Calendar

Mar
4
Sat
2023
Coffee With Councilors @ Community Center Bear Creek Room
Mar 4 @ 10:00 am

A coffee cup sits near a laptop computer.Join your neighbors for Coffee with Councilors the first Saturday of the month at 10 a.m. in the Golden Community Center Bear Creek South room (1470 10th St.) unless otherwise noted on the calendar. Or if you prefer, join us online from the comfort of your own home (bring your own coffee!).

This month, Community and Economic Development Manager Rick Muriby will join CSC to discuss Phase 2 and 3 of the zoning code update for commercial development.

Bring your thoughts, ideas and questions and let’s have a conversation!

Apr
1
Sat
2023
Coffee With Councilors @ Community Center Bear Creek Room
Apr 1 @ 10:00 am

A coffee cup sits near a laptop computer.Join your neighbors for Coffee with Councilors the first Saturday of the month at 10 a.m. in the Golden Community Center Bear Creek South room (1470 10th St.) unless otherwise noted on the calendar. Or if you prefer, join us online from the comfort of your own home (bring your own coffee!).

Bring your thoughts, ideas and questions and let’s have a conversation!

Apr
14
Fri
2023
CSM Engineering Days (E-Days)
Apr 14 @ 8:00 am – 3:00 pm

The annual E-Days events are put on by the Colorado School of Mines. While most of the events are for students only, there are a few visible to the public, including trebuchet contests, Cardboard Boat Races in Clear Creek and a fireworks display on Saturday night, April 15 at 9:15 p.m.

For more information, visit www.minesactivitiescouncil.com/edays.

Apr
15
Sat
2023
CSM Engineering Days (E-Days) Fireworks
Apr 15 @ 9:15 pm – 10:00 pm

The annual E-Days events are put on by the Colorado School of Mines. While most of the events are for students only, there are a few visible to the public, including trebuchet contests, Cardboard Boat Races in Clear Creek and a fireworks display on Saturday night, April 15 at 9:15 p.m. (weather permitting).

For more information, visit www.minesactivitiescouncil.com/edays.

Apr
18
Tue
2023
Arts and Culture Strategic Master Plan Discovery Meeting @ Golden Community Center
Apr 18 @ 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm

Montage of art and culture found around Golden.The City of Golden has engaged Keen Independent to create an Arts and Culture Strategic Master Plan, which will serve as a framework for cultivating art, culture, and creativity in Golden. Keen Independent is a national research firm that combines expertise in equity and economics with lived arts and cultural leadership. The study team will conduct extensive stakeholder and community engagement, visit and document Golden’s cultural assets, and assess the City’s needs to complete the plan by August 2023. Learn more on Guiding Golden.

Residents of Golden are cordially invited to participate in a Discovery Meeting on Tuesday, April 18 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Golden Community Center (1470 10th St.) to learn more about the study and provide input through different family-friendly brainstorming activities. Food and beverages will be provided.

May
6
Sat
2023
CANCELED: Coffee With Councilors @ Community Center Bear Creek Room
May 6 @ 10:00 am

State of the City GraphicThe May 6, 2023 Coffee with Councilors is canceled. We invite you to join us instead at the Golden State of the City 2023 address at the Golden Community Center.

Jun
3
Sat
2023
Coffee With Councilors (with special guest Scott Vargo) @ Community Center Coal Creek Room
Jun 3 @ 10:00 am

A coffee cup sits near a laptop computer.Join your neighbors for Coffee with Councilors at 10 a.m. in the Golden Community Center Coal Creek room (1470 10th St.) for a special Coffee with Councilors. This month, Scott Vargo will join as a special guest to discuss the recent Fire Department Cooperative Services Study and Council’s direction to have GFD remain a standalone municipal fire department.

Participants unable to attend in person can also join us online (bring your own coffee!).

Bring your thoughts, ideas and questions and let’s have a conversation!

Earth Day Celebration at DeLong Park @ DeLong Park
Jun 3 @ 10:00 am – 2:00 pm

Come out to Golden’s newest city park, DeLong Park, for an Earth Day Celebration (rescheduled from April due to weather) held by volunteer DeLong Weedbusters from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on June 3.

Jul
1
Sat
2023
Coffee With Councilors @ Community Center Bear Creek Room
Jul 1 @ 10:00 am

A coffee cup sits near a laptop computer.Join your neighbors for Coffee with Councilors the first Saturday of the month at 10 a.m. in the Golden Community Center (1470 10th St., Golden, CO).

Or if you prefer, join us online from the comfort of your own home (bring your own coffee!).

This Saturday, join us in welcoming Golden’s new Thriving Communities Director, Sarah Vaine. We’ll learn about Sarah’s background, the job of the Thriving Communities Director, and the key city projects she oversees.

Bring your thoughts, ideas and questions, and let’s have a conversation!

Jul
4
Tue
2023
4th of July Festival @ Lions Park
Jul 4 @ 11:30 am – 9:30 pm

PLEASE NOTE: JULY 4, 2023 – DUE TO PREDICTIONS OF SEVERE WEATHER, THE FIREWORKS DISPLAY HAS BEEN POSTPONED FOR TONIGHT, AND WILL BE RESCHEDULED FOR ANOTHER DATE DURING THE SUMMER.

The Golden Lions Club is hosting the 51st annual 4th of July community celebration in Lions Park. Activities kick off at 11 a.m. with music by three local bands, food, drink, children’s activities (including a hula hoop contest at 2:30 p.m.) and a raffle.

The day culminates in a fireworks display at approx. 9:30 p.m., weather and fire conditions permitting. Keep an eye on the City’s social media channels (Facebook and Twitter) for up-to-the-minute updates if a cancellation is necessary.

The celebration is a day for families, friends, and neighbors to gather in Lions Park to picnic or purchase food and drink. All raffle and festival proceed go to support the work that the Lions Club does in the community throughout the year.

Parking near the festival is extremely limited. The 8th, 9th and 10th Street neighborhood will be closed to through traffic and festival parking. Ride your bike or walk to the event if you are local.

Parking options

  • Jackson Street public parking garages
  • The Clear Creek lot at 304 10th Street
  • Colorado School of Mines Lot K (near Marv Kay Stadium) will be available for event parking on the 4th of July

Remember that all fireworks are ILLEGAL in the city limits of Golden, so leave the fireworks to the professionals. You can view the show from anywhere along the creek path, near Lions Park, and the Golden History Park.

Band Schedule

  • 11:30 a.m. — Jewel & The Rough
  • 3 p.m. — High Country Heartbreakers
  • 6:30 p.m. — The Johnny O Band

Learn more!

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 Did You Know?
Golden was originally chosen as the territorial capital of Colorado in 1862.

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