Okay so this is everything going on around Colorado Springs and Manitou this fall and then Christmas, the big stuff like Boo at the Zoo and Electric Safari and the Festival of Lights Parade, and the smaller stuff in Manitou and Fountain, all in one place. Tap anything you want to do and I'll put it on your bucket list for you, and if you want the addresses and the dates and all that, "make my plan" builds it and puts it on your calendar.
Last updated September 28, 2026. Dates come from each event's own page and I recheck them all season, but tap the link and double check before you load up the car.
The ones people drive in from other counties for. Most of them run the whole season, so you don't have to pick a weekend yet.
The city Halloween parties and the trunk or treats and the free stuff. Cities post their 2026 dates late, so anything marked "check the date" gets fixed the second it's announced.
These don't need an address, tap them and they go on your list with everything else.
Most of these post their 2026 dates in the fall, so these show last year's windows. Electric Safari is timed tickets online only and the parade is one night, so plan those first.
The town stuff, and I'll add the tree lightings as the cities post them in November.
The cities post these in early November. Check back.
This is the at-home stuff, tap them and they go on your list with the lights and the train.
Tap the lights and the trains and the town stuff you want and pick the Christmas design you like, and I'll hold onto your picks. The Christmas lists are coming soon, and the second they're up your picks drop straight into the slots.
The stuff that doesn't need a date, for the Saturday when nothing's going on.
It starts Friday, October 16, 2026 and runs evenings over two weekends plus Halloween night. Tickets are sold online in advance.
It usually runs from early December through January 1 at Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, closed Christmas Eve, with timed tickets online only.
It's usually the first Saturday in December at 5:50 on Tejon Street downtown, and it's free.
Garden of the Gods, the Festival of Lights Parade, and the Coffin Races in Manitou.
We roadschool six kids out of a van. I'm just a mom with a Ford Transit and a lot of opinions about corn mazes, so if something on here is wrong, or your town's party is missing, email me at hello@bellebucket.com and I'll fix it.
Tap the ones you want and I'll drop them onto whichever fall design you pick, then you add your own stuff (birthdays, carving pumpkins, whatever your family does). It prints big, like 24x36 big, and it hangs on the wall all season.
Your picks go straight into the slots and you finish the rest over there. Nothing's ordered until you say so.
The calendar button works on iPhone and Android and downloads a file for Google Calendar or Outlook. Anything marked "check the date" goes in as an all day reminder so you don't forget to look it up.