Rain turns ElizaBash to ElizaBust

Yearly event in downtown becomes event in downpour

BY CHANCY J. GATLIN-ANDERSON SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA

e 2023 ElizaBash street festival on June 3 was supposed to last from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., but an overwhelming deluge changed those plans.

By 11 a.m., vendors at the Saturday event began to break down their booths along Elizabeth’s South Main Street as the downpour moved in.

ElizaBash is hosted by the Elizabeth Area Chamber of Commerce and has been held since 2009. e festival has grown in the past three years to attract over 100 vendors selling home-crafted products, displaying information about their businesses, selling food or beverages, or open as a storefront business along historic Main Street in Elizabeth.

“I didn’t get to see many of the vendors because it was raining and they were packing up early. I enjoyed going into e Nest and looking at all the di erent stu they had for sale,” said Beverly Baker, Parker resident. “I was disappointed that I didn’t get to spend more time there because it was raining. I hope next year the weather is better and I get to visit more vendors. I’m new to the area and I’d like to shop local.” ere were several new vendors present at this year’s ElizaBash event. Amanda Love is the owner of a new Elbert County business, Geraldene’s A Western Boutique. Love recently started her business