Gunnison Valley Events Calendar

Did you know there are many events in Crested Butte and Gunnison? See live music, take an art class, volunteer, play trivia, watch (or participate in) a ski or bike race, and more! Check this calendar to see what’s going on.

  • Bertha: Grateful Drag

    Center for the Arts Crested Butte 606 6th Street, Crested Butte, CO

    BERTHA: Grateful Drag is the world's first Grateful Dead tribute band in drag-an all-star collective of queer and allied East Nashville talent, rocking full wigs and full face for a good cause. Fronted by a powerhouse harmony trio of Berthas and backed by an all-Bertha band, BERTHA has captured the hearts of Deadheads everywhere. Their […]

    $40
  • Cookbook Club Feature Dinner: Cool Food by Thomas

    Center for the Arts Crested Butte 606 6th Street, Crested Butte, CO

    As part of our extended programming from the Crested Butte Wine + Food Festival, we're bringing an elevated twist to our beloved Cookbook Club! Join us for a special chef-prepared dinner in collaboration with BruHaus and Cool Food author Thomas Kostigan, bringing the book's fresh, sustainable, and flavorful recipes to life. Instead of a potluck, […]

    $95
  • MANUAL (Hill/Bloom) Gallery Reception

    Center for the Arts Crested Butte 606 6th Street, Crested Butte, CO

    Exhibition: May 22-July 27 Pioneers of digital imaging, Suzanne Bloom and Ed Hill have spent over four decades exploring photography, video, and multimedia art, earning prestigious awards like the Guggenheim Fellowship and multiple NEA Fellowships. Their work, featured in major museums across the U.S., merges technology, nature, and human perception in striking ways. Held in […]

    Free
  • Mountain Words Festival

    Center for the Arts Crested Butte 606 6th Street, Crested Butte, CO

    The Mountain Words Festival is a multi-day literary celebration at nine-thousand feet, featuring readings, workshops, kids' events, parties, panel discussions, and more!

  • Cocktail Seminar: The Tipsy Typewriter

    Center for the Arts Crested Butte 606 6th Street, Crested Butte, CO

    Raise a glass to literary greats with an evening of cocktails inspired by the masters of the written word. On the eve of the Mountain Words Literary Festival, we'll shake, stir, and sip our way through the Hemingway Daiquiri, Fitzgerald Fizz, and Poe Punch-each crafted with flavors as bold and nuanced as the writers themselves. […]

  • Greater Tuna

    Center for the Arts Crested Butte 606 6th Street, Crested Butte, CO

    Firebird Theatre and the Center for the Arts are proud to present a one-night-only staged reading of Jaston Williams', Joe Sears', and Ed Howard's rip-roaring Texan farce Greater Tuna. Directed by Domenico Marinucci, the play stars two actors as twenty citizens of the fictional "third-smallest" town in the Lone Star State.

  • Literary Lecture: Auden Schendler

    Center for the Arts Crested Butte 606 6th Street, Crested Butte, CO

    Auden Schendler visits Crested Butte to discuss his book Terrible Beauty: Reckoning with Climate Complicity and Rediscovering Our Soul. In breathtaking vignettes, Schendler recounts his own journey searching for solutions and the unlikely places where they occur-from taking over the stodgy board of a rural electricity co-op, to the frustrations of being a progressive town […]

  • Western Colorado University Gallery Reception

    Center for the Arts Crested Butte 606 6th Street, Crested Butte, CO

    It's a Mountaineer takeover! The Kinder Padon Gallery will showcase artwork created by Art & Design students of Western Colorado University. Join us for their gallery reception!

  • Easy Jim, Music of the Grateful Dead

    Center for the Arts Crested Butte 606 6th Street, Crested Butte, CO

    Celebrate the live Grateful Dead experience with Easy Jim on Thursday, April 3rd at the Center for the Arts in Crested Butte for Deadhead Ed's "End of Season Party" and fundraiser for the Crested Butte Community School Enrichment Program. Showtime is 8pm and tickets and information are at www.crestedbuttearts.org.

    $40
  • Deadhead Ed’s End of Season Party

    Center for the Arts Crested Butte 606 6th Street, Crested Butte, CO

    Get ready to groove, because the ultimate celebration is here! We're bidding farewell to the winter season in the most legendary way possible with Deadhead Ed's End of Season Party with Easy Jim! All proceeds benefit the Crested Butte Community School Enrichment Program! The CBCS Enrichment Program seeks to broaden our students' experience by providing […]

  • Grateful for Gunni Gals Fashion & Wine Walk

    Center for the Arts Crested Butte 606 6th Street, Crested Butte, CO

    Join us for an evening of wine, fashion and fun! Six downtown Gunnison fashion stops highlighting local spring styles with Buckel Family Wine tastings and curated bites by Natural Grocers. One attendee will win a fabulous sponsor gift basket! $25.00 per ticket - fun and fashion. Brought to you by the Gunnison Country Chamber of […]

    $25
  • Opera Colorado: Hansel and Gretel

    Center for the Arts Crested Butte 606 6th Street, Crested Butte, CO

    Follow the trail of breadcrumbs to Opera Colorado's production of the beloved fairytale Hansel and Gretel. Stranded in the Magic Forest, things look "Grimm" indeed for Gretel and her brother Hansel. What follows is an enchanted odyssey through a magical forest and a house made of gingerbread. The pair encounters everything from a magical Sandman […]

Annual events in Crested Butte and Gunnison

Gunnison Valley is also host to several beloved annual events. A classic winter event is The Alley Loop, a Nordic ski race that doubles as a costume contest. In fall, Mt. Crested Butte hosts the famous Chili and Beer Festival. Every summer in Gunnison, a crowd gathers to watch America’s fourth-oldest rodeo, Cattlemen’s Days. There are also festivals in Crested Butte that celebrate local art, music, wildflowers, and more. Attending an annual event is a good way to connect with the culture of the Gunnison Valley. You might even create a new tradition for you and your family and friends!

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Nordic skiers race in two lines dressed in costumes on a snowy downtown street