Virtual Events
9-10AM Zumba
Real World Events
8AM-2PM Trash to Treasures Garage Sale @ Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum
Stock up on fabric, notions, quilts, quilt tops, quilt blocks, and more!
8AM-1PM Golden Farmers Market @ Golden Library west parking lot
9-10AM Zumba
9:30AM-12PM Walk With a Geologist @ Dinosaur Ridge
10AM-5PM Golden Fine Arts Festival @ 11th Street
A Golden icon for three decades, Golden Fine Arts Festival is a prestigious juried art show located in the heart of historic downtown Golden, Colorado.
The event, rich in community tradition and a well-established reputation, is limited to 100 artist booth spaces. Artists are selected through a competitive jury process selected by art professionals. Traditionally, over half of participating Artists travel to Golden from outside of the state of Colorado. Colorado is also home to many talented Artists who participate at the event each year. Cash prizes are awarded to 1st and 2nd place winners in nine categories, as well as Best of Show and Best of Colorado honors. More information
10AM and 4PM Wild West Short Tour
10AM-3PM Brunch at the Rose @ Buffalo Rose
10AM-3PM Saturday Train Rides @ Colorado Railroad Museum
10:15AM Family Time @ Golden Library
1PM Wild West Pub Crawl
7:30PM HAIR @ Miners Alley Playhouse
Live Music
11AM-2PM The Green House Trio @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage)
4PM Jewel & the Rough @ Wrigley’s
5-8PM Clay Rose and Adam Perry @ Eddy Taproom
5-8PM Sqwerv @ Goosetown Station
5PM Riding Carpets @ Over Yonder
6PM Sound Bite @ Dirty Dogs Roadhouse
7-10PM Chris Child @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage)
9PM Karaoke @ Ace Hi Tavern
Golden History Moment
91 Years Ago
The August 20, 1931 Colorado Transcript included unpleasant memories of the grasshopper infestations that plagued early Golden farmers.
The years 1875 and 1876 will be remembered by the pioneers as “the grasshopper years.” Great clouds of grasshoppers, so thick that they obscured the sun as they flew and drifted with the wind, devastated all the country around Golden. When the pests finally moved on there was no green thing left behind–even the trees were stripped of their leaves.
R. Broad Jr. was a boy on his father’s ranch on Ralston creek at that time. “The hoppers descended upon a field of 160 acres of corn so thickly that they made a thick, squirming blanket,” he said. “When they left the field was a desert, even the corn stalks had been eaten down to the ground. We did not raise a single thing on our farm that year.
“The hoppers were bad in 1875 but worse in 1876. In both years Ralston and Clear Creek valleys were virtually denuded by the pests.“
Richard Broad decided to get away from farming. He owned a dry goods store and a bank in Golden from 1887 to 1930. He served as City Councilor, Mayor, and State Senator and published many Golden history articles in the Transcript. He is buried in the Golden cemetery.
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!
