Community Calendar

Deliver gently used, clean, new coats of all sizes during business hours to GMAEC, Bank of Colorado, or Eckert Presbyterian Church. Distribution Nov. 12th-14th.

Free in the Starr Family Gallery.

The Learning Council has been blessed with an abundance of locally grown, organic produce! But with it comes the need for helping hands to process, preserve and prepare this abundance for the community. If you would like to volunteer please reach out to cater@thelearningcoucnil.org We would love to spend some time in the kitchen with you!

The Friends of the Paonia Library will host a Harvest Festival Book Sale on Friday, September 25 and Saturday, September 26 from 10 am to 5 pm each day. The sale is a donation-based model (pay what you can). All proceeds benefit the Paonia Public Library!

All ages may use, elementary age must be accompanied by an adult.

The North Fork Valley Creative Coalition is requesting volunteers for Mountain Harvest Festival, happening September 25-27th in Paonia, Colorado. Shifts are short and there are a variety of tasks to choose from. Help keep this festival free and open to the public. Sign up now at northforkcreative.org/volunteer.

Join us for live music every Friday down at the hop yard in Montrose! Of course, there will be amazing hopped beers and beverages, a rotating food truck, yard games, and incredible views from the San Juans to the Grand Mesa. Kids, dogs, and goats always welcome. We look forward to have ya'll down at the farm!

Check out our music and food line up here - Fridays on the Farm

Rev Ryn's Bawdy Body Blues Band return to Stealy's. Music to make you move your body

Downtown Paonia sparkles with creativity during Final Friday Frolics. The last Friday of each month, year-round, visit galleries, studios, boutiques and restaurants. Enjoy our tasty local food and wine, mingle with the community and find the perfect treasure to take home. You never know what you might find…wine tasting, farm-to-table dinners, live music, exhibition openings and more!

Participating Venues (venues vary month-to-month; please check venue websites for current offering):
- Big B’s Delicious Orchards
- Blue Sage Center for the Arts
- Chrysalis Barrel Aged Beer
- Cirque Boutique & Gallery
- Elsewhere Studios
- Grapevine Gallery
- Horse Cow 57
- Louie’s Loft
- Lucille Lucas Gallery
- Paonia Books
- Paonia Clayworks
- Paradise Theatre of Paonia
- Pollinate Paonia
- PUB
- Refinery Paonia
- Robin’s Nest (formerly Trader Mags)
- Root & Vine Market
- The Hearth by The Learning Council
- The Looking Glass Gallery by Shannon Richardson

2023 Dates:
- Friday, January 27th
- Friday, February 24th
- Friday, March 31st
- Friday, April 28th
- Friday, May 26th
- Friday, June 30th
- Friday, July 28th
- Friday, August 25th
- Friday, September 29th
- Friday, October 27th
- Friday, November 24th
- Friday, December 29th

Support your local art!
Artists talk at six pm.
October features:
- Susie Kaldis
- KG
- Willow Windgood