In celebration of Independence Day, the city of La Junta will be lighting off fireworks! Be sure to join in the fun!

Get wet!  Get really wet!!  Parade entries soak the crowds lining the parade route, and the spectators soak them back!  Great fun in the sun in downtown La Junta!

The Oldest Continuous Fair in the State of Colorado!

Arkansas Valley fair is entertainment for the whole family!  Every day events include entertainment pavilion, arts, crops, food and needlework exhibits. There are concession and craft vendor as well as evening dances and carnival!
Each day has a different theme such as: Silver Day, Kid's Day, Parade Day and Watermelon Day!  Check out the Demolition Derby!

The 30th Arkansas Valley Balloon Festival in Rocky Ford Colorado. Be sure to mark your calendars and check back for details as time gets closer. You can watch them set up, walk around, learn and visit. Just watch for the ropes, do not step over the ropes, and don't walk on the fabric of the balloon. Please be safe. Take pictures and have fun!

Balloon glow at 7:00 pm on Friday night, November 2nd, 2018.

The launch site for the hot air balloons on Saturday & Sunday, November 3-4, 2018 is 29625 Industrial Park Road, Rocky Ford, CO. From Second Street in Rocky Ford take Hwy 202 (Patterson Valley Road) West to Industrial Park Road. There will be signs pointing the way! Launch time is sunrise both days, about 6:25 a.m.

If you are a pilot interested in attending, send your inquiry to rockiesanders@hotmail.com. 

Witness the holiday pleasures and pastimes of the 1840s at an isolated trading post.  Period games, foods, and festivities will enliven the fort. On Saturday there will be toy making in the shops, wagon rides, pinata breaks, yule log hunt, period games, frontier cooking, and blacksmithing.  Candle light tours and Saturday daytime activities are available for your enjoyment.

Looking for something fun to do with the entire family? Come to Las Animas for the 83rd annual Santa Fe Trail Day events and the Boggsville tractor show!Costume contest, parade, May Day breakfast, Ranch Burger lunch, FFA plant sale, engine blow, golf tournament, chili dinner, Rocky Mountain Oyster Fry dinner, art show, antique tractor show & pull, wheel chair basketball, Huck Finn fishing derby, community concert, square dancing competition, and the Family Fun Entertainment event boasts a bouncy house, joust house, Velcro climbing wall, miniature train rides, slip and slide.  Many vendors will be present selling refreshments, chair massages, jewelry, T-shirts, personalized items, rock climbing wall, face painting and much more!