BVSD's 2026-27 Calendar: Two First Days, Not One Mark the second week of August on the refrigerator calendar: the Boulder Valley School District's 2026-27 academic year opens in two waves rather than a single districtwide start. Per the district's approved 2026-27 academic calendar, students in kindergarten through 5th …

Pearl Street Arts Fest: Three Days on the Boulder Mall An outdoor artist market runs at a different pace from a gallery opening — open access, booth-by-booth browsing, no appointment or admission ticket required. The Pearl Street Arts Fest 2026 brings that format to the Pearl Street Mall, Boulder, CO 80302 for three …

Bands on the Bricks: Free Music on the Pearl Street Bricks Seven o'clock on a Wednesday evening in summer, and the courthouse plaza between 13th and 14th on Pearl Street is already packed — folding chairs claimed since six, the beer garden line winding past the fountain, a live band filling the brick plaza with sound …

The Fourth of July in North Boulder Looks Different Now For nearly a quarter-century the Fourth of July in Boulder meant one thing: tens of thousands of people streaming toward Folsom Field at dusk for Ralphie's Independence Day Blast. That era is over. In June 2024 the city confirmed the event had ended after WK Real …

What Walk & Bike to Work Day Is — and When in 2026 On Wednesday, June 24, 2026, from 6:30 to 9:00 a.m., Boulder runs its biggest cycling morning of the year: Walk and Bike to Work Day. It lands on the fourth Wednesday of June, the date the regional event has held to annually, and it is the headline event of Walk & Bike …