Jul 16, 2026 - News
Colorado Springs weekend guide: tacos, tunes trails
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As previously mentioned, it's basically the weekend.
- Make some plans.
TOMORROW
🌅 Sunset sips on Tejon: Tacos and Tequila Tour
- End the week on a high with a downtown stroll fueled by tacos, margaritas and local lore. You'll hit three taco stops, sip tequila cocktails (or NA beverages) and uncover a few hidden gems along the way.
- 🕓 4:30pm | 💵 $90 | 📍 Downtown (Tejon Street)
🎤 First & Main Summer Concert Series
- Nothing says Friday like live music. This week's headliner is Sun Jr., a psychedelic rock band from Boulder.
- 🕔 5–7pm | 💵 Free | 📍 Park across from Cinemark at First & Main Town Center
SATURDAY
🚶♂️ America 250/Colorado 150: Seeing History in Place
- See downtown with fresh eyes during the Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum's guided walking tour, which explores the city's place in local, state and national history.
- 🕤 9:30am | 💵 $10 | 📍 Meet at The Mining Exchange Hotel
🏅 Gold Medal Food Tour & Museum Experience
- Come hungry and eat like an Olympian. This guided food tour serves up dishes inspired by Olympic host cities — think Seoul-style dumplings and London's sticky tofee pudding — before wrapping up with time inside the museum.
- 🕚 11am | 💵 $120 adults | 📍 U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Museum
- Get gloriously covered in color for Bristol's annual Color Fight. Expect clouds of powder, live music, cold beer and plenty of family-friendly chaos.
- 🕑 2pm | 💵 $7 (includes T-shirt) | 📍 In front of Ivywild School
⚡️ Drone show
- For the first time, a 500-drone aerial performance will replace fireworks, with a synchronized illuminated show lighting up the sky in celebration of the El Paso County Fair.
- 🕑 9:15pm | 💵 $8 general admission for adults | 📍 366 10th St.
SUNDAY
- Give some love to pollinators during this Garden of the Gods program exploring tiny creatures that keep the ecosystem buzzing.
- 🕚 11am–noon | 💵 $5 | 📍 Garden of the Gods Visitor & Nature Center