Labor Day Weekend
Downtown Westcliffe Activities
See https://visitwetmountainvalley.com/our-events/
for updates and linked websites
August 1 @ 11 a.m. – August 31 @ 4 p.m. Sangres Art Guild ~ For The Love of Animals
3rd Street Gallery 59000 N. Highway 69, Westcliffe
Sangres Art Guild and Wet Mountain Animal Welfare collaborate in presenting “For the Love of Animals,” judged by internationally recognized pencil artist Andy Mast. Fifty percent of gallery commissions on the sale of artworks in the show will go to Wet Mountain Animal Welfare, our local animal rescue.
August 29 @ 10 a.m. – September 1 @ 5 p.m.
24th Annual Olde Schoolhouse Quilters Quilt Show & Boutique
Hope Lutheran Lange Hall 312 South 3rd Street, Westcliffe
Members of the Olde Schoolhouse Quilt Club and Custer County area Quilters display their quilts and sell quilted items. In addition to Individual’s work the show display includes Patriot Quilts, Antique Quilts and Children’s Quilts. A Bucket Raffle with 10-15 quilted items: Come take a chance $1.00 per ticket or $5.00 for 6 tickets.
August 31 @ 11 – 12 p.m.
SJO Sun Observing Hour
Smokey Jack Observatory 100 S. Adams Blvd., Westcliffe
OPEN TO PUBLIC . Safely observe the sun through several solar telescopes at the Smokey Jack Observatory.
August 31 @ 9 a.m. – 2 p.m.
High Altitude Horsepower Car Show Free
Main Street Westcliffe
Held annually on Labor Day Saturday. The Car Show is FREE but you can enter your antique, vintage, classic, rat rod, or hot rod/muscle car for a $25 registration fee (second vehicle is just $15). Share the day with other car enthusiasts or come enjoy the cars on Main Street and vote for your favorites + Drawings and Cash Prizes, People’s Choice Awards and Live Music & Entertainment. A pancake breakfast provided by the Wet Mountain Valley Rotary Club is a fundraiser for their scholarship fund. LEARN MORE OR REGISTER YOUR CAR @ valleystrong.us
August 31 @ 7:30 – 9:30 p.m.
WCPA Live Theater ~ One Man Show: Wyatt Earp, Life on the Frontier
Historic Jones Theater 119 Main St, Westcliffe, United States
Wyatt Earp is back! Wyatt brings his one-man show about his famous great-great uncle back to the Jones Theater for the first time since 2018. In the piece, the elderly Earp looks back on his life, times, and various careers. Wyatt Earp is a crowd favorite in the Wet Mountain Valley, playing for one night only. Ticket prices: $20 Adults, $15 Students/Active Military, $5 Kids 12 and under.
August 31 @ 8:30 – 10:30 p.m. Free OPEN TO PUBLIC
SJO Electronic Assisted Astronomy (EAA) Star Party
100 S. Adams Blvd., Westcliffe.
View live images from 14” telescope on a 10-foot outdoor screen in the amphitheater outside the Smokey Jack Observatory. Seating is limited.