Leadville Boom Days Home Page
Home Page
Leadville, Colorado, Boom Days, mining celebration, burro race, historic mountain festival, gun show, parade

56th Annual Leadville Boom Days

Schedule of Events


Boom Days Events
    Burro Race
    Gun Show
    Mining Events
    Parade
    Supporting Events

Boom Days News

Contact Boom Days

Area Lodging

Leadville, Colorado, Boom Days, mining celebration, burro race, historic mountain festival, gun show, parade

Leadville, Colorado, Boom Days, mining celebration, burro race, historic mountain festival, gun show, parade

Leadville, Colorado, Boom Days, mining celebration, burro race, historic mountain festival, gun show, parade

                            
Friday, August 6th, 2004
3:00 pm Food & Craft Fair opens
  • Over 100 Vendors
  • Lion's Club "Beer Garden" featuring live entertainment
Harrison Ave.
Click here for map
5:00 pm Opening Ceremony Harrison Ave.
5:00 pm ABATE Event Registration Harrison Ave.
5:30 pm ABATE Kid's Bicycle Events Harrison Ave.
7:00 pm ABATE Motorcycle Games
  • 'Motorcycle skills' games and demonstrations with awards and prizes
  • $5 per bike for all events
  • $1 per bike for each event
  • All profits benefit the ABATE Food Bank
Harrison Ave.
8:00 pm Dance
  • Entertainment provided by *********
Elks Lodge
West 5th St.

Saturday, August 7th, 2004
7 am - 10 am Pancake Breakfast
  • $/Adult and $/children ages 4-10
  • New for this year.....Biscuits and Gravy
Courthouse Lawn
7:00 am Food & Craft Fair
  • Over 100 Vendors
  • Lion's Club "Beer Garden" featuring live entertainment
Harrison Ave.
8:00 am Mining Events Registration
  • 9:00 am Rules and Drillers meeting THIS IS MANDATORY!
Elks Parking Lot,
West 4th St.
8 am - 10 pm Softball Tournement Harrison Ave. & Leiter St. Fields
9:00 am Mining Events Rules & Drillers Meeting  
9 am - 6 pm Annual Rod & Gun Club Show 6th Street Gym
9:30 am "Boom Days" Mining Events Begin
  • Jackleg drilling
  • Hand-mucking
  • Single jack drilling
  • Spike driving
Elks Parking Lot
West 4th St.
10:00 am Boom Days Parade
  • 4 Jet Fly-over kicks things off at the Grand Stand
Harrison Ave.
12:00 noon Main Street "Mosey"
  • Costume contest
Harrison Ave.
1 pm "Boom Days" Belt Buckle Auction
  • Auction of this year's #1 and #100 Limited Edition Collector Belt Buckles
Elk's Parking Lot
1:00 pm Children's Events
  • Sand Pile Money Grab
LCHS Football Field
4 pm - 8 pm Spaghetti Dinner at Eagles Lodge
  • $ per person
812 Hemlock
8:00 pm Boom Days Dance
  • Entertainment provided by *********
Elks Lodge
123 West 5th St.

Continuous Entertainment Throughout The Weekend!

TR>
Sunday, August 8th, 2004
7 am - 10 am Pancake Breakfast
  • $/Adult and $/children ages 4-10
  • New for this year.....Biscuits and Gravy
Courthouse Lawn
7 am Food & Craft Fair Continues
  • Over 100 Vendors
  • Lion's Club "Beer Garden" featuring live entertainment
Harrison Ave.
8 am- 10 pm Softball Tournement Harrison Ave. &
Leiter St. Fields
9:00 am Weighing in for the Burros Peoples Bank
8:30 am "Boom Days" Mining Events Continue
  • Rock drilling contests
  • Doublejack Hand Steeling Contests
Elks Parking Lot,
West 4th St.
9:00 am - 4:00 pm Annual Rod & Gun Club Show 6th Street Gym
10:00 am "Boom Days" Mining Events Continue
  • 3 Man Team Jackleg Drilling
Elks Parking Lot,
West 4th St.
11:00 am Men's Burro Race Starts Lake County Courthouse
Harrison Ave.
11:15 am Women's Burro Race Starts Lake County Courthouse
Harrison Ave.
12:00 pm Supporting Events Start
  • Celebrity Burro Race
Harrison Ave.
1:30 pm Burro Racer's begin to return Harrison Ave. 

Note: All Times subject to change or even cancellation. If you are planning to attend a paticular event, please check with the Greater Leadville Area Chamber of Commerce, 719-486-3900, or 1-800-933-3901, before leaving home.

By Municipal Ordinance, Boom Days is a dog-free event. Sorry. No dogs allowed in the downtown area on or off a leash. Tickets will be issued to those who do not comply.

Leadville Boom Days Home Page
Home Page
Return To Top


Leadville Boom Days Committee
P. O. Box 596, Leadville, CO 80461
Email: boomdays@leadville.com
Contact Boom Days
 

Site Design and Hosting
by VistaWorks

VistaWorks

Photos & Illustrations published here by permission of Greater Leadville Area Chamber of Commerce. Original Leadville Boom Days photos and text are Copyright © 1999 Leadville Boom Days Committee. All Rights Reserved. VistaWorks® and Website logos are Trademarks ® of Vision Technologies, Inc. dba VistaWorks. All other original material, photographs, logos, HTML code and server side programs are Copyright © 1999 Vision Technologies, Inc. dba VistaWorks. All Rights Reserved.

Rev March 2004 cg