The People’s Fair takes over Civic Center with an eclectic array of music, food and art, appealing to everyone in the urban community by eschewing a specific theme.
As the largest arts and crafts show in the state, it also enjoys a hefty bit of cultural appeal. Here’s what to expect this year:
Attendance: An estimated 250,000 over two days.
Arts & crafts: More than 250 artists and artisans offer their works for sale.
Food: Thirty vendors offer the usual festival treats, ranging from turkey legs and roasted corn to gyros and chocolate-dipped fruits. Nine food tickets cost $5. (Turkey legs cost 13 tickets and beer nine.)
Drinks: Beer, soft drinks and bottled water
Entertainment: About 100 local musical and dance acts, from big band to hard rock to Irish step dancers, perform on six stages. Highlights this year include Ian Cooke, Angie Stevens, Flobots, the Hollyfelds and Colorado Mestizo Dancers.
Cheap parking: $5 at Cultural Facilities Parking Garage, Broadway and 12th Avenue.
Bicycle parking: $1 at the northeast corner of Lincoln Park.
Don’t: Bring pets, alcohol, drugs, weapons, rollerblades, skateboards or bicycles onto fairgrounds.
Benefits: Capitol Hill United Neighborhoods and other nonprofits and neighborhood groups. So far nearly $850,000 has been raised.
When: 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Saturday, 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Sunday
Where: Civic Center, Broadway and Colfax Avenue
Admission: Free
