Trinidad offers an ever-growing number of outdoor activities at Trinidad Lake State Park or the brand new Fisher’s Peak State Park, shopping, music, nightlife, well-known annual events such as Santa Fe Trail days, Comedy Fest, COLEXICO Spaghetti and Westerns Festival and ArtoCade, and a burgeoning art and music scene that provides entertainment and opportunities in which to engage for both visitors and residents alike. Trinidad is also the proud home of over 140 original buildings touting collossal architecture, such as the Fox West Theatre, which is undergoing a significant renovation, Fisher’s Peak State Park which now offers 7 trails for mountain biking, hiking and multi-use, Art Cartopia, a one-of-a-kind artcar museum, and arts endeavors like the Space to Create, an Artspace project designed to support the arts community by providing affordable housing for artists are also places you don’t want to miss! For additional information on Trinidad events, please see the calendar below and contact us with any questions. Happy exploring!
GROOVE
Various musical events and activities are available in Trinidad. Multiple music venues feature bands playing live music several times a week and you can always jump in with your own jams! Find live music, karaoke, or open mic nights at Trinidad Lounge, Club 14, Mikey’s Bar & Grill, Las Animas Grill, Gino’s, Moose’s Social Club and Martini Bar, or Grandma’s House at Sexy Pizza, Mutiny Café, and The Well Hotel and Taproom.
New to the music scene was this year’s first annual Caveman Music Festival in the heart of the Rocky Mountains at Monument Lake Resort with Americana music floating through the open air.
Many other local, annual events feature music and movement and include Cinco de Mayo, Santa Fe Trail Days Festival, Trinidad Round-Up /Labor Day downtown night, Mt. Carmel Festival and others.
TRINIDAD, COLORADO
Come and create. Come and enjoy. Trinidad’s ever growing creative community has a place for you.
In June, 2013, Trinidad became a certified Colorado Creative District. In 2015, the city also became a Colorado Main Street community, known as Trinidad Historic Main Street. In 2016, the Space to Create project was added to the ongoing rejuvenation of Trinidad. Trinidad Space to Create is the demonstration project for Space to Create Colorado, a state-led initiative to create affordable creative sector and workforce housing and workspace in rural Colorado communities.
Trinidad Artspace is transforming an entire block of downtown Main Street into a dynamic complex that combines three historic structures with distinct exteriors, linking the second stories of all three with 13 affordable, live/work apartments for creatives, which are now available for leasing. Street-level amenities feature the city’s own 25,000 square foot cultural facility. Six blocks away, next to a historic train depot and across from a park, Artspace has constructed another building with 28 more units of affordable live/work apartments.
BEHIND THE SCENES
CORAZÓN DE TRINIDAD CREATIVE DISTRICT
The Trinidad Creative District is defined on paper by a loose boundary that encompasses the historic Corazon de Trinidad (Heart of Trinidad) business district. In spirit, The Creative District is an inclusive effort to support creatives throughout our area and help our rural economy find new vibrancy and diversity through the hands and minds of the creative people who reside here.
The Corazon de Trinidad Creative District is organized to attract artists and creative entrepreneurs to the area, infusing new energy and innovation to promote the economic and civic capital of the community. The District works to create economic activity hubs and provides a focal point for celebrating and strengthening Trinidad’s unique identity and sense of place.
Meet the Board
Marilyn Leuszler, Harriet Vaugeois, Hilary DiPolo, Pat Fletcher, Nathan Lund, Suzanne Magnuson, and Elizabeth Holloway