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Buffalo Bill Days
9AM Worship Service @ Parfet Park
10AM-3PM Car Show @ American Legion on 9th St. (map)
10AM-12:30PM Mutton Bustin’
10AM-5PM Buffalo Bill Days Festival in Parfet Park
Music
12PM – Denver Jazz Club Youth All Stars
2PM – Long Run @ Buffalo Bill Days/Parfet Park
Virtual Events
9-10:15AM Align & Flow
Real World Events
8AM-8PM Jeffco Junior 4-H Fair Begins @ Jefferson County Fairgrounds
8:30AM – Horse Show – English and Western
12-4PM- Horse Show Trail Class
5-8PM – Fair Kick-Off Celebration featuring general/FCS viewing, yard games, a potluck, paint pouring and more!
9AM Keg Konditioning @ Golden Mill
9:30-11:30AM Full Walking Tour @ Dinosaur Ridge
1-3PM Cars & Coffee @ Calvary Church (map)
10AM-5PM Buffalo Bill Days
10AM-3PM Brunch at the Rose @ Buffalo Rose
10AM Wild West Short Tour
12-4PM Vaccine and Ice Cream! @ Dinosaur Ridge
Back-to-school is nearly here — are you ready? Kids age 3+ and adults are invited to Dino Ridge for a 9Health:365 free Covid vaccination clinic sponsored by Safeway, and get this: all who receive a shot get free ice cream supplied by the excellent Denver company Little Man Ice Cream!
4-7:30PM Sunday Swing Supper Club with The Flatirons Jazz Orchestra @ Buffalo Rose
A special evening for fans of big band and swing dancing at the historical Buffalo Rose in downtown Golden. Doors open and delicious food service starts at 4:00. Learn to swing dance with a free dance lesson 4:00-5:00! Then enjoy entertaining live BIG BAND JAZZ MUSIC from 5:00 to 7:30 by the Flatirons Jazz Orchestra – featuring Deborah Stafford. Dance or just enjoy the great Swing Era music of Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman and more played on one of Colorado great historic stages. All ages welcome.
4-5PM 1st Annual Christmas in July Acai Bowl Eating Contest @ Kona Bowls (map)
Live Music
11AM-2PM David Henning @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage)
12PM – Denver Jazz Club Youth All Stars
1PM Falling West @ Dirty Dogs Roadhouse
2PM – Long Run @ Buffalo Bill Days/Parfet Park
3PM Soda Blue @ Wrigley’s
4-7PM Derek Hall @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage)
8PM Karaoke @ Ace Hi Tavern
Golden History Moment
I visited the Buffalo Bill Museum earlier this week. In addition to the usual interesting exhibits, they’re screening a new documentary.
In light of this weekend’s Buffalo Bill Days celebration, you might be interested in watching it, and learning what all the fuss is about. Was he really responsible for the near-extinction of the buffalo? (No.) Was he enemy or friend to the native population? (First one, then the other.) Why was he buried on Lookout Mountain? (Watch the movie and find out!)
The documentary is up for an award, and is well worth your time. It’s available on YouTube. Watch it!
Thanks to the Golden History Museum for providing the online cache of historic Transcripts, and to the Golden Transcript for documenting our history since 1866!
