Archives for June 2018

Manitou Springs’ annual pie baking contest and ice cream social will be this Monday, July 2nd, at Soda Springs Park:

Slip back in time to the good old days and enjoy the Summertime Ice Cream Social & Pie Baking Contest. Each year members of the community compete in the pie baking contest and enjoy scoops of homemade ice cream.  Stick around and enjoy music from Little London Winds while sampling pie and ice cream at 7:00 pm!

Even if you’re not participating in the contest, you can purchase a slice of pie for $2 and a scoop of Old Colorado Creamery ice cream in a Patsy’s cone for $1.  Check out all the information on the Manitou Springs Chamber of Commerce page.

Memorial Park will host the annual outdoor concert by the Colorado Springs Philharmonic on July 4th, with popular selections from American classical music and movie scores, culminating in the 1812 Overture and a fireworks display.  The USAFA’s Wild Blue Country band will also perform.  Get the full lineup of the evening’s events right here.

There will be fireworks displays after the Switchbacks soccer game this Tuesday, July 3rd, and after the Sky Sox game on Wednesday, July 4th!  It looks like tickets for both are still currently available, with prices starting around $12 for both games.

A kid’s fishing contest, family activities, live music, and more are part of Woodland Park’s annual Old-Fashioned 4th of July celebration, held at Woodland Park’s Memorial Park (200 N. Park Street).   You can see the details here and here.  There will not be fireworks this year due to the fire risk.

And on July 5th, the annual Symphony above the Clouds concert with the Colorado Springs Philharmonic, as well as USAFA’s Wild Blue Country, will be held starting at 5 PM.  Get more information on this concert here.  Though there aren’t fireworks, the event on the 5th will have some blasts from Fort Carson’s cannons!

The Tri-Lakes region will host their annual 4th of July celebration with live music, a parade, live music, and more – check out the full list of events here.  Unfortunately due to the dry weather, Palmer Lake will not be doing the fireworks show this year but there are still other activities going on.

Also, a friend let me know that the Stube, a German restaurant in Palmer Lake, is offering kayak and stand-up paddleboard rentals now so that would be a fun thing to do in that area on the 4th!