Salida Chamber Calendar

The Chaffee County Community Foundation is excited to announce the 2024 Community Summit for nonprofit professionals and community leaders on April 30 at the Chaffee County Fairgrounds. This year's theme is Building Bridges - Strengthening Community Connections. This full day event includes sessions on a variety of topics critical to nonprofit success such as fundraising, nonprofit management, setting your board up for success, volunteer engagement and more. Keynote Speaker, Denise Ackert, will lead us through sessions that will challenge us to increase our community impact. In the afternoon, we will welcome panels from local business owners and funders to explore creating strong partnerships and aligning funder priorities. Visit our website for the full agenda and register today: https://www.chaffeecommunity.org/summit.

Come out for Queer Happy Hour at Tres Litros Beer Co!

Join Salida Mountain Trails and Soulcraft Brewing on Thursday, May 2nd for their Spring Kickoff Party from 5-8pm.  Renew your membership, pick up fresh SMT swag, and celebrate Salida's trails! Bring your friends, and meet new ones. Door prizes: You could win cool stuff just by showing up! This event is FREE and open to the public.

Join us for First Friday Luau Night! Galleries and creative businesses in downtown Salida’s historic downtown stay open late. From painting to sculpture, ceramics, photography, plein air, jewelry, and more, drop into one of Salida’s twenty+ art galleries and creative businesses.  

Under the animated direction of Linda Taylor, the chorus will perform a wide variety of music that reflects the theme of making space for opportunities in our busy lives: allowing ourselves to make U-turns when things don’t work out, being brave enough to embrace the unknown and loving life enough to explore the mysteries before us. The show will feature guest instrumentalists: Oso Blanco, drums; Yufen Chou, violin; Kathleen Chiras, electric bass; and Brenda Covert, flute Performances:  Friday, May 3, 7:00pm, Clearview Community Church, Buena Vista Saturday, May 4, 7:00pm and Sunday, May 5, 3:00pm, SteamPlant Event Center, Salida Please join us for our spring concert series. The Noteables’ productions are so much more than concerts, including theater, humor and audience participation. Don’t be shy. You’ll love them! This is an opportunity to Make Space For Life To Live! Suggested donation is $15 to help pay for the cost of music and publicity. For more information, call Linda Taylor, 719 539-2428. Tax deductible contributions are appreciated. Visit www.salidasings.org

Come out for FREE live music with Groovespeak at Tres Litros

Save May 4 as the date for the 2024 E-Waste Event at the Chaffee County Fairgrounds! Thank you to our sponsors of this event: City of Salida, Collegiate Peaks Bank, a division of Glacier Bankcorp Inc., Chaffee County, and  Lifestream Water Systems .  

Come on down for deals and special events all day long!