Virtual Events
6-6:55AM Virtual HIIT
8:30-9:30AM Virtual Power Training
8:30-9:25AM Strength and Cardio
11AM-12PM All Levels Yoga Virtual
Real World Events
8-9AM Morning Start: An Artist Coffee Meetup with Rick Souders @ Café 13
9AM-5PM Holiday Craft Faire @ Jefferson Unitarian Church
10AM-5PM Holiday Art Market @ Foothills Art Center
11AM-12PM All Levels Yoga Virtual
12-1PM Concert in the Library featuring Miner Dissonance @ Arthur Lakes Library
1-2PM The Friday Tour @ Colorado Railroad Museum
3PM Vaccine, License & Microchip Clinic @ Foothills Animal Shelter
4:30PM TRACK vs Mines Alumni Classic (view schedule)
5-7PM Golden Women in Business Happy Hour
6-8PM Teen After Hours @ Golden Library
7:30PM A Christmas Carol @ Miners Alley Playhouse
Buy One Get One Free tickets to all performances, this week only, December 1-5, 2021.
Use the promo code “Carol21” before adding your tickets to the cart.
6:30PM Olde Golden Candlelight Walk
Experience the beauty of the holiday season while walking down Washington Avenue, candle in hand, singing holiday carols during Golden’s hometown Candlelight Walk, which offers an authentic way to start the season of lights and is open to all. The walk begins at 6:30 p.m. and will end at the Visitors Center. All activities are free and open to the public. The pre-walk holiday show starts at 5:00 p.m. on the stage at 10th and Washington. The walk starts at 6:30 p.m. at Foothills Art Center on 15th and will culminate with a short, live entertainment program, and lighting of the lights.
Live Music
4:30-7:30PM Ryan Flores @ Goosetown Station
7-10PM Chris Child @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage)
8-11:30PM Rick Lewis Project @ Buffalo Rose (main venue)
9PM Karaoke @ Ace Hi Tavern
Golden History Moment
Here’s a piece of short-term history. Last year, Coronavirus was raging and the vaccine had not yet been released. The Health Department was still posting health stats every day. The County had had 22,213 cases to date (we’re now up to 72,796). Golden had had 770 (now 2,800).
The City made the difficult decision to cancel the Candlelight Walk and the Holiday parades. You can watch the video version the 2020 lighting ceremony, starring Mayor Weinberg and her daughter, the City’s former Communications Director, Karlyn Tilley, and Chamber Executive Director Nola Krajewski.
As a substitute for the usual holiday social events, the City encouraged everyone to light a candle every night at 7PM through the month of December. They made a video about that, too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VK9lhjCHl_0.
Tonight, with 77.8% of the population at least partially vaccinated, we’re resuming the traditional lighting ceremony. If you prefer to avoid the crowd, you’ll still have plenty of opportunity to enjoy the lights. They’ll be on every night all month!
