The Dolores River Festival is a community celebration of the Dolores River and the many ways it connects us to each other, the environment, and our resources.

This year the Dolores River Festival grounds will extend to the river's edge, as it grows bigger and better with all day events in Joe Rowell Park. This community and family-oriented event features numerous vendors, events in and along our beautiful river, great food and drink, and best of all superb music by national and local acts all afternoon and into the evening.

The Festival is hosted by Greater Dolores Action, a not-for-profit local organization that generates a sustainable funding source for implementing scientific, restoration, and stewardship projects for the Dolores River.

The Dolores River flows through the town of Dolores and is a tributary to the Colorado River. Its headwaters start high in the San Juan Mountains, where it flows west and then bends north below town, and finally joins the Colorado River near Moab, Utah. Day-trip boating and low-water tubing makes for a "fun river run" just upstream of town. A more thrilling day trip includes the legendary Stampede Hole and Ledges for kayaking and rafting, near the community of Stoner.  A "nationally acclaimed" section of river flows through the Lower Dolores Canyon, which accommodates  multi-day raft trips available without permit requirements. Flows below town through the Lower Dolores Canyon are controlled by McPhee Dam, the main source of water for municipal uses and irrigation in the region.

Most importantly, the River Festival draws attention to the Dolores, the challenges it faces and the importance of preserving it. Greater Dolores Action earmarks all sponsorship donations for festival funding and for river-enhancing activities such as garbage and debris removal, habitat creation and education – keeping your generous donation in the community. Your support of the Dolores River Festival shows your commitment to the preservation of one of the West’s great and scenic rivers.