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🎆 Happy Fourth of July, Colorado Springs!
📰 Our Story Is Still Being Written 🇺🇸
🔥 Aspen Acres Fire: How You Can Help
🤝 Volunteer Opportunities
📅 Local Events + Holiday Activities + Concerts, Farmers Markets & Special Events
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Happy Fourth of July, Colorado Springs! 🎆
From my family to yours, wishing you a wonderful Independence Day celebration! Today we honor the freedoms we enjoy and the community we are blessed to call home.
Colorado Springs holds a special place on this holiday. We live beneath Pikes Peak, America's Mountain, and call this Olympic City USA home. Whether you're spending the day with family, watching celebrations, or simply enjoying a beautiful Colorado summer day, I hope your Fourth of July is filled with joy, gratitude, and community spirit.
Thank you for being a part of the Colorado Springs Town Tidings community. It truly takes a village, and you are ours.
~Sandy Bobal-Zuniga
Founder, Colorado Springs Town Tidings
🔥 Aspen Acres Fire: Evacuees Need Your Help
Southern Colorado's Aspen Acres Fire has grown to over 81,000+ acres with zero containment, forcing thousands of evacuees from Colorado City and Wetmore. Families, pets, and livestock all need support right now.
Care and Share Food Bank (2605 Preamble Point, Colorado Springs) is accepting easy-to-open, shelf-stable foods, pop-top cans, and granola bars for evacuees. Note: the Colorado Springs location is closed July 4 & 5, will reopen again on Monday.
The United Way of Southern Colorado has a relief fund and donation center at 1591 Taos Road, Building D, Pueblo (open 7am-7pm daily). The American Red Cross has an evacuation shelter at the Pueblo County Recreation Center.
🌟 One-Day Only! Catch Us at the Backyard Farmers Market TODAY! 🌟
We're thrilled to announce that Nature's Start Bread Company has been invited to join the Backyard Farmers Market this July 4th, the only Farmer’s Market we’ll be at!
Come celebrate Independence Day morning with us and grab your favorite artisan breads, pastries, and more, freshly baked with love. 🥖
📍 Where: 6845 Shoup Rd (Black Forest)
📅 When: Sat, July 4th
⏰ Time: 9am-1pm
Don’t miss this special opportunity to enjoy our homemade creations! See you there! 👩🍳
🇺🇸 The Story America Is Still Writing
Mayor Yemi shared a heartfelt letter to Colorado Springs residents marking America's 250th birthday. As a naturalized citizen and the city's first elected Black mayor, he writes that America is both an extraordinary blessing and a promise still being fulfilled, and calls on every resident to help write the next chapter.
"America has never been defined by the absence of challenges. America has always been defined by how we respond to them." He closes with the timeless words of George Washington: "We should never despair. Our situation before has been unpromising and has changed for the better. So I trust, it will again."
Watch Mayor Yemi's personal video message on Facebook, then read his full letter:
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👩🦳 The Volunteer Effect
Research consistently shows that people who volunteer regularly report higher levels of happiness, stronger social connections, and even better physical health. In a city as tightly knit as Colorado Springs, showing up for your neighbors isn't just good for them, it's good for you. 💛
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Every Wed-Sun, 11am-2:45pm: Tea at the Castle @ Glen Eyrie Castle, 3820 North 30th St $50
July 14-18, various times: Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo @Norris Penrose Event Ctr $25-$50
Sept 5-7, Labor Day Lift Off Tickets on sale now!
Sept 19-20: Pikes Peak Regional Airshow @ COS Airport $50-$204
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JUL 4 |
Family Fourth - Rockledge Ranch ($10-$14) Festival 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM · 📍 3105 Gateway Rd, Colorado Springs Traditionally families gathered with their communities to celebrate the Fourth of July with food, games, music, and spee… |
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JUL 4 |
🇺🇸 4th of July Celebration - Cripple Creek FREE to attend Festival 10:00 AM – 11:00 PM · 📍 337 E Bennett Ave, Cripple Creek Join us in Cripple Creek for a joyous 4th of July Celebration! The day begins with a parade at 11:00 AM, then enjoy a gr… |
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JUL 4 |
July 4th Celebration - FREE (Fireworks Cancelled) 😊 Social💗 Community 4:00 PM – 9:00 PM · 📍 Banning Lewis Ranch Get ready for an unforgettable day filled with music, food, and fun! We’re excited to invite the community to our July 4… |
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JUL 4 |
Festival On The Fourth - Palmer Lake (Fireworks Cancelled) - FREE Admission ($10 Parking) Festival 4:00 PM – 10:00 PM · 📍 Palmer Lake The Festival on the Fourth is Hosted by Awake the Lake on July 4th. Join the 250th celebration of America's birthday at… |
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JUL 6 |
Jazz in the Forest Series: Kicks Jazz Band 🎶 Music 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM · 📍 12530 Black Forest Rd, Colorado Springs Join us for an unforgettable evening of jazz in the heart of Black Forest. The Kicks Big Jazz Band takes the stage for a… |
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JUL 8 |
America at 250 - The Declaration of Independence, Then and Now 👵 Seniors💗 Community 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM · 📍 Chapel Hills Mall, 1710 Briargate Blvd suite 847, Colorado Springs Let’s study the Declaration of Independence together and understand some of the issues facing our country. Daryl Kuiper… |
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JUL 10 |
The Passions of Musicke: The Humours of Dowland and his Contemporaries 🎶 Music 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM · 📍 1515 N Cascade Ave, Colorado Springs Characterized by introspective and doleful poetry and richly chromatic and soulful melodies, the music of John Dowland a… |
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JUL 10 |
Movie in the Park - Lilo & Stitch @ Pi-Ute FREE 🧒 Family 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM · 📍 Pi-Ute Park 402 Holly Dr, Colorado Springs Lilo & Stitch Movie in the Park @ Pi-Ute Food Vendors |
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JUL 11 |
Westside Community Center Saleabration Block Party 😊 Social💗 Community 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM · 📍 1628 W Bijou St, Colorado Springs Selling or buying? Westside Community Center Saleabration Block Party is just the event for you! You are invited to joi… |
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JUL 11 |
Pikes Peak or Bust Parade - FREE 💗 Community😊 Social 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM · 📍 Tejon St, Downtown Colorado Springs **Schedule of Events:** 9:00 AM – Roads Close 9:45 AM – Reviewing Stands Open – 10:00 AM – Lil’… |
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Jul 11, 6-9pm: Murder Mystery, A Noteworthy Crime @Great Wolf Lodge, 9494 Federal Dr $79.95
Aug 6, 10-11am: Genealogy Basics @PPLD, Virtual Library on Zoom FREE
🎵 Concerts / Music
July 30, 5:30-7:30pm: Jelly Roll @ Weidner Field (will sell out)
Aug 22, 8-10pm: Danny Elfman's Music from the Films of Tim Burton @Ford Amphitheater (on sale now)
🔥 Sept 26 & 27: Bruno Mars Concert @ Falcon Stadium, USAFA (will sell out)
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