Splash Pads
-Memorial Day-Labor Day
-Hours Vary by Location
-Admission is FREE!
-Five Spray Grounds around COS so make it a plan to check them all out before the summer is out!
First & Main Summer Concert Series
-Every Friday in June and July
-5pm-7pm
-Admission is FREE!!
-Free balloon animals for the kids and a beer garden for adults! Enjoy live music and summer sun to kickoff your weekend!
Black Forest Farmers Market
-Saturdays through the Summer
-9am-1pm
-Admission is FREE!!
-Live music, kids’ activities, classes, guided hikes, and Colorado farmers!
Summer of SUP
- Every Other Sunday in June, July, and August
-9am-2pm
-Suggested Donation of $12-18
-Upadowna provides all equipment and 4 different 1-hour classes are offered each day! Children 12 and under are suggested to have an onboard participant. Children 5 and under are required to have an onboard participant.
Summer Adventure Celebration with Katherine Dines
-July 12th
-6pm-7pm
-66 Lower Glenway | Palmer Lake, CO | 80133
-FREE Admission
-Celebrate a summer of family reading with a live concert at the Palmer Lake Village Green! Join Katherine Dines and her Hunk-Ta-Bunk-Ta® Music for a summer reading adventure.
Colorado Springs Pioneer Museum Grand Reopening Family Fun Day
-July 13th
-10am-3pm
-FREE Admission (RSVP Required)
-215 S. Tejon Street | Colorado Springs, CO | 80903
-Families are invited to explore new and refreshed exhibits, including our new hands-on children’s gallery - Camping in the Rockies.
Manitou Springs Waterfest Symposium
-July 20th
-10am-12pm
-$10/ person
-517 Manitou Avenue | Manitou Springs, CO | 80829
-Presentations, family fun, picnic, water games, tours and more!
Waterfest ’24
-July 20th
-10am-5pm
-FREE Admission
-198 Lovers Ln | Manitou Springs, CO | 80829
-Join us for family fun, a community potluck, water games and presentations in celebration of a vital cause restoring, protecting, and promoting our natural mineral springs.
Fencing for Beginners
-July 23rd
-6pm-7pm
-$55-$120/person
-11795 Grand Lawn Circle | Colorado Springs, CO | 80924
-Classes are available for children, teens, and adults at Front Range Fencing Club.
Olympic Opening Ceremony
-July 26th
-11:30am-4pm
-200 S. Sierra Madre Street | Colorado Springs, CO | 80903
-Free-$29.95 (includes watch party and admission to Olympic Museum)
-Experience the 2024 Paris Games Opening Ceremony live on the Museum’s 40-foot LED wall!
Bear Creek A’Buzz
-August 24th
-10am-2pm
-$2 per person
-Watch beekeepers harvest honey from hives, see bees in action in their observation hive, and learn about the importance of bees and other pollinators. Visit pollinator gardens and learn about native plants from the Broadmoor Garden Club. Activities, crafts, a food truck, and samples of honey and local honey available for purchase.
Manitou Springs Wine Festival
-June 1
-11am-5pm
-Tickets: $10-$85
-Enjoy tastings from Colorado Wineries with live music, food & gift vendors while you stroll through Memorial Park.
Comedy Night at Roll Up
-June 14
-6pm-8:30pm
-Tickets: $25 (includes one drink)
-Local comedians and special deals for a table of four or more!
Social Summer Cornhole Leagues
-Season starts June 1 (played Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays)
-6pm-8:30pm start times
-Registration: $52
-Join as a team or as an individual! Different leagues for different skill levels!
Taste of Pikes Peak
-July 18th
-5-9pm
-$65-$85/person ($20 for kids 5-12)
-Concerts entertain you as you sample over 90 food and drink vendors from around Colorado Springs!
Rocky Mountain Flower Festival
-July 27th
-4pm-9:30pm
-$35-$55 per person (6 and under are free with paid adult)
-We can not wait to see you at Rocky Mountain Flower Fest! This summer music festival in the flower fields at the foothills of Pikes Peak combines the charm of a flower farm with the lively tunes of local bluegrass, americana and folk music.
Buses at the Brewery
-August 24th
-11am-3pm
-FREE to Attend; Buy Your Own Beer
-Come stroll the grounds of Ivywild School with the sun overhead and a beer in your hand as you admire a host of iconic VW buses of all sorts and styles at our annual Buses at the Brewery event.