Flauschink Parade- April 4-8, 2012

The last weekend of ski and snowboard season locals and visitors will be flushing out winter and welcoming spring at the 44th annual Flauschink, April 4 - 8, 2012.
       Pre-Flauschink festivities begin at Talk of the Town on Wednesday, April 4 with a 7 p.m. slide show at the Talk of the Town by Dr. Duane Vandenbusche and a Flauschink tale also will be told by George Sibley, founder of Flauschink and a retired WSC professor. The cost typically is $4 with a Flauschink button and $7 without a button.

Flauschink officially kicks off with a coronation ball held on Friday, April 6 at 9 p.m. to crown the new king and queen and enjoy an evening of polka dancing (a Crested Butte tradition) with the Pete Dunda Polka Band at The Eldo. The cost usually is $5 with a button and $8 without a button.

On Sunday, April 8, the festival and ski season will draw to a fitting close with the Flauschink king and queen holding court on the slopes at Crested Butte Mountain Resort. Skiers and snowboarders pass by Flauschink Hill, above the Uley's Cabin deck, to toast royalty.

Crested Butte Songwriters Festival- January 13-14th

Presented by Texas Roadhouse, Coors, BMI, and Crested Butte Mountain Resort, new festival debuts January 13-14 in the heart of Colorado’s premier ski destination

The inaugural Crested Butte Songwriters Festival will feature performances by a collection of the best performing songwriters in the world. Slated for January 13-14, 2012 at the Elevation Hotel and Spa Crested Butte Mountain Resort in Colorado, the festival will revolve around two nights of performances staged at local hot spots. Crowds will experience the faces, voices and stories behind hit songs during signature in-the-round acoustic performances and raucous, dance-inducing sets will dominate the schedule.

An event-capping benefit concert will be held on Saturday night, January 14, to raise funds for Tough Enough to Wear Pink and the TJ Martell Foundation. To date, the Tough Enough campaign has raised $9 million for breast cancer charities; the TJ Martell Foundation has helped provide more than $250 million for leukemia, cancer and AIDS research.