Music and Art Events and Festivals

Downtown Fort Collins is home to thousands of events, festivals, exhibitions, shows and live performances!

Immerse yourself in creative experiences from art openings, theater shows, live music concerts, year-round First Friday Art Walks, weekly dances, a tasty monthly Foodie Walk, ACT Film Festival, Fort Collins Artists Studio Tour, 53:14 Music Video Experiment… the options are endless.

Check out this calendar to find your next Downtown Fort Collins arts and culture adventure:

Visit Fort Collins calendar 
Downtown Fort Collins calendar 

If you have an arts event happening downtown we encourage you to submit it:

  1. Follow this link to submit your event. Visit Fort Collins’ Community Calendar
  2. Make sure to place your event under the category of “Arts & Culture.”

Highlight Music & Creative Festivals

Downtown is home to several creative, fun filled festivals! Music fans should mark their calendars for the annual Fort Collins Music eXperiment music festival! Each year in April FoCoMX showcasing 350+ Colorado bands at 35+ stages in Downtown Fort Collins. Other noteworthy festivals in Downtown include the annual Tour de Fat bike parade and festival produced by New Belgium Brewing Company, where thousands of costumed fans express their inner creativity through costume, dancing and whimsical entertainers!

FoCoMX – Fort Collins Music eXperiment
New Belgium Brewing Co.’s Tour de Fat bike parade