We've been to Brekenridge's Oktoberfest a few times over the years. It's a great festival, though I…read morewouldn't say it's particularly German or traditional, but a it's a great street party with beer. Most of the beer is from Breckenridge Brewery, which isn't my favorite brewery in town, but they make a good lager. I wouldn't travel here especially for the festival, you might be disappointed, but we've happened to be in town during the festival and it's a special memory from our trip and a great way to spend an afternoon exploring Main Street. My favorite part of the festival is the traditional beer steins. Tip: if you want to attend and get your commemorative ceramic stein, preorder it from the website. We heard from others that this was the first year they went back to the tried and true ceramic German beer steins after veering off course for the past few years. September 2024

We've been going to Oktoberfest for more than 20 years. The last few years have been lackluster at…read morebest. Today (Friday) the event started at 2. By 3:20 they were out of Oktoberfest beer. Tomorrow they will have Paulaner, but only in cans. I don't think we will bother.

Fourth of July weekend with my Mom always has me making the rounds at new places in CO. If I knew…read moreBreckenridge was so close before I would be there every other weekend (no lie). With Denver enjoying a pretty decent heat wave, the BF suggested a trip up to Breckenridge, between the 30 degree drop in temperature and a great road trip, we couldn't resist. To our surprise there was an Art Festival in Breckenridge this weekend. It's a bit different then the one in Cherry Creek. A lot less crowded and I would say and more modern art if you ask me. Not as big as Cherry Creek, in my opinion I think the Breckenridge Art Festival is the perfect size. My Mom even found some art she decided to buy for her house back home. I fell in love with some great photography there as well and would love to buy some in the coming years for my house. With the weather being cooler and the crowds being easier to migrate through, the Breckenridge Art Festival is the better choice in CO. And if you don't find any art, there are a million cute boutiques to shop at as well.

I'm a huge fan of the summer art festivals around the state, especially in mountain locales. Out…read moreof all of them, the Breckenridge one is my favorite. It's grown quite a bit in the last few years and seems to attract artists that don't necessarily frequent the other festivals. Even if something isn't my taste, most of the art here is at least interesting to look at. The past couple of years, I've found items to take home. This year I bought a couple of pottery pieces at fantastic prices (I got a collector discount since I've purchased from that artist a few times before) and I spent out of my comfort zone to get an amazing mixed media piece that I absolutely fell in love with. If you like art and you like escaping to the mountains during the hot summer, I'd highly recommend this festival. Look for it on a weekend around July 4th each year.

2.5 stars overall. 0 starts for bacon, 2 pieces of bacon does not constitute a hogfest!!! Not even…read morea food vendor selling pork. A good selection of whiskey and bourbon vendors. Not many food vendors, not nearly as organized as the keystone festival, decent live music, but only 1 county band. And a really good DJ/music mixer playing tons of great songs. Really small samples of everything. Really tough parking nothing like keystone that has huge free parking lot. The best food was the empanada vendor. Super excellent food and great fun service.

Great food great people and great music Add a perfect place…read moresurrounded by beautiful mountains and lots of beer with Germany food. A bucket list must!

I went to this festival last year and let me just say, What is a beer festival without NEW BELGIUM…read moreBREWERY????? Seriously. The tickets were $27.50, which isn't bad, but to get there and find out that they couldn't even get New Belgium, not to mention Boulevard Brewing (who was there last year!) wasn't there either!!!! I had a good time, because there was a little group of us that stayed in Breck, then boarded the next day, but I was definitely disappointed by this years festival. I will definitely have to reconsider going back next year.

Largest selection of distilleries I have seen at this point! You buy a ticket, early purchase was…read more$45 for this 9th annual event. It was held at the Riverwalk Center, and despite having a ticket, it took us 20 minutes to get in once doors opened. Not to worry , there were plenty of samples to be had! They gave you a commemorative jumbo shot glass where you could go to the various booths and receive samples of straight liquor and liqueur or craft cocktails. It was really busy, and despite the seemingly treacherous flooring in the Riverwalk Center, it was pretty civilized and organized. Most people thought it was worth the $45! My favorites were the Rising Sun and Angel Fire. I also liked two cocktails especially well--the old fashioned sno-cone and the smoky one with the cookies! I might have gotten pictures:) We took a shuttle, don't drink and drive!

A group of our friends were looking for an excuse to spend the weekend in Breckenridge before it…read moregot too cold and someone randomly stumbled across the "Still on the Hill: Spirits Festival" online. We had very little information to go off of so we took a leap of faith, booked the condo, and bought the tickets online. For all of $25 we weren't sure if we were stumbling into a bust of an event or not, and visions of standing around in the cold amongst folding tables drinking small thimbles full of cheap vodka danced in our heads. As it turns out the event is apparently one of the best kept secrets in Colorado! The event was indoors at a great venue, extremely well run with a large turnout, live band, food, and tons of extremely attentive spirit distributors exhibiting. Instead of just sampling straight liquor all night virtually every distillery has signature cocktails for you to sample, and some of the were just mind blowingly delicious. Some of my favorite distilleries in attendance were Peach Street (the big winners), Forecastle Rum, Montanya, Stranahan's, and Black Canyon (I still fantasize about their whiskey-rita). All in all it was an amazing event and quite possibly the best $25 I've ever spent. Don't hesitate to grab your friends, book a condo, and come up for this event in 2014!

This is a pretty decent farmers market held in the Main Street Station plaza on Sundays from…read more9am-2pm. There were quite a few clothing, jewelry, bag, tapestry and pashmina type vendors but Miller Farms was there selling fresh veggies and I also noticed a panini stand selling hot pressed sandwiches for around $7-9. Kettle corn too which smelled delicious. There was live music and a decent crowd with lots of strollers and dogs as well as some bouncy games for kids like bungee jumps, etc... I can't give any farmers market less than five stars because I want them to stick around and I hope to be back in Breck on another Sunday to explore this market more. You can park for free in the huge ski lot across the street and just walk over.

We went yesterday for my birthday. However, there were no food vendors it was all art vendors. What…read morea bummer! I'm not sure if it's because it was a holiday weekend that the regular food vendors and farmers were taking the day off, but it was certainly disappointing as it was how I had planned to enjoy my birthday brunch as opposed to a mediocre meal at a restaurant on Main. That said, it was still a pleasant festival to stroll around out and it's certainly work 4 stars. My advice is contact ResortQuest who puts on the market and make sure the market is happening in its entirety. That's what I'll be doing next time to avoid disappointment.