 1550 Main Ave.

The Durango Voice, 7 p.m., $36, Henry Strater Theatre, 699 Main Ave.

Sunday

San Juan Symphony Beethoven@250 Concert, 3 p.m., $16-$55, Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College, 1000 Rim Drive, https://bit.ly/2SM61lt.



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