2025 Black Forest Festival
2025-08-09 | Colorado
Black Forest Festival Saturday, August 9, 2025

Your Guide to the 2025 Black Forest Festival

Saturday, August 9 · 6:30 AM–3:00 PM

Let the forest wake with flavor, music, and community! The 2025 Black Forest Festival kicks off bright and early in the Community Center parking lot with breakfast by our beloved Boy Scout Troop 70. Enjoy pancakes, eggs, sausage, coffee, and OJ—made with love and served with smiles. Donations are appreciated. A Special Thanks to Our Breakfast Sponsors:
The Omelette Parlor · Golden Pines Coffee Roaster · Dawn & Louie

From sunup to the last encore, festival live music starts at 6:30 AM and keeps the energy flowing all day!

6:30–8:15 AM · The Ghost of Cash
Classic country, easy rock, and beloved hits of the ’60s–’80s at the Log School Pavilion, pausing for the Flag Raising Ceremony at 6:30 AM by Troop 70.

8:00 AM–Parade · Paul-David Almond
Americana, blues & folk from this soulful storyteller at the Backyard Western Storefront.

8:30 AM–Parade · Bare Bones Trombone Quartet
Enjoy vibrant brass harmonies at the Log School Pavilion, perfect for all ages!

10:30 AM · Parade Kickoff
Pine Creek High School A Acappella Choir performs the National Anthem with harmony and heart. This year’s parade is stacked with school pride, classic cars, horses, tractors and of course lots of candy for the children. It will start at 10:30 AM and moved west on Shoup, round the corner at Black Forest and then head North past the Community Center.

Post-Parade – 3:00 PM · The Ashtōnz
At the Backyard Beer Garden, smile through acoustic rock, country, and pop—Monument’s favorite band brings the groove!

Additional Festival Highlights & Activities

Kids Crafts & Games
9:00–10:00 AM & 11:30 AM–2:00 PM

Pony & Tractor Rides
8:00–10:00 AM & 12:00–3:00 PM

Petting Zoo & Live Demonstrations with Vogl Sheep Demo, Hidy Honey Bee Demo, and Wolf Freedom Coffee Demo/Meet and Greet Wolves
8:00 AM–3:00 PM

Food Truck Lineup (from 9:30 AM):
Firehouse on the Run · Pies and Grinders · Dr. Taco Truck · Kabob Kaboose · Ice Cream Truck · Churro Trailer

Vendor Booths Galore

8:00 AM–3:00 PM · Backyard Booth Fair

Featuring 92 vendors and 42 Children’s Entrepreneurial Booths, offering services, gifts, art, and more. A special thanks to Munson Landscape & Excavating for the grading of the backyard and huge improvement to our festival grounds.

Family Beer Garden

11:00 AM – 3:00 PM New Location Under the Pines! Family Beer Garden

Catch shade, sip a cold one, and stay for the music.

Craft & domestic beer, hard lemonade, seltzers, ciders – $5
Soft drinks & bottled water – $1
A big “Cheers!” to KEG 1 Colorado for sponsoring this refreshing forest oasis!

Festival Central

Find it all at the Black Forest Community Club Parking Lot. This year the park lot is brimming with non-profits and demonstration booths. You will also find our Community Center booth with:

T-Shirts, reusable bags, pint glasses (while supplies last!)
Past festival merch
Community Club info & sign-up
Lost & Found and general festival info
Parking and Shuttles

The festival has increased the number of available shuttles. Attendees are encouraged to park in designated lots and utilize shuttle services for more efficient access to the event. We extend our gratitude to Mountain View Café for their sponsorship of festival transportation. Their valuable support enables Special Kids Special Families shuttles and Academy District 20 buses to provide attendees with a safe and reliable means of traveling to the festival this year.

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SAVE THE DATE! HALLOWEEN
2025-10-25 13:30 - 16:00 (America/Chicago) | Black Forest Community Center, 12530 Black Forest Road, Colorado Springs, Colorado, 80908
SAVE THE DATE!
HALLOWEEN Saturday October 25, 2025
We hope you can join the Black Forest Community for a Trunk-Or-Treat on Saturday, October 25th. *Trunk-Or-Treat from 2:00pm – 4:00pm*
The event takes place in the Backyard Area of the Black Forest Community Center, 12530 Black Forest Road.

6th Annual Community Trunk-or-Treat
2025-10-25 14:00 - 16:00 | Black Forest Community Center, 12530 Black Forest Road, Colorado Springs, Colorado, 80908
Join your friends and neighbors for the Black Forest Community Trunk-Or-Treat!
Saturday, October 25th, 2025, 1:30pm – 4:00pm
*Trunk-Or-Treat from 2:00pm – 4:00pm*
Black Forest Community Center Backyard
We hope you can join us for the 2025 Black Forest Community Trunk-Or-Treat on Saturday, October 25th from 1:30pm – 4:00pm. All donations benefit the Black Forest Community Club for the event itself and ongoing maintenance of the Community Center.
The event takes place in the Backyard Area of the Black Forest Community Center, 12530 Black Forest Road.
This is our 6th Annual Black Forest Community Trunk-Or-Treat and the kids love it!
We anticipate it will be as well attended this year as prior years.
This is a community event, so families and businesses host a trunk and provide candy to pass out to our Black Forest Trunk-Or-Treaters.
Thank you to all of those that participate to spread Halloween cheer to our local kids that typically have to visit other neighborhoods to trick-or-treat.

Please note that pets are not allowed at this event as the Black Forest Community Center is private property and
the BFCC insurance does not allow for pets during events.

There are several ways to participate in the Black Forest Community Trunk-Or-Treat:

1. We need trunks! We need families, businesses, and organizations to sign-up to host a trunk and provide candy to hand out to trick-or-treaters. If you can decorate your vehicle, it adds to the fun (however, decorating is not required). Please pre-register your vehicle so we can plan the spacing.
Trunk setup and decorating begins at 12:00am on Saturday, October 25th. For safety reasons trunks must be parked by 1:30pm and have to stay until the Trunk-Or-Treat ends at 4pm. Having a ton of young, excited kids running around alongside moving cars is a situation we want to avoid.
2. We need donations! We need donations of candy, or donations of money to buy candy, to help supplement those that volunteer to host a trunk. Candy can be dropped off to Mountain View Cafe and Catering or to the Firehouse On The Run or to the Chicken Coop. Please drop off candy by Friday, October 24th.
3. We need volunteers! We need all the help we can get as this is a highly attended community event.
Sign up to Host a Trunk or Volunteer!

2025 Trunk or Treat Sign UpPrimary Contact Name *Group or Business NamePhone *Email Address *Please share if you are signing up to provide a Trunk with candy for the event and or if you wish to be a volunteer for the event. *Submit Form

2025 Black Forest Community Giving Drive & Potluck Event
2025-11-16 15:00 - 19:00 | Black Forest Community Center, 12530 Black Forest Road, Colorado Springs, Colorado, 80908
Announcing the 2025 Black Forest Community Potluck Event! Join us for an afternoon with family, friends, and neighbors. Spread the word! It’s definitely a come one, come all!

Share your favorite Soups and Side dishes.

Sunday, November 16, 2025
3:00 – 7:00 pm

Black Forest Community Club
12530 Black Forest Rd, Colorado Springs, CO 80908

This event promises to be a fun community celebration of friendship, as well as giving support to people who are struggling to make ends meet. Clean out your closets and your pantries, or even enjoy shopping to fulfill item(s) on the wish lists below:

Three agencies will benefit from the generosity of our community: Because We Choose To, TriLakes Cares, and Fresh Start. Let’s overwhelm them with an outpouring of care from our community! Representatives from each agency will be joining us and will share their history and visions.

Because We Care To will be collecting and distributing new and used clothing — Coats, Hats, Gloves, Socks, and any items that can be layered to provide warmth, as their population are the unhomed in the Colorado Springs area.

TriLakes Cares Wishlist:
Canned Pineapple
Canned Peaches
Instant Mashed Potatoes
Canned Diced Tomatoes
Canned Mixed Veggies
Canned Refried Beans
Canned Pinto Beans
SpaghettiO’s
Flour
Sugar
Vegetable Oil

Fresh Start Wishlist:
Paper Towels
Dish Soap
Body Wash
Tampons
Feminine Hygiene Pads
Tampons
Women’s Deodorant
Pull-ups Size 2T/3T, 3T/4T, and 4T/5T

We will have jars for each agency for your generous cash/check donations as well!

The Black Forest Community Club will have bins available outside the doors at 9 am on the morning of 11/16/26 for anyone to drop off donations or non-perishable potluck items early. Prior to that time, feel free to contact the agencies directly with any donations.

Hosting the event, Women Warriors of the Woods will be setting up tables and chairs, organizing the buffet and donation tables, and cleaning up after the event.

A HUGE thank you the Black Forest Community Club! As the sponsors they will be providing all the tables, chairs, paper products and eating utensils, as well as Coffee, Tea, and Lemonade!!!

Helping the less fortunate is truly going to be a team effort! Thank you to all who come!

BFCC Tree Lighting Ceremony
2025-12-06 14:00 - 17:00 | Colorado
Santa visit, Cookies & Ornament Crafting: 2–4 PM
Community Tree Lighting: 4–5 PM

Boy Scouts of America Troop 70 Black Forest Chili Dinner and Silent Auction
2026-02-21 17:00 - 19:30 | Black Forest Community Center, 12530 Black Forest Road, Colorado Springs, Colorado, 80908
Boy Scout Troop 70 of Black Forest presents
Chili Dinner & Silent Auction Annual Fundraiser
Saturday, February 21th, 5:00pm – 8:00pm
Black Forest Community Center (12530 Black Forest Road)
Enjoy a bowl of hot chili with baked cornbread, fresh salad, homemade desserts and drinks.
$7 – Adults and kids over 12
$5 – Seniors 55+
$4 – Kids 11 and under & all scouts in uniform
100% of proceeds benefit Troop 70 Scouting Program
For silent auction previews please go to www.facebook.com/Troop70BlackForest

FLAT BROKE AFTER TAXES SPAGHETTI & MEATBALL DINNER
2026-04-15 17:00 - 21:00 | Colorado

Black Forest Arts & Craft Show
2026-04-29 16:00 - 2026-05-04 14:00 | Black Forest Community Center, 12530 Black Forest Road, Colorado Springs, Colorado, 80908
Wednesday 4 pm – 7 pm
Thursday – Saturday 9 am – 7 pm
Sunday 10 am – 2 pm
for more information bfacg.org or facebook.com/BFACG
