COLORADO, USA — It's been a different kind of summer in Colorado.
Festivals, fairs, parades and concerts have been postponed or canceled across the Centennial State in summer 2020.
May
Beaver Creek has canceled Blues, Brews & BBQ and Craft Beer Festival for summer 2020.
The Bolder Boulder, originally scheduled for Memorial Day and then moved to Labor Day, has been canceled.
The Boulder Creek Festival originally was scheduled for Memorial Day weekend, rescheduled for late July, and then canceled.
Buena Vista's annual kickoff-to-summer celebration will be a virtual event this year.
Cirque du Soleil's Volta was to set up under the Big Top in Pepsi Center's parking lot from April 30, 2020 to June 7, 2020. Volta will instead be replaced by Alegría from Aug. 6 to Sept. 12, 2021.
Denver Arts Festival has been canceled and moved to 2021.
Denver's one-day music festival of rock has been postponed until further notice.
The Lion King had been scheduled to perform at the Buell Theatre in Denver from May 13 to June 14, but instead has been postponed.
The three-day art festival in Estes Park has been canceled.
The 19th annual Festival of the Brewpubs at Arapahoe Basin has been canceled.
The annual Denver Five Points Jazz Festival was presented in a virtual format in 2020.
Downtown Grand Junction and the Greater Grand Junction Sports Commission have canceled the 2020 Grand Junction Off-Road + Downtown Music Festival.
Spring NCAA sports have been canceled, but the Junior College (JUCO) World Series has dates set for next year: May 29 - June 5, 2021.
The MeadowGrass Music Festival has been postponed until 2021.
The Mexico and Colombia soccer match, scheduled for Saturday, May 30 at Empower Field at Mile High was canceled.
Historic South Gaylord Street's Kickoff to Summer has been postponed indefinitely.
The annual Taste of Creede Festival of Fine Arts & Dining has been moved to Memorial Day weekend 2021.
The 45th annual Territory Days festival in Colorado Springs has been canceled.
The Rialto Theater’s regular 2020 summer season has been canceled.
For the first time in 40 years, Water World will not open for the summer season.
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June
The City of Aurora's 2020 Buskers, Brews & BBQ event has been cancelled.
Grand County's 18th annual Blues From The Top Music Festival has been canceled.
The Town of Frisco has postponed the 27th annual Colorado BBQ Challenge, which was scheduled for June 19-20, until Sept. 25-26, 2020.
Fort Collins' 31st annual Colorado Brewers' Festival has been canceled. There is a possibility the event could return in autumn 2020.
Palisade's Colorado Lavender Festival has been canceled this summer and will focus on creating a great event in June 2021.
The Colorado Shakespeare Festival has postponed its entire 2020 summer season until 2021.
Colorado's largest country music festival will no longer take place in 2020. The next Country Jam will be held June 17-20, 2021.
Denver Botanic Gardens has canceled its 2020 Summer Concert Series. Randy Newman, DeVotchKa, Jesse & Joy, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Chris Botti, and José González were some of the artists scheduled to perform.
Denver's Cherry Blossom Festival at Sakura Square has been canceled.
The 2020 Denver Greek Festival has been canceled. The festival hopes to host virtual Greek Festival events such as online cooking demonstrations, dancing, choir performances, and Greek language lessons instead.
Denver's 45th annual PrideFest will move to a virtual-only celebration this summer.
The Elizabeth Stampede Board of Directors has canceled the Elizabeth Stampede Rodeo and Concert in 2020.
The 2020 Estes Park Wool Market has been canceled. The market will return June 12-13, 2021.
The 2020 Evergreen Rodeo and Parade have been canceled.
The FIBArk Board of Directors has canceled the 2020 festival.
The 2020 Frederick in Flight Hot Air Balloon Festival has been canceled.
The 2020 Greeley Blues Jam has been postponed to June 4-5, 2021.
The Glenwood Springs Chamber Resort Association has postponed the Strawberry Days Festival until 2021.
The Greeley Stampede has been postponed until 2021, but organizers are working on continuing two community traditions — fireworks and rodeo.
The Hudson Gardens & Event Center has canceled the 2020 Summer Concert Series in its entirety.
The Journey and The Pretenders tour stop at Pepsi Center on June 4, 2020 has been canceled.
Justin Bieber's "Changes" tour was moved from Empower Field at Mile High to Pepsi Center and then was postponed indefinitely.
The Lagoon Summer Concert Series in Fort Collins has been canceled for the first time in its 23-year history.
Rockin' Block Party 2020 has been canceled.
The City of Loveland and the Loveland Museum have canceled the 2020 Cherry Pie Celebration scheduled for June 27.
Miners Alley Playhouse has canceled its 2020 season through Jan. 2021 including Moon Over Buffalo, Hope & Gravity, The Crucible, Once on This Island, and A Christmas Carol. It also includes the following Miners Alley Children’s Theatre productions Rumpelstiltskin, Mother Goose, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and The Story of the Nutcracker.
The 2020 GoPro Mountain Games in Vail have been canceled.
The Palisade Bluegrass & Roots Festival has been postponed until June 11-13, 2021.
The annual Parker Days Festival has been canceled this summer and new dates have been scheduled for June 10-13, 2021.
This summer's Pikes Peak Celtic Festival has been canceled with a return date planned for June 18-20, 2021.
The 98th running of the The Broadmoor Pikes Peak International Hill Climb has been moved to Aug. 30, 2020, without fans.
The Uncompahgre Watershed Partnership has canceled the Ridgway RiverFest in 2020.
Eagle County 4-H has canceled the 4-H Rocky Mountain Oyster Fry.
Rye's Sonic Bloom Festival will move dates by one summer solstice to June 17-20, 2021.
Denver's Taste of Puerto Rico Festival has been canceled.
The 10-week Vail Jazz Festival has been canceled.
The Vail Music Festival has been canceled.
This year’s Criterium and Brewfest in Wheat Ridge has been canceled.
July
The 2020 Arapahoe County Fair has been canceled.
The Town of Avon canceled all AvonLIVE!, Special Edition AvonLIVE! and Lakeside Cinema free concert and film event series effective July 15.
The Boulder Creek Festival originally was scheduled for Memorial Day weekend, rescheduled for late July, and then canceled.
The Bronc Day Festival in Green Mountain Falls has been canceled.
The 66th annual Brush 4th of July Rodeo & Fireworks are canceled, but the parade is still happening.
The 2020 Cherry Creek Arts Festival has been canceled.
Cheyenne Frontier Days has been canceled for the first time in its 124-year history. Thomas Rhett, Blake Shelton, Eric Church and Cody Johnson were among the night show concert acts scheduled to perform at Cheyenne Frontier Days this summer.
The 2020 Colorado Black Arts Festival is going virtual in 2020.
The 2020 Colorado Dragon Boat Festival in Denver has been cancelled.
The Colorado Irish Festival will take a “hiatus” in 2020 from the traditional event.
Originally set to hold its 44th annual festival this summer, the Colorado Renaissance Festival will now return June 12 to Aug. 1, 2021.
Colorado Springs PrideFest has been canceled in 2020.
The 8th annual Elevation Celebration has been moved to July 24-25, 2021.
Organizers have suspended the Denver County Fair for 2020 while they evaluate what the future of the fair will look like.
The Denver Pop Culture Con was postponed from early July to November, and then later canceled.
Ascend Performing Arts has canceled the 2020 Drums Along the Rockies show.
All Fort Collins Fringe Festival events have been canceled in 2020.
The Eagle County Board of Commissioners has canceled the 81st annual Fair & Rodeo that was scheduled for July 23-25, 2020.
The Elizabeth Celtic Festival has been canceled. The festival will return July 17-28, 2021.
The 115th annual El Paso County Fair will only feature 4-H exhibits and attractions in July 2020. Performances, the carnival and vendor areas are canceled.
The Evergreen Jazz Festival has been canceled, but will return July 23-25, 2021.
The Town of Fairplay has postponed the 72nd Burro Days until 2021.
Dozens of Colorado municipalities have canceled their July 4 firework displays this summer.
The Buffalo Bill Days Board of Directors has canceled the event this summer, but fully expect Buffalo Bill Days to resume in 2021.
The annual Gypsum Daze festival and concert have been canceled. The event will return July 15-17, 2021.
The City of Lakewood has canceled Big Boom Bash, the city’s annual Fourth of July celebration, for 2020.
The Manassa Pioneer Days has been canceled in July.
The 2020 Manitou Springs Colorado Wine Festival has been canceled.
The Masked Singer National Tour, including a stop at Denver's Ellie Caulkins Opera House, has been canceled.
Due to facility restrictions at the Colorado Convention Center, the Mecum Auto Auction event has been canceled and will not be rescheduled for 2020.
Praise Him Ministries (PHM) has postponed the NightVision 2020 concert, which was scheduled for July 10-11.
Boulder's Pearl Street Arts Fest has been canceled in 2020.
Rapids & Grass, Colorado’s quintessential craft beer, music, and river festival in Buena Vista, has been canceled.
Colorado's oldest pro rodeo will not take place this year in Monte Vista. Organizers will begin work planning 2021's rodeo.
The 24th annual Taste of Fort Collins was rescheduled from early June to late July, and then postponed until June 2021.
Trolls LIVE!, originally scheduled for July 7-8, 2020 at Budweiser Events Center at The Ranch in Loveland, has been rescheduled to June 8-9, 2021.
Denver's Underground Music Showcase will be "Underground Music Something" this summer. Organizers are planning a special event on Saturday, July 25, 2020 in order to raise money and rage safely.
Vail Dance Festival has been canceled.
The VegFest Colorado Board & Advisory Committee has canceled VegFest Colorado 2020.
The 38th annual Winter Park Jazz Festival has been canceled in 2020.
August
The 303 Wine festival (formerly Wine on the Rocks) has been canceled.
The 2020 Adams County Fair has been canceled.
The 2020 Affordable Arts Festival has been canceled.
Fort Collins' Bohemian Nights at NewWestFest has been canceled in 2020, but will return Aug. 13-15, 2021.
The fan-favorite Breckenridge Hogfest Bacon & Bourbon Festival has been postponed until 2021.
The Colorado Classic presented by VF Corporation has been canceled.
The Colorado Scottish Festival & Rocky Mountain Highland Games in Edgewater have been canceled in 2020.
The Colorado Springs International Dragon Boat Festival has been moved to 2021.
The Colorado Springs Native American Intertribal Powwow has been postponed.
The Colorado State Fair Parade, set to take place Saturday, Aug. 29, has been cancelled.
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The Denver Auto Show at the Colorado Convention Center has been canceled in 2020, but will return in March 2021.
The Estes Park Wine Festival has been postponed.
The 2020 Fort Collins Peach Festival has been canceled.
Fun on the Uncompahgre Fest has been canceled for 2020.
Aurora's Global Festival will be held virtually on Aug. 15, 2020.
Gold Rush Days has been postponed in Buena Vista until Aug. 2021.
The national tour stop of Hamilton at Denver's Buell Theatre has been postponed from its scheduled dates of Aug. 12, 2020 to Oct. 4, 2020.
Kenny Chesney and Florida Georgia Line have postponed their "Chillaxification 2020 Tour" at Empower Field at Mile High to 2021.
The 21st annual Lafayette Peach Festival and 7th annual Lafayette Brew Festival have been canceled.
Party on the Plaza has been put on hold for 2020.
The 2020 Larimer County Fair PRCA Rodeo, scheduled for Aug. 2 to Aug. 4, has been canceled.
The 71st annual Leadville Boom Days mountain celebration has been postponed until August 2021.
The City of Littleton has canceled the 2020 Littleton Twilight Criterium.
The 2020 Loveland Old Fashioned Corn Roast Festival has been cancelled "in light of community health and safety."
The Moffat County Hot Air Balloon Festival will hold its 1st annual, 2nd decade, event in 2021.
Monster Day Greeley, scheduled for Aug. 22, will be canceling its in-person events and will instead move online.
The 18th annual Morgan Adams Concours d'Elegance has been canceled.
Mötley Crüe, Def Leppard, Poison and Joan Jett and the Blackhearts have postponed their Coors Field concert until 2021.
The 2020 Olathe Sweet Corn Festival has been canceled.
The 2020 Palisade Peach Festival has been canceled, with organizers planning for a return in August 2021.
Lakewood's Party on the Plaza has been "put on hold" for 2020.
Pikes Peak Ascent to the top of Pikes Peak has been canceled for 2020. The Pikes Peak Marathon may still go on, as of May 28.
San Luis Valley Beat the Head BBQ event has been canceled.
The Loveland High Plains Arts Council has postponed the Sculpture in the Park Show & Sale until 2021.
The 30th annual Rocky Mountain Folks Festival in Lyons has been canceled.
The 44th annual Telluride Jazz Festival has been moved to Aug. 13-15, 2021.
Trinidad's Trinidaddio Blues Fest has been canceled for 2020.
The 2020 Union Station Buskerfest has been canceled.
The annual Wheat Ridge Carnation Festival has been canceled.
September
A food lovers' tradition in Colorado for 37 years will now focus on a return over Labor Day weekend 2021.
Organizers have canceled the Arvada Harvest Festival.
The Bolder Boulder, originally scheduled for Memorial Day and then moved to Labor Day, has been canceled.
The Town of Frisco has canceled the 2020 Colorado BBQ Challenge.
The Denver Center for the Performing Arts (DCPA) has canceled its 2020/21 DCPA Theatre Company season including A Christmas Carol, Rattlesnake Kate, Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Angry, Raucous, and Shamelessly Gorgeous and more.
The Coldwell Banker Denver Century Ride has been canceled for 2020.
Don Henley, Joe Walsh, Timothy B. Schmit, Deacon Frey and Vince Gill have postponed The Eagles' “Hotel California 2020 Tour” concerts at Pepsi Center until Sept. 2021.
The 41st annual Evergreen Summerfest has been canceled.
Festival Italiano, scheduled for Sept. 12 and Sept. 13 at the Belmar Shopping District in Lakewood, has been canceled.
The 2020 Fruita Fall Festival, scheduled for Sept. 25-27, has been canceled.
Jazz Aspen Snowmass (JAS) has postponed and re-scheduled the 2020 Labor Day Experience to Sept. 3-5, 2021.
The Great American Beer Festival (GABF) is moving to an online event. The 2020 event was originally scheduled to take place Sept. 24-26 at the Colorado Convention Center in downtown Denver, but will now be held online Oct. 16-17.
Greeley Oktobrewfest will take place, but with a smaller event, spread out over three days from Sept. 9 to Sept. 11.
The Ridgway Western Heritage Society has canceled the 2020 Old West Fest scheduled for September.
The Salida Fiber Arts Festival at Riverside Park has been canceled.
Taste of Vail has been postponed indefinitely until a later date.
The 2020 Telluride Film Festival has been canceled.
October
Colorado Ballet's Giselle will move to spring of 2021.
October's Emma Crawford Coffin Races in Manitou Springs will not be held.
The 18th Annual Harvest Farm Fall Festival in Wellington, previously scheduled to take place Oct. 3 to Nov. 1, has been canceled.
Harry Potter convention LeakyCon Denver has been postponed until Oct. 29-31, 2021.
The Denver Rock ‘n’ Roll Denver Half Marathon has been canceled in 2020 and 2021.
November
The Denver Center for the Performing Arts (DCPA) has canceled its 2020/21 DCPA Theatre Company season including A Christmas Carol, Rattlesnake Kate, Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Angry, Raucous, and Shamelessly Gorgeous and more.
Colorado Ballet has announced changes to its 60th anniversary season, including the cancellation of its beloved holiday season production of The Nutcracker.
The Denver Pop Culture Con was postponed from early July to November, and then later canceled.
Miners Alley Playhouse has canceled its 2020 season through Jan. 2021 including Moon Over Buffalo, Hope & Gravity, The Crucible, Once on This Island, and A Christmas Carol. It also includes the following Miners Alley Children’s Theatre productions Rumpelstiltskin, Mother Goose, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and The Story of the Nutcracker.
The Apple Day celebration and parade in Penrose have been canceled.
The Uniquely Western Beef Expo, set for Nov. 2020 at the The Ranch Events Complex in Loveland, has been postponed to Dec. 7-9, 2021.
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