Rooted in COMMUNITY.
Forged in HISTORY.
Welcome to Walsenburg, Colorado, the heart of Huerfano County.
Porchfest is back and SIGN UP is OPEN!!
Planning on hosting a yard sale, fundraiser, a sale, karaoke, or games at your home, nonprofit, or business?
Get on the map and we’ll feature your event in our interactive map as well as printed info sheets we hand out around town throughout the day.
Porchfest is Saturday, May 24, the closing day of FAR OUT Murals. Visit the Porchfest page to learn more or follow the button below to register your event.
Thank you!
We asked you to make it rain, and you brought the storm!!
Your outpouring of donations totaled over $1000 (!!!) that we can put toward the downtown flower baskets and planters. We are feeling the love, Walsenburg! And we can’t wait to power up the Bloom Buggy and get to work.
If you are reading this and wondering… yes! There is still time to donate!
Upcoming EVENTS
FAR OUT Murals
Mon-Sat, May 19-24
We have an exciting group of local and visiting artists installing new murals around town this year, thanks in part to Apogaea.
Porchfest
Saturday, May 24
The biggest block party in town is back! Clean out those attics, dust yer dancin’ boots off, and don’t forget to sign up.
Calendar
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Check out what Walsenburg’s got going on in 2025, or add your downtown sale / event to our community calendar.
Walking WALSENBURG
Handmade flower planters have been a staple for almost twenty years in downtown Walsenburg, thanks to generations of local volunteers, merchants, and the Museum of Friends.
In 2022, through a through a generous Colorado Artist Grant, administered by RedLine and Arts in Society, WDRC collaborated with local designers and fabricators to develop and install steel Walking Walsenburg planters along Main Street.
Continuing in the tradition of storytelling of the areas ancestors, these planters are adorned with iconography evoking a reminder of our collective strengths, diverse culture, and complex history.
Walsenburg Downtown Revitalization Committee
This page is run by the Walsenburg Downtown Revitalization Committee, a volunteer-run 501(c)(3) nonprofit, working to bring events and beautification initiatives to the downtown district to drive resident engagement, tourism, and economic development.
Current Sponsors
Thanks to these great businesses for your support and partnership. We couldn’t pull off these events without you!
Support our Mission
If you enjoy downtown Walsenburg events and flower planters, and want to see more, consider sending some moolah our way.
Volunteer
Help out on event days or with various town projects including flower watering, fundraising, and clean-up initiatives.
In the NEWS
Walsenburg brings back its community celebration, Porchfest, for a second year
May 15, 2024 | By Eden Lane
Walsenburg, Colorado, is gearing up for an artistic weekend as the town hosts its second annual Porchfest and Mural Fest on Saturday, May 25. The event combines music and art with community-wide spring cleaning, allowing visitors to wander between yard sales, pop-up concerts and wall-sized works in progress…