🎉A Birthday Bash for Fort Collins’ Favorite Barnyard | | Hey there, FoCo, | Fort Collins’ favorite barnyard is having a birthday! 🎂 Since 1985, The Farm at Lee Martinez Park has been a hands-on spot for families to meet animals, play games, and connect with our city’s agricultural roots. This Saturday, the community comes together for a free anniversary bash full of music, food trucks, line dancing, and plenty of barnyard fun. | | 🧠FOCO Trivia Time | | The Bulletin | Have something meaningful to share with the community? Showcase your business, event, opportunity, or announcement with a growing list of 4,600+ readers. | | | | | You can’t miss it—a 26-foot-tall ice cream churn that doubles as an actual ice cream shop. Old Town Churn Ice Cream, part of the Little Man Ice Cream family, serves up nostalgic flavors with a twist, like Banana Pudding and the crowd-favorite Purple Cow. It’s quirky, delicious, and pure Fort Collins. | 📍 234 N College Ave Unit D | 🍦 Go for the ice cream, stay for the fun flavors and photo ops. |
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| | 🎉 The Farm Turns 40: A Birthday Bash for Fort Collins’ Favorite Barnyard | | Fort Collins’ beloved Farm at Lee Martinez Park is hitting a big milestone this weekend—40 years of barnyard fun, baby goats, and hands-on learning. Since opening in 1985, The Farm has been a place where kids pet their first sheep, families share picnics, and everyone gets a taste of our city’s agricultural roots. And this Saturday, the whole community is invited to join the celebration. | 📍 The Farm at Lee Martinez Park (600 N. Sherwood St.) | 📅 Saturday, Sept. 13 | 🕙 10 a.m.–2 p.m. (free admission all day until 5 p.m.) | Expect live music, food trucks, farm games, a stick horse rodeo (yes, you read that right 🐴), line dancing, and plenty of time to visit the animals that make The Farm such a special spot. To top it off, they’ll be cutting a big anniversary cake—because what’s a birthday without dessert? | For four decades, The Farm has been more than a park—it’s been a bridge between Fort Collins’ past and present, honoring the agricultural heritage of the Cache la Poudre River while creating countless family memories. Whether you grew up coming here or are brand new to town, this weekend is the perfect time to celebrate a community treasure. | | 🗓 What’s Happenin’ in Fort Collins: Event Listings | | Want more? See the full calendar → Fort Collins Event Calendar | | 👋 Until Next Week | | That’s a wrap on today’s FoCo happenings! Thanks for joining us to celebrate 40 years of barnyard fun at The Farm. | 👉 Answer: C) Sheep! 🐑 They were among the first residents to greet visitors, helping kick off The Farm’s mission of connecting families to Fort Collins’ agricultural roots. | We’ll be back next week with more local stories, events, and ways to enjoy Fort Collins—until then, have a wonderful weekend! 🌻 | —Your What’s Happenin’ Fort Collins crew 💛 |
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