Things to do in Fort Collins: Get these 2025 events on your calendar
Looking forward to a new year?
While we don't have a crystal ball for 2025, we do have some events to mark your calendars with in the coming year.
They range from a Tony Award-winning musical and Jane Austen play in the park to live ice carving and a swamp-themed sour beer festival.
Staff serve dinner at RARE Italian on March 1, 2023, in downtown Fort Collins. Great Plates, the annual fundraiser for the food bank in its 18th year, began on the first of the month and runs until March 14.
Here are some happenings worth planning ahead for.
Winter events to plan for in Fort Collins in 2025
Take in the Tony Award-winning musical "Dear Evan Hansen"
When: Jan. 24-26
Where: The Lincoln Center, 417 W. Magnolia St.
Tony award-winning musical "Dear Evan Hansen" will be taking to The Lincoln Center stage in 2025, featuring four late-January performances. Tickets range from $28 to $124, and are still on sale on The Lincoln Center website.
Stitching history together with "Remember Me"
When: Jan. 24-March 16
Where: Museum of Art Fort Collins, 201 S. College Ave.
Walk through the work of Jane Waggoner Deschner, whose project, "Remember me: a collective narrative in found words and photographs," chronicles people, places and times through more than 1,200 family photographs hand-embroidered with obituaries written by anonymous family and friends.
Take the (Polar) plunge
When: Jan. 25
Where: Horsetooth Reservoir
Want to feel alive in 2025? A dip in Horsetooth Reservoir in late January should do it. The annual Polar Bear 5K run and Polar Plunge are returning to the reservoir's icy shores in the new year. To sign up, head to FrontRangeFreeze.com.
Ice carving in the Square
When: Feb. 7-8
Where: Old Town Square
Artist Thomas Barlow will be carving two large sculptures out of several 300-pound blocks of ice on Feb. 7 and 8 in Old Town Square. The sculptures — carved in conjunction with February's First Friday Art Walk — will be illuminated with LED lights and remain in the Square until they melt, according to the Downtown Development Authority. Carving will begin 5 p.m. both evenings.
Turn the page with Fort Collins Book Fest
When: Feb. 7-17
Where: Various locations
Attention, local bookworms. Fort Collins Book Fest is returning with a schedule of free author talks, book signings, panel discussions, writing workshops and kids activities. To learn more, or check out this year's headlining authors, visit the Fort Collins Book Fest website.
Get lost in the woods, er, swamp
When: Feb. 8
Where: New Belgium Brewing, 500 Linden St.
New Belgium Brewing's annual sour beer festival is back. Lost in the Woods — or, for the purposes of this year's storybook theme, Lost in the Swamp — will transform with a nod to Shrek's swamp and various other storybook creatures. The festival is from 7-11 p.m. All-inclusive tickets cost $75, and costumes are highly encouraged. For more information, visit New Belgium's website.
Eke out the last bit of holiday joy
When: Feb. 14
Where: Old Town Fort Collins
Take your last stroll through sparkling Old Town Fort Collins on Feb. 14. The city's downtown lights will be switched on for the last time on Valentine's Day night. They'll return again for another season in early November.
Get your fill at Great Plates
When: March 1-14
Where: Various Old Town restaurants
Great Plates — part dining promotion, part food bank fundraiser — is set to return to downtown Fort Collins restaurants for the first two weeks of March.
Disney on Ice presents, "Into The Magic"
When: March 28-30
Where: Blue Arena, 5290 Arena Circle, Loveland
Disney stars from "Moana," "Coco," "Frozen," and more take to the ice at Loveland's Blue Arena for Disney on Ice's live show, "Into the Magic." Shows will run from March 28-30. Tickets are available on The Ranch Events Center website.
Spring events to plan for in Fort Collins in 2025
The Fort Collins Symphony presents "Fantastic Tales"
When: April 4
Where: The Lincoln Center
Enjoy epic music from "The Lord of the Rings," "The Legend of Zelda," "The Wizard of Oz," "Outlander" and "Skyrim" as the Fort Collins Symphony brings theses "fantastic tales" to life in the Lincoln Center's performance hall. This spring pops concert starts at 7 p.m. Tickets range from $36 to $45 and are available on The Lincoln Center website.
Go into runner (or cheerleader) mode at the Horsetooth Half
When: April 13
Where: From Dixon Canyon Road to New Belgium Brewing
Whether you want to run Fort Collins' quintessential Horsetooth Half Marathon or cheer on its brave hill climbers, the run will set off from Holiday Twin Drive-In 8 a.m. April 13. Registration is available on the Horsetooth Half website.
FoCoMX
When: April 18-19
Where: Various Fort Collins locations
Fort Collins Music eXperiment — or FoCoMX — is coming back for another weekend of live performances across several Fort Collins venues this spring. Want to be part of it? The music showcase is taking artist submissions through Jan. 11. For more information, visit the FoCoMX website.
Cirque du Soleil: Crystal
When: April 18-20
Where: Blue Arena
Watch acrobats fly through the air with the greatest of ease at Cirque de Soleil: Crystal. The synchronized ice skating and air acrobatic show comes to Blue Arena at The Ranch Events Complex from April 18-20. Tickets are available on The Ranch's website.
Hop on Fort Collins' time machine, I mean, trolleys
When: May 3 through Sept. 28
Where: Old Town Fort Collins
Fort Collins' pair of historic trolleys will rumble back to life May 3, shuttling drivers along picturesque Mountain Avenue summer weekends and holidays from noon to 5 p.m.
Summer events to plan for in Fort Collins in 2025
Enjoy "Pride and Prejudice" in the park
When: June 7-12
Where: The Park at Columbine Health Systems, 947 Worthington Circle
See a Jane Austen classic under the stars with OpenStage Theatre & Company's production of "Pride and Prejudice" in the Park at Columbine Health Systems. Tickets range from $34 to $39 and are available on the Lincoln Center website.
Start planning your cosplay now for Fort Collins Comic Con
When: Aug. 15-17
Where: Fort Collins Senior Center, 1200 Raintree Drive
Fort Collins Comic Con will return to the Fort Collins Senior Center, with badges available in July. For more information, visit the Fort Collins Comic Con website.
Celebrate a decade of Open Streets
When: Sept. 14
Where: Location is still to be decided
Fort Collins is celebrating 10 years of Open Streets in 2025. To mark the occasion, it will be hosting an Open Streets celebration in a to-be-determined neighborhood from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sept. 14. The event will feature free music, activities and food and dessert trucks along the way.
Fall events to plan for in 2025
Tour de Corgi
When: Oct. 4
Where: Old Town Fort Collins
A flurry of fluffy butts will once again return to Old Town Fort Collins for the annual Tour de Corgi festival and corgi parade.
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