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COS Town Tidings #26-279 | 10/6/26
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🏆 Best of COS Food & Drink 2026 Winners
📰 Keep Your Pumpkins Inside 🎃
📰 Not Just Rivals After All 🚀
📯 TRIVIA: What Did 27 Neighbors Start Nearly 100 Years Ago?
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🏆 The Votes Are In, Colorado Springs!
You nominated them. You voted. And now it's time to reveal your favorites! 🎉
The Best of Colorado Springs Food & Drink 2026 results are here, as voted by Colorado Springs Town Tidings readers and followers.
From breakfast and bakeries to burgers, pizza, coffee, breweries and more, we'll be revealing the Winner, First Runner-Up and Second Runner-Up in each category.
And because supporting local is what this is all about, I hope you'll discover a few new places to try along the way. ❤
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🎃 Keep Your Pumpkins Inside
Courtesy of Colorado Parks and Wildlife
I had no idea bears went after pumpkins on our porch until this season. Turns out, Colorado Parks and Wildlife reminds us every fall, and this year it is worth paying attention to before you decorate your porch.
Bears are in hyperphagia right now, the pre-hibernation stretch where they need to eat constantly. Pumpkins, even uncarved ones, are loaded with fiber and vitamins, making them a perfect snack. CPW Wildlife Manager Adrian Archuleta says bears come into yards and grocery stores for easy food every fall, and it only gets worse as October goes on.
The easy fix: bring pumpkins inside when not on display, keep holiday decorations higher than 6 feet, and watch for community pumpkin drop-off events near you. Deer eating pumpkins also attracts mountain lions, so this goes beyond just bears. The sooner we pull the food sources, the sooner they head to their dens for winter. Full Story
🛒 Bargain Box: New Week, New Deals!
A new week means new treasures! We're giving you a first look at the incredible finds and amazing sales hitting the floor through Oct 10 (50% off select items for Fall!). Watch now to see what's waiting for you!
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🚀 Not Just Rivals After All
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This one matters if you care about Colorado Springs' economic future.
Mayor Yemi traveled to Huntsville, Alabama alongside 90 Colorado Springs business and civic leaders for a joint press conference at Davidson Technologies. Standing beside Huntsville Mayor Tommy Battle Jr., both mayors sent a clear message: two of the country's most significant defense and aerospace cities are choosing partnership alongside competition.
Both cities are home to more than 70 aerospace and defense companies. With Space Force relocation decisions still in play, the Colorado Springs Chamber and EDC organized this Discovery Trip to build relationships that matter when the stakes are high. The message from Mayor Yemi: compete where you must, collaborate where you can, and always keep the mission first.
That is the kind of message that wins for Colorado Springs long-term.
📯 TRIVIA: What Did 27 Neighbors Start Nearly 100 Years Ago?
Did you know... long before a night at the Philharmonic meant heading downtown to the Pikes Peak Center, Colorado Springs' orchestral story began with 27 local musicians and a church?
In 1927, they gathered at Grace Episcopal Church under conductor Edwin Dietrich as the Colorado Springs Symphony Ensemble. No grand concert hall. Just neighbors making music for neighbors, planting the beginnings of a tradition our city would carry forward for generations.
Question: Which Colorado Springs musician led the orchestra longer than any other music director in its history?
There is something familiar about that beginning. Colorado Springs has grown and changed, but we still need places to put the week's worries aside and share something that moves us. The quiet before the first note. A melody that brings back someone you miss. Applause shared with people you have never met.
Now celebrating its 100th season, the Colorado Springs Philharmonic connects those first musicians with everyone taking a seat today. Whether your family has lived here for generations or you are still learning your way around town, this is a piece of our city's history you can participate in, not just read about.
🎻 Explore the Philharmonic's upcoming performances and make your own memory.
Answer: Frederick Boothroyd, organist at Grace Episcopal Church, led the orchestra for 26 years after taking over in 1928. *Source
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OCT 6 |
Concrete Couch Music Jam - FREE 🎶 Music 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM · 📍 Concrete Coyote Community Park, 1100 S. Royer St COS Join us for the Concrete Couch Music Jam! Every Tuesday evening from 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM at Concrete Coyote Community Pa… |
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OCT 7 |
👩🌾 Colorado Farm and Art Market - Every Wed Jun 17-Oct 21 👩🌾 Markets/Fairs 3:00 PM – 7:00 PM · 📍 Meanwhile Block 119 W Costilla St, Colorado Springs Summer 2026 Wednesday Market season of [**Colorado Farm and Art Market**](https://www.facebook.com/farmandartmarket?__cf… |
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OCT 7 |
Fall Fest Fundraiser 🎶 Music😊 Social 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM · 📍 1045 Lower Gold Camp Rd, Colorado Springs Celebrate fall with the Pikes Peak Opera League at Fall Fest! Opera Colorado's Resident Artists will perform arias, ense… |
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OCT 7 |
🎶 Arts Month Concert at Icons 🎶 Music😊 Social 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM · 📍 16 E Kiowa St, Colorado Springs Please join us October 7th for an ICONIC night out in support of the Colorado Springs Conservatory! Take the night off… |
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OCT 8 |
Haunted Manitou Ghost Tours - $25 Activity 7:30 PM – 10:00 PM · 📍 502 Manitou Ave, Manitou Springs Embark on a spine-tingling journey through the haunted history of Manitou Springs, Colorado, on our ghost tour. Traverse… |
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OCT 9 |
Autumn on the Farm (Fridays) Festival 9:30 AM – 4:00 AM · 📍 Venetucci Farm, 5210 S US Hwy 85, Colorado Springs Enjoy a pumpkin patch, craft fair, beer garden, and hayrides as part of a 90-year tradition at the farm. |
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OCT 9 |
BIG Fall Book Sale 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM · 📍 5550 N Union Blvd, Colorado Springs Fall into your next favorite book at the Friends of the Pikes Peak Library District’s BIG Fall Book Sale at East Library… |
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OCT 9 |
Haunted Manitou Ghost Tours Activity 7:30 PM – 10:00 PM · 📍 502 Manitou Ave, Manitou Springs Embark on a spine-tingling journey through the haunted history of Manitou Springs, Colorado, on our ghost tour. Traverse… |
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OCT 10 |
👩🌾 Old Colorado City Farmers Market - thru Oct 17 👩🌾 Markets/Fairs 7:00 AM – 1:00 PM · 📍 Bancroft Park, 2408 W Colorado Ave, Colorado Springs, CO, United States, 80904 The Old Colorado City Farmers Market, presented by Pikes Peak Farmers Markets, operates seasonally from June through Oct… |
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OCT 10 |
🧶 OCC Craft Fair - Every Sat thru Oct 17 👩🌾 Markets/Fairs 8:00 AM – 2:00 PM · 📍 Old Colorado City History Center 1 S 24th St, Colorado Springs Explore the heart of Old Colorado City: Local artisans and makers. Enjoy a weekly rotation of 28 artists. Shopping smal… |
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Oct 17, 6-9pm: Murder Mystery, Dirty Money @Great Wolf Lodge, 9494 Federal Dr $79.95
Nov 22, 2:30 & 7:30pm: Trans-Siberian Orchestra, The Ghosts Of Christmas Eve @The Broadmoor World Arena $99-$160
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