Carbondale Annual Potato Day

10/07/2025

The 116th Potato Day in pictures.
The theme this year was "The Grate Spudsby," for the 100th anniversary of F. Scott Fitzgerald 's novel; The Great Gatsby, set in the Roaring Twenties.

10/05/2025

Congrats to the Potato Day winners.

10/05/2025

The 2025 Potato Day Parade in 3 parts. Thank you Carbondale!
Part 3:

10/05/2025

The 2025 Potato Day Parade in 3 parts. Thank you Carbondale!
Part 2:

10/05/2025

The 2025 Potato Day Parade in 3 parts. Thank you Carbondale!
Part 1:

10/03/2025

The presale for Harvest Meal tickets will end today but we are not sold out! Plenty of meal tickets left to buy on site, tomorrow. Lunch service starts around 11:15 until the food runs out! Check out the locally sourced and crafted menu! Thank you farmers and everyone making this possible!! See you soon.

Pre-Sale ends soon! https://my.cheddarup.com/c/potato-day-donation/itemsow

10/01/2025

Community Wrap party on Thursday, Oct 2 at 4:30pm!

Be part of the harvest festival! We have literally 1,000s of locally grown corn and potatoes to wrap in foil for the Potato Day barbecue on Saturday, Oct 4th!!!

Location:
Thompson House History Park
301 Lewies Lane

Thank you!
Seed Peace
Carbondale Historical Society - Colorado

09/29/2025

Potato Day is this coming Saturday! Don't miss this 116 year old Carbondale tradition. This year's theme is the Grate Spudsby, commemorating the 100th anniversary of F. Scott Fitszgerald's novel; The Great Gatsby. So it's the Roaring Twenties!
Dress up in costume. Create a themed Parade Float. Run the Tater Trot. Enter the Biggest Potato Contest. Drink Cowboy Coffee. Shop the Farmer's Market. Play Traditional Kids Games. Listen to Music. Dance. But most of all, enjoy a community cooked meal of bbq meat, potatoes and sides! And have a "GRATE" Potato Day!

09/29/2025

Wrap party on Thursday, Oct 2 at 4:30pm!

Be part of the harvest festival! We have literally 1,000s of locally grown corn and potatoes to wrap in foil for the community barbecue on Saturday, Oct 4th!!!

Send us a DM for more info and to rsvp!

Seed Peace
Carbondale Historical Society - Colorado

09/18/2025

We need volunteers! Please sign up for shifts on Saturday, October 4th and be part of the team

SignUp.com makes it easy to coordinate school events & classroom activities, fundraisers, snack schedules, potlucks & more!

09/18/2025

Mark your calendars for the first weekend of October!

Potato Days 2025 - A Fundraiser for Seed Peace - Casey's Fund Supporting Farmers
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Friday, October 3rd
5:00 PM - 9:00 PM - Carbondale Historical Society Membership Drive Kick-Off Party at True Nature, ticketed event
Saturday, October 4th

8:30 AM - 10:30 AM - Carbondale Rotary Club Pancake Breakfast
Location: Chacos Park (4th & Main Streets)
Cost: $10 regular, $15 for potato pancakes

8:00 AM - 9:30 AM - Aspen Valley Land Trust Pre-tato Promenade
Location: Coffman Ranch
Cost: FREE event but registration is required, contact Carly Bolliger at [email protected] or 970-963-8440

9:00 AM - "Tater Trot" 1-Mile Fun Run
Location: Chacos Park, Registration begins 8:30 AM
Cost: FREE, Roaring 20s costumes encouraged! Top runners win sacks of potatoes

9:00 AM - 3:00 PM - Farmers Market, Family Activities & Cowboy Coffee
Location: Sopris Park
Cost: FREE and open to the public. Fresh produce, artisan goods, games,
activities with community partners and historical copper cauldron coffee.

10:30 AM - Potato Day Parade
Theme: "The Grate Spudsby" - Judges award prizes to Parade Floats based on theme relevance, originality, workmanship and crowd appeal. Pre-registration required, contact [email protected]

11:15 AM - Until we run out of food - Community Harvest Lunch
Location: Sopris Park
Cost: $20 adults, $15 children under 12; Locally sourced and prepared meat and sides, and of course, potatoes.
1:00 PM - Parade Winners & Largest Potato Contest Announcements

12:15pm-1:00pm - Kids Games
Prizes, Potato sack races, Hot Potato and a Piñata
Location: Sopris Park
Cost: FREE

11:00 AM - 4:30 PM - Live Music Programming
Location: Sopris Park Main Stage
Cost: FREE; Featuring KDNK DJ tribute to Art Ackerman (11-1), Lucky Drive (130-3) and live Contra Dance with Caller (3-430)
Harvest bar and non alcoholic drinks will be available by donation

Sunday, October 5th
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM - Youth Gymkhana
Location: Rodeo grounds at County Road 100
Cost: FREE and open to the public

09/18/2025

Potato Days is undergoing a transformation and bringing back the Roaring 20s. The theme this year is the Grate Spudsby in honor of the 100 year anniversary of the Great Gatsby!

Our beloved 116th Harvest Festival is now a fundraiser to support the agricultural community! All 2025 proceeds from the Community Meal, Harvest Bar, festival t-shirts and event sponsors will go to Seed Peace - Casey's Fund Supporting Farmers! More info at www.seedpeacce.org

Pre purchase your meal ticket or make a donation today!
https://potato-day-donation.cheddarup.com