Itap official: the fowls are moving to fall.
Boulder’s annual rubber duck race, which long had been a Memorial Day staple in downtown Boulder, is being permanently moved to the Boulder Creek Hometown Festival in September due to safety concerns about fast-moving spring flows in the creek.
Boulder Creek Events, which puts on both the Boulder Creek Festival over Memorial Day weekend and the Hometown Festival over Labor Day weekend, announced that the race will be held at the Hometown Festival from now on.
“Traditionally, the ‘Great Rubber Duck Race’ was always the BCF’s signature event,” Boulder Creek Events spokeswoman Meg Denbow said in a statement. “Due to several factors, including recommendations from the Boulder Fire Department, the ducks are migrating to Labor Day weekend, and the ‘Great Boulder Duck Race’ will now be taking place at the Boulder Creek Hometown Festival.”
Since 2014, the rubber duck race only has been held once — in 2015 — at its traditional time and place along the Boulder Creek on Memorial Day.
“Our concern was that the rubber duck race was being held at a time that coincided with peak run-off, when water is running high and fast,” said Boulder Fire Rescue spokeswoman Shannon Aulabaugh. “By moving to Labor Day, the race can still be enjoyed at a time when conditions are safer.”
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