Colorado Rockies

It’s that time of the year again where the legends of modern American Major League Baseball vie to be the best!  Part of the Colorado Rockies game is the Colorado Rockies Home Opener where the mighty Colorado Rockies take on the Arizona Diamondback.

The Colorado Rockies Home Opener 2011 is being showcased by the Colorado Rockies Baseball Club.

Colorado Rockies Baseball:

Colorado Rockies is a supreme Major League Baseball team from Denver in Colorado. The team was formed back in 1991 and started playing in 1993.

Colorado Rockies Baseball Game

The Colorado Rockies name was inspired and adapted after the Colorado Rocky Mountains. Colorado Rockies home games usually take place in downtown Denver at Coors Field.

Colorado Rockies Home Opener Tickets 2011:

Fans of the Colorado Rockies and all those interested in watching the Colorado Rockies Home opener 2011 can get tickets from the official website of the Colorado Rockies. For updates and information on the Rockies tickets, you can also call (303) 292-0200.

Colorado Rockies Schedule:

A complete and up-to-date schedule of all the games and events can be found on the official website.

Date & Timings:

April 1st to April 3rd, 2011; the show timings are as follows:

• Friday- 2:10 pm
• Saturday- 6:10 pm
• Sunday- 1:10 pm

Venue:

Coors Field

Blake Street, Denver.

Directions to the Colorado Rockies Home Opener at Coors Field:

Coors Field Colorado

There are many routes you can take if you are traveling by road, such as:

• From North – Take the I-25 South to Exit #213 (Park Avenue West)
• From the North-East – Take Southwest on I-76 to I-25South at Exit #213 (Park Avenue West)
• From the West- Move East on I-70 to I-25 South, then Exit #213 (Park Avenue West)
• From East- Travel west on I-70 to I-25 South, Exit #213 (Park Avenue West)
• From South – Go North on I-25 to Exit #213 (Park Avenue West)

A Shuttle service is also available to the venue via the RTD and other services like the RockiesRide, LightRail, the Broadway Shuttle and other regional or local routes. For more details on rates and schedules, please call (303) 299-6000 or visit www.rtd-denver.com.

Parking Details:

On-site and Off-site Parking- Parking space is available on-site at Coors Field in Lot A for $15 and at Lot B for $13. R.V and bus parking is also possible at $25 at 22nd and Wazee Streets, 27th and Blake Streets. Also, parking space is there for motorbicycles in Lot A for $13. There are also many parking spaces near the field. Please note that the Coors Field parking lots open 2 1/2 hours before game time. Parking tickets cane be purchased at the Coors Field ticket windows.

Contact Details:

Address – Coors Field

2001 Blake Street
Denver, CO 80204.

Official Website: http://colorado.rockies.mlb.com/index.jsp?c_id=col

The Grand Valley Winery Association is an aggregated forum of 8 winery areas, to create awareness among the people about viticulture. Grand Valley is the largest and oldest of the American Viticulture Areas in Colorado. The most awaited Denver wine tasting event is about to be back in vineyards again. The 2011“Barrel Into Spring” Wine Tasting Event will be held on 30th April and 1st May 2011, and 14th & 15th May 2011.

The “Barrel Into Spring” Wine Tasting Event is a fine get together for wine lovers and people involve in viticulture, to explore more about the fruit and the beverage made out of it.

Event Schedule

29th April 2011
Reception at the Grand River Vineyard : 6pm
Dinner at the Grand River Vineyard : 7pm

30th April & 1st May 2011
10am – 4pm : Main wine tasting events

14th & 15th May 2011
10am – 4pm : Main wine tasting events

The main events during the wine tasting event stretch consists of a detailed tour around the vineyards and winery, expect to be treated with unexpectedly delicious gourmet meals, barrel tasting for all, and definitely the main focus of the event which is wine tasting. Some of the most rare and classy wines which are not much readily available in open market to the people will be served in the event.

Tickets/Coupons

The tickets could be purchased by contacting the GVWA. The tickets would cost $60 each person if purchased before 29th April 2011. The tickets for dinner on 29th April 2011 is $87.50 each person. GVWA wineries offer the participants a discount of $15 on the barrel tasting even.

The profits from the wine tasting event after the basic expenses will be donated to the Marillac Clinic.

Contact Details

Address : 2011 “Barrel Into Spring” Wine Tasting, Two Rivers Winery – 2087 Broadway Grand Junction, Colorado – 81503

Phone : (970) 255-1471

Website : www.grandvalleywine.com

The Annual High Plains Snow Goose Festival is back celebrating its 9th anniversary this year. The festival would start from 24th February 2011 and go on till 27th February 2011. Jeffrey Gordon, the new President of American Birding Association, is the keynote speaker this year. Apart from being a bird guide, he’s also a naturalist.

Cherish the view of milky white and shiny slate-grey flocks of snow geese at flying back to their homeland in Canadian Arctic and resting for a while mid-way at Lamar in south-east Colorado.

These migratory species of birds halt in Lamar on their way back from their migration in spring season. They perch near the various lakes of the plain land and nourish on the adjoining patches of lush.

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The Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club is coming back with their Annual Winter Carnival 2011 in early February. Celebrating their 98th anniversary this year, the club is gearing up with all the more fun activities, maintaining its age old heritage since 1914.

The whole purpose of this festival is to help the folks overcome their cabin sickness in winter and join the fun and interaction with the entire community through the festival.

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Winter Park Snow Fest celebrates the winter season with a special winter festival held at the Winter Park Resort in Colorado. The event is also a celebration of one of Winter Park’s most adored and famous gals – Mary Jane.

The winter Park Snow Fest 2011 will be having a birthday bash in honor of Mary Jane along with other festivities like live musical stage performances, a dazzling firework display and lots of enjoyable activities for the entire family!

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The Ouray Ice Festival is the biggest international ice climbing festival where expert ice climbers, ice climbing enthusiasts, and gear developing exhibitors gather to experience the thrill of ice-venture at the festival with all the safety measures. The festival is held at the Ice Park at Ouray every year since 1996. The pioneer of ice climbing, Jeff Lowe, promotes the event. The Ice Festival is always scheduled to start on the Thursday and drags till the Sunday before the Martin King Luther Day in January.

The festival span chart many climbing clinics from advanced to beginning, a great opportunity to meet and see some of world’s most renowned ice climbers in action, and check out the latest gears on the art. There are a lot more activities enlisted in the festival like walking on a tight rope across the gorge, the axe throwing competition, and many more such thrilling and adventurous activities. The festival organizers have groomed a special climbing wall for the kids. The festival features film screenings and slide show presentations, and special auctions for climbing gears.

This is a great opportunity to enhance the ice climbing skills and even to get ice climbing lessons for the novice. Some great ice crampons and other ice climbing equipments can be found at the auctions held at the Ice Park during the Ouray Ice Festival.

Directions Ouray Ice Park

The nearest airport to the city of Ouray is Montrose Regional Airport which is 35miles drive away from the town. The Ice Park is at the
southern end of the city where highway 550 begins to climb towards the Red Mountain Pass.

Weather Condition At Ouray

The town is not much humid in climate nature. Days are usually sunny through out the year. Average summer temperatures range between 70’s and 80’s during day and 50’s at night. July afternoons experience drizzles in the town.

The winter temperatures are usually 40’s on the high and higher teens on the low with an average snowfall of 140 niches accompanied with occasional heavy snowstorms.

Ice Festival 2011

Like every year the Ouray Ice Festival is all geared up with excitement and adventure and entertainment on the catalog for 2011 also. The Festival will be inaugurated on 6th January 2011, Thursday.
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Colorado State Fair Event

Get your tickets soon for the renowned Colorado State Fair scheduled from August 28 to September 7 at 1001 Beulah Avenue in Pueblo. This is one of the happening fair of entertainment as well as educational events for everyone and is also known as the oldest form of family entertainment. It has served as a connecting point for communities for more than 130 years.

More than 485,000 people gather in this fair and enjoy the big name concerts, extreme sports, wild carnival rides, top notch livestock and horse shows. Apart from these people also enjoy educational exhibits and over 300 commercial exhibits. The fair proudly also serves as a showcase for Colorado agriculture, youth and communities.

The Colorado State Fair welcomes all livestock, horse, small animal, fine arts and general entry exhibitors.

The timings of fairground during the fair are as below:

Grounds, everyday 10 a.m. – midnight
Creative Arts Building, every day 10 a.m. – 10 p.m.
Cultural Heritage, Monday-Thursday 12 p.m.-10 p.m.
Cultural Heritage, Friday-Sunday 10 a.m.-10 p.m.
Exhibit halls, everyday 10 a.m. – 10 p.m.
Fine Arts Building, every day 10 a.m. – 10 p.m.
Americraft Hall, everyday 10 a.m. – 11 p.m.
Carnival rides, Monday-Friday 2 p.m. – 11 p.m.
Carnival rides, Saturday-Sunday & Labor Day 10 a.m.- midnight

Region : Southeast

Contact Details :

Colorado State Fairgrounds
Pueblo, CO 81004
Phone: 800-876-4567
Website: Colorado State Fair

Useful Contacts :

Commercial exhibits and food department: 719-404-2028 or vendor@coloradostatefair.com.
Exhibits department: 719-404-2028 or vendor@coloradostatefair.com
Becoming a partner: 719-404-2013 or sponsorship@coloradostatefair.com

Get the flavors and sounds of southwest Colorado from August 21 to 23 at Mesa Verde Country Food, Wine & Art Festival and taste some of the finest wines from the best wineries and local vintners.

Mesa Verde Country Festival, Colorado

This Mesa Verde Country Food, Wine & Art Festival will showcase some of the most talented artists who call Mesa Verde Country home and also are inspired by the scenic beauty of the place and cultural diversity of the area.

The festival in three days will also feature food from local and regional producers which are supposed to be a perfect accompaniment to wine. For tasting and also for purchase will be offered cheeses, olive oils, dips and salsas. In the menu of restaurants and producers there also will be beef, elk, and veggies that are all purchased either locally or regionally.

Region: Southwest

Contact Details
928 E. Main
Cortez, CO 81321
Phone: 800-530-2998
Website: Click Here

Come 15th and 16th August you get a golden chance to browse varieties of beautiful art on 11th Street, West of Washington Avenue, at the 19th annual Golden Fine Arts Festival. This is one of the most accessible arts festivals of Colorado.

Colorado Fine Arts Festival

In downtown Golden this is one of the most renowned open-air art galleries in a gorgeous foothills setting adjacent to the Clear Creek for its quality, affordability, ambiance and proximity to the metro area. Around 35,000 people or even more will witness the beauty of art.

The festival will host 140 high-quality artists of whom 80 per cent are from Colorado. Artists in eight categories will be awarded here. There will be a total cash award of over $1,800. This well-known festival will feature several media such as the below mentioned:

• Ceramic arts
• Fiber arts
• Glass
• Jewelry
• Mixed media
• Printing
• Photography
• Sculpture

Jennifer O’Meara, the evergreen artist and last year’s Fine Arts Festival first place in mixed media, has been commissioned to produce this year’s featured artwork.

For enjoying the festival there is no admission fee. One can also enjoy free horse-drawn carriage rides here through historic downtown Golden.

Region : Denver Area

Contact Details:
11th and Arapahoe
Golden, CO 80401
Phone: 303-279-3113

For more details please visit the official website.

Be there. Don’t miss it from August 13-16. It’s the 41st edition of Annaul Palisade Peach Festival. There will be loads of fun and lots of new activities in the downtown Palisade. There will be Union Pacific’s Miniature Historic Parade Train, Alpaca Showcase, and many more events.

Palisade Peach Festival

The festival will begin with Palisade’s agritours and Ice Cream Social and Street Dance. The ice cream and Palisade peaches, and dancing to the sounds of Swing City Express is free. The ice cream social includes the following:

• Passing of the torch between the outgoing and incoming Town Grouch
• Coronation of the 2009 Peach Queen
• The debut of the Union Pacific’s Miniature Historic Parade Train

The 14th and 15th of August are highlighted by the Peach Festival at the Riverbend Park. The main activities here are as below:

• Vendors
• Kids’ rides
• Peach Cuisine with Colorado Chefs
• Peach Eating Contest
• Musical entertainment in the Grand Valley
• Please note that there will be the new Alpaca Showcase across the parking lot.

The Weekend Activities are:

• The Lions Club Pancake
• Peach Fest 5-Miler
• Peach Festival Parade
• Just 4-Fun Car Show
• Palisade Library Book Sale
• Downtown Palisade events at night
• Palisade Sunday Farmers Market

It is invited and also requested by the organizer of the festival to take time in exploring the Palisade area. They say, “Life really does taste good here.” Let me remind that this festival is one of the Western Colorado’s premier events.

Contact Details
Riverbend Park
Palisade, CO 81526
Phone: 970-464-7458
Website: Click Here