Tri-Lakes Event Calendar

Tri-Lakes Event Calendar

Also check out Tri-Lakes Events at:
Palmer Lake Historical Society
Monument Library
Palmer Lake Library
Tri-Lakes Center for the Arts

APRIL

Palmer Lake Easter Egg Hunt
The Saturday before Easter
For the event, eggs are hidden in the Village Green and the little tykes get the first five minutes to find as many eggs as they can before the bigger kids join in. Since the Easter Bunny’s helpers hide them the morning of the hunt the town asks parents not to bring their kids to the event until the start time of 10 a.m. so as not to spoil the surprise of the location of the approximate 1,000 eggs.

Palmer Lake Volunteer Fire Dept. Pancake Breakfast
On Easter Sunday
Come join us for our Annual Pancake Breakfast! The Palmer Lake Volunteer Fire Department will celebrate its 75th anniversary this year. The department got its start in the mid-1930′s. Back then, the department’s equipment consisted of a hand-drawn hose cart stored at an automotive garage in the center of town. When a fire started, volunteers passing by the garage would pick up the cart on the way to the fire.

MAY

Monument Art Hop
3rd Thursdays of each month – May through September
The galleries, restaurants and boutiques of historic downtown Monument stay open until 8:00pm for a celebration featuring art openings great food, live music and other special events.

JUNE

Concerts in the Park
Every Wednesday Evening in June and July – 7 pm – 9 pm
Bring your chairs and enjoy music, food and fun for the whole family! The Concerts in the Park Series is held in Limbach Park.

Monument Art Hop
3rd Thursdays of each month – May through September 5 pm – 8 pm
The galleries, restaurants and boutiques of historic downtown Monument stay open until 8:00pm for a celebration featuring art openings great food, live music and other special events.

Tri-Lakes Cruisers Benefit Car Show
TBD
In Historic Downtown Monument – Over 200 cars line the streets for a spectacular event. Over thirty-nine trophies are given away at this show.

JULY

Rosie’s Diner Annual Car Show
Sunday, Every year in July or August (call Rosie’s for date) – 9 am to 1pm
100’s of Antique and Classic cars to see! Awards given for “Best Paint”, People’s Choice” and “Rosie’s Choice”.

Concerts in the Park
Every Wednesday Evening in June and July – 7pm – 9pm
Bring your chairs and enjoy music, food and fun for the whole family! The Concerts in the Park Series is held in Limbach Park.

Monument Fourth of July Parade and Street Fair
July 4
   The day will begin at 8 am with a 5k Run starting at the Palmer Lake Elementary School.
   The Children’s Parade is at 9:30 am. No entry required for Children’s Parade, just show up at the St. Peter Catholic Church south parking lot (no motorized vehicles or large animals such as horses in the children’s parade). There will be ribbons for all participants.
   Main Parade begins at 10 am. Begins on Lincoln St., west to Front St, north on Front St. to Third St. heading east to Beacon Lite Rd, heading south to finish at 2nd St. Parade lasts approximately 2 hours and draws 20,000 to 30,000 spectators.
   After the parade a street fair will be held in Historic downtown Monument at Second and Washington Streets, including Limbaugh Park. Enjoy Food, arts, crafts, petting zoo, raptors, and wolves from the Wolf Sanctuary. Street Fair concludes at 3 pm.

Palmer Lake Fireworks Display
July 4 — Depending on weather and fire danger
Palmer Lake will then host a series of outdoor activities including concerts starting at 3 p.m. culminating with an incredible fireworks display at dusk!

AUGUST

Taste of Palmer Lake
Sample from each of Palmer Lake’s Unique Restaurants
Awake Palmer Lake – Fundraiser for Palmer Lake Restoration Fund
August TBD 1-4 pm at participating restaurants
Advance tickets $18.00 – Limited! Only 400 tickets sold!
Tickets on sale August 4th at participating restaurants.

Funds raised go towards enhancing our town including, but not limited to, finding and funding solutions to the lack of water in our lake, playgrounds & picnic areas near the lake. A long term project is to provide a safe passage across the railroad tracks, connecting the Santa Fe Trail head to the downtown area.
COME ENJOY PALMER LAKE AT IT’S FINEST!
Participating Restaurants:
Bella Panini, The Depot, MoZaic, O’Malley’s Pub, Rock House Ice Cream, Simply Delicious Catering, Speedtrap, The Wine Seller, The Villa, “La Rosa” & The Parked Pierogi
This is a Fundraiser for Lakeside Improvements!

SEPTEMBER

Chili Cook-Off and Tasting
Limbach Park in Historic Downtown
Saturday, September TBD 11am to 3pm
Get out your secret chili recipe, chop some chilies and fire up the stove! Cook a pot of chili and enter the annual HMMA Chili Cook-off. Food vendors, music and fun for the entire family! Community chili and salsa teams will shoot it out for awards and prizes. Your vote will determine the People’s Choice Awards. Chili and salsa tasting will be available along with cold craft beer and HOT live music.

OCTOBER

Annual Christmas Craft Fair – Palmer Lake Little Art Group
Saturday, October TBD
Sunday, October TBD
There are many fine crafters participating, as well as a bake sale. Come to the Town Hall in Palmer Lake on Hwy 105 and get your Christmas shopping started with unique gifts.

Walk/Bike to School Day
TBD

Safe Trick or Treat at the Monument Businesses
October 31st
Bring the kids downtown for a night of safe trick-or-treating as Monument merchants provide treats, activities and show-off their creative costumes. The Monument Police Department patrols the streets to help insure the safety of our goblins.

NOVEMBER

Palmer Lake’s Traditional Chili Supper and Annual Star Lighting Festival
The Saturday after Thanksgiving
5 pm to 8:30 pm at Palmer Lake Town Hall – 28 Valley Crescent

Join the tradition and enjoy homemade chili, potato soup, fresh baked cinnamon rolls and more! Cost: $6 per adult $3 per child. PROCEEDS GO TO PALMER LAKE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT.

There will be bucket drawings & silent auctions with one lucky winner chosen to Light the Star! There will be hay rides, roasting marshmallows over an open fire, singing of traditional Christmas carols plus Santa who is ready to take down your Christmas wishes.

For more information or to donate prizes for the drawings, contact Jeannine at the Rock House Ice Cream shop – 488-6917 or Lori at 651-3511

DECEMBER

Palmer Lake Yule Log Potluck
The Tuesday before the Hunt (see below)

Santa’s Breakfast
Saturday, December TBD
Santa and his elves will be at Santa’s Breakfast!

Palmer Lake Yule Log Hunt
Two Sundays before Christmas
With red and green capes flying, hundreds of children and adults dash into the snowy woods near Palmer Lake, Colorado, scrambling up and down slippery slopes and laughing as they search beneath evergreen boughs and bushes for the town’s hidden Yule log.
Within 15 minutes, whoops and shouts of “over here” rise from a ravine where three boys stand victoriously over the treasure-an 8-foot-long pine log that has been notched and tied with a red ribbon.
Amid cheers and high-fives, the winner and friends straddle the Yule log for their victory ride into town. Other members of the hunting party attach two long ropes to the log and drag it a quarter-mile back to Town Hall, stopping frequently so other riders can hop aboard.
The December tradition is cherished in Palmer Lake, where the same two-man saw that cut the town’s first Yule log in 1933 is used today. Hunters saw the log in two and save half to start the following year’s ceremonial fire. The other half is carried into Town Hall and set ablaze in the stone fireplace built by Palmer Lake’s volunteer firemen in 1936 strictly for the annual celebration.

Small Town Christmas
Saturday, December TBD 10 to 2 pm
This day full of holiday activities includes visit from Santa and Mrs. Claus along with crafts and activities for children, open houses and other special events as the merchants of Historic Downtown Monument celebrate a Small Town Christmas.