Editing Boulder, Colorado (section)

==Arts and culture==
===Bolder Boulder===
Boulder has hosted a [[10K run|10&nbsp;km road run]], the [[Bolder Boulder]], on [[Memorial Day]] every year since 1979. The race involves over 50,000 runners, joggers, walkers, and wheelchair racers, making it one of the largest road races in the world. It has the largest non-[[marathon]] prize purse in road racing.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bolderboulder.com/Media%20Guide3.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040331011921/http://bolderboulder.com/Media%20Guide3.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 31, 2004 |title=Media Guide }}</ref> The race culminates at [[Folsom Field]] with a Memorial Day Tribute. The 2007 race featured over 54,000<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.dailycamera.com/news/2007/may/30/running-bosley-hopes-race-no-30-runs-smoother |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070811170240/http://www.dailycamera.com/news/2007/may/30/running-bosley-hopes-race-no-30-runs-smoother/ |archive-date=August 11, 2007 |date=May 30, 2007 |newspaper=Daily Camera |author=Ryan Thorburn |title=Bosley hopes race No. 30 runs smoother}}</ref> runners, walkers, and wheelchair racers, making it the largest race in the US in which all participants are timed and the fifth largest road race in the world.<ref name=largest>{{cite web |url=http://www.runningusa.org/largest-races |title=Largest Races |publisher=Running USA |access-date=December 1, 2013 |archive-date=December 2, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202124608/http://www.runningusa.org/largest-races |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Music===
Founded in 1958, the [[Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra]] is a professional orchestra under the leadership of its Music Director Michael Butterman.<ref>{{cite web |last=Hickman |first=Holly |url=http://www.boulderphil.org/about/about-boulder-phil |title=About Boulder Phil |publisher=Boulderphil.org |date=September 7, 2009 |access-date=September 3, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120808060013/http://www.boulderphil.org/about/about-boulder-phil |archive-date=August 8, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Founded in 1976 by [[Giora Bernstein]], the [[Colorado Music Festival]] presents a summer series of concerts in [[Chautauqua Auditorium (Boulder, Colorado)|Chautauqua Auditorium]].<ref>Shulgold, Marc, [https://web.archive.org/web/20121102180009/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-67782158.html 20 Years of High Notes, Giora Bernstein Ignores Naysayers to Build the Award-winning Colorado Music Festival], ''[[Rocky Mountain News]]'', June 12, 1996 (accessed December 13, 2009, via subscription)</ref>

Founded in 1981, the Boulder Bach Festival is an annual festival celebrating the life, legacy, and music of [[J.S. Bach]]. The festival is led by Executive Director [[Zachary Carrettin]] and Artistic Director Mina Gajic.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Boulder Bach Festival |url=https://www.coloradogives.org/boulderbachfestival/overview?step=step1 |access-date=March 28, 2022 |website=www.coloradogives.org |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=May 13, 2019 |title=Boulder Bach Festival Goes Beyond Bach |url=https://www.earlymusicamerica.org/boulder-bach-festival/ |access-date=March 28, 2022 |website=Early Music America |language=en-US |archive-date=January 18, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220118225720/https://www.earlymusicamerica.org/boulder-bach-festival/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Founded in 1988, [[Colorado MahlerFest]] celebrates the legacy of composer Gustav Mahler through an annual festival. Under Artistic Director [[Kenneth Woods]], The Colorado MahlerFest Orchestra draws together young professionals, conservatory and university students, and advanced amateurs.

=== Dance ===
Boulder is home to multiple dance companies and establishments. Boulder Ballet was founded by former [[American Ballet Theatre]] dancer Larry Boyette in the 1970s as part of the Ballet Arts Studios.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://boulderballet.org/our-story/|title=Our Story – Boulder Ballet|language=en-US|access-date=January 13, 2019|archive-date=January 13, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190113232326/http://boulderballet.org/our-story/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Lemon Sponge Cake Contemporary Ballet was founded in 2004 by Robert Sher-Machherndl, former principal dancer of the [[Dutch National Ballet]] and [[Bavarian State Ballet]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://lemonspongecake.org/contemporary-ballet-choreographer/|title=contemporary ballet choreographer|website=Lemon Sponge Cake Contemporary Ballet|language=en-US|access-date=January 13, 2019|archive-date=January 13, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190113232243/https://lemonspongecake.org/contemporary-ballet-choreographer/|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Conference on World Affairs===
The [[Conference on World Affairs]], started in 1948, is an annual one-week conference featuring dozens of discussion panels on contemporary issues.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.dailycamera.com/ci_17271639 |title=CU-Boulder's Conference on World Affairs announces 'What Matters' theme |author=Brittany Anas |date=February 2, 2011 |work=Daily Camera |access-date=January 23, 2016 |archive-date=September 18, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180918192141/http://www.dailycamera.com/ci_17271639 |url-status=live }}</ref>

===''eTown''===
The internationally syndicated radio program ''[[eTown]]'' has its headquarters at [[eTown Hall]], at the intersection of 16th and Spruce Streets, in downtown Boulder. Most tapings of this weekly show are done at eTown Hall.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.heyreverb.com/blog/2013/01/04/etown-boulder/59338/ |title=Radio's eTown, a Boulder stage for James Taylor, Emmylou Harris, Buddy Guy, Neko Case even Al Gore |date=January 4, 2013 |work=Reverb |publisher=Denver Post |access-date=January 23, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160129170054/http://www.heyreverb.com/blog/2013/01/04/etown-boulder/59338/ |archive-date=January 29, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=ANDREW WINEKE |title=BEHIND 'ETOWN'; Music is entree for radio show's message. |publisher=The Gazette (Colorado Springs, CO) |date=January 23, 2016 |url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-20071667.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160220202449/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-20071667.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 20, 2016}}</ref>

===Polar Bear Plunge===
Beginning in 1983, hundreds of people head to the [[Boulder Reservoir]] on New Year's Day to take part in the annual [[polar bear plunge]].<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/23/travel/escapes/23ahead.html | work=The New York Times | first=Nick | last=Kaye | title=Polar Bear Club Swims: New Year Parties (Don't Hold the Ice) | date=December 23, 2005 | access-date=February 21, 2017 | archive-date=January 17, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230117021859/https://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/23/travel/escapes/polar-bear-club-swims-new-year-parties-dont-hold-the-ice.html | url-status=live }}</ref> With rescue teams standing by, participants use a variety of techniques to plunge themselves into the freezing reservoir.<ref>{{cite news |last=Tidd |first=Kelly |url=http://yourboulder.com/boulder-polar-plunge/ |title=Boulder Polar Plunge |publisher=Your Boulder |date=February 3, 2014 |access-date=February 25, 2014 |archive-date=February 15, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200215204115/https://yourboulder.com/boulder-polar-plunge/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Once the plunge is complete, swimmers retreat to hot tubs on the reservoir beach to revive themselves from the cold.{{citation needed|date=July 2022}}

===Naked Pumpkin Run===
Starting in 1998, dozens of people have taken part in a [[Halloween]] run down the city's streets wearing only shoes and a hollowed-out pumpkin on their heads. In 2009, local police threatened participants with charges of [[indecent exposure]], and no naked runners were reported in official newscasts, although a few naked runners were observed by locals. Several illegal attempts, resulting in arrests, have been made to restart the run, but no serious effort has been mounted.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8336308.stm |title=Police squash nude pumpkin run |work=BBC News |date=November 1, 2009 |access-date=December 9, 2010}}</ref>

===420===
For several years on April 20, thousands of people gathered on the CU Boulder campus to celebrate [[420 (cannabis culture)|420]] and smoke marijuana at and before 4:20&nbsp;pm.{{Citation needed|date=July 2020}} The 2010 head count was officially between 8,000 and 15,000 with some discrepancy between the local papers and the university administrators, who have been thought to have been attempting to downplay the event.{{Citation needed|date=July 2020}} Eleven [[Citation (police)|citations]] were given out whereas the year before there were only two.<ref>{{cite news |last=Anas |first=Brittany |url=http://www.coloradodaily.com/ci_14920666?IADID=Search-www.coloradodaily.com-www.coloradodaily.com#axzz15l3ssutd |title=Thousands gather for 4/20 smoke-out on CU-Boulder campus |newspaper=Colorado Daily |date=April 20, 2010 |access-date=December 9, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927183705/http://www.coloradodaily.com/ci_14920666?IADID=Search-www.coloradodaily.com-www.coloradodaily.com#axzz15l3ssutd |archive-date=September 27, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

2011 was the last year of mass 420 partying at CU<ref>{{cite news|last=Rael|first=Andre|title=4/20 Boulder Smoke-Out Attracts 10,000|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/21/thousands-showed-for-420-_n_852118.html|work=Huffington Post|date=April 21, 2011|access-date=October 24, 2013|archive-date=November 11, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111003852/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/21/thousands-showed-for-420-_n_852118.html|url-status=live}}</ref> as the university, in 2012, took a hard stance against 420 activities, closing the campus to visitors for the day, using smelly fish fertilizer to discourage gathering at the Norlin Quad, and having out-of-town law enforcement agencies help secure the campus.<ref>{{cite news|last=Spellman|first=Jim|url=http://www.cnn.com/2012/04/20/us/university-colorado-marijuana-rally/|title=Colorado public pot-smoking event snuffed out|date=April 20, 2012|publisher=CNN|access-date=October 24, 2013|archive-date=October 29, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029190453/http://www.cnn.com/2012/04/20/us/university-colorado-marijuana-rally/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2013, April 20 fell on a Saturday. The university continued the 420 party ban and closed the campus to visitors.<ref>{{cite news|title=CU-Boulder succeeds in snuffing campus 4/20 smoke-out|url=http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_23066352/cu-boulder-closes-campus-deter-4-20-crowd|newspaper=Denver Post|first1=Brittany|last1=Anas|first2=Joe|last2=Rubino|first3=Sarah|last3=Kuta|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029185721/http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_23066352/cu-boulder-closes-campus-deter-4-20-crowd|archive-date=October 29, 2013}}</ref> In 2015 the government conceded and once again opened the park to visitors on April 20.<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/local-news/marijuana/cu-boulder-reopening-campus-after-3-years-of-420-closures |title=CU Boulder reopening campus after 3 years of 4/20 closures |access-date=July 27, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160415120528/http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/local-news/marijuana/cu-boulder-reopening-campus-after-3-years-of-420-closures |archive-date=April 15, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Boulder Cruiser Ride===
[[File:Boulder Bike Night 2021.jpg|thumb|alt=Cyclists gathering on a road during night.|Bicycle riders joining together on Happy Thursday Cruiser Ride]]
The Happy Thursday Cruiser Ride is a weekly bicycle ride in Boulder Colorado.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Haggard |first1=Lucy |title=Feeling young and youthful and crazy |url=https://www.boulderweekly.com/special-editions/feeling-young-and-youthful-and-crazy/ |website=Boulder Weekly |date=August 19, 2021 |access-date=October 2, 2022 |archive-date=October 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221002213231/https://www.boulderweekly.com/special-editions/feeling-young-and-youthful-and-crazy/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The Boulder Cruiser Ride grew from a group of friends and friends of friends in the early '90s riding bicycles around Boulder into the social cycling event it is today.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Thursday Night Cruiser Ride - in Boulder - LikeALocal Guide |url=https://www.likealocalguide.com/boulder/thursday-night-cruiser-ride |access-date=2025-05-03 |website=www.likealocalguide.com}}</ref> Some enthusiasts gather wearing costumes and decorating their bikes; themes are an integral part of the cruiser tradition.{{Citation needed|date=July 2020}} Boulder Police began following the cruiser ride as it gained in popularity in the early 2000s.{{Citation needed|date=July 2020}}

Issues with underage drinking, reckless bicycle riding, and other nuisance complaints led organizers to drop the cruiser ride as a public event.<ref>{{cite news |last=Miller |first=Vanessa |url=http://www.dailycamera.com/archivesearch/ci_13081304#axzz0mpwnioaG |title=Cruisers Closing Ride to Public |newspaper=Daily Camera |date=August 14, 2009 |access-date=June 25, 2013 |archive-date=August 25, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120825212415/http://www.dailycamera.com/archivesearch/ci_13081304#axzz0mpwnioaG |url-status=live }}</ref> Returning to an underground format, where enthusiasts must become part of the social network before gaining access to event sites, the Boulder Cruiser Ride has continued as a local tradition.{{Citation needed|date=July 2020}} On May 30, 2013, over 400 riders attended the Thursday-night Cruiser Ride in honor of "Big Boy", an elk that was shot and killed on New Year's Day by an on-duty<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailycamera.com/news/boulder/ci_26429509/mapleton-elk-sentencing-sam-carter-boulder-police|title=Sam Carter spared prison in Mapleton elk case, sentenced to 4 years probation|access-date=June 29, 2015|archive-date=May 3, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150503075615/http://www.dailycamera.com/news/boulder/ci_26429509/mapleton-elk-sentencing-sam-carter-boulder-police|url-status=live}}</ref> Boulder Police officer.<ref>{{cite news |last=Staff |first=Camera |url=http://www.dailycamera.com/news/boulder/ci_23358275/boulder-cruisers-ride-mapleton-elk |title=Boulder Cruisers Ride for Mapleton Elk |newspaper=Daily Camera |date=May 30, 2013 |access-date=June 25, 2013 |archive-date=August 26, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140826113455/http://www.dailycamera.com/news/boulder/ci_23358275/boulder-cruisers-ride-mapleton-elk |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Sundance Film Festival===
Starting in 2027, Boulder will become the new host for the [[Sundance Film Festival]]. Under the terms of the contract, the festival will be held in Boulder for 10 years until 2037, with an option to extend. Boulder is around 10x larger than the original (and only) host city Sundance was based in, [[Park City, Utah]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-03-27 |title=Boulder wins bid to host the Sundance Film Festival starting in 2027 |url=https://kdvr.com/news/local/boulder-wins-bid-to-host-the-sundance-film-festival-starting-in-2027/amp/ |access-date=2025-03-27 |website=FOX31 Denver |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Barco |first=Mandalit del |date=2025-03-27 |title=The Sundance Film Festival announces its new home: Boulder, Colorado |url=https://www.npr.org/2025/03/27/nx-s1-5342419/sundance-new-home-boulder-colorado |access-date=2025-03-27 |work=NPR |language=en}}</ref> Boulder defeated rival bids from [[Salt Lake City]]-Park City and [[Cincinnati]].<ref>[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/sundance-boulder-colorado-move-from-park-city-1236135102/ Goodbye Park City: Sundance Film Festival Heading to Colorado]</ref>