Animas City Night Bazaar hosts ‘Roktoberfest’
Join the Animas City neighborhood for a belly-busting, rollicking good time from 5 to 8 tonight for the monthly Animas City Night Bazaar.
This month is “Roktoberfest,” and on tap is three hours of fun and getting together with your neighbors.
Be sure to check out:
- Music from the Afrobeatniks, Bluegrouse, Overtones and Getting Familliar.
- Beer chugging contest (and cider chugging for the kiddos).
- Bratwurst, arm wrestling and costume contest at Union Social House, 3062 Main Ave.
- Best Beer Belly competition.
- Artist vendors galore throughout the Animas Alley.
For a full schedule of events and to sign up for competitions, visit animascitynightbazaar.com.
Animas City Night Bazaar, 6 p.m., The Union Social House, 3062 Main Ave.
Theodore Roosevelt and the American West, 6-7:30 p.m., Pine River Library, 395 Bayfield Center Drive. Andrew Gulliford will speak about President Theodore Roosevelt, and in particular Roosevelt’s connections with Southwest Colorado and his establishment of the San Juan National Forest. Details: Darcy Poletti Harp at 884-2222, ext. 522, or darcy@prlibrary.org.
Durango Cowboy Poetry Gathering. For a full schedule and tickets: www.durangocowboygathering.org.
Tico Time Country Festival 2021. For a full schedule and tickets: https://bit.ly/3ujLVBi.
High Country Hustle and People We Know, 6 p.m., Durango Hot Springs, 6475 County Road 203.
Oktoberfest, 6:30 p.m., The Union Social House, 3062 Main Ave.
Why Does Durango Look the Way it Does?: Our Odd Victorian Architecture, 7-8:30 p.m., virtual on Zoom, join at https://bit.ly/3CkxU96 . Journalist Judith Reynolds will explore how Durango reinvented itself after the fire of July 1889 to build fanciful imitations of Renaissance palaces, a Roman fortress and even a scaled-down cathedral in the heyday of Victorian architecture. Details: https://bit.ly/3CkxU96.
Beam Me Up Starlight Trivia, 7:30 p.m., Starlight Lounge, 937 Main Ave.
Geeks Who Drink, 8:15 p.m., The Roost, 128 E. College Drive.
Four Corners Comedy Festival, various times locations around Durango. Free-$100. Details and tickets: fourcornerscomedyfestival.com.
Opening reception for new paintings by Cindy Coleman, 5-7 p.m., Animas Chocolate & Coffee Co., 920 Main Ave. Show will be on display Oct. 1-31. More information: www.duckgirlart.com.
First Friday in honor of Dan Nicholl, 5 p.m., Create Art and Tea, 1015 Main Ave. Details: https://bit.ly/3ukrEvy.
Recital Series 2021-2022, 7 p.m., Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 419 San Juan Drive. The Montage Music Society from Santa Fe will feature a piano trio with Carla Kountoupes, violin; Sally Guenther, cello; and Debra Ayers, piano. They will perform 20th-century music inspired by visual art (images of the art will be shown). $8-$20. Details: Purchase admission online at durangouu.org/recital-series or at the door. Contact Marilyn Garst at 385-8668.
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.
Melody Lines, Forrest Pump and LootBegga, 9:30 p.m., Animas City Theatre, 128 E. College Drive. $18-$20. Live band electronic dance music. Tickets: www.animascitytheatre.com and Animas Trading Co., 946-2281 or durangomassive@hotmail.com.
Durango Cowboy Poetry Gathering Motorless Parade, 10 a.m., begins at Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad Depot, 479 Main Ave., and proceeds up Main Avenue to 12th Street.
10th annual Solar and Net Zero home tour, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., various locations. $12 tour only, $30 tour and party. Tour innovative, energy-efficient and sustainable homes around Durango. Sunset Soirée will be from 5-7 p.m. with music, cocktails and hors d'oeuvres. Tickets: www.fourcore.org/solar-home-tour.
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.
Farmington Hill, 8 p.m., Animas City Theatre, 128 E. College Drive. $5. Country-fried indie rock from Southwest Colorado. Tickets: www.animascitytheatre.com, Animas Trading Co., 946-2281 or durangomassive@hotmail.com.
Women's March Durango 2021, 1:15 p.m., meet at Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad, 479 Main Ave., bring a sign and a mask.
Merely Players’ production of “Men on Boats,” 2 p.m., Merely Underground, 789 Tech Center Drive, $30. Details and tickets: www.merelyplayers.org; 749-8585.
DNF Harvest Fest, 4 p.m., Rotary Park, 1565 East Second Ave. Free-$15. Details: https://bit.ly/2ZEvVyC.
Wild Rivers Film Tour, 7-10 p.m., Center of Southwest Studies, Fort Lewis College, 1000 Rim Drive. Free. Details and registration: https://bit.ly/3kO7zdV.
Four Corners Veterans Stand Down event, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m., La Plata County Fairgrounds. Free. Services include help with VA benefits, enrollment, medical care, mental health care and general health care, hygiene supplies, housing assistance, haircuts, clothing, employment and optometry. Details: Greg at 759-0117.
SKA-BQ with Thee Fearless Peasants, 5 p.m., Ska Brewing, 225 Girard St.
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.
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.
ill. Gates, Ahee and Mtn Menace, 9:30 p.m., Animas City Theatre, 128 E. College Drive. $27-$30. Electronic dance music. Tickets: www.animascitytheatre.com, Animas Trading Co., 946-2281 or durangomassive@hotmail.com.
Sixth Annual Brisket Cook-off and Corn Hole, 11 a.m., Farmers Fresh, 535 Goddard Ave., Ignacio. Details: https://bit.ly/39CWWEj.
Merely Players’ production of “Men on Boats,” 2 and 7 p.m., Merely Underground, 789 Tech Center Drive, $30. Details and tickets: www.merelyplayers.org; 749-8585.
“Under the Lights” Fundraising Event Presented by Pearce Joza, 3:30 p.m., Durango Arts Center, 802 East Second Ave., $10. Details: https://bit.ly/3ETT0gU.
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Four Corners XC Classic, local high school cross country teams, Durango High School.
Durango High School girls softball vs. Meeker, 1 and 3 p.m., DHS.
Ignacio High School volleyball vs. Ridgway, 4 p.m., Ignacio High School.
Durango High School girls volleyball vs. Grand Junction Central, 5 p.m., DHS.
Bayfield High School football vs. Salida, 7 p.m., Bayfield High School.
Fort Lewis College football: Skyhawks vs. Black Hills State, noon, FLC football stadium.
Durango High School girls volleyball vs. Grand Junction, noon, DHS.
Durango High School boys soccer vs. Grand Junction High School, 1 p.m., DHS.
Bayfield High School volleyball vs. Cortez, 4, 5 and 6 p.m., Bayfield High School.
Durango High School boys soccer vs. Alamosa High School, 6 p.m., DHS.
Durango High School football vs. Harrison, 6 p.m., DHS.
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