The aspen leaves are beginning to turn gold and the morning air is getting crisper daily.

But before you begin getting too amped up for powder times and shredding gnar on the slopes, then there’s lots to appreciate about drop in Colorado — apple picking, soccer, pumpkin porters along with leaf peeping, simply to mention a couple.

There are also some awesome festivals. Whether you adore eating green chilies or tasting art spirits, there’s little something for everyone at these festivals that celebrate all things drop in Colorado.

Denver 49th Annual Oktoberfest
Location: Ballpark Neighborhood between 20th and 22nd streets on Larimer
When: Sept. 21-23, 28-30
Website: thedenveroktoberfest.com

Break out your lederhosen and also your dirndl: It’s time to celebrate Oktoberfest in Denver. Even though this festival started little in 1969 almost 350,000 people make the trek to delight in the six-day festival. There’s lots of stein-hoisting competitions, live songs, brat-eating showdowns discos and much more.

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Fall Wine & Food Classic
Location: Gerald Ford Amphitheater, 530 S. Frontage Road, Vail
When: Sept. 22, 4:30-7:30 p.m.
Cost: $67-$85
Website: Tasteofvail.com

Our mouths are watering just considering The Fall Wine & Food Classic Grand Tasting, where you can explore beautiful Southern Hemisphere wine and food. This event features more than 25 wineries and 20 restaurants in the Vail Valley, which means you understand that your mouth (and your belly ) will be glad once you leave. You’ll enjoy some music while dining.

3rd Annual Craft Beer & Wine Festival
Location: Orchard Town Center Square, 14697 Delaware St., Westminster
When: Sept. 22, 4-8 p.m.
Cost: $40-$50 general admission; $75 for VIP
Website: theorchardtowncenter.com

Crisp fall air, beer, wine and tasty food — where can we sign up? If you go into the 3rd Craft Beer & Wine Festival in Westminster, you’ll enjoy tasters from breweries and wineries, plate samples out of Orchard restaurants, live music and much more. In Addition, All the proceeds from the event benefit the Marc Jr.. Foundation, which supports.

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10th Annual Denver Beer Fest
Location: Various places throughout Denver
When: Sept. 14-22
Event lineup: Denver.org

Calling it a festival doesn’t do it justicesince Denver Beer Fest is a smorgasbord of more than 160 events spread out over nine days — it all caps off with the Great American Beer Festival. Events include live music, brunches, particular tappings, karaoke and heaps more.

Fruita Fall Festival
Location: Downtown Fruita, 432 E. Aspen Ave.
When: Sept. 21-23
Website: fruitafallfestival.com

There’s lots to do and watch in the annual Fruita Fall Festival, which features a parade, and a sour and canning contest, wood carving presentations, a carnival and more than 125 vendors selling arts, crafts, and food, beverages and much more. There’s a quirky outhouse race (yes, you read correctly). To take part, you’ll need to collect a team of individuals, construct an outhouse (with brakes ) and shove it down the race program. Needless to say, there are a number of rules like your outhouse must have a roll of toilet paper along with a single person in your team must ride during the race in the structure. Count us in!

24th Annual Chile & Frijoles Festival
Location: Union Avenue Historic District, Pueblo
When: Sept. 21-23
Cost: $5 per day admission; children below 12 are free
Website: Festival.pueblochamber.org

T mean that your mouth has to Simply because the weather is beginning to cool off rsquo & doesn. In Pueblo, autumn has the same meaning as pinto beans and green chilies. In the annual Chile & Frijoles Festival (introduced by Loaf ‘N Jug), you can eat green chilies into a heart’s articles whilst checking out lots of street vendors, chili and salsa cooking competitions and even live entertainment. There’s an impossibly cute chihuahua parade, a jalapeno contest along with a fun run (you can certainly do a 5K, 10K or even two-mile race).

Autumn Gold Festival
Location: Bond Park, 170 MacGregor Ave., Estes Park
When: Sept. 22-23
Website: visitestespark.com

Even the neighborhood elk understand the Autumn Gold Festival in Estes Park is a fantastic time. In addition to listening to elk bugling (it’therefore what they do when they’re Tail ), you’ll have the opportunity to listen to lots of live music when noshing on bratwursts, corn on the cob, funnel cakes and much more. In addition, there will be beer (obviously), a classic car show and fun children ’ activities, including a bounce house, face painting and a corn bag throw. If you’re not sold however, we must mention that there ’s festival raffle.

Mountain Harvest Festival
Location: Downtown Paonia
When: Sept. 27-30
Website: mountainharvestfestival.org

You’ll truly get to experience the basis of the North Fork Valley when you attend the Mountain Harvest Festival in Paonia, that brings together artists, musicians, authors, comedians, dancers and musicians to get four times of inspiration. There’s a farmers market, a dinner, a chili cook-off, pub crawl, tours of local farms and wineries, workshops and craft vendors. You do a few biking can also learn more about local nonprofits and ride your bike.

Breckenridge Strings, Ciders & Sours Festival
Location: Main Street Station, Breckenridge
When: Sept. 28-30
Cost: $20 to $115
Website: rockymtnevents.com/breckenridge-strings-ciders-sours

In case you can’t get appear to sufficient of beers and ciders, you’ll need to have a look at the Breckenridge Strings, Ciders & Sours Festival. Along with beverages that are tasty and stunning views of the hills, there’ll be more bluegrass, food pairings and additional activities.

Morrison Ciderfest
Location: Bear Creek Care & Rehab, 485 Summer St., Morrison
When: Sept. 29, 10 a.m. until dark
Website: morrisonciderfest.org

Is there anything longer fall-like than apple cider? Maybe rsquo & that;s the people in Morrison have generated an free festival around cider, featuring pony rides and hay rides, cider presses, arts and crafts displays and a silent auction. For kids, there’s other activities and bouncy castle. You can also jam out to live audio performances by groups like Graham Good & The Painters and Royal Aces.

The Way To Bottle Fall Festival
Location: 1000 Block of South Gaylord St., Denver
When: Sept. 29, 3-7 Proposed Cost: $55-$65 for general admission; $125 for VIP
Website: oldsouthgaylord.com

If you’re fixing to get a time that is good, the 3rd Farm into Bottle Fall Festival has each of the ingredients. The event comes with a live audio lineup as well as a tasting of more than 40 breweries, wineries and distilleries. In addition, delicious away from food vendors. If you would like to get fancy, there’s even a VIP ticket which gets you early access along with other goodies.

Applefest
Location: Various places, Cedaredge
When: Oct. 4-7
Website: Cedaredgechamber.com

Love apples? Of course you do. You then ’ll need to check out Applefest in Cedaredge, which provides all you will need to celebrate the coming of autumn 2018. There’s beer garden, a woman contest, a rodeo, a pancake breakfast, a 5K race and a great deal of live music. In addition, there will be motorcycles, antique automobiles and tractors to reevaluate while you’re just there. Event organizers are expecting more than 25,000 individuals to appear.

43rd Annual Cider Days
Location: Lakewood Heritage Center, 801 S. Yarrow St., Lakewood
When: Oct. 6-7
Cost: $5 for $8
Website: lakewood.org/CiderDays

Cider Days in Lakewood has been going strong for 43 years, so you’re guaranteed to have a good time in this quintessential fall festival. There will be family-friendly entertainment choices all weekend, including a show and square dance, and tons of activities for youngsters like a craft zone, a balloon artists, a petting zoo, train rides and much more. The festival is also a excellent chance to learn something new from watching demonstrations of blacksmithing, wood carving, quilting, seat caning and sawmilling, simply to mention a couple. Needless to say, you can munch on (and drink! ) ) All the apple-inspired foods and beverages you can think of baked apple cider that is hard and crisp, here we are.

Punkin Chunkin Colorado
Location: Arapahoe Park Racetrack, 26000 E. Quincy Ave., Aurora
When: Oct. 6-7
Website: Auroragov.org

If you’t never watched a pumpkin catapult through the atmosphere, you are seriously missing out (the listing in Colorado is 4,970 feet!) . For the uninitiated, punkin chunkin demands groups of individuals to look for a device, like a trebuchet or a catapult, to establish a pumpkin as far as possible. Even though you’re there, make certain to have a look at the Corvette car series, beer garden, pony rides, pumpkin patch and autumn crafts. In addition, there’will become a chainsaw carving competition that year.

Telluride Horror Show
Location: Various places, Telluride
When: Oct. 12-14
Cost: $15-$150
Website: telluridehorrorshow.com

Calling all horror-lovers: This is the film festival for you. For 3 days, it is possible to watch of the suspenseful thrillers you need at a couple of super theaters in beautiful Telluride. The festival features more than 20 films, plus 50 movies, events and programs. All of the film places are which means that you may definitely become familiar with this eclectic mountain town.

Botanic Gardens Pumpkin Festival
Location: 8500 W. Deer Creek Canyon Road, Littleton
When: Oct. 12-14
Cost: $4 to $10; children 2 and under are complimentary Website: Botanicgardens.org

Get ready yourself to come home with a pumpkin (or two) in the Botanic Gardens Pumpkin Festival in Chatfield Farms. In reality, festival organizers recommend you make a wagon with you so that you don’t need to drag your pumpkins all day because you enjoy tons of household and children’s activities, live music, beer and wine vendors and tasty food (they even offer “free berry daycare”-RRB-. There’s an antique tractor exhibit in the Front Range Antique Power Association, horse-drawn hayrides, pony rides, photo booths and face painting. Needless to say, you could also need to have a look at the corn maze to get an excess fee.

The Bloody Mary Festival
Location: EXDO Event Center, 1399 35th St., Denver
When: Oct. 13, 10:30-6 p.m.
Cost: $45-$55
Website: thebloodymaryfest.com

The tangy taste of tomato juice, spicy that is a tiny kick if you like yours, and a vegetable garden in a cup — has a ideal cocktail been invented? This occasion is a fantastic reason to do a tiny day drinking in a Saturday morning or afternoon (there are two sessions) for a trip with friends. Tickets include 2 hours of flavors of Denver’s creative and innovative Bloody Marys, and additional food and drink samples. You also get to cast your vote for The People’s Choice Award for the best Bloody Mary in Denver.

Breckenridge Craft Spirits Festival
Location: Riverwalk Center, 150 West Adams Ave., Breckenridge (and other locations)
When: Oct. 19-21
Cost: $45
Website: breckenridgecraftspiritsfestival.com

The main event of the Breckenridge Craft Spirits Festival is the “grand tasting” on Saturday, where you can sample tasty art spirits and cocktails while listening to live audio and snacking on some tasty morsels. Festival activities taking place include a scavenger huntexcursions, a course and brunch.

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