Join us for the first First Friday of 2025 with the community skate night at Chacos Park in the heart of downtown.
The Carbondale Rec Center team will be serving up hot cocoa with marshmallows and/or hotdogs for roasting while supplies last.
Bundle up and explore the heart of Bonedale during the Winter Bonanza! Wander our vibrant Creative District throughout the day– where art, culture, and winter magic come together with local creativity and cozy charm. Click here for details.
Load up on (local) holiday goodies! Jams, breads, winter veggies, cookies and more! The market will be open both Saturday (10-4) and Sunday (11-3) inside The Launchpad, alongside Deck the Walls.
December 21-22
Saturday 10am-4pm
Sunday 11am-3pm
Join Santa at Weant Blvd & Main Street at 5:30pm to Light Up the Forest Service tree and Main Street tree lights. Free hot cocoa and sugar cookies while supplies last. Free sleigh rides with Santa 5:45pm - 7:45pm (line up at 4th & Main street). Deck the Walls holiday market in the Carbondale Arts Gallery will be open until 7pm with live performances by Roaring Fork Youth Orchestra.
Every holiday season, Carbondale Arts transforms its gallery space into a shop filled with artisan goods created by local and regional artists from all over the Roaring Fork Valley and the state of Colorado. Goods typically include handmade candles and cards, jewelry and chocolates, ceramics and soaps and more!
Únete a nosotros para el Primer Viernes de noviembre, celebrando Día de los Muertos, la mayor celebración de este feriado en todo el valle.
Join us for November’s First Friday, celebrating Día de los Muertos, the largest valley-wide honoring of this holiday.
Join your printmaking hostesses with the mostesses, Katie Browne & Bailey Haines on Weds, Oct 23, from 6-8pm at The Launchpad (76 S 4th Street in Carbondale). This is a FREE event but you need to register in advance. (Registration is currently full, but sign up to be on the waitlist).
Pre-registered participants may drop in any time during the two hours and learn about and experiment with different styles of printmaking (block printing with hand carved stamps, mono printing with plants, printing with beets and potatoes, styrofoam plate etching, to name a few). Katie & Bailey will also host some demonstrations and have a few stations set up for people to try out different techniques.
¡Únete al proceso creativo del Día de los Muertos! El 19 de octubre, Safe and Abundant Nutrition Alliance (SANA), La Clínica del Pueblo y Carbondale Arts estarán organizando un taller de arte. // Join in the creative process of Día de los Muertos! On October 19th, Safe and Abundant Nutrition Alliance (SANA), La Clínica del Pueblo, and Carbondale Arts will be hosting an art workshop at the Third Street Center from 11:00am to 3:00pm.
Join us for a symposium covering the role and impact of the arts in our region. This gathering will feature workshops, networking and discussion about opportunities and challenges facing us all locally, and statewide.
Join us every month in the heart of Carbondale’s Creative District. Carbondale Arts is hosting an opening reception for 2 new exhibitions featuring local artists, performances by Bonedale Flashmob, a Community Contra Dance, and more!
Women (Im)Print showcases hand-printed works by two local women who are both friends and collaborators; Katie Browne (curation) and Bailey Haines.
Community Service Print Projects is a group exhibition of work by student-artists and The Project Shop, a local nonprofit arts organization.
Both exhibitions open September 27th and will be on display through Novemvber 1st, with an opening reception on October’s First Friday from 5-7:00pm with an artist talk at 5:30pm.
Join us every month in the heart of Carbondale’s Creative District to enjoy a wide range of local arts, galleries, shopping, award-winning restaurants and spirits, and live music and entertainment.
A Love Letter to Indian Creek is by local painter and SAW artist Clarissa Fortier, paying homage to a place that inspires her to paint and rock climb.
Patterns of Consumption is by Denver-based artist Kalliopi Monoyios, working with repurposed materials.
The opening reception is Friday, August 16 from 5:00pm-7:00pm with an artist talk at 5:30pm. The gallery is open weekdays 10:00am-5:00pm
Join us every month in the heart of Carbondale’s Creative District to enjoy a wide range of local arts, galleries, shopping, award-winning restaurants and spirits, and live music and entertainment.
More details forthcoming.
Join Carbondale and the Roaring Fork Valley community in celebrating the best event of the summer, Mountain Fair, going 53 years strong! The heart+soul of the fair is all the love, history and humanity that have built community through art in Carbondale.
Enjoy live music, family-friendly activities, and loads of unique artisans; non-stop entertainment all weekend long.
Sopris Music Fest features a lineup of local musicians, curated by Steve’s Guitars at Chacos Park, art gallery openings and more! Enjoy the long holiday weekend in the heart of the Carbondale Creative Disrtict.
Porcelain Memories is a solo exhibition by Dara Hartman.
(Re)Location: Perspectives of Two features artists Louise Deroualle and Molly Frantz.
The opening reception for both exhibitions is First Friday, July 5 from 5-7pm with an artist talk at 5:30pm.
There are several events and activities happening in the heart of the Carbondale Creative District for June’s First Friday. Enjoy Carbondale’s new and incoming public art, celebrate our community and our love for the wilderness. Dance to live music, and more! Click here for details.
Join us and the artists of the Gateway Public Art Project for a meet-and-greet at Mountain Heart Brewing, the first 50 folks will get a free beer, yay! Also, thanks to our friends at Land + Shelter there will be some light refreshments.
5:30-7pm
1841 Dolores Way
Opening in the gallery May 24, Xerocks & Potholes by Lindsay Jones and Analog Nature, a collaborative show featuring works by Robert G. Burch and Rob Borchardt.
Both exhibitions will have an artists reception First Friday, June 7, from 5-7pm with an artist talk at 5:30pm.
Join us for a celebration of spring, sustainability, community and our town flower, the dandelion! The Parade of Species starts at 10am, at 2nd & Main Streets in front of KDNK, continuing down Main to Sopris Park. There you will find over 50 vendors, artists, crafters, makers, farmers, ranchers, growers, non profits, and local businesses.
Live music at the stage will play all day, with games in between sets.
The Carbondale Family Block Party and Pride Parade is an annual family-friendly event to celebrate spring and welcome summer. In addition to great local food, music produced by valley youth, and activities for kids of all ages, this has become a platform for various non-profit organizations in our valley whose mission is to support kids, family, and inclusion to showcase their offerings and volunteer opportunities.
Local mixed media artist Ashley Mosher's solo exhibition "Intimate Landscapes" transmits, transforms, and transports the viewer through connection and awareness of their inner experience.
5Point Film is kicking off its 17th annual flagship festival with an art exhibition featuring special guests Tre'lan Michael and Renan Öztürk. Both artists are featured in film premieres at this year's festival and are known for pushing the envelope of creativity through their art.
Showcasing wellness practitioners and businesses who support the health and well-being of our community and beyond! Everyone is welcome to come to the Carbondale Rec Center between 5 and 8 pm.
Save the date for the best extravaganza of the spring! This event sells out annually with 600+ tickets sold per night, it's not to be missed!
This year’s theme is Fabulation: A Wild Romp Through the Future, diving into futuristic love and what a world immersed in AI might look like. Doors at 7pm, show begins at 8pm.
Join us every month in the heart of Carbondale’s Creative District to enjoy a wide range of local arts, galleries, shopping, award-winning restaurants and spirits, and live music and entertainment.
A collaborative exhibition featuring work by local painter/sculptor Chris Erickson and textile upholteress Claire Wright. Learn more about the exhibition here.
The opening reception with an artist talk is First Friday March 1, 5pm-7pm. The gallery is open weekdays 10am-5pm.
Join us every month in the heart of Carbondale’s Creative District to enjoy a wide range of local arts, galleries, shopping, award-winning restaurants and spirits, and live music and entertainment.
The Valley Visual Art Show (VVAS) is one of the longest-standing community art shows committed to showing the work of local artists. Beginning in 1980, the VVAS provides an opportunity for local artists to share their work with the community. This show is great for established and budding artists, or those new to the area.
Opening reception with the artists is Friday, January 19 5-7pm. On display through February 23.
The Salon is an award-winning performance series, hosted by Alya Howe. This performance, Caught by the Light of Creativity features 6 artists- music, dance, and comedy. For joy, for fun, for awakening; these insightful artists embody risk taking, putting their voices out on a limb.
Saturday, January 6
6:00pm–8:00pm at The Launchpad
There is nothing like the magic that live garland brings to a space. Come and spend two days at The Launchpad with Vallee Noone who has spent the last decade honing her techniques in creating a holiday wonderland. Everyone will make their own wreath from scratch, and strategy you can take home to decorate with confidence.
December 2+3 | 4:00 - 6:00PM
$100 Carbondale Arts members/ $125 non member. Supplies included.
