The Snowdown Chili Cook-Off and Bloody Mary Contest is one of Snowdown’s biggest events and one of its best FUNDRAISERS! Located at the La Plata County Fairgrounds and Event Center.
https://snowdown.org/pages/chili-bloody-mary-contest
The date is Saturday, February 1, 2025, with doors opening at noon. The location is the La Plata County Fairgrounds and Events Center. The event ends at 2 pm. Get tasting tickets at the door, or buy them in advance at the pre-sales event happening Friday January 31, 3:30 to 4:30 pm, at a location to be announced.
Chili and Bloody Mary Entrants:
We are always looking for more local businesses to compete in these events. Does your business want to be a part of Snowdown but you do not have time to create an event? Be a part of the Chili Cook-Off and/or Bloody Mary Contest!
This is a great team building and marketing opportunity that is open to all businesses, groups, clubs and other organizations that want to get their name out there, have fun, win great prizes and raise money for Snowdown! Individuals welcome too. Did I mention that we provide the Vodka?!?
Put together a team, get your best costumes and chili and bloody mary recipes, join in on the fun and promote your business while raising money for Snowdown!!!
When: Saturday February 1, 2025
Chili and Salsa Cooks: arrive as early as 7 am to start cooking, event ends and awards start at 2 pm. Chili/salsa due to judges from 10:30 to 11:45 am depending on style, see rules and info sheet below.
Bloody Mary Contestants: arrive as early as 7 am to start mixing, event ends and awards start at 2 pm. Bloody Mary due to judges by 11 am.
Open to the public for samples: Noon – 2 pm
Where: La Plata County Fairgrounds and Events Center
Open to: All Local businesses, groups, clubs, organizations and individuals
Why: Have fun! Get your name out there! Win Prizes!
Registration form will be posted at this top of this page soon.
HAPPY SNOWDOWN!!
Snowdown Durango
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The 2025 Gold Standard Event Planning Conference, happening this Wednesday, January 15th.
Are you involved with event planning in the City of Durango or La Plata County? If so, join us on January 15, 2025, for the Gold Standard Event Planning Conference. This conference is designed to educate and inspire all event organizers to hold safer and more exciting events. It is open to all who support and host events in La Plata County.
When: January 15, 2025
Where: La Plata County Fairgrounds and Event Center
Time: 10 am - 3 pm
Cost: $25 (includes lunch and resource book)
Registration: https://www.durangoco.gov/1648/Event-Planning-Conference
AGENDA:
Arrive at 9:30 am to register and pick up your event resource book.
At 10:00 am the Keynote Panel features event organizers from Telluride and other towns similar to Durango sharing their top events and discussing how to balance the appeal to residents and tourists.
Breakout Sessions at 11:10 am , 1:00 pm and 2:00 pm feature tracts for New/Small, Medium and Large events and focus on innovation, safety, marketing, permits and grants.
Event vendors, suppliers and permitters will be available at 2:00 pm for individual conversations.
Lunch from Sage Fresh Eats is included in the registration fee of $25.00.
At lunch, the Innovative Event Award winner will be revealed, new Super Volunteers will be honored and we will hear 4 tales from 2024 that definitely fit in the definition of "School of Hard Knocks."
Join us to explore best practices, consider how we want to grow events in Durango and La Plata County, and understand the opportunities with grants and permitting that already exist.
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The Colorado State University Extension-La Plata County and La Plata County Fairgrounds and Event Center will be closed for the holiday from Thursday, November 28th through Sunday, December 1st, 2024. Our offices will reopen on Monday, December 2nd. Have a safe and happy holiday.
The Cluck Stop at the Lat Plata County Fairgrounds
Coming from 11th Street Station and now adding an additional location to North Durango at the La Plata County Fairgrounds and Event Center. They will be here every Friday for Lunch from Noon to 1 pm.
Durango High School students, come pick up your lunch today!
The Cluck Stop is serving The Cluck Stop Lunch Box for $13.75.
Stop by the Exhibit Hall Kitchen TODAY! 😋🐔
WOW, La Plata County folks have shown up in some big numbers today for the Household Hazardous Waste 2024 Collections! We are taking collections through 2 pm today. Bring your patience there is quite a line heading out to Main Avenue. You can only enter by going north on Main Avenue and turning right into the La Plata County Fairgrounds and Event Center parking lot. Tomorrow collections are still being accepted from 8 am to 1 pm.
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Here is What is Happening today at the La Plata County Fair!
9 a.m. - 6:30 p.m. Exhibits open to the public | The Exhibit Hall
9 a.m. 4-H Dog Show | Court Yard
9 a.m. Open Beef Show | The Pavilion
10 a.m. Rooster Crowing Contest | Outside the Bunny Barn
10 a.m. FFA Showmanship | Pavilion
11 a.m. Open Class Dairy Show | Pavilion
12 p.m. - 4 p.m. 4-H Community BBQ | South Baseball Field
2 p.m. Rabbit Costume Contest | Bunny Barn
5 p.m. Silver Steaks, Loin & Chop Awards | Pavilion
5:45 p.m. Royalty Crowning | Pavilion
6 p.m. Junior Livestock Sale | Pavilion
9 p.m.-12 a.m. Fair Family Dance | The Patio
Today is the LAST DAY to enter your Livestock. This is Open-Entry, meaning anyone can enter your animal into the 2024 La Plata County Fair 🐮🐷. You can get your entry form here: https://laplatacountyfair.com/open-class-forms/ or come in person to the La Plata County Fairgrounds and Event Center office until 5 pm today!
Time to get out your beautiful photos! Anyone can enter the Open-Class Photography contest at the 2024 La Plata County Fair .📸
Preregister at https://forms.gle/K6k1JrKiKkBQrsF98 or in-person, the day of Wednesday, August 7th from 7:30 AM - 6PM at the La Plata County Fairgrounds and Event Center.
