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Wet weather wipes out Thorntonfest this weekend

Some events will still go on at alternate locations

DENVER, CO - OCTOBER 2:  Staff portraits at the Denver Post studio.  (Photo by Eric Lutzens/The Denver Post)
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Thorntonfest, scheduled for Saturday, has been canceled due to rain and snow this week that saturated Carpenter Park Fields.

This year is only the second time in 22 years the community celebration, which attracts tens of thousands of people, has been scrubbed. The last time Thorntonfest was canceled was in 2011, also due to waterlogged fields.

Not all is lost, event organizers say, with a few events in town still scheduled to take place at other locations — including the , competition and dzپپDzԲ.

People are encouraged to check , www.cityofthornton.net, for locations of remaining events and last-minute changes.

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