Your guide to Pride weekend in Fort Collins

Erin Udell, Fort Collins Coloradoan
·2 min read

Hi all,

Who's ready for the weekend? I sure am, and I have some weekend fun to share. This weekend will mark Fort Collins' annual Pride celebration, so don't miss out on all the events it has to offer. Need to cool off in the summer sun? Duck into two of Fort Collins' newest breweries while you're out. Or spin through Timnath for a bittersweet goodbye to a Northern Colorado fixture. Here's what to know ...

... This week

A weekend Pride guide

After the COVID-19 pandemic hampered plans of local nonprofit Northern Colorado Equality, the organization is set to host a NoCo Pride Festival on Saturday, with additional Pride festivities planned this weekend by other local groups and businesses. The weekend kicks off with NoCo SafeSpace's fourth annual NoCo Pride March at 5:30 p.m. followed by a silent disco dance party kicking off at New Belgium Brewing at 8 p.m. For details of more weekend Pride festivities, check out my recent Pride guide.

New blood on the brewing scene

There's some new blood on the Fort Collins beer scene, with two long-awaited breweries recently opening within a week of each other. Hello Brew Co., which got its start as a distribution brewery in Spokane, Washington, moved to Fort Collins early this year. On July 1, it opened its first taproom out of a renovated 118-year-old former home in Old Town's burgeoning River District. A week later, on July 8, Mythmaker Brewing also opened to the public — taking over the former home of McClellan's Brewing in west Fort Collins. Here's what's brewing with these new Fort Collins additions.

Saying farewell to a Timnath tradition

After delighting generations of Northern Coloradans with its wacky and whimsical sculptures, Timnath's Swetsville Zoo property is under contract with plans to develop it into a mixed-use "live, work, play community," according the property's prospective buyer, McCauley Development Group. And while the sale isn't expected to finalize until December, here's what to expect at the storied sculpture park until then.

This week's must-read

For more than a decade, City Park's miniature train tracks have sat quiet following its 2010 closure over safety concerns. Now, three years after there seemed to be enough momentum to build new tracks and get a new City Park train up to amusement park safety standards, things have apparently stalled. According to reporting from Coloradoan reporter Molly Bohannon, the cost to modify City Park for a new train requires extensive demolition and improvements that have ballooned the project's estimated price tag from about $350,000 to $5.1 million. So will the City Park train chug again one day? You'll have to read Molly's story for more.

That's it for me this week, all. I hope you have a fun summer weekend.

-Erin

This article originally appeared on Fort Collins Coloradoan: Pride guide: What to know ahead of FoCo's Pride march, festival