Category Archives: Breckenridge Events

Breckenridge has got the Spring Fever and it’s starting this Friday! The 2011 Spring Fever festival, presented by Cadillac, will take place April 1-24, 2011. Spring Fever will take place at Breckenridge Ski Resort as the town and mountain welcome visitors to one of the best times of the year for skiing, riding, and exciting events. Spring in Breck is widely known for having the best snow in Colorado, along with sunny bluebird days, special events, and great deals for guests. What better way to send off this year’s incredible ski season than with Breck Spring Fever?



Special events include free concerts, poker tournaments, EpixMixers, restaurant specials, ski tours, BBQs, ski and snowboard camps, races, extended park hours, sidewalk sales, Breck Spring Beer Festival, Imperial Challenge, Après Ski Bar Crawl, Mascot Olympics, World’s Highest Torchlight Parade, Weekend-Long Easter Egg Hunt and MUCH more!



Bud Light Concert Series: 3 – 5pm

Saturday, April 2- The Flobots
Sunday, April 3- Cornmeal
Saturday, April 9- The Wailers
Sunday, April 10- Ozomatli
Saturday, April 16- Moe.
Sunday, April 17- DeVotchKa


“After Fever” Riverwalk Concert: 5:30 – 7pm

Saturday, April 2- Platinum Rockstars
Friday, April 15- Moses Jones



The snow is plentiful and the deals are great! Call one of our Friendly. Knowledgeable. Locals. ® in Breckenridge at 1-855-277-7794 to learn about how you can save up to 40% on lodging while enjoying Breck’s Spring Fever Festival!

I love living in the mountains for several reasons – the open space, the pretty landscape, the way people are easy-going, and how there is always so much to do! When the winter winds down and the snow starts to disappear up here in the Rockies, many summer events are already lined up for us all to engage in and enjoy. Among these, one of the top independent Film Festivals will be taking place in June, just down the road from Vail in Breckenridge.


This year will be the 31^st annual Breckenridge Film Festival, featuring around 51 independent drama, comedy, spiritual, and documentary films. Additionally, the festival highlights a GLBT Film Series, showcasing diverse subject matter representative of the films’ creators, as well as presenting the audience with meaningful artistic perspective.


Breckenridge is a unique mountain town that offers quirkiness, character, natural beauty, and a youthful vibe. It is rather appropriate that the town of Breck has been a proud host of the indie film fest for so many years. In an article published last year in the Denver publication Westword, writer Amber Taufen stated “the Breckenridge Film Festival is an anomaly. The fest has managed to retain a truly indie vibe throughout its thirty years of existence.”


Now being the 31^st celebration of innovation, art, culture, and perspective, the festival should continue to impress this upcoming June. Taking place on the 9^th through the 12^th, early summer weather in Colorado will permit a truly enjoyable environment for the series. The event is hosted by renowned Film Critic Jeffrey Lyons, and his son Ben Lyons, E!’s own entertainment journalist.


You’ve heard it by many – people come to Colorado for the winter, and stick around Colorado for the summer. Come see what summer in the Rockies is all about, while indulging in the culture of independent film here in Breckenridge. Ticket info. for the event can be found here, and be sure to check out our lodging options for a comfortable stay.

If you are as much of a New Orleans lover as I am, you are probably aware that Mardi Gras is around the corner, and this time of year calls for some Soco-drinking, accordian-playing, bead-throwing, crawfish-eating, and parade-going celebration! Mardi Gras falls on March 8th this year, and Breckenridge is hosting several events in spirit of lettin’ the good times roll!


The first string of festivities starts appropriately on Saturday, well ahead of the Gras. Beaver Run Resort is hosting a Bacchus Ball, where there will be dancing, drinking, traditional New Orleans cuisine, and the crowning of Rex and the Queen. To attend this pre-Mardi Gras Ball, pick up your tickets at the Breckenridge Welcome Center. Tickets are $45 per person, and $85 per couple, which includes a New Orleans style buffet dinner. Additionally, musician Hazel Miller will be playing all night.


More into the idea of attending an event for free? Breckenridge has that part covered. Lundi Gras evening was traditionally my favorite part of the eventful weekend celebration – there is usually a variety of events and concerts going down that lead up to the Zulu Parade on Mardi Gras morning at 8 a.m. In Breckenridge this year, a Lundi Gras Celebration will take place at the Riverwalk Center Amphitheater, featuring BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet, where there will be Hurricanes (the tasty and potent beverage) and full concessions.


On the day of Mardi Gras, don’t miss out on eccentric flavors of the “Taste of Nawlins Picnic” in the Blue River Plaza. Harvest Catering will be offering their talents to indulge attendees with cajun spices and rich southern cookin. Proceeds from the picnic will go to sponsoring Mardi Gras Events for the weekend. Lastly, of course, a Mardi Gras Procession will take place on Main St. at 4:30 pm. If interested in participating, click here.


So if good food, good music, and New Orleans tradition in the picturesque setting of the Rockies sounds like a good time, come out to Breckenridge, for a mountain Mardi Gras Mambo celebration!

Come to Breckenridge to watch and see how snow sculptures are created! 2011 will mark the 21st annual Budweiser Snow Sculpture Championship in Breckenridge. Sculpting begins at 11:00 am on Tuesday January 25th, 2011 with a gunshot to start and sculpting ends on Saturday January 29th, 2011 at 10:00 am. Artists begin their sculpting around the River Walk Center grounds at 150 West Adams Avenue, Breckenridge, CO.

Friday January 28th is supposed to be the best day to attend this free event. Artists are preparing to stay up all night to detail their work. This year there are 15 teams from eight countries including Australia, Austria, Canada, Germany, Mexico, the Netherlands, Sweden, and the United States.

The snow for the sculptures is made by the Breckenridge Ski Resort and dumped into trucks to be taken down to the site. Once the snow is on site it is blown into blocks and volunteers called “snow stompers” climb on the piles and stomp the snow and then more snow is blown on top. The snow sculptures are approximately 20 tons and each team’s sculpture is 10 feet wide, 10 feet long, by 12 feet high.  To create these amazing sculptures the artists are only allowed to use hand tools and power tools are not allowed.

Judging beings at 10:00 am on Saturday January 29th, 2011 and the award ceremony is at 3:30 pm on Sunday January 30th, at this time there will be an award for People’s Choice, Kid’s Choice, and the judges will pick their top three choices.

Why not spend the entire weekend witnessing how the sculptures evolve? Come check out this awesome free event in Breckenridge. For your lodging conveniences contact your Friendly, Knowledgeable, Locals atRocky Mountain Vacation Rentals.

An exciting event is going to be taking place in Breckenridge next week: “The Summit” first annual Action Sports Film Festival. The festival will showcase talented filmmakers from all over the world as well as industry Q&A’s with top athletes and filmmakers, photography exhibits, live music, photography exhibits, local activities and a multitude of film screenings of the year’s best ski & snowboard films. The four-day event will start with an open house as well as a meet and greet with athletes, industry professionals and filmmakers on Wednesday, December 8th, 2010. Over the first three days, dozens of films will be screened followed by the awards ceremony on Saturday, December 11th at the Riverwalk Amphitheater in downtown Breckenridge.

Not only will the great festival promote action-sports filmmaking, but it will also give filmmakers a chance to explore and utilize the wonderful town and ski resort of Breckenridge. Many local restaurants, cafes, art galleries, night clubs and outdoor activities will contribute in supporting the gathering of an amazingly unique experience.

If you want to take part in this four-day festival, call us up at 1-888-866-2305 and let Rocky Mountain Vacation Rentals take care of your lodging.

Snow has been dumping on the Rocky Mountains over the last few days, with staggered opening days launching the start of the season, and holiday events quickly approaching us!

According to snow reports in Breckenridge, the resort town got a total of 20 inches in the last 24 hours – what a reassuring kick-off into winter, just following the official opening of Breck last Friday. Other resort areas received a fair amount of snow as well:

Copper: 14 ”

Keystone: 8 ”

A Basin: 10 ”

Vail: 13 ”

With all this snow coming our way, signs are pretty decent for the month of December. Breckenridge hosts a number of events throughout the month, featuring what the town calls their “Victorian Winter Wonderland,” a festive month of holiday decorations, the Lighting of Breckenridge, ornament painting, shopping, Santa visits, ice sculpting, the Summit Action Sports Film Festival, and how can we forget, the 2011 Winter Dew Tour, December 16-19!

The Lighting of Breckenridge will be on December 4^th, and there will be ornament painting from 12-5 p.m., free hot chocolate and cookies, and Santa arrives at 5:00 in a horse-drawn carriage in front of the Subway to lead a procession to Blue River Plaza. At 5:15, the tree lighting in Blue Plaza will take place, and kids will have the opportunity to share their Christmas wishes with Santa Claus from 5:30 to 7:00 that night.

Additionally, Breck’s Victorian Holiday Market will feature German-style holiday shopping, Santa Claus, mulled wine and cider on the weekends of December 4-5^th, and 11-12^th. An ice-sculpting competition for prize money will be taking place from the 5^th through the 11^th, and sculptures will remain on display throughout the holidays.

With 20 inches of snow already, the holiday season in Breckenridge will truly be a winter wonderland, offering great early conditions on the mountain, and plenty of family fun. To embrace the festivities in Breck this December, book with Rocky Mountain Vacation Rentals!

If you haven’t already, it’s time to bust out your skis and snowboards because Breckenridge opens THIS FRIDAY! The long wait is over and Breckenridge is kicking off the season with an epic celebration on Peak 8 where you can experience “Breckenridge Like Never Before!” This is a grand opening you won’t want to miss that will consist of new entertainment, lodging and dining attractions on the mountain, including the new Gold Runner Coaster, One Ski Hill Place, Ski Hill Grill, après hot spot the T-Bar and more!

If that’s not enough to tickle your fancy, how about witnessing the unveiling of a brand new, Olympic-sized 22-foot superpipe, which will anchor the resort’s award-winning Freeway Terrain Park on Peak 8. Breckenridge, which is the first resort to have a permanent halfpipe, has always been known for having the best park and pipe in the U.S. and is now upping the ante even further! If you can’t make it to Breck to see or ride this huge new pipe, check out its national television debut live on NBC during the Winter Dew Tour, Dec. 16-19, 2010.

Need more reasons to come to Breckenridge on opening day? How bout some FREE things! The first 1,000 skiers and riders can enjoy a free order of BreckBerry French toast- a new Ski Hill Grill signature menu item. You can also enjoy free parking all weekend! The Kickoff Après Ski Party at the T-Bar will have free menu samplings and tons of giveaways while DJ Cyn keeps the music bumpin’!

Need a place to stay while you get your Breck on? Call 1-888-866-2305, and book your weekend stay with Rocky Mountain Vacation Rentals!

Dew Tour Kick Off Returns to Breck

Although the summer seems to have just barely ended, it’s never too early to start looking ahead to winter events in the mountains! For the third year running, Breckenridge will be hosting the kick-off to the Winter Dew Tour, owned and operated by Alli, The Alliance of Action Sports. The beginning events will take place in Breck December 17- 20, where top athletes will be competing in free skiing and snowboarding (slopestyle and superpipe).

Since December 2008, the Dew Tour has been one of the world’s premiere winter action sports tours. The tour will continue throughout the season, and move onto Killington, VT January 20-23, and then Ogden, UT, February 10-13. As the race intensifies, so will the size of the pipe, moving onto 22 foot superpipes at Killington and Snowbasin. Athletes will be competing for a piece of a $1.5 million prize, based on individual event performance and year-end standings. The winner with the most points overall will receive the Athlete of the Year award, which will be announced at the end of the tour in Snowbasin.

During the stop in Breckenridge, open qualifiers will compete to earn a spot in the tour. It should be a pretty exciting time to be up there, as competitions will be going on all day, with top world athletes participating in all events. Nights out on the town will be equally as exciting, as Breckenridge is known for its energetic night scene.

The Dew Tour is the largest media platform in all of winter action sports, and will be televised on NBC, USA, MTV, and MTV2 –- so if you stand close enough as a spectator, you might even make a presence on TV. Champions from 2009/2010 include Andrew Hatveit, Jossi Wells, Jamie Anderson, Sage Kotsenburg, Kaitlyn Farrington, and JJ Thomas.

Book your lodging for mid-December in Breckenridge, and experience the excitement of the Dew Tour kick-off in the animated town of Breck. Lodging packages with free lift tickets are being offered until the end of September, so book now with us and ski with the pros, for free! Get news on the latest events in Breckenridge at rockymountainvacationrentals.com, and give us a call at  1-888-866-2305 to schedule your lodging!

With the summer drawing to an end, the weather is cooling down, meaning great conditions for biking.  The League of American Bicyclists made its way through Breckenridge in 2009 to award the town the silver-level award, allowing them to join honors with other Colorado towns including Colorado Springs, Durango, and Steamboat Springs. Breckenridge has been working hard to achieve a higher level ever since.  Many bike lanes and shared lane markings have been or will be striped to navigate bicyclists safely throughout town.  In other efforts, parking on Main Street is now only available on one side of the road, leaving more room for bicyclists.

The League offers four levels of awards; Bronze, Silver, Gold, and Platinum.  Each level represents the efforts made to make each town bicyclist-friendly.  Eleven Colorado towns have been recognized by the League, making Colorado the 14^th most bicycle-friendly state.  Boulder, CO was the second of only three towns to ever receive a platinum award.  If more Colorado towns can join this list, the state might have a shot at taking the top spot over the three-year-running most Bicycle Friendly state, Washington.

So grab your bicycles and come down to Breckenridge to enjoy their improved bike lanes and trails.  Awareness is the first step to greater improvement.  When you are in Breckenridge cycling through the town, make sure you have a great place to lay your head at night by calling Rocky Mountain Vacation Rentals at 1-888-866-2305.

“EPIC Mix – Capture. Connect. Share.” What a slogan! Who else to come up with such a slogan, such a campaign, other than Vail Resorts, owners of Vail, Beaver Creek, Breckenridge, Keystone and Heavenly resorts in Colorado and California. True, this EPIC day announces yet another EPIC breakthrough in technology, specifically in the world of social media. The “EPIC Mix” is what Vail Resorts is calling it, and a truly epic mix it is, of all things new in interactive social media. The Epic Mix is the Foursquare and Nike+ of the mountain, and has updates for both Twitter and Facebook.

Vail Resorts kept the EPIC Mix a secret until they debuted the mobile and web-based application today at a press event at the Ace Hotel in Manhattan. But then, out of nowhere, they unleashed the “EPIC Mix” to the world, announcing that the skiing and snowboarding would be so much more social this season, because of their innovative location-based gaming application.

Breckenridge is the ultimate location for Winter Qualifiers, hosting the Dew Tour & the X-Game Qualifiers.

With the summer drawing to an end, the weather is cooling down, meaning great conditions for biking.  The League of American Bicyclists made its way through Breckenridge in 2009 to award the town the silver-level award, allowing them to join honors with other Colorado towns including Colorado Springs, Durango, and Steamboat Springs. Breckenridge has been working hard to achieve a higher level ever since.  Many bike lanes and shared lane markings have been or will be striped to navigate bicyclists safely throughout town.  In other efforts, parking on Main Street is now only available on one side of the road, leaving more room for bicyclists.

The League offers four levels of awards; Bronze, Silver, Gold, and Platinum.  Each level represents the efforts made to make each town bicyclist-friendly.  Eleven Colorado towns have been recognized by the League, making Colorado the 14^th most bicycle-friendly state.  Boulder, CO was the second of only three towns to ever receive a platinum award.  If more Colorado towns can join this list, the state might have a shot at taking the top spot over the three-year-running most Bicycle Friendly state, Washington.

So grab your bicycles and come down to Breckenridge to enjoy their improved bike lanes and trails.  Awareness is the first step to greater improvement.  When you are in Breckenridge cycling through the town, make sure you have a great place to lay your head at night by calling Rocky Mountain Vacation Rentals at 1-888-866-2305.

Wednesday is officially the first day of September, and with the first month of Fall comes several occasions to celebrate the practice of beer drinking in the Rockies. In addition to Beaver Creek and Vail’s Oktoberfests right around the corner, Breckenridge will be celebrating their 16^th Annual Oktoberfest September 17-19.

The tradition of beer drinking is something that I take pretty seriously.  The first evidence of a beer recipe was found on Babylonian clay tablets from over 6,000 years ago, and beer has since been embedded in culture around the globe. With the simple yet delightful ingredients of water, malted grain, the cannabis cousin hops, and yeast, many different styles of beer can be made by using more, less, or external ingredients of the above mentioned. It is possible to live off of beer (although I wouldn’t recommend it for the long term), and was used to treat illnesses in Egypt in 1600 B.C.

The celebration of Oktoberfest traces back to 1810, commemorating the marriage of Crown Prince Ludwig and Princess Therese in Munich, Germany. The wedding took place in October, and a great horse race was organized to accompany the celebration. In 1819, it was agreed that Oktoberfest was an annual event and continued to be celebrated throughout the 19^th and 20^th century. Celebrations in Munich today are the Mardi Gras of Germany, and Oktoberfest traditions can now be recognized anywhere, including the ski towns of Colorado.

Following Oktoberfest in Beaver Creek and Vail, Breckenridge will be featuring a Munich meets Breck weekend with traditional costume, dancing, keg-tapping and cuisine. The Brewmaster’s Dinner will be held Friday night, the 17^th, and the first course out of six will begin at 6:00 pm. The cost to participate in this dining experience is $70 per person, or $130 per couple.  Saturday events include the Main Street Party from 11 am to 6 pm, and a 5k run to be held during the day. The event is pet-free due to extensive food and drink offerings, and the road will be blocked off for beer-drinking pedestrians. Volunteer opportunities are available if you are over 21 and want to be part of the work that goes into the festivities. Volunteers receive a free t-shirt and a choice of a meal or drink.

Stay tuned for upcoming events commemorating the tradition of Oktoberfest and imported and local beers in the Rockies. For more information regarding the festivities or to book a comfortable place to crash after drinking, check out our website or call 1-888-866-2305.

Breckenridge is the perfect place to finish off the wonderful 2010 summer, with great activities to enjoy, including the Water House Wine Festival, Summit Foundation’s Duck Races, sidewalk sales on Main Street, the Breck Crest Trial Marathon, a birthday celebration, the 35^th Annual Great Divide Art Festival, and more!

Activities begin at 10 a.m. on Saturday, September 4^th with the 35^th Annual Great Divide Art Festival, one of the top 200 nationally ranked fine art shows.  This year there will be over 100 artists displaying several art forms, including photography, wood, glass, jewelry, pottery, sculpture, metal work, and many others.  The event will be located on Main Street at Wellington and will be active throughout the weekend.

Wine tasting at the Water House Wine Festival will be from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, along with a free birthday celebration from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. There will be three different opportunities to compete in a rubber duck race, with competitions starting at 1:00 p.m., 2:00 p.m., and 3:00 p.m.  Sunday opens with the Breck Crest Marathon and Half Marathon starting at 9:50am, while the 35^th Annual Great Divide Art Festival will continue from 10 a.m. till 6 p.m.

The Water House Wine Festival is sure to be a treat, with top Colorado wineries showcasing their premium wines, allowing all to taste more than thirty different local wines!  All wines tasted will be available for sale at the event.  Additionally, all entering the festival will be given a commemorative Water House Festival wine glass and will be able to enjoy live music on the lakeside venue.  This year’s live performance artists have yet to be announced.  Both the Wine Festival and the family fun Rubber Duck Races will be held at the Main Street Station Plaza.  After the races and wine tasting, check out the great deals Main Street retailers will be offering during their sidewalk sales.

If you have some extra energy to waste during the Labor Day weekend,  join the crowd participating in the Breck Crest Mountain Marathon, Half Marathon, and 5 Mile Trail Run.  The marathon course consists of soft trails and service roads going above the tree line. If there is any fuel left in the tank after the marathon, head back to the Art Festival and let your muscles relax as your eyes do the running!

Come enjoy Breckenridge’s many activities throughout the Labor Day weekend, and make sure to book your stay before rentals are sold out.  Rocky Mountain Vacation Rentals has your perfect place to stay in Breckenridge for this event packed Labor Day weekend, so give us a call at 1-888-866-2305.  If you can’t make it for Labor Day, we’ll see you this winter!