Tag: donkey derby days
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A uniquely Gold Camp celebration
Cripple Creek is celebrating its 95th year of celebrating donkeys. The 95th Annual Donkey Derby Days Festival will be held June 26-28. Organizers tout the event as the “best festival this side of Pikes Peak.” It’s hard to argue against that. “The three-day celebration will showcase a vibrant mix of live music, family activities, western-themed…
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Cripple Creek set to release the donkeys
Release the donkeys. Cripple Creek’s famous donkey herd will be released to wander free around the town on May 25. The Two Mile High Club, caretakers of the Cripple Creek Donkeys, announced the annual donkey release will take place on May 25. They will be free to roam as they will throughout the summer, returning…
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Run burros, run: Cripple Creek to host 94th annual Donkey Derby Days this weekend
In the mountain town of Cripple Creek, about 9,500 feet high, a weekend of racing draws people from around the country. The race, completed in teams of three, isn’t really about speed or times. Often, teams struggle to get everyone across the finish line, with one member stopping for a tasty-looking patch of grass. This…
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Donkey Derby Days to celebrate 93rd year this weekend
Release the beasts! It’s once again time for donkeys to gallop (or aimlessly wander) along Bennett Avenue — and this year, there will be two days of burro races. Cripple Creek’s 93rd annual Donkey Derby Days will kick off Friday and last through Sunday. The historic celebration will feature more than 90 vendors, food trucks,…
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New show pays homage to popular, long-running donkey festival in Colorado
Boy meets and falls in love with girl, boy loses girl, villain tries to get girl, boy wins girl and triumphs over evil. The Butte Theater in Cripple Creek will reignite the classic melodrama formula with its latest production, “Darling of the Donkey Derby,” followed by the olio, “Blame it on the Boogie: Songs of…
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New show pays homage to popular, long-running donkey festival in Cripple Creek
Boy meets and falls in love with girl, boy loses girl, villain tries to get girl, boy wins girl and triumphs over evil. The Butte Theater in Cripple Creek will reignite the classic melodrama formula with its latest production, “Darling of the Donkey Derby,” followed by the olio, “Blame it on the Boogie: Songs of the…
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LIFE | This club cares for Cripple Creek’s famous donkeys
The Two Mile High Club, initially called the Mile High Club, was formed in 1931 when local business owners banded together to care for the free-roaming donkeys that had been freed from working in local mines. The donkeys now spend the winters in a pasture just outside of town, being cared for by the club…