Welcome to The Dolores River Festival
Saturday June 1, 2013 in Joe Rowell Park, Dolores, Colorado Gates open from 10 a.m. until dusk Costumed River Parade Live music all day on 2 stages Informational booths Food and beverage vendors River contests Children/family activities Free raft rides Camping |
2013 MUSIC LINEUP IS HERE!!!!!
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Timmy O'Neill
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The Festival
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 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.
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 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.
The 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. Flows below town through the Lower Dolores Canyon are controlled by releases from McPhee Dam. McPhee Reservoir provides water for Cortez and Dove Creek and much of the irrigated agriculture in the region. After carving the remote and scenic canyons of the Ponderosa Gorge and Slickrock Canyon, the Dolores is joined by the San Miguel River below Bed Rock. From there it continues northward to cross the state line near Gateway before flowing to the Colorado River near Moab, Utah.
Day-trip boating and low-water tubing makes for a fun river run upstream of Dolores. 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 Class III-IV whitewater in the lower Dolores Canyon (below McPhee Reservoir) accommodates multi-day raft trips available without permit requirements. Trips in the lower canyons reward experienced boaters with remote wilderness, archaeolological treasures, and demanding rapids. These opportunities depend on flows determined largely by releases from the dam.
Day-trip boating and low-water tubing makes for a fun river run upstream of Dolores. 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 Class III-IV whitewater in the lower Dolores Canyon (below McPhee Reservoir) accommodates multi-day raft trips available without permit requirements. Trips in the lower canyons reward experienced boaters with remote wilderness, archaeolological treasures, and demanding rapids. These opportunities depend on flows determined largely by releases from the dam.
