Join us May 24th at 6pm for a fun evening of food and drinks. We are pairing our dishes with Upslope Brewing Company Beer. Jack W. (Upslope) and Jack C. (William Oliver’s) will guide us through an amazing evening of food, beer, and good times.

Price includes food, 8 ounces of each beer, tax, and tip.

We will explore the following pairings:

-Citra Pale Ale paired with thick-cut applewood smoked bacon
-Hazy IPA paired with creamy mac & cheese topped with bacon crumbles, pulled pork, and house made pork green chili
-Mary Jane Ale paired with a pulled pork slider with tangy BBQ sauce, caramelized onions, and feta cheese
-German Pils paired with pretzels and beer cheese sauce
N.Z. IPA paired with jalapeños stuffed with maple bacon bourbon spread wrapped in bacon

Join us for a Make & Take Night at the Apothecary!

Relax, have a glass of wine, meet new friends and discover the world of herbal skincare. In this workshop you will learn about the art of perfumery and how to blend essential oils to create complex scents! You will get to blend your own unique scent to take home with you.

Event Fee: $35.00

Learn Local Herbs: Urban Plant Walk

The foothills of Colorado are home to some of the most powerful and cherished plants used in traditional western herbalism. Join certified clinical herbalist, forager, and medicine maker Liz Faermark on an urban plant walk to learn about the herbs that are unique to our home, and why we use them. Once you meet these plants, you’ll start seeing them everywhere – along hiking trails, in backyards, on roadsides, and in your favorite herbal products. This bioregional plant medicine class will be held in person and outside. Class will begin at Little Herbal Apothecary in Lafayette, CO! From there, we’ll wander our way through Old Town Lafayette.

Event Fee: $30.00

The City of Lafayette invites Lafayette residents to the first-ever Hard-To-Recycle event in partnership with Eco-Cycle and Boulder County Hazardous Waste.

Residents can drop off the items below for FREE:

Styrofoam blocks clean and dry – remove labels and tape
Household batteries please use clear tape on both terminal ends and ensure there are no leaks
Fluorescent tubes and bulbs labeled with the letters “Hg” (Mercury)
Plastic Film bubble wrap, plastic shopping bags, Ziploc bags must be empty, clean, and dry with stickers and receipts removed. No plastic food wrap.
Paint (Latex and Oil-Based)

Residents can also drop off small electronics with batteries or cords.

CPUs (tower computers), laptops, chargers, and cell phones are free.
CRT Monitors are $0.69/lb and other small electronics are $0.59/lb.
No broken glass CRT TV’s or Projection TV’s

Only Lafayette residents can participate in the event. Please register as spaces are limited!

The City of Lafayette invites residents and visitors to enjoy the outdoors and learn about the several ways you can protect the Earth, fight climate change, and create a sustainable Lafayette every day.

This family-friendly event will have opportunities to learn from EV owners, peddle on energy bikes to make watermelon slushies, eat cookies baked in a solar oven, listen to local musicians, enjoy food trucks, visit with over 20 sustainability vendors, and tour our Outdoor Classroom.

Tours and many activities will be available in both English and Spanish.

Are you interested in greening your business? The City of Lafayette, Louisville, Town of Superior, and Partners for a Clean Environment invites businesses to learn about local resources, incentives, and network with other businesses.

City of Lafayette businesses will be able to learn about our newly rebranded Green Business Program, recognition opportunities, and upcoming programs geared to help businesses become green!

Open to all businesses!

Please register to attend!

Join us for a Plant Walk with Cat Pantaleo M.A. Certified Herbalist, Nutritionist and Forest Therapy Guide

Location: Public Road Trailhead on Coal Creek

A plant walk with longtime Herbalist, Cat Pantaleo, is a beautiful blend of tapping into both intuitive and scientific ways of knowing the world. An opportunity not only to meet and learn about the abundance of green allies in your neighborhood and their medicinal properties and edibility, but an occasion to re-establish and honor the ancient human/plant relationship through slowing down and engaging your senses. Participants will also receive an introduction to plant family patterns, an extremely valuable tool that facilitates knowledge of an unfamiliar plant’s attributes and potential toxicity.

Event Fee: $35.00

Join us for a Make & Take Night at the Apothecary!

Discover the world of aromatherapy! In this class you will get to create your own all-natural aromatherapy candles using natural waxes, pure essential oils, herbs & crystals. Wine is included for participants 21 and over.

Event Fee: $35.00

Join us for a Make & Take Night at the Apothecary!

Discover the world of herbal skincare! In this class you will get to create your own all-natural roll on sunscreen using nourishing oils, herbs and minerals. You will also learn how to tint your sunscreen so it matches your skin tone. Wine is included for participants 21 and over.

Event Fee: $35.00

With master chocolatier, Sima Amsalem

Learn how to make your own pralines, truffles and more! In this workshop you will learn several techniques for making truffles and ganache, including alcohol infused truffles. You will have a chance to roll in various flavors and garnishes into your chocolate and learn to get creative with the “left over” tempered chocolate. Each guest will take home a gift box of yummy chocolate that they made and the knowledge to make it again at home!

Bring your beloved mama or your favorite matriarch for a sweet Mother’s Day activity!

Event Fee: $95.00

Learn how to make your own tinctures at the Little Herbal Apothecary! Tinctures are made with alcohol and water to extract the medicinal properties of herbs. They are a wonderful and convenient way of taking herbal medicine. In this informative class we will discuss and demonstrate methods to make fresh and dried plant tinctures. Participants will go home with a sample as well as the resources to make their own tinctures at home. All materials will be provided!

Event Fee: $48.00

Join us for a SPA PARTY at the Little Herbal Apothecary. Treat yourself to a beautiful evening of fun, friends and pampering! We will go through a full facial routine using our handcrafted, organic skincare products. Cleanse and clarify, steam with a beautiful bouquet of flowers, apply a gorgeous clay facial mask with active botanicals, give your skin deep nourishment & hydration with one of our nourishing facial serums. Lock in moisture with our decadent face creams. You will leave glowing and refreshed!

Wine, Tea & Chocolate are included.

Event Fee: $35.00

Botanica! A Festival of Plants is an ethnobotanical celebration of the plant world at Three Leaf Farm in Lafayette, Colorado.

This interactive, weekend-long event celebrates the world of plants and the many ways we’ve interacted with them across time, culture, and geography. Join us as we explore these relationships and dive deep into the botanical realm with hands-on experience and thought-provoking workshops relating to Art, Medicine, Food, Culture, Ritual, Spirituality, and Survival.

Come join us for Lafayette’s Annual Brew Fest featuring craft/micro beers and cider for sale from breweries along the Front Range. Enjoy live music, vendor booths and food. No entrance fee!

Enjoy this FREE event that features World famous peaches from Palisade, as well as peach pies and cobbler for sale. Food vendors, Crafters, Antique Dealers and Fine Artists from around the Front Range &

Western States will be showcased. Free face painting and activities. Only Service Dogs allowed

Enjoy an old-fashioned Independence Day celebration on July 2nd with live music, beer, cider and wine, food vendors and family fun activities including a bungee trampoline, bounce house and free face painting. Fireworks at dusk. Only Service Dogs allowed.

In conjunction with the Chicano Humanities and Arts Council exhibit Ometeotl: We are all one, Come learn from master weaver Cal Duran. Sign-up soon, class limit is 15 people. Registration and masks required. Come learn from master weaver Cal Duran and make weaving portals! Sign-up soon, class limit is 15 people. Registration and masks required. This class has a $10.00 fee, we will e-mail you once you are registered.

What’s the secret to feeling your best on the slopes? Cross-training! Join us for an all-levels yoga workshop specifically targeted at engaging and stretching the muscle groups used in alpine and Nordic skiing. We will begin with a gentle vinyasa flow to warm the body, transitioning into a series of deep yin stretches to fortify the connective tissues, a fantastic way to build resilience and prevent injury. Not only will you walk away from class feeling deeply restored, but you will also walk away with the tools to know how to properly warm up and cool down after a long day on the slopes. This workshop is specifically for winter athletes to understand the proper muscle stretches for injury prevention. Julia Woods, certified yoga instructor, will teach slowly, providing opportunities to stop, ask questions, and dive deeper into anatomy.

After a two-year hiatus, due to COVID-19 precautions, the City of Lafayette, ARTS!Lafayette, and Firsthand Markets are pleased to announce the dates for the 2022 Art Night Out summer festival series. This always-free public event is held on the second Friday of the month, May through Sept. 2022, from 5-9 pm. The event will follow all current, local COVID precautions as needed.

Location: Public Road between Emma and Cannon Streets

Bring your own picnic and something to sit on, and join us at Picnic on the Plaza, featuring free, live music on the lawn. Each week will feature a different musician to suit a variety of tastes. Thursdays from noon to 1pm at 311 S. Public Road. 

Shop Small is a movement encouraging people to shop at local businesses. Each year, on the Saturday after Thanksgiving, millions of individuals, businesses and communities have embraced this concept by supporting their local economy. Please make a point to shop locally this holiday season, and take advantage of these special offers on November 27.

25th Annual Lafayette Quaker Oatmeal Festival is a popular family event focusing on healthy lifestyle. Unique festival includes an oatmeal breakfast and certified 5K. Oatmeal Breakfast @ Pioneer Elementary School, 101 E. Baseline Rd., 7:30 am-12:00 pm. Tickets can be purchased in advance at the Lafayette Chamber or at the door. Race registration includes breakfast ticket.

Pick up a Spot the Elf booklet at select Old Town Lafayette businesses. Read the clues, find the elves and turn in your entry page at the Bob Burger Recreation Center with at least 15 found elves to be entered to win prizes!

Exploring craft/microbrews one pour at a time! Come join us for Lafayette’s 8th annual Brew Fest featuring Micro and Craft Beers for sale from local area Breweries. No Entrance Fee. Tickets sold by 4 oz pours, Taste one or Taste them all. NEW THIS YEAR… A Curling Corner provided by Rock Creek Curling.