Food, music and free fun at Taste of Colorado

Food festival brings community together

This weekend the Taste of Colorado is being held in Civic Center Park in Denver. More than 50 local restaurants will serve food at the Taste of Colorado. Taste of Colorado, the state’s largest outdoor event, features six stages that will have musical acts and other entertainment.

Besides the food, which includes a fine dining area, there will also be 250 booths with wares from local artisan vendors. Thanks to the free admission, you won’t need to visit a payday loan company, you just need enough money for food. The music and entertainment are free.

Taste of Colorado and Labor Day

The Taste of Colorado festival is over Labor Day weekend each year and continues through Monday. There are activities for kids including a stage that features nonstop entertainment for children, including theater productions, puppet shows, music and a workshop on learning to juggle.

Taste of Colorado features all kinds of cuisine, including barbecue, cheesesteaks, Indian food and Mexican. Because the Taste of Colorado festival lasts four days, you’ll have plenty of time to try all the food. There also will be cabinet making demonstrations and a cupcake contest.

Other food festivals

The largest outdoor food festival is Taste of Chicago, which was at the beginning of the summer. Portland holds the yearly Bite of Portland, and there is a Bite of Seattle as well. This week in Spokane, Wash., is the yearly Pig Out in the Park, which features local cuisine and music as well.

A suburb of Chicago each year holds a barbecue contest, giving out prizes for dishes and sauce. New York City holds a Food Film Festival each year, and this year’s was in June. In November, Boston will hold a vegetarian food festival. There are several other food festivals held all over the country, so just check out whether your city holds one to experience inexpensive fun like the people of Denver will have at Taste of Chicago this weekend.