Best bets this weekend include Meltdown on the Mesa and the 5K Splash and Dash.
Durango Mesa Park will host the fifth annual Meltdown on the Mesa from 1 to 9 p.m. Saturday at the park, 1661 Ewing Mesa Road.
The Meltdown will feature live music and camping. Participants may bring camp chairs, tarps, instruments, tents and food for a day of bluegrass performances. Bands include Liver Down the River, The Badly Bent, Woodland Remedy, Smelter Mountain Boys, Crooked Measures and Six Dollar String band.
Tickets are $25 in advance and $30 at the gate and include camping. Kids 12 and younger can attend for free.
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La Plata Youth Services will sponsor the fifth annual 5K Splash and Dash from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday at the youth services center, 2490 Main Ave.
Racers can test their endurance on the 5K course featuring waterworks at the finish line. A 1K youth fun course (strider bikes welcome) will also be available. Games, a barbecue and music will take place after the races.
Registration fees are $10 for children 5 to 12, $20 for those 13 and older and $50 for Sleepwalkers and teams of five.
Race day registration and check-in will begin at 9 a.m., and the race will begin at 10 a.m.
To register, visit www.lpys.org/events/animas-5-k-splash-dash.
Mushroom and Wine Festival presented by Vectra Bank, 9:30 a.m., $20-$45, Purgatory Resort, 1 Skier Place.
Mancos Valley Summer Brewfest, noon, $5-$20, Cottonwood Park, 230 Cedar St.
Prohibition Herb: Battle of the Bands Night Three, 7:30 p.m., $5-$7, The Animas City Theatre, 128 E. College Ave.
Ohana Kuleana Community Garden open house, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Ohana Kuleana Community Garden, 564 East 30th St.
Cristian Korte Memorial Disc Golf Extravaganza 11, 11:30 a.m., free, Wildcat Canyon Liquors, 20177 U.S. Highway 160.
