What’s Happening Around Durango | Week of May 5, 2026

What’s Happening Around Durango | Week of May 5, 2026

Author: LNN Durango, Colorado May 5, 2026 Duration: 1:52
It's a great week ahead in Durango with the 4th Annual Manna Plant Sale running Friday and Saturday, May 8th and 9th, the first Durango Farmers Market of the season on Saturday, May 9th, from 8 AM to noon, a community tennis fundraiser benefiting the Durango High School Boys Tennis Team also on Saturday May 9th from 10 AM to 1 PM, and a free Women's Mountain Bike Basics Clinic at Purgatory Sports on Monday May 11th. By Sadie Smith Watch this story at durangolocal.news. This story is sponsored...

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What’s Happening Around Durango | Week of June 23, 2026 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:36
Durango has a packed week ahead with the True Western Roundup Rodeo at the La Plata County Fairgrounds, the Durango Youth Theater's production of Peter Pan and Treasure Island at the Durango Arts Center, and the Durango…
What’s Happening Around Durango | Week of June 16, 2026 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:34
The City of Durango accepts photo submissions through August 1 for the cover of the 2026 budget book. This week Durango also has a firefly viewing party at Sunnyside Farms on Friday, June 19. And Purgatory Resort's Summe…
Movement Is Medicine [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:48
Dr. Larry Grogin, 71, was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 2019. Rather than let the diagnosis define him, he set out to run 100 marathons in 100 consecutive days from New Jersey to Los Angeles to raise awareness fo…
What’s Happening Around Durango | Week of June 9, 2026 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:39
Durango's event calendar this week includes the Women's Resource Center's Inaugural Golf Open, KSUT's 50th Anniversary Party at Ska Brewing, and Manna's Beyond the Plate fundraising evening at Destination Ranch. By Sadie…
What’s Happening Around Durango | Week of June 2, 2026 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:40
Durango has a packed weekend ahead with the Mesa Verde Foundation's 120th Anniversary Celebration of Mesa Verde National Park at the EsoTerra Arboretum on Friday, June 5, the 4-Corners Rough Stock Challenge at the La Pla…
San Juan River Peaks Among Earliest on Record [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 3:02
One of the earliest San Juan River peaks on record has whitewater guides and river engineers watching closely. Here is what it means for rafting and recreation this summer in Pagosa Springs. By Christi Bode Watch this st…
What’s Happening Around Durango | Week of May 26, 2026 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:26
There are several events happening in Durango this week including the Durango Bluegrass Train, the 43rd Annual Animas River Days at Santa Rita Park, and the Durango Barbershoppers annual show at the Durango High School A…
What’s Happening Around Durango | Week of May 19, 2026 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 2:07
Durango has a busy Memorial weekend ahead with the 23rd Annual Downtown Clean Day on Friday, May 22, the Iron Horse Bicycle Classic running Saturday and Sunday, and the Narrow Gauge 10 Mile Run on Sunday, May 24. By Sadi…
Bestselling Author Louis L'Amour's Unfinished Novel Published [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 2:56
Skyring Water is a Cold War thriller bestselling author Louis L'Amour wrote around 1960 but never published. After L'Amour's death in 1988, the manuscript sat unfinished for decades until his son Beau L'Amour completed i…
Music in the Mountains Celebrates 40 Years [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 3:17
Music in the Mountains is celebrating its 40th anniversary season this summer, running July 9th through August 2nd across the Four Corners region. What started in 1987 with just 11 musicians has grown into a world-class…