May 2023 North Fork Valley Events List


The North Fork Valley is a busy and vibrant community of the towns of Crawford, Hotchkiss, and Paonia, and also includes the towns of Austin, Lazear and Somerset.

See Last Month's April Events Here.
See June 2023 Events Here.
See July 2023 Events Here.
See August 2023 Events Here.
 

Recurring Events in the North Fork Valley

Recurring Events - Town, County, and Special Districts

  • Wed (2nd) 7:00pm: Town of Crawford - 2nd Wednesday of each month, Town Hall, 425 Hwu 82 - Crawford
  • Thu (2nd)  6:30pm: Town of Hotchkiss - 2nd Thursday of each month, Town Hall, 276 W. Main Street - Hotchkiss
  • Tue (2nd & 4th) 6:30pm: Town of Paonia - 2nd & 4th Tuesday of each month, Town Hall Community Room, 214 Grand Ave. - Paonia

Send your weekly meetings to NFVChamber@gmail.com or HotchkissChamber@gmail.com.

Upcoming Daily Events in the North Fork Valley ​

  • 5/25 (Thu) 9am-11am: Western Slope Conservation Center CALLING ALL WEED WHACKERS! Have you noticed?  RSVP here so we can send you a reminder in advance. If you have a mower or bush hog to offer, please email Karen directly as we may want to get you out there sooner.
     
  • 5/25 (Thu) 5pm:  The North Fork Valley Rotary Club weekly meeting with Fred Zimmer to talk about recent developments on Grand Ave. At Rio Bravo Mexican Restaurant, 240 Grand Ave.   - Paonia.
     
  • ​5/25 (Thu) 7pm Doors, Show: 7:30pm: Jeannine Renée "Plastic Madonna" Album Release Concert with Chris Goplerud, Max Heepke, Jean Sandoval, Amy Scher at the Paradise of Paonia Theater, 215 Grand Ave. Paonia - see below.
     
  • 5/26 (Fri) 5pm-9pm: Final Friday Frolic Art Walk North Fork Valley Creative Coalition . A monthly art walk - Paonia
     
  • 5/26 (Fri) 5pm: Blue Sage Gallery Exhibition and Artist Talk, George Levi on A Descendants View: Sand Creek Massacre, 228 Grand Ave. - Paonia
     
  • 5/26 (Fri) 7pm-11pm: Root & Vibe by Root & Vine Market. 40823 CO Hwy 133. Paonia 
     
  • 5/27 (Fri) 7pm: Free Community Retro Film Series (Final Saturday of every month) “Roxanne" Sponsored by Indigo Autumn at The Paradise Theater 215 Grand Ave, Paonia.
     
  • 5/27 (Sat) 10am-1pm: HOTCHKISS SATURDAY ARTISTS and FARMERS MARKET AT THE CREAMERY ARTS CENTER KICKSOFF  SATURDAY MAY 27th Hotchkiss.
    Farmers and Artists Listed Below
    Kick off May 27th 10:00-1:00 Come support your local Farmers and Artists. A wide variety of products will be available:
    Plant starts, herbs, tea, eggs, Jewery, canned goods, baked goods, Honey, Wheat, wheat flour……
        
     
  •  5/27 (Sat) 1:00pm: Shamanic Artists Artists Support Group Artists Support Group Creamery Art Center - Hotchkiss
  • 5/29 (Mon) 9:30am: MEMORIAL DAY SPECIAL OBSERVANCE for PFC Victor Haglund of Crawford who served his country in the Vietnam conflict.
    The Hotchkiss-Crawford Historical Society and Museum     is hosting a May 29 Memorial Day ceremony at the museum, 180 S. 2nd St in Hotchkiss,  to honor Victor Haglund, the only casualty from the North Fork Valley in the Vietnam conflict. The presentation of Mr. Haglund’s military awards for display at the Historical Society Museum Veteran’s Memorial Exhibit will commence at 9:30 a.m. with Lynch/Cotten American Legion Post Commander David Cotten presiding. Immediately following the awards presentation,  HCHS Veterans Auxiliary Members will be conducting its annual Memorial Day salute at the flagpole at Riverside Cemetery at 10:00 a.m. All veterans and family members are encouraged to attend both programs. Coffee and donuts will be available at the museum before and after the two Memorial Day programs. Hotchkiss. 
  • 5/30 (Tue) 5:30pm-6:45pm: Lenore Cambria North Fork Pool and Recreation Retirement and Free Range Comedy improv show at 7:00pm, at the Creamery Arts Center. Hotchkiss See Below.
     
  • 5/31-6/1 (Wed-Thu) 7pm: Spotlight on Local Filmmaker: Writer/Director Tony Schweikle "The Hybrids Family” w/Artist Q&A (Family friendly, all ages welcome!) at The Paradise Theater 215 Grand Ave, Paonia- see below.
 
 5/27 (Sat) 1:00pm: Shamanic Artists Artists Support Group Artists Support Group ​Creamery Art Center
Artists Support Group primary image
5/29 (Mon) 9:30am: The Hotchkiss-Crawford Historical Society and Museum is hosting a May 29 Memorial Day ceremony at the museum, 180 S. 2nd St in Hotchkiss,  to honor PFC Victor Haglund, the only casualty from the North Fork Valley in the Vietnam conflict. The presentation of Mr. Haglund’s military awards for display at the Historical Society Museum Veteran’s Memorial Exhibit will commence at 9:30 a.m. with Lynch/Cotten American Legion Post Commander David Cotten presiding. Immediately following the awards presentation,  HCHS Veterans Auxiliary Members will be conducting its annual Memorial Day salute at the flagpole at Riverside Cemetery at 10:00 a.m. All veterans and family members are encouraged to attend both programs. Coffee and donuts will be available at the museum before and after the two Memorial Day programs. Hotchkiss.

HAGLUND VICTOR MILFORD JR ARMY PFC 19470513 CRAWFORD DELTA 19691114 Y
(Above line is from U.S. Military Fatal Casualties of the Vietnam War for Home-State-of-Record: Colorado)

Exhibitors at the Farmers and Artist Market at the Creamery Art Center - Hotchkiss

Name

Business

Selling

Angel Fowler & Julia Widdop

Wake Up Reiki Shamonic Arts Center

Massage apothecary Information

Angela Flores

Delta County Farm to School Program

Fruit, veggie school produce

Anne Ziemer

Immunity Farms

Honey, Wheat, Flour, Eggs & produce

Cathy Clemens

 

Photos, Cards, pottery, stained glass & veggies

Dee Hayden

Lamborn Vista Jewelry

Jewelry and gifts

Eva Stoner

 

Potatoes

Evan Cummings

 

Fruit, Veggies…..

Gigi Deegan

O'Deegan Farms

Canned goods, backed goods

Greta Nonnemacher

Creations by Greta

quilted items, baked goods

Isabella Wolfgang

 

Jewelry 

John Howard

 

Bonsai & Mini tree

Kitty Dubois

Bags made from recycled material

Bags

Linda Johnson Rubick

Fat Toad Farm& bees Black Canyon Botanicals

Plants, Elderberry, herbs, flowers, shrooms, salves, tinctures, died fabric & eggs

Linda Tullis

 

Flowers and Mexican Imports

Mary Stahl

Hill Top Farm

Herbs, plants, flowers, catnip Mice, ointments

Pat Frazier

Peace and Plenty Farm  

Plants 

Patty Wyngaard

Pollinator education

Pollinator Houses

Ryan Todd

The Farm on Maple Drive

Veggies, herbs, Microgreens & mushrooms

Sara Schuster

Fox & Elder

Herbal tea, Tincture, seedlings

Sunny

 

Medicinal Plant starts, salves, teas and bulk herbs

 

Where the Chamber Finds The North Fork Valley Events

 

The Chamber locates the North Fork Valley Events from the following:
  1. Our Members, Partners, and Friends email their events to NFVChamber@gmail.com or HotchkissChamber.com.
  2. Fliers posted in the various towns -
    Austin, Crawford, Hotchkiss, Lazear, Paonia, Somerset
  3. The Chamber reviews the following websites or receive their newsletters.
  4. Postings on the various Town Facebook groups.
Big B's Friday and Saturday Schedule https://www.bigbs.com/friday-night-live-2022 Hotchkiss (1 mile west of Paonia).
Blue Sage Center for the Arts https://bluesage.org/upcoming-events/ - Paonia but North Fork Valley wide.
Citizens for a Healthy Community - Paonia
The Creamery Arts Center https://www.creameryartscenter.org/events.html - Hotchkiss
Delta Area Chamber of Commerce http://devdelta.chambermaster.com/events - Delta based and Delta County wide.
Delta County Board of Tourism https://www.deltacountycolorado.com/events/
Delta County Indepdendent - Delta based and Delta County wide.
Delta County Libraries - Delta County Wide.
Delta County Public Information Officer Lindsey Mitchell - Delta based and Delta County Wide
High Country Shopper / Spotlight - Paonia based and North Fork Valley wide.
Hotchkss-Crawford Historical Society and Museum - Hotchkiss based with meetings in Crawford as well.
KVNF Public Radio - Paonia based but Delta County and Beyond
The Learning Council - Paonia.
The Nature Connection - Hotchkiss.
North Fork High School - Hotchkiss based but North Fork Valley wide.
North Fork Recreation District https://northforkrecreation.com/ - Hotchkiss based but North Fork Valley wide.
North Fork Merchant Herald - Hotchkiss based and North Fork Valley wide.
North Fork Valley Creative Coalition https://thecreativecoalition.org/events/ - Paonia based but North Fork Valley wide.
North Fork Valley Rotary Club - Paonia based but North Fork Valley wide.
The Paradise Theater - Paonia based but North Fork Valley wide.
Pickin Productions https://www.pickinproductions.com/upcomingshows
Town of Crawford
Town of Hotchkiss https://townofhotchkiss.colorado.gov/events-0
Town of Paonia
VOGA - Valley Organic Growers Association 
Western Slope Conservation Center https://westernslopeconservation.org/events/ - Paonia based but North Fork Valley wide.
Western Slope Slow Cooking - https://slowfoodwesternslope.org/events/