Summer opens at Carpenter Park with Thorntonfest

BY STAFF REPORT SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA

orntonfest returns to the Carpenter Park Fields June 3, featuring food, games and some live events and demonstrations.

e festival is open from 10 a.m. 5 p.m. in the park, at 108th and Colorado Boulevard. e event is free.

e event features the traditional stations, including a marketplace with local goods for sale, food vendors and a beer garden and a kids’ korner with a Nerf Terf arena and sta from orncreek Golf Course teaching kids how to swing a club using giant in atables. orntonfest’s Twisted Steel Car show also returns, featuring local hotrods, antiques and specialty roadsters. e festival is presenting a National Canine Frisbee Competition on both days, hosted by Colorado Disc Dogs. e group runs competitions and presents shows while teaching dog owners how to train pets to play frisbee. Dogs older than six months are welcome to compete with their handlers age 7 or older. Registration begins at 8 a.m. and the competition begins at 9 a.m. Saturday and continues Sunday. e ornton Police canine ocers will be on hand as well, demonstrating their skills. e Rocky Mountain Scottish Athletes group will be hosting demonstrations of several speciality events — including the caber toss, hammer throw, shot put and a tug-of-war. Each demonstration concludes with a chance for spectators to try their hand and test their strength. e ornton Fire Department is presenting a life safety education program, o ering healthy eating tips, and they will give you active wellness advice as well.

Visit coloradodiscdogs.com for more information.

Pet lovers can also check out Paw Fest. ere will be an AniMall where they can buy special products and have their pets vaccinated for minimal costs. A creature feature there will also feature a variety of animals, feathered scaled or slimy presented by Canyon Critters.

Performances on the main stage kick o at 10 a.m. with Line Dancing with the ornton Active Adult Center. at’s followed by the O e Grid Band at 11 a.m., e Last Men on Earth at 12:30 p.m., Vinyl Nation at 2 p.m. and Funkiphino at 3:30 p.m.