Family Float Class IIRiver Runners Event Guide
Some of the goings-on in and around Buena Vista, Salida and Cañon City.
The Event
Rapids and Grass is a beer and music festival July 1-2, 2017, in Buena Vista, Colorado, featuring 40 plus breweries, live music, and whitewater.
Tickets:
$40 includes tasting and music
$70 includes tasting, music, and a guided whitewater rafting trip on day 2
Beer and Music – July 1
Music:
Enjoy music from Rapidgrass, Head for the Hills, Gipsy Moon, Caribou Mountain Collective, Phoebe Hunt and the Gatherers, The Lonesome Days, Gypsy Cattle Drive, Bill Cardine, and Sally & George.
Breweries / Distilleries:
Enjoy beer and other craft beverages from Four Noses, AZ Wilderness, Atom, Avery, Bierstadt, Black Project, Black Shirt, Call to Arms, Cerebral, Colorado Cider Company, Comrade, Crestone, Deerhammer, Dogfish Head, Eddyline, Elevation, Epic, Great Divide, Grimm Brothers, Horse and Dragon, Joseph James, La Cumbre, Left Hand, Living Dream, Melvin, Mountain Sun, Ninkasi, Oscar Blues, Outer Range, Periodic, Pueblo Vida, River North, Sierra Nevada, Soulcraft, Stem, Telluride, Trinity, Upslope, Ursula, Westbound Down, Wiley Roots, Wits End, Woods and Zwei.
The Freedom Float – 10:00 am on July 2
South Main to River Runners
This is a guided rafting trip with River Runners. Paddle seven miles of the Arkansas River the day after the beer and music festival. The Freedom Float starts at The Venue at South Main Square and takes you down a section of class III whitewater to the Browns Canyon Riverside Grill. Hang out on a sandy beach to enjoy food and drinks for purchase from the Grill. A shuttle will be provided back to the starting point after lunch.
The Event
Rapids and Grass is a beer and music festival July 1-2, 2017, in Buena Vista, Colorado, featuring 40 plus breweries, live music, and whitewater.
Tickets:
$40 includes tasting and music
$70 includes tasting, music, and a guided whitewater rafting trip on day 2
Beer and Music – July 1
Music:
Enjoy music from Rapidgrass, Head for the Hills, Gipsy Moon, Caribou Mountain Collective, Phoebe Hunt and the Gatherers, The Lonesome Days, Gypsy Cattle Drive, Bill Cardine, and Sally & George.
Breweries / Distilleries:
Enjoy beer and other craft beverages from Four Noses, AZ Wilderness, Atom, Avery, Bierstadt, Black Project, Black Shirt, Call to Arms, Cerebral, Colorado Cider Company, Comrade, Crestone, Deerhammer, Dogfish Head, Eddyline, Elevation, Epic, Great Divide, Grimm Brothers, Horse and Dragon, Joseph James, La Cumbre, Left Hand, Living Dream, Melvin, Mountain Sun, Ninkasi, Oscar Blues, Outer Range, Periodic, Pueblo Vida, River North, Sierra Nevada, Soulcraft, Stem, Telluride, Trinity, Upslope, Ursula, Westbound Down, Wiley Roots, Wits End, Woods and Zwei.
The Freedom Float – 10:00 am on July 2
South Main to River Runners
This is a guided rafting trip with River Runners. Paddle seven miles of the Arkansas River the day after the beer and music festival. The Freedom Float starts at The Venue at South Main Square and takes you down a section of class III whitewater to the Browns Canyon Riverside Grill. Hang out on a sandy beach to enjoy food and drinks for purchase from the Grill. A shuttle will be provided back to the starting point after lunch.
