After a year of Zoom and outdoor lectures, the Collegiate Peaks Forum Series will reopen their lecture series with a reception and a presentation by two paleontologists at the Salida SteamPlant Sept. 19.

The madams of the early 1900s return to give their personal stories in “Madams of Central Colorado” on Saturday, Sept. 11, at the Buena Vista Heritage Museum.

Applefest returns to Turner Farm on West Main Street on Saturday, Sept. 11 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The event features music all day, an apple pie contest, activities for kids and adults, lunch and a Victorian dress show.

Friday, Sept. 10

Chaffee Arts reported a total of 1,000 visitors to the Open Awards Show at the Buena Vista Heritage Museum during Aug. 21-29. Admission to the art show was free as Chaffee Arts covered visitor admission fees to the museum.

The Chaffee Arts Open Awards Show celebrates its 36th year Aug. 21-29 at the Buena Vista Heritage Museum on East Main Street.

Three performers will appear at Turner Farm on Aug. 15 at Turner Farm for a night of comedy and music that will begin at 5 p.m.

The Chaffee Arts Open Awards Show celebrates its 36th year Aug. 21-29 at the Buena Vista Heritage Museum on East Main Street.

This year’s Open Awards Show will feature 60 pieces of art from 41 artists.

Not a day goes by for artist Evelyn Gottschall Baker without a visit to her home-based studio.

She has worked largely with glass sculpting, stained glass and painting. These days she has left painting and stained glass behind to focus primarily on kiln-formed glass sculptures.

Renewal is the official name of the 2-night musical event to be hosted by South Main Arts and Park Trust and Bonfire Entertainment at the Meadows on Sept. 24–25.

In celebrating local and Western history, Gold Rush Days once again featured the First Colorado Volunteers and their Civil War encampment. Joining them for her own reenactment was Susan Hillring from the Front Range, sharing the inspirational story of Louisa Hawkins Canby, the woman known as the Angel of Santa Fe.

Buena Vista River Park echoed with laughter, gunfire and applause during the Gold Rush Days gunfights courtesy of the Gold Canyon Gunfighters.

Buena Vista River Park echoed with laughter, gunfire and applause during the Gold Rush Days gunfights courtesy of the Gold Canyon Gunfighters.

Buena Vista native and local history buff Tim Stange presented the story of Mary Murphey mine worker Louis Shultz at the BV train depot at McPhelemy Park for Gold Rush Days.

In an interview and press release provided exclusively to The Times, Bonfire Entertainment’s Scotty Stoughton announced that Billy Strings will return to Buena Vista for this year’s Renewal artist showcase Sept. 24–25.

An audience was entertained by class participants of High Country Fine Arts Association Summer Theatre Workshop Saturday, July 24, in McPhelemy Park.

Rootin’ tootin’ shootin’ re-enactments are coming to McPhelemy Park and River Park Saturday and Sunday, so citizens are reminded not to be alarmed or feel the need to notify law enforcement if they head gunshots.

Here’s the BV Chamber of Commerce’s full schedule of events.

“Edward S. Curtis: Unpublished Alaska,” will debut at the Buena Vista Heritage Museum on Sunday, Aug. 1. The exhibit was created by Buena Vista residents John and Coleen Graybill from newly discovered historical materials.

Meet Me at the Creek was approved for the Meadows Sept. 24–25 after the Chaffee County Board of County Commissioners approved the permit July 20 after considerable time spent on public comment. Event producer Scotty Stoughton has not yet released the performer lineup.

Chaffee Arts is proud to announce that Evelyn Gottschall Baker has donated her “Study for Shed” for a raffle to raise funds for Chaffee Arts.

Meet Me at the Creek has been approved to take place at The Meadows on Sept. 24–25. The board of county commissioners approved the permit on Tuesday afternoon after considerable time spent on public comment. Event producer Scotty Stoughton has not yet released the performer lineup.

Gold Rush Days is coming back to Buena Vista July 31–Aug. 1.

Performances will take place at the train depot at McPhelemy Park and at the Buena Vista River Park, the vendors location, with a shuttle running in between.

The special event application for the Meet Me at the Creek music festival at the Meadows was unanimously approved by the Chaffee County Board of County Commissioners Tuesday.

Event producer Scotty Stoughton and Meadows property owner Jed Selby have resubmitted their application for the Meet Me at the Creek music festival.

Chaffee County's most recent health restrictions – even as Gov. Jared Polis lifted all COVID-19 related emergency orders in the state – caused Seven Peaks to cancel its plans for the 2021 event, it announced in a release to ticket holders and others Friday afternoon.

Refreshing rain this past week has everything aligned for the Fourth of July in Buena Vista this year including the traditional American Legion fireworks display.

Chaffee County Board of Commissioners approved a motion made by Commissioner Keith Baker to give Live Nation until July 6 to amend their application for an event permit for the Seven Peaks concert scheduled for Sept. 3-6.

South Main’s first business will change hands this fall

This summer brings a return of live music to Buena Vista after a nationwide bummer year in 2020.

The Buena Vista Event Cooperative held its annual dog show on Saturday.

The Collegiate Peaks Stampede Rodeo will continue a 100-year-long tradition on June 12-13. Events will include bull and bronc riding, steer wrestling, mutton bustin’, multiple roping events, a ladies barrel race and a calf scramble.

Calendar alert: ‘The Colorado Fossil Discovery that Rocked the World’ visits Salida Sept. 20

Andrea Coen and two musician friends, Tom Plant and Bruce Warren, will perform traditional Appalachian music at Buena Vista Heritage’s 2021 Kick Off from 5-8 p.m. June 11 at the Historic Turner Farm & Apple Orchard, 829 West Main.

After the COVID-19 pandemic interruption in 2020, Buena Vista High School was relieved to be able to hold its traditional Creative Arts Fair this year. At last, students were able to present their hard work from the school year, and the public was able to come and admire their talent.

Coletrain Music Academy, in partnership with the Surf Hotel and the South Main Arts & Parks Trust, announced the summer lineup of their Lawn concerts, which kick off July 11 and run through Aug. 29.

The town’s first Keep Bewnie Buena event, an expansion of the long-standing spring River Park Cleanup, drew about 150 people of all ages to pick up surface trash not just near the river, but throughout the town.