Saying goodbye: NoCo-born festival, Fort Collins bus tour company close for good
Hi all,
How are my lovely newsletter readers this week? I can't believe it's already June! But, alas, here we are. And here I am on this wonderful Wednesday ready to catch you up on the latest local news and things to do. Here's what you should know ...
... This week
Arise meets its demise
After eight years at Loveland's Sunrise Ranch — and an unsuccessful attempt to move to Southern Colorado — Arise Music Festival is no more. The embattled music, yoga, art and theater festival was permanently canceled this year after Pueblo County officials denied its special events permit application, Arise owner and organizer Luke Comer said in a statement. But that's not the end for Comer, or the land he purchased for the festival's move to Boone, Colorado.
The Magic Bus' final stop
A decade of history, farm, brewery and haunted tours are coming to an end in Fort Collins. Local bus tour company Magic Bus Tours will host its last walking tours this summer and has already said goodbye to its intricately-painted bus, which took tourgoers across Fort Collins since 2012. Despite growing its offerings and having a banner year in 2019, the COVID-19 pandemic delivered a hit the company simply couldn't recover from, founder Michael Murphy told the Coloradoan last week. He decided last month to permanently shutter the business. Don't fret too much, though. You'll still have a chance to visit the Magic Bus at its new — and very fitting — Fort Collins home.
Free music, anyone?
If you're a regular NoCo Experiences reader, this isn't the first you've seen of my free summer music roundup. A reminder never hurt anyone, though. So here it is — your reminder that there is plenty of free music to choose from in Fort Collins and Windsor as summer speeds up.
This week's must-read
if you're a Colorado State University alumnus, boy do I have some fun news for you. After decades — and I mean that — of being the fast-aging and oft-forgotten building of CSU, the university's Clark Building is finally getting a face-lift. In the coming years, the state is expected to provide about $120 million to fund three phases of Clark's renovation — bringing the 1968 building into the 21st century. Learn more about the renovation, and hear some fun anecdotes about the state of the building over the years, in Molly Bohannon's latest report.
That does it for me this week, friends.
Yours in a remake of "She's All That" featuring the Clark Building,
Erin
Erin Udell reports on news, culture, history and more for the Coloradoan. Contact her at ErinUdell@coloradoan.com. The only way she can keep doing what she does is with your support. If you subscribe, thank you. If not, sign up for a digital subscription to the Coloradoan today.
This article originally appeared on Fort Collins Coloradoan: NoCo-born festival, Fort Collins bus tour company announce their ends
