Calendar of Events

JUNE 2006

• Lower elevation campgrounds open in Medicine Bow National Forest
• Kid's Fishing Day behind the Saratoga Inn, June 3
•  “Cowpie Open” Golf Tournament in Encampment, June 3
• Tour de TP Bike Race in Laramie, June 3
• 5th Annual Platte Valley Festival of Birds in Saratoga, June 3-4
• 2nd Annual Bow River Bluegrass Festival, at the Elk Mountain Hotel in Elk Mountain, June 9-11
• 1800's Western Outlaw Festival in Laramie; wagon trains, Pony Express re-ride, pancake    breakfasts, teepee village, battle re-enactments, old time photography, speakers, concerts and a Victorian dance, June 10-17
• “Colcannon” concert at the Albany County  Fairgrounds in Laramie, June 16
• 46th Annual Woodchopper's Jamboree and Rodeo in Encampment, June 17-18
• Summer Solstice Celebration at the UW Art Museum in Laramie, June 21
•  “Kleppeniger Klassic Tournament” Laramie Colts baseball, in Laramie, June 22-25
• Dead Dog Classic XVIII 2-Day Stage Cycling Race in Laramie, June 24-25

JULY 2006

• 16th Annual Platte Valley Festival of Arts in Saratoga; Art show & auction, 4th of July parade, musical performances, cowboy poetry, barbecue, June 30-July 2
•  “Colcannon” outdoor concert at the Saratoga Museum Pavilion in Saratoga, July 1
•  “Firecracker 4th of July Tournament” Laramie Colts baseball, in Laramie, June 29-July 3
•  Laramie Jubilee Days and 26th Annual Centennial Valley Art Show & Sale in Laramie;     kids horse show, truck rodeo, Mr. T Classic Extreme Bull Riding Calcutta, ranch rodeo, junior bull riding, carnival, team roping, street dance, pancake breakfast, PRCA Rodeos, parades, July 8-16
• Wyoming Ranchers Family Camp at the Bottle Creek Campground, W. of Encampment on Hwy. 70, July 8-10
•  Little Snake River Rodeo in Dixon, July 8-9
• 4th Annual Grand Encampment Cowboy Poetry Gathering/Living History Days in         Encampment; team roping, stick horse races, gunfighter shootouts, melodrama, historical re-  enactment, cowboy jam sessions and poetry, pancake breakfast, July 15-16
• 9th Annual Platte River Rodeo, in Saratoga, July 21-22
• Laramie Ranch Tours, in Laramie, July 22
• Historical House Tour, in Saratoga, July 22
• Saratoga Fun Fest, street dance, rubber duck     races, 5k run/walk Toga Trot, sidewalk sales, car show and parade in Saratoga, July 22
• Albany County Fair Rodeo, in Laramie, July 28-August 5
• The Laramie Enduro 111k Mountain Bike Race, Happy Jack Rec. Area, E. of Laramie, July 29, 7am

• Carbon County Fair & Rodeo in Rawlins, Aug. 5-12
•  Janie Fricke concert and street dance in Saratoga, August 12 at 7pm
•  2nd Annual Laramie Chamber Golf Classic, in Laramie, August 11
• 11th Annual Official State Microbrew Competition, “Saratoga Bullfest” bull riding competition and “Taste of the West” cook-off in Saratoga, Aug. 19-20
•  Power at the Pavilion outdoor concert in Saratoga, Aug. 19-20
• Sierra Madre Muzzleloaders Mountain Man Rendezvous in Encampment,  Aug. 19-20

SEPTEMBER 2006

• Big Game Hunting Season
• Second Annual Saratoga Miniatures Show & Sale at the Blackhawk Gallery in Saratoga, Sept. 1-3 
• Cheyenne Cowboy Symposium and Celebration, in Cheyenne, Sept. 1-4
• Country Days in Savery at the Little Snake River Museum, September 2-3
• UW vs. Utah State football game in Laramie, Sept. 2 
• Savor Saratoga art & craft show, performing arts and culinary arts in Saratoga, September 4
• Copper Days Festival in Encampment, Sept. 9-10; tractor pull and melodrama
• Saratoga Historical & Cultural Association Annual Trek, featuring the ranches along Spring Creek, in Saratoga, September 10
• UW vs. Boise State football game in Laramie, Sept. 16
• UW vs. Air Force football game in Laramie, Sept. 23
• Autumn Art Exhibit and Color Tour in Saratoga, Sept. 23-24 
• 25th Annual Public Lands Day: free camping in all US Forest Service campgrounds, Sept. 30

• Big Game Hunting Season
• UW vs. Utah football game in Laramie, Oct. 14 
• Ghost Tours of Laramie City in Laramie, Oct. 14
• UW vs. Colorado State football game in Laramie, Oct. 21 
• Halloween Night Tours at the Old Pen in Rawlins
• Halloween Walk in Saratoga
• UW vs. San Diego State football game in Laramie, Nov. 4
• Beta Sigma Phi "Holiday Bazaar Craft Show" in Saratoga, Nov. 18

•  Ice fishing, snowmobiling, & skiing
• Holiday Celebrations: Festival of Trees Auction, cookie exchange, parade, reverse         drawing, Giving Tree and Winter Wonderland in Saratoga
• Saratoga Community Choir Christmas Concert in Saratoga
• Christmas Tree Lighting and Christmas Parade in Laramie, Dec. 3
• Dirt Diggers Garden Club Wreath & Holiday Green Sale in Encampment
• Encampment Community Choirs Christmas Concert in Encampment

JANUARY 2007

• Ice fishing, snowmobiling, & skiing
•  Lake Hattie Annual Ice Fishing Derby, Jan. 6-7
• Saratoga Lake Ice Fishing Derby and Small Fry Derby, Jan. 20-21

FEBRUARY 2007

• Sierra Madre Winter Carnival: “build your own" sled races, melodrama dinner theater, poker run, World Snowmobile Association “Snocross Racing and Freestyle Exhibition” in Encampment, February 3-4
• Don E. Erickson Memorial Cutter Races: two-horse team chariot races, calcutta betting, prime rib banquet in Saratoga, February 16-18
• State Snow Sculpting Contest in Laramie, Feb.18th Annual Murf the Surf Cross-Country Ski Poker Run in Centennial, February 24