5 Fort Collins festivals worth planning for this summer
Fort Collins festivals are a month away, but I can already smell the roasted turkey legs and hear live music wafting over crowded masses.
As summer nears, that means Fort Collins' annual spate of seasonal festivals is also approaching — from a small-batch beer and wine festival to the city's annual and oh-so-wacky Tour de Fat bike parade.
Here are the 2023 summer festivals to plan ahead for in Fort Collins.
June 3: Odell's Small Batch Beer & Wine Festival
Sip your way through Odell Brewing's offerings at its annual Small Batch Festival on June 3. The brewery — and its connected winery, The OBC Wine Project — will be pouring unlimited tasters of more than 50 Odell beers and 10 wines. Tickets are $75 for general admission and $95 for early access. They include access to tastings, food trucks and live music. To learn more about the festival or purchase tickets, visit odellbrewing.com.
June 10-11: Taste of Fort Collins
Who's hungry for Fort Collins' first big downtown summer festival? Taste of Fort Collins returns June 10 and 11 — bringing two dozen food vendors and headliners The All-American Rejects and Lil Jon to Washington and Civic Center parks. Weekend passes to the annual food and music festival cost $28 and give you access to both days' festivities. If weekend passes sell out, you can still purchase single-day passes for $15, according to the event's website. Taste of Fort Collins runs from noon to 9 p.m. June 10 and noon to 8 p.m. June 10. Festival organizers recommend you get to the festival early to avoid long lines. For more festival information, a full music lineup or to buy passes, visit tasteoffortcollins.com.
Taste of Fort Collins: The All-American Rejects, Lil Jon to headline 2023 festival
Aug. 19: Fort Collins Peach Festival
The Fort Collins Peach Festival is on the move again. After spending recent years at the Holiday Twin Drive-In, the annual summer festival and Rotary club fundraiser is heading back to downtown Fort Collins for 2023. This year's festival will take place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Aug. 19 in Civic Center Park, bringing live music, local beer and food trucks to Old Town. Some aspects of the event — like the cost of admission — haven't ripened yet, so check back with the Coloradoan or fortcollinspeachfestival.com for updates.
Aug. 25-26: Realities Ride & Rally
Realities Ride & Rally — a fundraising motorcycle poker run that historically culminated with a rally in Old Town Fort Collins over Memorial Day weekend — is back at Anheuser-Busch's Biergarten on Aug. 25 and 26. Festivities kick off Aug. 25 with a Friday night rally before Saturday's poker run. The Friday rally will include a free concert, vendors, prizes, a veterans tribute and more. The event's Saturday motorcycle ride begins with a skydiving presentation of colors and ends with live music and an after-ride celebration at the Biergarten. For more details or to pre-register for the ride, visit realitiesforchildren.com.
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Aug. 26: Tour de Fat
It's time to start cooking up your wackiest costume yet. Tour de Fat is biking back into Fort Collins on Aug. 26. The costumed bike parade has typically featured a post-parade festival at New Belgium Brewing. Check back with the Coloradoan or https://www.newbelgium.com/visit/fort-collins/ as details pour out for this year's event.
Oct. 7: Tour de Corgi
Is October a summer month? Technically ... no. But who has the heart to leave corgis out of a list of fun festivals? Tour de Corgi, Fort Collins' annual downtown corgi parade, is back for another year this fall, bringing swarms of costumed corgis to Civic Center Park. Check out this year's parade route and corgi costume contest categories at tourdecorgi.org.
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