Colorado Day BAZAAR · August 1, 2026
150 years earns a few good moments.
One free day in Commons Park for the state's 150th birthday, and it comes with moments you can claim: a portrait of your dog, a ride on a bike that has not shipped yet, and the stories of makers who started at a table like the ones you will shop. This page collects all of them.
Reserve a moment, on the sponsors.
The sponsors putting the day on for free each brought something you can actually do. Both take reservations in 30-minute windows.
Presented by Sploot Vets
Pet portraits
Bring your dog, leave with a photo worth framing. Sploot Vets sets up the camera all afternoon; you pick the window.
Reserve a portrait
Presented by ALSO
TM-B test spins
The Rivian-born e-bike does not ship until late 2026. Ride it in the park first. The press is already gushing; your turn is August 1.
Reserve a test spinMaker moments: they started at a table like this one.
Colorado bets on its own. A market is the cheapest storefront a new business will ever have, and some of the makers who got their start at ours went on to national TV, to shelves across the country, to cooking for the home team. Their full stories are coming to this page.
700,000+ meals donated
Adventurist Backpack Co.
A Denver market booth that grew into Kohl's stores nationwide and more than 700,000 meals donated.
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As seen on FOX
Chin Dribblin'
Sold sauce at our markets, then cooked her way to the finale of Gordon Ramsay's Food Stars.
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Avalanche's private chef
MisoHeat
From a single jar at a Denver market to Whole Foods shelves, made by a chef who cooks for the Avalanche.
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Colorado since 1999
Climax Jerky
From a roadside tent on Fremont Pass in 1999 to a Colorado jerky institution a quarter-century later.
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Official GABF merch
B Fresh Gear
A decade at our markets, now the official merch maker for the Great American Beer Festival.
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Your booth here
The next 150 years
150 Colorado makers fill the park on August 1. Some of them are at the start of a story like these. Come meet them early.
August 1, Commons ParkEvery maker story above is real and sourced; the short versions also live on the main event page. Full profiles land here as they are finished.