fort collins tour de fat 2023

Tour de Fat

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• Saturday, Aug 26, 2023    9:30am - 6:30pm

Bike Parade starts at City Park Festivities at New Belgium Brewing

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Tour de Fat invites you to gear up for the World's Greatest Costumed Bike Parade! The parade starts at 9:30 am at City Park and loops Mountain Avenue before rolling into New Belgium Brewing for music, entertainment, contests, and games starting at 11:00 am.

Full info and schedule at: https://www.newbelgium.com/events/tour-de-fat/

This event is produced by an outside organization and is unaffiliated with the Downtown Development Authority. The DDA website serves as a marketing outlet for events and promotions occurring inside the Downtown boundary. For questions regarding the event, please contact the event producer.

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Fat Tire and big butts. You really can't put it much simpler than that. The Choice City will be hosting these annual events; one for its 24th outing, the other celebrating nine years.

Tour de Fat is known worldwide; a celebration of what makes Fort Collins, "Fort Collins." Tour de Corgi may not be as widely known, but it is known for its wide butts.

The best part about these two events happening in Fort Collins is that we can attend them both; no need to pick which one.

You can get costumed-up for the Tour de Fat, whether you're participating or just spectating; then, come out again to see the costumed corgi's parade with their humans.

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The 24th annual 'tour de fat' in fort collins, colorado for 2023.

• Saturday, Aug. 26.
• 9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. - Costumed bike parade. Starts at City Park, then will loop around Mountain Avenue.
• No cost to be in the parade.
• 11:00 a.m. - New Belgium Brewing opens - live bands, entertainment, food trucks, and beers.
• Fat Tire Cruiser Bike Giveaway : The winner of the Dance Contest in New Belgium will take home one of the coveted bikes.

THE 9TH ANNUAL 'TOUR DE CORGI' IN FORT COLLINS, COLORADO 2023

• Saturday, Oct. 7.
• Civic Center Park in Old Town, Fort Collins.
• 9:30 a.m. - Event opens.
• 10:00 a.m. - Costume Contest.
• 12:00 p.m. - Corgi Parade through Old Town.

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That's a wrap on Tour de Fat 2023. The annual event hosted by New Belgium Brewing is a staple in Fort Collins , Colorado . 

New Belgium Brewing describes  Tour de Fat  as a pedal-powered parade where you can be whatever you want to be. New Belgium Brewing hosts Tour de Fat in Fort Collins and Asheville, North Carolina. 

The event hosts musical acts, a fashion show, and interactive events.

The highlight of Tour de Fat is the costumes. Tour de Fat encourages attendees to dress in costumes. And wow, Northern Colorado really showed up.

The most common costume this year was Barbie by a landslide, which makes sense because Barbie is the movie of the summer. You would be walking and hear "hi Barbie, hi Ken!" constantly.

I saw so many fun costumes, and seeing how Northern Colorado residents express themselves was thrilling.

Here is a look inside Tour de Fat 2023. 

This Is What 2023's Tour de Fat in Fort Collins Looked Like

A confession.

I will admit I accidentally slept through the parade, which is the most fun part of Tour de Fat. I still had a great time, though. It felt like Halloween for adults.

Sure, Tour de Fat is hosted at a brewery, but it is an extremely family-friendly event. There were many interactive booths and activities for kids.

I went with my girlfriend and her two younger siblings. Her siblings at 15 and 12, and they had a blast.

I would highly recommend Tour de Fat. If you don't live in Fort Collins, it is worth the trip. Tour de Fat is free and extremely budget-friendly.

I am already planning my costume for next year.

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Tour de Fat

• Dates: August 24, 2024
• Location: New Belgium Brewing Company, Inc.
• 500 Linden Street
• Fort Collins, CO 80524
• Price: FREE

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New Belgium Brewing hosts 23rd Tour de Fat

Collegian | Garrett Mogel

Participants of New Belgium Brewing’s Tour de Fat line up along West Mountain Avenue in preparation for the bike parade Sept. 3. Tour de Fat is an annual event featuring live music, costumes and beer.

Jack Miller, News Repoter September 7, 2022

Editors Note: This article was updated to reflect more accurate information about the nonprofit organizations.

New Belgium Brewing hosted its 23rd Fort Collins Tour de Fat event this past Saturday. Tour de Fat is one jam-packed day celebrating biking, local breweries, music and more.

The mission of Tour de Fat is not only to host a day full of joy and enthusiasm but to raise money for local nonprofit organizations, such as Overland Mountain Bike Association, Fort Collins Bike Co-op, Bike Fort Collins and Send Town Bike Club.

Throughout its years of operation, Tour de Fat has promoted many local breweries and raised millions of dollars for bicycle nonprofits. Organized by New Belgium Brewing, Tour de Fat requires teamwork from the breweries and the nonprofit biking organizations to make the event a success.

One such nonprofit biking organization is Bike Fort Collins, which has a mission to create a safe community for all bicyclists, according to its website.

“Bike Fort Collins — while intimate with Tour de Fat through our involvement for many years (20-plus) in helping to provide all the volunteers needed to host the event — have also been the fortunate beneficiaries of the event all of those years,” Bike Fort Collins Executive Director Dave Dixon wrote in an email to The Collegian .

Because of the pandemic, Tour de Fat didn’t happen in 2021. Fortunately, this only added to the excitement and anticipation for this year’s event.

At 9 a.m. last Saturday, thousands of bicyclists came together in countless different costumes. Zane von Hemert, a Colorado State University student, got on his bike while adjusting his alien costume.

“I’m not from Colorado, so I hadn’t heard of Tour de Fat until last week, when a friend told me,” Von Hemert said. “But I would never turn down an opportunity to ride my bike and drink beer for a day, especially while wearing an alien costume.”

At approximately 9:30 a.m., the bike parade started. Speakers were playing music, and bikers were riding while cheering with smiles on their faces.

Cormac Osborne, a CSU student, got off his bike after completing a lap around the loop and decided to call it a day. Osborne’s regular shorts and T-shirt stood out in the crowd.

“I obviously didn’t get the memo about the dress code, so I feel a little embarrassed,” Osborne said. “But I’m really glad I got out here. It’s a cool environment to be in.”

At 11 a.m., the breweries opened. For most of the bikers, it was their cue to stop riding and reward themselves with beer supplied by New Belgium Brewing.

Riley Ahern, a local bike enthusiast, sipped the foam off an IPA while laughing with a group of friends.

“I’ve been in Fort Collins for four years now, and Tour de Fat is honestly my favorite event of the year,” Ahern said. “I was really bummed about not being able to do it last year, and I’ve been looking forward to this for a long time.”

Ahern wasn’t disappointed with this year’s Tour de Fat experience.

“It just seems like everyone is stoked to be here,” Ahern said. “The costumes were hilarious, the people were really nice and it just feels like a good community to be a part of.”

Reach Jack Miller at [email protected] or on twitter @millerjack02 . 

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Tour de Fat is Back – Saturday, Aug 28th!!!

Another Fort Collins favorite is back this year, but it’s a week earlier than we all have come to know.  And yes, we get the full parade and all!  20-ish-thousand costumed bikes & riders will take to Mountain Ave for a few laps around this iconic Fort Collins roadway.  The usual post-parade party will follow throughout the grounds of New Belgium Brewing.

As we have since its inception 21 years ago, OMBA will be helping make this incredible event happen with our volunteers.  Most of you know this is also a major fundraiser for OMBA, and it’s a super-fun event to volunteer for.  Being just 2 weeks after the Bohemian Light Music Festival, we know this is another big ask.  We’ll be sure to do something special for all volunteers once we have a chance to catch our breaths!

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5 Fort Collins festivals worth planning for this summer

Fort Collins festivals are a month away, but I can already smell the roasted turkey legs and hear live music wafting over crowded masses.

As summer nears, that means Fort Collins' annual spate of seasonal festivals is also approaching — from a small-batch beer and wine festival to the city's annual and oh-so-wacky Tour de Fat bike parade.

Here are the 2023 summer festivals to plan ahead for in Fort Collins.

June 3: Odell's Small Batch Beer & Wine Festival

Sip your way through Odell Brewing's offerings at its annual Small Batch Festival on June 3. The brewery — and its connected winery, The OBC Wine Project — will be pouring unlimited tasters of more than 50 Odell beers and 10 wines. Tickets are $75 for general admission and $95 for early access. They include access to tastings, food trucks and live music. To learn more about the festival or purchase tickets, visit odellbrewing.com.

June 10-11: Taste of Fort Collins

Who's hungry for Fort Collins' first big downtown summer festival? Taste of Fort Collins returns June 10 and 11 — bringing two dozen food vendors and headliners The All-American Rejects and Lil Jon to Washington and Civic Center parks. Weekend passes to the annual food and music festival cost $28 and give you access to both days' festivities. If weekend passes sell out, you can still purchase single-day passes for $15, according to the event's website. Taste of Fort Collins runs from noon to 9 p.m. June 10 and noon to 8 p.m. June 10. Festival organizers recommend you get to the festival early to avoid long lines. For more festival information, a full music lineup or to buy passes, visit tasteoffortcollins.com.

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Aug. 19: Fort Collins Peach Festival

The Fort Collins Peach Festival is on the move again. After spending recent years at the Holiday Twin Drive-In, the annual summer festival and Rotary club fundraiser is heading back to downtown Fort Collins for 2023. This year's festival will take place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Aug. 19 in Civic Center Park, bringing live music, local beer and food trucks to Old Town. Some aspects of the event — like the cost of admission — haven't ripened yet, so check back with the Coloradoan or fortcollinspeachfestival.com for updates.

Aug. 25-26: Realities Ride & Rally

Realities Ride & Rally — a fundraising motorcycle poker run that historically culminated with a rally in Old Town Fort Collins over Memorial Day weekend — is back at Anheuser-Busch's Biergarten on Aug. 25 and 26. Festivities kick off Aug. 25 with a Friday night rally before Saturday's poker run. The Friday rally will include a free concert, vendors, prizes, a veterans tribute and more. The event's Saturday motorcycle ride begins with a skydiving presentation of colors and ends with live music and an after-ride celebration at the Biergarten. For more details or to pre-register for the ride, visit realitiesforchildren.com .

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Aug. 26: Tour de Fat

It's time to start cooking up your wackiest costume yet. Tour de Fat is biking back into Fort Collins on Aug. 26. The costumed bike parade has typically featured a post-parade festival at New Belgium Brewing. Check back with the Coloradoan or https://www.newbelgium.com/visit/fort-collins/ as details pour out for this year's event.

Oct. 7: Tour de Corgi

Is October a summer month? Technically ... no. But who has the heart to leave corgis out of a list of fun festivals? Tour de Corgi, Fort Collins' annual downtown corgi parade, is back for another year this fall, bringing swarms of costumed corgis to Civic Center Park. Check out this year's parade route and corgi costume contest categories at tourdecorgi.org.

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The event’s purpose is to raise funds for the local bicycle advocacy non-profit Bike Fort Collins. This organization has been at the forefront of promoting cycling in Fort Collins since 2005.

Pre-Party starts at 5:00pm at Odell’s Brewing with a 7:30 Bike Parade to The Lyric.

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2023 Summer Events in Old Town Fort Collins

by Cohere Member Penny Sebring

The historic district of Old Town Fort Collins is one of the most active areas in town, with events and activities occurring nearly every week. Summer is summer here, and Old Town Fort Collins is gearing up for an exciting season full of events and activities, both old and new. Events that will be coming to Old Town in the summer of 2023 include food and drink tastings, art exhibits, and numerous concerts by local musical talent. In this article, we’ll shine a spotlight on some of the most anticipated events of the season, from monthly self-guided art tours to huge concerts in Washington Park.

One of the many benefits of working at Cohere is being just blocks from Old Town. Curious to know more? Book a tour today!

FoCoMX —April 28 & 29

Hosted by Fort Collins Music Association (FoCoMA) and Odell Brewing Company, FoCoMX is the largest live music event in Colorado. Over 40 venues will be taken over by the festival in order to accommodate more than 400 amazing musical artists, covering a multitude of genres including bluegrass, indie music, hardcore rock, experimental, and many, many others.

*Tickets are in the form of a wristband that will grant you access to any of the venues until they reach capacity. Pricing for 2023 is $50 if purchased in advance of the event and $60 the weekend of the event.

Sculpture in the Square —Ongoing starting late April

Each year six new sculptures, chosen by the fine people at the Downtown Development Authority of Fort Collins, are installed in Old Town Square, to be voted on by the people who visit the square. The artist whose piece gets the most popular votes will be selected as the 2023 People’s Choice Winner, and receive $1000.00. Artists are given a stipend for their work and each of the pieces is for sale as well. The sculptures for 2023 are scheduled to be placed this Saturday, April 22 nd .

Art Week —April 29-May7

From April 29 to May 7 Old Town Fort Collins becomes a treasure trove of creativity. Several self-guided tours are featured throughout the week, including a tour of the downtown transformer cabinet murals , the FoCo Art Tour for Music Lovers , and the Fort Collins Mural Project . There are also numerous classes and workshops happening, and if you follow Downtown Fort Collins on Instagram or Facebook, you’ll find clues to locate tiny hidden works of art for people to seek, find, and keep.

Art Walk —First Friday of each month

While this isn’t just a summer event—it takes place throughout the year—it is a great event to take in during the summer months. From 6-9 pm on the first Friday of each month, this self-guided walking tour features displays and activities at several of the shops and restaurants in Old Town Fort Collins. The tour offers a rotating selection of featured artists covering a wide array of creative pursuits.

*The First Friday Art Walk and Art Week will converge this year on May 7 th

Foodie Walk —Third Friday of each month

Like the Art Walk, the Foodie Walk is a year-round event, held in the evening, but it is an hour earlier, from 5-8 pm, and on the third Friday rather than the first. It showcases fantastic food and drink creations by several of the eateries downtown, many of whom offer samples and specials during the event. The samples offered are frequently seasonal and focus on unique and often locally sourced ingredients.

Bohemian Nights

Although the NewWestFest in August was canceled for 2023 and beyond, the folks at Bohemian Nights are keeping busy. Here are the summertime offerings available from Bohemian Nights:

Global Sounds — May 20

Music from around the world will be celebrated on not just one, but two venues on May 20 of this year: Old Town Square and Linden Street. This one-day event called Global Sounds gets going at 12:15 pm and continues on until 6:30 pm.

Thursday Night Live

Each Thursday night from 7-9 pm, Bohemian Nights will present free live performances on the outdoor stage in Old Town Fort Collins. The 2023 lineup will be released soon!

Taste of Fort Collins —June 10 th & 11 th

This popular annual event takes place over two days at Washington Park on Maple Street, offering participants an opportunity to try new foods, enjoy live music, and . While the feature of the event is the food, including entrees, snacks, desserts, and beverages, there is no shortage of entertainment. A variety of musical artists will also be featured on stage at Washington Park in 2023, headlined by both The All-American Rejects and Lil Jon.

*Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased on the Taste of Fort Collins website .

Tour de Fat—Unannounced

The annual Tour de Fat event is a highly anticipated event and one of the last of the summer in Old Town Fort Collins. This costumed bike parade, hosted by New Belgium Brewing , is a fantastic way to celebrate the end of summer and enjoy some good craft beer and see interesting bikes and colorful costumes.

While this event was canceled in 2020 and 2021, it returned in September of 2022. No dates have been announced for the 2023 Tour de Fat as of yet, however.

Planning on visiting Old Town for an event soon? Book a quick tour with Cohere Coworking on the way!

The unique blend of history, art, and music that can be found in the Historic Old Town district of Fort Collins it an exceptionally vital and vibrant part of our community. Whether you’re a long-time resident of Fort Collins or are just passing through our idyllic town, there’s always something extraordinary to see, hear, or taste in Old Town and summer is no exception.

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