A Hefty Lineup Slated For GMF Festival
Building Ute Pass Community
Bronc Day–one of Colorado’s oldest festivals (since 1939)–will be held this Saturday (July 27) from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the historic mountain town of Green Mountain Falls.
The Bronc Day Festival is filled with activities for children and families, including a parade, arts and crafts, vendors, a pie judging contest, food trucks and free swimming at the community pool. New this year is a beer garden from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Bronc Day begins with a pancake breakfast at Church in the Wildwood, starting at 7 a.m. A parade of horses, rodeo royalty, vintage cars, Smokey Bear and more starts at 10 a.m. (Rumor has its Bigfoot will be around.)
After the parade, head over to the iconic Gazebo Lake for food, vendors and children’s activities, including gunny-sack races and other old-fashioned games, rubber-duck races, Storybrooke Princesses’ face painting, Professor Higgins’ Magic, Cool Science and Dinosaur Resource Center activities and more.
“All Aboard for Ute Pass” is this year’s Bronc Day theme. It celebrates the Midland Railway, the first standard gauge railroad built over the Continental Divide in Colorado. It transported hundreds of vacation-seekers to Green Mountain Falls and other towns in the Ute Pass area.
Local historian Mel McFarland will be part of the festivities. He is the author of numerous books about the Midland Railway and its place in Ute Pass history. Also, the Pikes Peak ‘N’ Gineers will have a model train set up at the Green Box Arts studios.
Bronc Day is presented by Building Ute Pass Community (BUPC), a new non-profit whose mission is to unite, inspire and empower the people of the Ute Pass community to create a thriving future together.
To find out more about attending or participating in this event as a volunteer or sponsor, visit broncdayfestival.org.
Schedule of Events for Bronc Day (July 27)
All of the following events will occur in Green Mountain Falls
Pancake Breakfast 7 a.m. to 10 a.m.
Model Train Exhibit 8a.m. to 3 p.m.
Parade Registration 8:30 to 9:30 a.m.
Arts/Crafts Vendors 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Pie Judging 9 a.m.
Parade 10 a.m.
Duck Races 11 a.m.
Touch-a-Truck 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Beer Garden 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Face Painting w/Princesses 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Gold Panning 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Dinosaur Resources 11 a.m. to 3 p. m.
Cool Science 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Pie Contest Awards 11:30 a.m.
Old Fashion Kids Games 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Paint-a-Train Noon to 2 p.m.
Magician Noon to 3 p.m.
For more information, visit Broncdayfestival.org.
