Downtown Partnership

The Backyard Market at Park Union
2024-10-13 10:00 - 14:00, 2024-10-20 10:00 - 14:00, 2024-10-27 10:00 - 14:00, 2024-11-03 10:00 - 14:00 (America/Denver) | Park Union, near Weidner Field
Your Sunday destination for shopping local food vendors, farms, and artisans. Open Sundays year-round.

First Friday Art Walk
2024-11-01 17:00 - 21:00, 2024-12-06 17:00 - 21:00, 2025-01-03 17:00 - 21:00, 2025-02-07 17:00 - 21:00, 2025-03-07 17:00 - 21:00, 2025-04-04 17:00 - 21:00, 2025-05-02 17:00 - 21:00, 2025-06-06 17:00 - 21:00 and 1 more date | CO
Free and open to the public, First Friday Downtown features new art, live music, and special events on the first Friday of every month from 5-9 p.m. at dozens of galleries, retailers and nonprofits throughout Downtown Colorado Springs.

Colorado Springs Veterans Day Parade
2024-11-09 11:00 - 12:00 | Tejon Street, Downtown Colorado Springs
Pay tribute to all veterans as hundreds of entries make their way down Tejon Street.

Walking Tour: On a Cough and a Prayer
2024-12-14 10:00 - 11:00 | Story Coffee, 120 E Bijou St, Colorado Springs, CO, 80903, United States
In the late nineteenth century, Colorado Springs declared itself “America’s Greatest Sanatorium.” And it worked! By 1900 over 20,000 health-seekers came in search of a cure for tuberculosis. The dreaded “White Plague” built a local economy reliant on medical tourism. In this tour facilitated by staffers of the Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum, you’ll explore both the reputable and infamous people, places, and treatments that made Colorado Springs famous as a health resort.

Walking Tour: Local Luminaries
2025-02-01 10:00 - 11:00 | Story Coffee, 120 E Bijou St, Colorado Springs, CO, 80903, United States
This tour shines a spotlight on some of the diverse people who have helped shape our community throughout its history. You’ll learn the stories of some of the local figures featured on our Cultural Corridor banners, all of whom contributed significantly to the rich history of our region.

Walking Tour: Historic Architecture & Murals
2025-04-05 10:00 - 11:00 | Story Coffee, 120 E Bijou St, Colorado Springs, CO, 80903, United States
Past meets future in this behind-the-scenes tour of Downtown’s historic architecture and contemporary murals. Hear the stories of these iconic urban artworks and learn how both contribute to a more walkable, inviting environment for all.

Taco Trail
2025-05-01 - 2025-05-31 | Downtown Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs, CO, 80903, United States

Walking Tour: Law and Disorder
2025-05-10 10:00 - 11:30 | Blk Mgk Coffee, 8 S. Nevada Avenue, Colorado Springs, CO, 80903, United States
On this half-mile guided stroll through downtown Colorado Springs, explore how Colorado Springs officials fought to remain a “dry town” in “wet times,” the captivating story of how the Colorado Springs Citizens Committee worked to run the KKK out of town in the 1920s, and an infamous murder case that would lead to a groundbreaking development in forensic science.
The tour will start and end at the Mining Exchange Hotel. Please meet in the front of the hotel.

Walking Tour: Art on the Streets 2025 - Launch
2025-06-07 10:00 - 11:00 | Story Coffee, 120 E Bijou St, Colorado Springs, CO, 80903, United States
The annual Art on the Streets program transforms Downtown streets into an outdoor gallery. Explore the currently installed artworks and get firsthand insight into the artists who created them. NOTE: This public art exhibition changes each June.

Acacia Park Sunday Market
2025-06-08 09:00 - 14:00, 2025-06-22 09:00 - 14:00, 2025-07-06 09:00 - 14:00 | CO

Pikes Peak Pride Festival
2025-06-14 10:00 - 2025-06-15 19:00 | Alamo Square Park
Come Downtown for this community event that draws thousands of people together from across the state. Enjoy two full days of vendor booths, food trucks, a beer garden and high-energy entertainment. Don’t miss the fabulous parade on Sunday!

Pikes Peak Pride Parade
2025-06-15 11:00 - 12:30 | Tejon Street, Downtown Colorado Springs
Watch as hundreds of entries make their way down Tejon Street with rainbows and high energy. Parade begins at Acacia Park and ends at the Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum.

Jocko Homo (A Tribute to Devo) | Horse Bitch | [SALT] | Small Houses
2025-07-03 20:00 | Lulu’s Downtown, 32 S. Tejon Street, Colorado Springs, CO, 80903, United States
Jocko Homo – Denver’s Premier DEVO Tribute Experience
Get ready to devolve! Hailing from the heart of the Rockies, Jocko Homo is Denver’s high-voltage tribute to the iconic sounds and subversive spirit of DEVO. With a fierce dedication to the band’s signature style, satirical edge, and synth-punk energy, Jocko Homo brings the weird, wild world of DEVO to life with spastic precision and mutant flair.

Van Zeppelin
2025-07-05 20:00 | Lulu’s Downtown, 32 S. Tejon Street, Colorado Springs, CO, 80903, United States
Van Zeppelin is Colorado’s latest and greatest tribute act! Their bold, authentic renditions of your favorite Led Zeppelin and Van Halen classics are guaranteed to leave audiences inspired. Van Zeppelin plays each song withtrue passion as if it were their own, giving their performance all the classic soul and feel of the original bands. Immerse yourself in the iconic riffs, soaring vocals, and dynamic stage presence of two legendary bands in a powerful performance paying homage to Van Halen and Led Zeppelin.

Hall of Fame Film Fest
2025-07-10 19:00 | Lulu’s Downtown, 32 S. Tejon Street, Colorado Springs, CO, 80903, United States
The Fire Inside (PG-13)
In partnership with Rocky Mountain Women’s Film, join us for an evening centered on the powerful story of Claressa Shields—a high schooler from Flint, Michigan who became the first American woman to win Olympic gold in boxing. Enjoy cocktails, free popcorn, and a meaningful post-film discussion in a relaxed lounge setting.

Original Colorado Springs Food Tour
2025-07-11 13:00 - 16:00 | CO

Wheelwright | Gonzgurl
2025-07-11 18:30 | Lulu’s Downtown, 32 S. Tejon Street, Colorado Springs, CO, 80903, United States
Wheelwright brings a southwestern sound of pop and grunge from the sprawling desert city of Phoenix, AZ. None of his songs are idealistic. No light without darkness, no laughter without at least some suffering, no thoughtfulness without some recklessness. With devil may care spirit, and a message of hope, frustration, and love, Wheelwrights music contrasts between worlds of wandering existentialism, the strife of modern relationships, and the shreds of hope that can be found in darkest and most broken places of ourselves. Songs of acceptance, hard luck, and love without all the kumbaya bullshit, but rather the idea that we are all beautiful and flawed, stuck here together, whether we like it or not. His songs are self admitting and allow listeners to meet him where they truthfully are. It’s brash and it’s honest. In his words, “everybody has things about themselves that they don’t like, they have things that they would change about themselves, but they also have spirits, and hopes, and dreams and light inside of them despite the darkness that seems to hang over us as we march into the uncertainty of what’s next.”
