|  | Excerpt from: Visitor's Guide to the Colorado Rockies
| | | July 07, 2008 | | Visit Carbondale’s Farmer’s Market, Wild West Rodeo, and the 36th Annual Mountain Fair this summer! | 
About Carbondale…
Touted as one of “The Top 10 Adventure Towns in the U.S. ” by National Geographic Adventure magazine and as one of the 50 Best Places to Live/Most Active Towns by Men’s Journal magazine, Carbondale is a great base camp for recreation enthusiasts. Resting in the magnificent shadow of 12,953-foot Mt. Sopris, there is plenty to do, including biking, hiking, gold medal fly-fishing, kayaking, and world class skateboarding.
Don’t miss these summer events…
Farmer's Market
Date: July 2, 9, 16, 23 & 30, 2008
Time: 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Location: 4th Street Plaza (4th & Main)
City: CARBONDALE
Contact: Sue Whittlesey
Phone or Email: (970) 835-7600 / highwireranch@hotmail.com
Located in Downtown Carbondale every June 20 thru September 26 from 11 AM to 4 PM. The farmer's market sells fresh fruit, produce, breads, a bit of arts & crafts, and also live music.
Carbondale Wild West Rodeo
The summer will race by as fast as a horse around the barrels. Join us for some fun every Thursday night. Grab a picnic and park your truck up against the fence. It's a great spot to watch all the action.
Join us on July 17th to celebrate Breast Cancer Survivors in our annual Tough Enough To Wear Pink Rodeo.
Date: July 3, 10, 17, 24 & 31, 2008
Time: 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
Location: Gus Darien Arena, 1 mile East of Town on Catherine's Store Road
City: CARBONDALE
Contact: Kathy Small
Phone or Email: kathy@valleyhomesales.net
Full scale rodeo including bull riding, calf roping, team roping, mutton busting, dally ribbon roping, calf scramble (for kids) and much more.
Carbondale 36th Annual Mountain Fair
CCAH is proud to host the 37th Annual Carbondale Mountain Fair. The fair will be held in Sopris Park (just off of 7th and Main Street in Carbondale. The booths open at 4:00 p.m. on Friday, the 25th and are open on Saturday the 26th and Sunday the 27th from 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Over 125 art vendors, international food vendors, live music, contests and more.
Date: July 25-29, 2008
Time: 4:00 p.m. (Friday) 10:00 a.m. (Saturday & Sunday) to 9:00 p.m.
Organization: CCAH Carbondale Council on Arts & Humanities
Location: Sopris Park
City: CARBONDALE
Contact: Ro Mead
Phone or Email: ccah@sopris.net / (970)963-1680
The Fair offers a unique and beautiful array of arts and crafts, demonstrations, children's activities, international food, and lots of great music! Admission is free.
For more information visit http://www.carbondale.com
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