60 upcoming events near Colorado Springs — concerts, theater, markets, library programs and more. Free to browse; each links to the source.
Tastings
June 5, 2026
3 to 7 p.m.
Holiday Inn Express & Suites, 9856 Federal Drive · Colorado Springs, CO
Holiday Inn Express & Suites, 9856 Federal Drive
You can taste and buy the full lineup of award-winning Whitewater Hill wines at a one-afternoon pop-up tasting room.
Theater & film
June 5 to 20, 2026
7:30 p.m.
Iron Springs Chateau, Manitou Springs · Colorado Springs, CO
Iron Springs Chateau, Manitou Springs
You can boo the villain and cheer the hero at a dinner-theater melodrama in Manitou Springs.
Music & concerts
June 6 to 26, 2026
Colorado College · Colorado Springs, CO
Colorado College
You can attend three weeks of concerts and recitals by rising-star musicians, with free pre-concert talks.
Theater & film
Opens June 11, 2026
Ent Center for the Arts, UCCS · Colorado Springs, CO
Ent Center for the Arts, UCCS
You can see Theatreworks stage the two-hander comedy The Garbologists at the Ent Center.
Music & concerts
June 12, 2026
7 p.m.
Grace and St. Stephen's Episcopal Church · Colorado Springs, CO
Grace and St. Stephen's Episcopal Church
You can hear saxophonist Tony Exum Jr. play a garden jazz concert at Grace and St. Stephen's.
Classes & arts
June 13, 2026
10 a.m. to noon
El Paso County Nature Centers · Colorado Springs, CO
El Paso County Nature Centers
You can stitch a nature-themed embroidery project in a hands-on workshop with the library.
Pickleball & rec
June 13, 2026
10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Springs Pickleball · Colorado Springs, CO
Springs Pickleball
You can play free pickleball, take beginner classes and enter raffles at this one-year-anniversary open house.
Food festivals
June 13, 2026
noon to 4:30 p.m.
Chapel of Our Saviour, Broadmoor neighborhood · Colorado Springs, CO
Chapel of Our Saviour, Broadmoor neighborhood
You can sample Colorado craft brewers, winemakers and distillers at this family-friendly beer festival at the foot of Cheyenne Mountain.
Community & civic
June 13 to 14, 2026
Parade Sunday 10 a.m.
Colorado Springs, CO
Pride weekend brings a festival and a parade to downtown Colorado Springs. The parade steps off Sunday at 10 am near Acacia Park and marches south on Tejon Street.
Theater & film
June 16 to 21, 2026
Pikes Peak Center · Colorado Springs, CO
Pikes Peak Center
You can see the ABBA jukebox musical Mamma Mia on the Broadway series stage downtown.
Food festivals
June 17, 2026
5:30 to 9 a.m.
Downtown Colorado Springs · Colorado Springs, CO
Downtown Colorado Springs
You can eat a hot cowboy breakfast on closed-off downtown streets at this WWII-era western tradition with a dress-up contest.
Community & civic
June 20 to 21, 2026
Colorado Springs · Colorado Springs, CO
Colorado Springs
You can join the region's biggest Juneteenth celebration with music, food and family events across the weekend.
Outdoors & nature
June 20, 2026
9 a.m. to noon
El Paso County Nature Centers · Colorado Springs, CO
El Paso County Nature Centers
You can look through telescopes with local astronomers at a nature-center sidewalk astronomy session.
Music & concerts
June 25, 2026
8 p.m.
Pikes Peak Center · Colorado Springs, CO
Pikes Peak Center
You can hear Jakob Dylan and The Wallflowers play their catalog with special guest Early James.
Community & civic
June 25, 2026
6 to 9:30 p.m.
Cheyenne Mountain Zoo · Colorado Springs, CO
Cheyenne Mountain Zoo
You can explore the zoo after hours with live music at this evening event on the mountainside.
Classes & arts
June 27, 2026
1 to 4 p.m.
El Paso County Nature Centers · Colorado Springs, CO
El Paso County Nature Centers
You can learn outdoor pastel painting of summer greenery in a beginner plein-air class.
Music & concerts
June 28, 2026
Pikes Peak Center · Colorado Springs, CO
Pikes Peak Center
You can catch a singer-songwriter double bill of Five For Fighting and Edwin McCain downtown.
Music & concerts
July 4, 2026
Ford Amphitheater · Colorado Springs, CO
Ford Amphitheater
You can hear the Colorado Springs Philharmonic play a patriotic Fourth of July program with fireworks at Ford Amphitheater.
Classes & arts
July 4 to 5, 2026
10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The Broadmoor area · Colorado Springs, CO
The Broadmoor area
You can browse work from more than 100 sculptors, painters, jewelers and ceramists at this fine-art festival.
Community & civic
July 4, 2026
Colorado Springs and area communities · Colorado Springs, CO
Colorado Springs and area communities
You can pick from block parties, concerts and fireworks shows across the region on Independence Day.
Music & concerts
July 9, 2026
Pikes Peak Center · Colorado Springs, CO
Pikes Peak Center
You can dance through an 80's MTV tribute show of the decade's biggest hits.
Tastings
July 9, 2026
6 to 9 p.m.
Colorado Springs · Colorado Springs, CO
Colorado Springs
You can sample dishes and drinks from the region's best restaurants, breweries and distilleries at this food-and-beverage festival.
Music & concerts
July 12 to 26, 2026
Manitou Springs · Colorado Springs, CO
Manitou Springs
You can hear two weeks of intimate chamber music concerts in Manitou Springs.
Community & civic
July 14 to 18, 2026
Evenings 7:30 p.m.
Colorado Springs, CO
This long-running PRCA rodeo takes over the Norris Penrose Event Center for five days. Evening shows start at 7:30 pm with Friday and Saturday matinees at 12:30 pm.
Community & civic
July 14 to 18, 2026
Norris-Penrose Event Center · Colorado Springs, CO
Norris-Penrose Event Center
You can watch top rodeo talent at this Colorado Springs tradition running since 1937.
Theater & film
July 16, 2026
Pikes Peak Center · Colorado Springs, CO
Pikes Peak Center
You can spend an evening with comedian Tig Notaro and her deadpan stand-up.
Outdoors & nature
July 17, 2026
8 a.m. to noon
Gather Mountain Blooms farm · Colorado Springs, CO
Gather Mountain Blooms farm
You can spend a morning at a flower-farm garden party cutting blooms and enjoying the fields.
Classes & arts
July 17, 2026
5 to 7 p.m.
Colorado Salt Cave · Colorado Springs, CO
Colorado Salt Cave
You can learn the basics of henna design in a hands-on creative workshop at the salt cave.
Theater & film
July 21 to 25, 2026
Fine Arts Center at Colorado College · Colorado Springs, CO
Fine Arts Center at Colorado College
You can catch this family stage show running matinees at the Fine Arts Center theatre in late July.
Theater & film
Begins July 23, 2026
7 p.m.
Fine Arts Center at Colorado College · Colorado Springs, CO
Fine Arts Center at Colorado College
You can see the Cole Porter musical Kiss Me, Kate on the Fine Arts Center mainstage.
Tastings
July 30 and additional summer 2026 dates
6 to 9:30 p.m.
Cheyenne Mountain Zoo · Colorado Springs, CO
Cheyenne Mountain Zoo
You can sample bites and drinks with live music at this adults-only evening at Cheyenne Mountain Zoo.
Community & civic
August 1, 2026
Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum · Colorado Springs, CO
Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum
You can celebrate Colorado's 150th birthday with live music and activities at the Pioneers Museum.
Music & concerts
August 5, 2026
Pikes Peak Center · Colorado Springs, CO
Pikes Peak Center
You can hear the rockabilly trio The Stray Cats bring their twang back to the stage.
Food festivals
August 21 to 23, 2026
Archangel Michael Greek Orthodox Church · Colorado Springs, CO
Archangel Michael Greek Orthodox Church
You can feast on Greek food and pastries with music and dancing at the annual three-day Greek Festival.
Food festivals
August 22, 2026
5 to 9:30 p.m.
Country Club of Colorado, Cheyenne Mountain Resort · Colorado Springs, CO
Country Club of Colorado, Cheyenne Mountain Resort
You can enjoy Latin-inspired music, cuisine and a poolside evening at this lakeside celebration.
Music & concerts
August 22, 2026
Ford Amphitheater · Colorado Springs, CO
Ford Amphitheater
You can hear the Philharmonic perform Danny Elfman's scores from Nightmare Before Christmas, Batman and Edward Scissorhands.
Community & civic
Labor Day weekend, August 29 to 31, 2026
Memorial Park · Colorado Springs, CO
Memorial Park
You can watch more than 70 hot air balloons rise over Memorial Park at this free family festival each Labor Day weekend.
Community & civic
September 5 to 7, 2026
Mass liftoff 7 to 9 a.m.
Colorado Springs, CO
Dozens of hot air balloons fill the sky over Memorial Park on Labor Day weekend. Get there by 6:30 am to watch them inflate; the mass liftoff runs 7 to 9 am all three mornings.
Classes & arts
September 5 to 7, 2026
10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Memorial Park, Manitou Springs · Colorado Springs, CO
Memorial Park, Manitou Springs
You can browse handmade art and craft from regional makers at this Labor Day weekend festival in Manitou.
Dance & fitness
September 6, 2026, with a beginner lesson at the start
Colorado Springs · Colorado Springs, CO
Colorado Springs
You can learn and dance contra to live music with a beginner lesson up front for ten dollars.
Music & concerts
September 26 and 27, 2026
Pikes Peak Center · Colorado Springs, CO
Pikes Peak Center
You can hear Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade with a free 30-minute pre-concert talk one hour before the music.
Markets
Every other Sunday, June 8 to October 26, 2026
9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Colorado Springs, CO
The downtown Sunday Market sets up in Acacia Park every other Sunday from June through late October, 9 am to 2 pm. Expect produce, makers, and food stands.
Classes & arts
Tuesdays starting July 7, 2026
Pikes Peak Artist Collective · Colorado Springs, CO
Pikes Peak Artist Collective
You can take a four-week beginner pottery class learning handbuilding and the wheel starting in July.
Markets
Saturdays, June 20 to October 17, 2026
10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Margarita at Pine Creek, 7350 Pine Creek Rd. · Colorado Springs, CO
Margarita at Pine Creek, 7350 Pine Creek Rd.
You can shop farm produce alongside local art at this Saturday market at Margarita at Pine Creek.
Markets
Sundays, May 10 to October 25, 2026
9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Acacia Park, downtown · Colorado Springs, CO
Acacia Park, downtown
You can browse a downtown Sunday farmers and makers market in Acacia Park all season.
Music & concerts
Fridays and Saturdays in summer 2026
6 to 9 p.m.
Buffalo Lodge Bicycle Resort · Colorado Springs, CO
Buffalo Lodge Bicycle Resort
You can hear free local live music with food trucks and Colorado drinks every Friday and Saturday night at the Buffalo Lodge.
Music & concerts
Fridays in summer 2026, including June 5, 12 and 19
6 to 8 p.m.
Bristol Brewing Company · Colorado Springs, CO
Bristol Brewing Company
You can catch free live bands in the yard at Bristol Brewing on Friday evenings all summer.
Lifelong learning
Monthly, including Tuesday, July 14, 2026 at 5 p.m.
Pikes Peak Library District (virtual) · Colorado Springs, CO
Pikes Peak Library District (virtual)
You can tune in free to live author talks hosted by the library throughout the summer.
Dance & fitness
Every Thursday, 1 to 2:30 p.m.
Colorado Springs Senior Center · Colorado Springs, CO
Colorado Springs Senior Center
You can dance to live bands playing hits of the 50s, 60s and 70s every Thursday afternoon with no cover charge.
Classes & arts
First Friday each month, year round
Evening
W. Colorado Avenue, Old Colorado City · Colorado Springs, CO
W. Colorado Avenue, Old Colorado City
You can browse the local galleries and studios along Colorado Avenue in historic Old Colorado City on the first Friday of each month.
Pickleball & rec
Daily during hours of operation
City of Colorado Springs tennis and pickleball courts · Colorado Springs, CO
City of Colorado Springs tennis and pickleball courts
You can play pickleball free on a first-come basis at city courts open to the public year-round.
Senior programs
Monday through Friday, 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Colorado Springs Senior Center · Colorado Springs, CO
Colorado Springs Senior Center
You can share a hot weekday lunch for a suggested $3.50 donation if you are over 60 at the senior center cafe.
Music & concerts
Fridays in June and July 2026
5 to 7 p.m.
First & Main Town Center · Colorado Springs, CO
First & Main Town Center
You can catch a free Friday-evening concert series in the plaza at First & Main all summer.
Lifelong learning
Monthly: June 17, July 15 and August 19, 2026
Pikes Peak Library District · Colorado Springs, CO
Pikes Peak Library District
You can join a monthly library book club reading titles like The Road and All Systems Red.
Music & concerts
Select Saturdays in summer 2026, including June 13
4 to 7 p.m.
Gold Hill Mesa Community Center · Colorado Springs, CO
Gold Hill Mesa Community Center
You can spread a blanket for a free Saturday concert at the Gold Hill Mesa community lawn.
Markets
Saturdays, June 6 to October 17, 2026
7 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Bancroft Park, Old Colorado City · Colorado Springs, CO
Bancroft Park, Old Colorado City
You can shop fresh produce and local crafts every Saturday morning in historic Old Colorado City.
Dance & fitness
Fridays in summer 2026, including June 5
Garden of the Gods · Colorado Springs, CO
Garden of the Gods
You can roll out a mat for Friday morning yoga among the red rocks at Garden of the Gods.
Tastings
Monthly at uva wine bar, 2026
Uva Wine Bar · Colorado Springs, CO
Uva Wine Bar
You can taste four Colorado wines with charcuterie and a sommelier's stories in this monthly guided tasting.
Music & concerts
Fridays in June and July 2026
5 to 7 p.m.
Colorado Springs, CO
This free summer concert series runs Fridays in June and July from 5 to 7 pm in the park at First & Main Town Center. There are local vendors and family stuff alongside the live music.
Food festivals
Every Sunday in June 2026
10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Venetucci Farm · Colorado Springs, CO
Venetucci Farm
You can enjoy a brunch board with mimosas in the garden, then cut your own bouquet from the flower fields.
