Rooted in COMMUNITY.
Forged in HISTORY.
Welcome to Walsenburg, Colorado!
April showers bring May flowers, and we’re hoping you can make it rain!!
Walsenburg Downtown Revitalization Committee purchases and maintains the hanging baskets and the flowers in the Walking Walsenburg planters along Main Street all summer long.
If you love the downtown flowers, please donate to support this project!
Upcoming EVENTS
FAR OUT Murals
Friday-Saturday, May 23-24
Stay tuned for more news about this year’s artists, and join us May 24 as they wrap up their murals around town!
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
See all events!
Check out what Walsenburg’s got going on in 2025, or add your downtown sale / event to our community calendar.
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!
Meet our friends
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.
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.
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…